Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 2, 1919, Page 2

' BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER E. H. DENU Manager TEAEPEONE 933 Entered at.the postoffice at Bemidjl, Minn., as second-class matter under ack of Congress. of March 3, 1879. ' ) No attention paid to annonymous contributions, Writer's name must be known to the editor, but not necessarily for publication. Communications for the Weekly Pioneer must reach this office not later than Tuesday of each week to insure publication in the current issue THEE WEEEKLY PIONEER Ton pages, containing & summary of the news of the week. Published every Thursday and sent postage paid to any address, fer, in advance, §1.50 OPFICIAL COUNTY AND CITY PROCEEDINGS THE TIME HAS COME TO ACT In St. Paul several nights ago a fellow no less than anjali costs. anarchist, stood on a soap box at the corner of Seventh and|secret code and the purloiners are re- Cedar streets and attempted to tell his so-called co-workers that they are being mistreated, that the laws are against their best interests and that great changes are necesstry if they are to receive deserved wages and recognition in public affairs. He openly uttered statements which would to a patriot indicate an attempt to work for the destruction of the government. It is time for the government to take action in providing protection agains the enemies who are working so openly throughout the entire country. These people make no concealment of the fact that they are enemies of the United States Government. It is of little avail to put stenographers in their meeting places, for they know the law and they know that a conviction cannot be ob- tained save for specifc incitement to riot. Our laws were framed with no expectation of any such emergency as now faces this nation. They were based on a theory of American- ism, or rather on an understanding of the Americanism that has existed. It did not enter the minds of those lawmakers that some day there would arise an organized and widespread movement to destroy the government and bring about social chaos; they made no provision for such a thing; what they provided against was sporadic violence and incitement here and there toward riot. While the laws remain as they are and take no account of the real state of facts, such meetings may not be prevented. But they will not take place if the government is strong and energetic in enforcing certain other laws. Convicted sedition- aries, under prison sentences, are perimtted long after their conviction to go abroad in the land inciting revolution; they even run for office so as to obtain a better platform from which the wave the red flag. Such a condition of things is intolerable. More sterness in the application of such laws as we have would go far toward moderating such meetings, which are addressed by many persons who in theory are supposed to have begun prison sentences long ago. Besides this, there is an inequality in the operation of the law. Some convicted sedi- tionaries go to prison withaut much delay ; others roam around at liberty for indefinite periods. They know they are favored, and it incites them to greater recklessness in speech. It is time to make life so distasteful to this class that its agitators will either settledown to the earning of an honest liv- ing or leave the country. There is no room in America for the man or woman who waves the Red Flag, and yet we seem to give but passing notice to disloyalists who would destroy our great country. PRI G [ THE SCARCITY OF MEN ON FARMS There is a scarcity of men on the farms. This is not news to any one. It is a subject which has evoked much lamenta- tion for a considerable period. But there is a ray of sunshine piercing the gloom. ) After the Civil War vast tracts of land were offered to discharged soldiers. Men found themselves in possession of large portions of the territorial crust which they could not cul- tivate because there was too much of it. So they set their brains to work. The result was farm machinery. The binder and the threshing machine made their appearance, The gang plow, the seed drill, and various other products of the machine shop were soon in evidence. The flail and scythe were superceded. There were not enough men to balance the acreage, so machines made up the deficit. This process seems likely to happen again. In the last census period the number of farms of 50 to 175 acres increased only 6 per cent, while those of 500 to 1,000 acres grew 22 per cent. As a result, the tractor. But it will not stop here. Not only is the farmer now a mechanic, he is also an accountant. The farmer in his office with a telephone at his elbow is now more than a fantastic dream. Cheer up. The scarcity of men compared with acreage’ will stimulate an ingenuity and beget a progressive attitude that otherwise would never have come to birth. 0T e R . s e **" The Bellman, well known Minneapolis weekly paper, which for thirteen years has devoted its columns to literature, criticism and the arts, with leading articles of the same char-| acter as the best magazines published, has been discontinued. —_— Make Safety-First your motto. While the United States was engaged in war 56,000 soldiers were killed in battle. Dur- ing the same period 226,000 men, women and children were killed by accidents in the United States. ; A ety Just because many good married women squander hours of time upon their husbands for which they receive no adequate recompense, is no reason why they should be referred to as spendthrifts. - WA IR g . ;’ Bemidji stores are to be closed all day July Fourth that employes may be afforded opportunity to participate in the greatest celebration the city has ever provided. . — Let’s all join in making the Eagle scream as never before. If you are, then you are a constant reader of Wallace Irwin, who dashes off some fine stories and some excel- lent verse with equal smoothness. Even it you aren’t a Post fan, you know irwin by reputation, one that has been honestly earned. Tonight and Thursday the Elko heatre is going to show, a Pnr?:onm OUS STORY. picturization of one of nis famous The e%.fg are that you are a|Post stories, “Venus in the Bast.” reader of the Saturday Evening Post. And the star will be Bryant ‘Wash- NEWS OF THE "THEATERS burn! He has two leading women, both of whom have been stars them- selves. They are Anna Q. Nilsson and Margery Wilson. lant members of the cast are Julia Faye, Guy Oliver, Clarence Burton, ‘Helen Dunbar, Arthur Carewe, H. A. Barrows and Clarence Geldart. LIVELY AND ENTERTAINING. “An. Amateur ,(Wjdow,” the new World picture starring Zena Keefe, which will ‘be shown on Friday at the Elko theatre, is lively and enter- It i8 a production presented in a likeable manner, of a picture that every movie fan is mighty glad to see. WONDERFUL PICTURE, Do you remember *“The Christian”? If so you recall it as a wonderful novel by Hall Caine. an Thou Gavest Me” is still more It is now a Paramount- Arteraft special picture and is on view at the Elkp theatre Saturday and Sunday. The cast is all star and it is the biggest thing in screen en- tertainment seen here this season. KERRIGAN HAS NOVEL ROLE IN “THE BEST MAN.” Valuable papers e ———————————————————=== | Washington. taining. wonderful. THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER Other import- It is the sort But “The Wom- An agent of the Secret Service department is dispatched to New York to secure their return at ‘The documents are in a 'lying upon their London ‘man. who is an expert crytographer to transcribe them. The agent from the :Secret Service department . impersonates Burnham in.New York in.an eifort to secure the return of the papers. This is just the beginning of the story of “The Best Man,” J. Warren Kerrigan’s latest film play, presented by Jesse D. Hamp‘on and distributed by the W. W. Hodkinson corporation, through Pathe Exchange, Inc. How Mr. Kerrigan secures the papers and in attempting to elude his pursuers is mistaken for the groom and married to 2 heartbroken bride who believes him to be the author of certain odious leiters that had trap- ped her into a promise of marriage, | can be learned by seeing the picture to be shown at the Grand theatre to- night and Thursday. g of imaginat{on has conceived the idea of buflding dikes across’ the channel and across the Thames estuary to form two large tidal basins which may | be psed alternately to furnish a con- tinuous supply of -power. The hard work and stooping of BREED DAIRY HEIFER EARLY . workmen, ; Purpose Should Be to Get System of [ 'The Woman’s Houschold' cares, Animal Into Milk Producing Hablt | Often weaken the kidneys. ° Before - Maturity. Backache, headache, dizziness, - Kidney _troubles, urinary troubles By R. W. CLARK, Colorado Agricul-| —freguently toliow . hi . & , Colorado cul~ S5t isy 4 tural College, Fort Collins, Colo.) to %o.BemldJl citizen tells you wa t In order that heifers may be bred A T. C. Hyatt, retired farmer, 605 young and begin milking at an early | Fourteenth St., says: “I have always date, they should be well developed. been a hard worker and the continual This is Important. Cows that scquire | strain brought on’ my kidney trouble. considerable age and become mature| My kidneys acted too frequently. I before beginning to milk will not| was .forced to get up from three to usually make as deep and persistent | six times during the night. My back comparatively early age and begin to | MUch in tae ng. milk before y'they yme.-geumtm-e.eg The | Kidney Pills and it didn’t take them aim i8 to get the system of the ani- long to bring relief."d ) . mal into the hablt of producing milk si;flfi';e"?{of;:: ,3}1‘“;“,2;3;.,,2;‘,{ at as early an age as possible. There- | Doan’s Kidney Pills—the same that fore the heifer should be well fed and | Mr. Hyatt had. Foster-Milburn Co., cared for from birth. Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y. about 45 feet, it is estimated that If the heifer is well developed she enough power may be obtained to op- | should be bred at 15 to 18 months of erate half of the industries of France. | age, otherwise she should not be bred | THE PIONEER WANT ADS A French epzineer with vast powers | until 18 to 20 months of age BRING RESULTS STRAIN TOO GREAT ‘Hundreds of Bemidji Readers Flld% I Daily Toil a Burden flc h\ufl? and worry .of .b;uinul 2 Power From Ocean Tides. So far such little posver as has been abstracted from ocean tides has heen insignificant. The' rise and fall of the tides .is not very great, even though it does amount to 70 feet in some places. and hence if any considerable power is to be obtained basins of large area must be used. 3 By damming the bay ar Mont St. Michel in France, where the tide rises .stolen in ELKO HAT SHOW Special Display of Midsummer Millinery Bemidji has been fortunate in Hats recently shown at.the Auditorium Fashion Show in St. Paul securing this show Avail yourself of this rare opportunity. Bring your friends Hats will be on Zdis’pla’y_ Wednesday and Thursday PRICES $5.00 TO $25.00 et T N Defective Sy 1y — et s