Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 10, 1919, Page 2

BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER ————_FUBLISHED BVERY APTERANOON EXCEPT SUNDA' L. THE BSEMIDJI FIONEER PUBLISKING 0O, STANTON G. E. CARSON "E. H. DENU Editor- Manager tered at the postoffice, at Bemidji, ‘Minn., as second-class matter nndpenm of Congress of March 8, 1879, 1d‘ to annonymous contributions! Writer's name must be kl:g'ln!tggfltl;‘n. g(‘mor but not necessarily for publication. ‘Communications fof the Weekly Ploneer must reach this office not ‘later than Tuesday of each week to insure publication in the current issue SUBSCRIPTION BATES Six months .... ‘Thres months . TEE WEEELY PIONEER x of the news of the week. Published e to any address, for, in sdvance, §1.50 pages, containing & cnr;nmmluiwflll‘ OFFICIAL COUNTY AND CITY nm:mo‘b THE CONDITION OF THE MARKETS It is gratifying to observe that food costs are falling with the beginning of the most bountiful harvest in all our history, and there is equal gratification that most commodity prices are strengthening with the coming of trade on a scale which will enable us to satisfy the wants of other lands. The Annalist’s curve of the food cost of living shows a decline which has yet far to go to reach last year’s level. This is confirmed by the Labor Bureau’s report of retail prices of food, which were at their high point in December. Retail prices indicate the cost of living, but wholesale prices indicate the course of trade, an the wholesale prices are rising, according to Dunn’s Review. he meaning of that is that the reduction of trade due to the ending of war orders is giving way to increase of peace orders. Even the Federal Reserve Board has taken-note of the upward trend of business during May: & Practically uniform report from all Federal Reserve agents point to a summer and autumn of unusual activity, with many indications of business prosperity, especially in agriculture and merchandise, and to some degree in manufacturing.” Retail trade is at a maximum, showing unimpaired buying power and confidence in the maintenance of the wage scale. Such fundamental trades as building and iron and steel are re- viving on a scale which indicates readiness to do business on the existing level of prices instead of waiting for profits on the basis of savings in costs rather than in activity. These are the conditions reducing the importance of the fall in the security markets, which receives so much more atten- tion. The commodity markets have no such press agents as Wall Street, which spread the security prices by telegraph while the commodity price3 must be hunted up on the business page. After a month of boiling security prices an interval for consoli- dation of the price level is necessary if it is to be maintained. Those who find meaning in the economic relation of security and commodity prices naturally have a preference for those prices which have some reason for moving together. For ex- ‘ ample, it takes a year of two to raise meat and hides, and a year to raise most crops. In such commodities there is no prospect of almost unlimited and comparatively speedy increase of pro- duction, as in those goods which increased factory capacity can turn out promptly and in any quantity which can be so Securities representing natural products such as food, a manufacturers of products such as shoes and clothing, and the N means of producing them, are more likely to withstand the market decline than other securities which are greater specu- lative favorites. In any case, the softening of the speculative shares is rather favored than resisted by bankers who are called upon to finance it. The margins required on the quick movers are raised, and there is So much more money for commercial bor- rowers, * That is as it should be, and there is no grief over the security market’s fall outsidé of those directly concerned in it. | — In the United States there are 2,457,334 miles of public road, and if all the automobiles in the country stood evenly dis- tributed there would be five motor cars to every mile of road. If the motor cars of the nation were loaded to the limit with people, half of the population of the United States could be hauled at one time. About eighty-seven per cent of the auto- mobiles of the world are on the roads of the United States. 0 It is to be hoped that the more liberal provisions-which are being worked out by the bureau of war risk insurance for in- clusion in term policies taken out by men in military service will be acted upon favorably. The inducement to retain this in- surance at the rates which have been announced is small, and there are many of the soldiers and sailors who cannot consider keeping it up. —o0 A little care in the cancellation of th stamps should be taken by our citizens who would ‘escape the one hundred dol- ~1 “The Roaring Road,” Wallace Reid’s lar fine. Laxness in this matter will not be tolerated by the internal revenue bureau, which insists that every stamp on tax- able articles must be properly\canceled. \ . %-—__— VELVET. THE FRIENDLY BEMIDJI PLEASED ' TOBACCO HOME AGAIN BY QUICK’ RESULTS Velvet Tobacco, in its jolly red tin,{ Everyone is ]plensed with the quick is again a feature of cigar stores, ";“d“"stf" s‘;‘“pe‘?"nchh‘:zel,gmphm ydrastis, etc., as mixed in Lavoptik big and little. There is again Velvet eye wash. i One man’s eyes were S0 in the pipes, and contentment in the badly strained he could not read hearts of an army of American pipe |without pain. Two applications re- smokers. And thereby hangs a tale. [lieved him. A lady with weak, in- “Where’s Velvet Tobacco gone?” |flamed eyes was greatly helped by those same folks inquired, when dis-|ONE bottle. We guarantee a small appointed in their quest for that age- |bottle of Lavoptik to help ANY mellowed, friendly tobacco, which |CASE weak, strained or inflamed had made them and their pipes side|eyes. Barkers Drug Store and all partners for years. druggists. Ask the Red Where was Vel'v‘etv:a' Cross man or the “Y” man. Ask the THE PIONEER WANT ADS BRING RESULTS Salvation Army lassie. Ask the hur- ) Whealock's Market ried and harassed Quartermaster We buy Cattle, Hogs, corps that were responsible for “more beef, more bullets and more tobacco” Veal, Chickens, Butter and Eggs for the boys under the tin denbies. at Highest Cash Prices Yes, that’s why Velvet was not on some of the dealers’ shelves. It was on the ships, in the cantonments, in the billets and the trenches. But Vel- vet is now wearing the red chevron of an honorabl discharge. The doughboy who smoked the “tinned Kentucky sunshine” {n France can now enjoy its friendly company on his own front porch. Those of us who willingly gave up luxuries that the boys over there might have them, can stuff our old pipes once more with Velvet and “smile, smile, smile.” And good old Velvet Joe! Well, he’s back in the columns of this papér and glad to see you all sagain. —— Phone 174-W 507 Beltrami Bemidji, Minn. THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER T TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 10, 1919 the seco to drive ‘the Darco car, of which “The Bear,” his employer, which was produced at the Fulton theatre, New York, October 30,1917, D. H. FISK , has the agency, in an impending| My, Katterjohn, who is lextremel NEWS OF THE Grand Prize Road Race. He seeks 'cr-{fieal ol:zh‘ie own work, s"“ he ,,,,5' _ Attorney at Law >/ . toswin the former by accomplishing | no:idea -that the story would be as|| Office Northern Nat. Bank Bl TH EA T ER s the latter. 3 entertaining as it is, and that, as Phone 181° 2 it stands, “‘there doesn't seem to be a dull moment anywhere.” “THE HOPE CHEST.” Suppose you were just married. Suppose you were looked upon as one with high.social standing, :and you had promised to love honor and pro- vide for one of your father's working girls, -without his. knowledge. Sup- pos® .your father found it out and forced you to separate from your wife. Suppose your cousin, who is ip love with you, tells you that. your wife has been seen at twelve o’clock at night saying goodpye to ome of the most widely known regues of the city. Suppose you later found -your wife in-his arms. What would you do? ‘These are.the problems ‘that confronted Tom Ballantyne, in “The Hope Chest,” ‘Dorothy Gish's second Paramount . picture which will be shown at the Elko theatre last times tonight. = . Their solution by Ballantyne, and the way Dorgthy as the wife accepts the solution constitutes one of the] x'nost gripping .moments of the play. NEW PHOTOPLAY PRAISED. If opinions of experts are worth anything, then “The Man From Fun- eral Range,”” Wallace Reid’s latest Paramount starring vehicle which will be displayed at the Elko theatre Wednesday and Thursday; is certain to become one of his most popular pictures. Mr. Reid says he is de- lighted with the photoplay and that it gives him a characterization of which any screen player may well feel proud. The story is a picturi- zation by Monte Katterjohn of Er- nest Wilkes’ play ‘“Broken Threads” \ AT THE -REX ‘TODAY. Have you ever had the experience of being sent home by parcel post? Or havé you missed the fun by sit- ting in a beautifully upholstered par-’ lor car? Jane and Katherine Lee travel by parcel post in their latest William Fox production, “Smiles,” which will be shawn at' the Rex theatre today, and the reason they are compelled to fravel that way is because the great wave of economy that swept the United -States recent- ly put a padlock on the pocketbook of their Aunt. “Smilies,” : accordingly to report, is crowded with laughter. Also it has scenes that will send: a cold chill through you—only to have you Now 'is the time to equip your car with an EXIDE BATTERY, Years’of service has proven the absolute de- pendability of the Exide Battery. It is the original unit seal battery, strong in construction, depend- ;\ilf)le in performance, easy to care for and of long e. Drive around to Miller’s Battery Shop, have your battery tested and filled with water. No charge is made for this service. ' If the battery needs repairs, quick and satis- factory work at a fair price is the method of hand- ling the job at warmed up with a humorous ending. This is a picture, it 1s said, to be awaited with keen interest. “THE WORLD TO LIVE IN.” “The World to Live In,” Alice Brady’s latest Select picture, is the story of a tinpanner, one of the kind of young women who .come to .the city every year with: no kin, no money, nothing but a wild desire for happiness and “the world to live in.” They work for their living and play at being.pals with the gilded youths who pay their way. They look like real metal, but they. ring hollow. They are.not bad,. they are not good, just tinpanners.. This unusual etory, with a remarkable cast, will be of- fered by Select pictures at the Rex theatre tomorrow. BIGGEST ACTION DRAMA OF YEAR The most virile production of the year—thus did the New York critics and the motion picture public pro- claim “The Border Legion,’ ‘the re- MILLERSBATTERY SHOP- 222 FOURTH STREET i | Milk‘ thatis . sure to be SAFE "Try Palace Cafe fqr the best meals in town Emrkoble picturization og Za;l\e “SOMETHING G rey’s gripping -story, when the N 3 Dowertul actioncdrame of the Weer DIFFERENT” Home Brand Milk comes from the finest starring Blanche Bates and Hobart Bosworth, /scored an {instantaneous and continued triumph in:its week's presentation at the Strand theatre. New York. ‘“The Border Legion” is the work of T. Hayes Hunter, for years stage director for David Bel- asco and other famous producers. He personally produced and directed the elaborate and full-of-action screen classic of the West. Goldwyn, which distributes “The Border Legion,” is confident that the combination of a gripping Zane Grey story, the bril- lian performances of Blanche Bates and Hobart Bosworth and Mr. Hun- ter’s forcefulness in' production, can- not fail to win the highest appro- bation of every class of picturegoers when “The Border Legi6bn' is pre- sented at the Grand theatre Wednes- day and Thursday. 5 LAST TIME TONIGHT. Tn his latest Paramount "picture, dairy cows in America. Every precaution is taken to insure cleanliness and purity in handling the fresh milk. It is then evapor- ated in immaculate factories to double its original richness and sterilized in the cans ready for your use. Handling and shipping cannot contaminate its purity. . . HomeBrandMilk |} is ideal - for cooking, baking and for table use. It adds a richness to foods not pos- * O o T eible with fresh milk. dess living: brings old' age prematurely. i The bodu‘y functions are impaired. and lunpleasant symstomn appear. 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He learned it all through treating thou- sands of cases. The result of his studies was a medicine called Dr. Pierce’s Favor- ite Prescription. This medicine is made of vegetable growths that nature surely intended for backache, headache, weak- ening, bearing-down pains, irregularities, pelvic inflammations, and for the many disorders common to women in all ages of life. Dr. Pierce’s I'avorite Prescription is made of lady’s slipper root, black cohosh root, unicorn root, blue cohosh root and Oregon grape root. Dr. Pierce knew, when he first made this standard medi- cine, that whiskey and morphine are in- jurious, and so he has always kept them out of his remedies. Women who take this standard remedy know that in Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription they are getting a safe woman’s tonic so good that druggists eve-ywhare sell it, in liquid or tablet form, ‘What you pay out your good money for is cigarette satisfaction—and, my, how you do get it in every puff of Camels! 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