Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 16, 1919, Page 4

BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER red at the toffice at Bemidji, Minn., as second-class /matter mfl?::t of cunrrc:l“ot March 3, 1879, ' & 'i ttenti id to annonymous contributions. Writer's name -n;pli be k’::w‘n to t‘l’:‘: :lm. but not .necessarily for publication. L i Communications for the Weekly Pioneer must reach this office not Iater than Tuesday uf each week to insure publication in the current issue. wcifa i =% lmomo-um“ One yoar ........ $5.00 One JOAT ....iccccicccccncs GAD0 Bix months . 280 2.00 1.00 THE WEBKLY PIONBER K of the naws of the wesk. Fublished $0 any address, for, in sdvanbs, §1.50 LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS BEING RUSHED. _ Bemidji is sliding into the winter with a large amount of . improvement work in the course of progress, which is-being rushed to get it enclosed for interior finishing, so far as possi- ble, to be ready early in the spring, while there are several other improvements in the ‘business district that will be put under way at that time. . The new dormitory of the normal school is progressing and will be enclosed by the time severe weather arrives. Morris Kaplan is pushing work on his new brick structure which has been specially designed for an apartment and room- ing quarters of the most modern and attractive type. Koors Bros. are reconstructing their charred plant and have started the erection of a large new building opposite the Union station, which will ‘be used for an ice cream and ice making institution, associated with their wholesale jobbing business. " The second story is being completed on the Barker drug store and will be occupied by a prominent physician and other medical offices, one of the best arranged and largest suites in the state. The fire swept Rex theatre is a new monument to its black- ened ruins, when its companion buildings burned. The new addition to the Jewett garage, 50x140 feet, dou- bles the capacity or the present spacious garage and shops and when the job is completed the present building will have a front in harmony with the new structure’s plans. The new Beltrami Milling Elevator company elevator and mill rises majestically in its new splendor, one of the few of its type in the entire state. The Standard Oil company’s new building is practically completed, and the City building is undergoing a marked trans- formation, being modernly improved throughout in every detail with a handsome gray stucco exterior. And other business men are awaiting .the coming of spring to begin improvements on a large scale in many directions, adding another year of marked progress to Bemidji’s splendid record. ; F o - —o0 'WE REMARK AGAIN ON NYMORE'S NEW WELL. - We rise to remark ‘“some more” that the Fifth ward is going to get that long wished for water supply well and that it will be started as soon as the contract can be drawn and signed, and the same firm that installed the pumps in the wells of Bemidji and drilled the “big” well at the city building, will do the work in Nymore. : The men who will do the actual work on the Nymore well includes the son of P. J. Bowler of the firm of Layne & Bowler, one of the largest firms of well drillers in the United States, and the other is the chief well driller of the company. The guaranteed supply for the Bemidji wells was a capacity of 2,000,000 gallons per day, and Bemidji has it, but the city- cannot possibly begin to use that amount of water and it will be sufficient for years to come. Even the new well of Nymore will have a minimum ca- pacity of 200 gallons per minute. It will be twelve inches in diameter and carry a pressure of 70 pounds when needed. It looks to us as if it was the start of a water system for that enterprising portion of Bemidji and we also hope it will renew the proper spirit of activity and progress to which the Fifth ward is justly entitled. -_ SUPT. BOLCOM’S RESIGNATION REGRETTED. The resignation of Superintendent of Schools Bolcom to accept a more lucrative and wider field of school administration in Rochester, Minn., is a severe blow to the schools of Bemidji and his place will be difficult to fill in the manner in which it has since he has been the head. Many are the innovations that have been inducted into the management and administration of the schools. The busi- ness office has been located on the ground floor of the high school building and the books and records have all been com- piled like the office of a large business establishment, and the work-of getting the school system on a cash basis was pro- ghressing. Ne\_av improvements were made during his adminis\ration gmd fac1'lities were rearranged for the handling of instruction in more improved form. Many of the best school executives and instructors the schools ever had are members of the teaching corps, and the work is progressing in a most satisfactory man- ner, to the credit of.all who have the best interests of Bemidji’s education at heart. : We bespeak continued success for Superintendent Bolcom in his new field and are confident the best of wishes of the general public of Bemidji will accompany him. —_ Marie. He at onces decides that she is the girl he intends to marry, but NEWS OF THE first, of course, he must know her— then he must make a special study of love. . THEAT ERS A Fox Sunshine comedy, “Roaring Lions” will also be shown. VIOLA DANA FRIDAY. A new role, not yet familiar to pic- ture audiences, has been created by BERT LYTELL—REX. Another Metro success will be shown at the Rex theatre tonight when Bert Lytell appears in the clev- | Metro comedy-drama which will be T the delightful and .refreshing artis- try of the little star and gives to #o- phisticated theatre-goers a new angle on the age-worn vampire which will be decidedly welcome. , GRAND TONIGHT.. . “Her husband has gone'to'catch the midnight train. She fushed to, the teiephone and called: up andther man, making an appointment for him to call upon her. The lights were low. A man entered, she'ran to him, threw her arms about him;- kissed him passionately. Then she sudden- ly discovered it was not the man she thought,—but her husband.. What would a woman do under such cir- cumstances? What would you do? You can find out all about it by see- ing Florenc Reed in the great seven part photodrama “Wives of Men” at the grand theatre last time tonight. There will also be amateur vaude- ville. HAS DIFFICULT ROLE. Frank Losee, who has done re- markably clever character acting in many Famous Players productions, does perhaps his most difficult act- ing in that company’s adaptation of Dickens’ celebrated novel-‘‘Great Ex- pectations.” In this Paramount pic- ture which will be the;featured at- traction at the Grand the " Z only. Mr. Losee plays: ths A criminal Provis in support of Louise Huft and Jack Pickford. ¥ _ ONE AGAINST A DOZEN, It you saw a dozen.able-bodied men attack one man you'd call a policeman, wouldn’t you? Of course. But suppose there wasn’t’ a police- man_withii many miles of the ‘spot, and neither tolephone nor telégraph? That’s different: This is the predica- ment in whi¢h a lone man found him- self. The man was Tom Mix and the sequel of his battle royal is to be seen in “The Wilderness Trail,” at the Rex theatre Saturday. ' LAST TIME TONIGHT.. . Appearing in a new and.novel screen characterization, Lina Cava- lieri, one of the foremost operatic stars of the world, will appear at the Elko theatre last time tonight, in her latest Paramount starring ‘Yehicle, “The Two Brides,” written ‘by: Alicia Ramsey, adapted for the sereen. by Margaret Turnbull, and directed by Edward Jose. Mme. Cavalieri is sup- ported by an excellent cast of play- ers, her leading man being Courtenay Foote, the other roles being in the hands of Warburton Gamble, Hal Reid—the father of the famous Para- mount star, Wallace Reid—Mrs. ‘Turner, Miss Richards, Sherry Tan- sey, Robert' E. Milash and Emil Roe. The scene of this notable photoplay was photographed by Hal Young. CARRIES PUNCH GALORE: Earl Metcalfe and Virginja‘é lam~ mond play in a great story g the latest World release, “The Baktler.” A drama alive with tense sltaik‘;i:ons and peppery action. At th 1ko theatre tomorrow, Friday, onlf. - It’s a picture that carries ‘punch 'galore with it. The kind that holds an audience enthralled by thé com- plexity of the plot and the swift se- quence in which powertul scenes fol- low each other. ; HorTICUrTURAL Sy, o0 NE_EF'S Plant a cover crop of cow in your orchard to turn under next fall. * = » 2" Frult trees.should be prunéd, but the work should be upon proper prin- ciples. L I A cover crop is particularly valu- able to the fruit grower as he sel- dom has enough manure. * 5 = importance with young trees where it may help in shaping the frame- work. * x * . Most fruits can be grown on a great variety of soils, but where possible it is better to avoid light, sandy solls, and heavy clays. y . & » ‘Winter vetch does best as a cover erop if a little rye is seeded with it. One bushel of vetch to one-half bush- el of rye an acre is about right. In mild climates crimson clover can be ~sed instead of vetch. - er comedy-drama, ‘“‘One-Thing-at-a- Time O’Day,” a Saturday Evening Post story by William Dudley Pelly. The story is that of 0’Day, a young man who believes that to accomplish success it is necessarw to concentrate upon one thing at a time. One day he visits a circus and sees the beau- tiful young bare-back rider, La Belle the attraction at the Rex theatre Friday, when she appears as a tom- boy vampire—a modern Diana of the chase. In this play Miss Dana enacts the role of Diana Ardway, a girl of im- pulses—charming to the eye but for- midable in her feminine capricious- ness. It is a role which brings out . * Fire blight is less severe on upples than on pears and usually attacks only the new wood. The only method of control is to cut it out as fast as it appears, making the cut somewhat below the affected part. . If the wing feathers of little chicks grow too rapidly and make the wings hang down they should be cut off so that- they will not sap the vitality of the chicks. WHAT THE STARS PREDICT Jupiter is friendly today and this rule presages success in all commercial enterprises. It is not a lucky rule for those who seek employment. ‘A new era will be inaugurated with the rising of new leaders, it is predicted, and the passing of many old*men of Viola Dana in “Satan Junior,” the|prominence is forecasted. THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER | mandeered and ordered sold at reduced Summer pruning is probably of most | IN WILD FRENZ T GET SHOES Halian's: Nged of Footwedr Mist} Crying>Démand of Postwar * Days. GOOSEBERRIES FOR A GARDEN{:= Ohio Station Recommends Thre¢ * American Varieties as Being . |7 Most Profitable. - 5 The ' gooseberry sometimes 18 re- garded us u neglected fruit, The Ohfo’ istation has tested out a number of | [varimies for garden growing, thef}: : Jifollowing being recommended .and|}:. .#described as profitable: With the | American varieties the Downing, Red Jacket and Carrie stand out as.-being most desirable. = The Downing pro- duces large green berries; its bushes are of good size and the varlety is productive. The Red Jacket is sim- flar to the Downing, with reddish ber- ries, but fewer canes in the bushes. The branches of the Carrie are long, loaded with berries and easy to pick. 3 SEIZED REGARDLESS OF Sz Sales of ':cemmandund Protiteer Foo! r Cause Excitement In Many” Cities—Stores Ran- sacked by Mob for Food. Strawberries should be covered about four inches deep with straw. If the bed is in a windy location, five | or six inches may be used to advan- tage. Florence, Italy.—If Dante Alighieri lived in Florence today be might be inspired to ‘write another’ “Inferno,” with shoes as the prime caase of evil. Nothing has been so evidear during these postwar days us the need of Italians for footwear. The recent public demousirations backed by the Caméra'del Lavoro, or “chambers of Iabor,”- where stocks of goods of all descriptions in the hands of profiteers in many cities were com- o e A Superior o T8 prices, precipitated unusual somer- saults of trade, but the wildest scram- bles were in the shoe stores. Here the demand for shoes produced scenes of the wildest ‘disorder. 3 Frenzy Over Footwear. . In Rome, Milan, Forli, Bologna and Naples the search ‘tor‘ shoes contlnued many days. The struggles in- each city were so great that few law- abiding persoas tried to secure shoes. There appeared: tp be no attempt at fitting anyone. Shoes were handed out in boxes. and the buyers took them, seemingly not caring whether they fitted or not just so they were on the basis of a 50 per cent re- duction in price. It was a common sight to see a man loaded up with shoes for his entire family. To obiain admission to a shoe store was fully as difficult as buying a ticket for a world series baseball game. For hours the shoe hunters - would wait in long lines before they were finally admitted into the storerooms. Shoe merchants fixed two hours in the morning and two in the after noon for the opening of their stores, but the long line was waiting for shoes several hours before the sched- uled time arrived. . Impatience on the part of the crowds caused, in most cases, the sum- mary seizure -of goods and the resort to ransacking. Food stores were treated first in this way, but the law- lessness soon spread to clothing and shoeshops. " Stores ransacked - would be. depleted of. every commodity—eat- - able, wearable; 'or portable. ~There were examples in Sbezla'ot carrylng out all the commodities, loading ther in a moton-truck and taking them some four or five miles outside the city for distributibn. Whole hogs: heads of WE were rolled out of the season. and Wood Ranges and I-_Igj: plete. 1 an average city In thisjway and distributed. It seemedias if the mob had desig: nated for them the stores to be loot- ed. There ‘was apparently the most systematic ’Ill@gu;lg- of those accused of war profiteering. - Merchants known to have violated governmen- tal regulations by selling .prohibite¢ articles durfng’the war were treated in the samé’ way. Soldiers sent to restore order in some cases were charged with accept: ing gifts from the rioters and at other times filling their pockets with eat: ables, including biscuits, fruit, nuts and chocolate. N General Shortage Results. The new situation created by the arbitrary commandeerings and fixing of prices is' now beginning to react Storekeepers: are refusing to run theit businesses on the new basis, while there is evidently a general shortage throughout -the various cities affect: ed by the new. economic changes. Many well-to-do families who have always been lawabiding have found themselves suddenly unable to buy food. : Some merchants have closed thelt shops and gone to summer resorts in the hope .that when summer ends the eruption will have subsided and there will be a return to normal conr ditions. hundred and 1bs. in a year. averaged to make one street car fas ers looking to us There is no better place for turkeys to roost than in the trees, in the open air, during the summer and fall. [E2E 3] Chicks that. get too; warm in coops do not grow Well and t{herefore do not make the best use of their feed and opportunities. ¢ 7 Let us send you a’ Union Stock Yards, ‘Gas. Heatér . Our line of Gas Rangés,” - How Much Profit Do You Pay Us? ' The United States De- partment of Agriculture informs us that you as Citizen, eat . pounds of meat (181.83) Based on these figures, if you had purchased all of your meat foods from us, Swift & Company would have profited to the extent of482 cents during the first eight months of our present fiscal year. In that eight months we cent on each pound of meat’ and all other products sold. This profit you paid us equals 6 cents a_month=—or just about 33 More than 30,000 sharehold- their invested money, had to be paid a reasonable: return out of - - your 6 cents a month. Volume alone made this.possible. Now figure for yourself how Government interference in the operations of the packing business is going to re@qce your meat bill. It will interest you. Address Swift & Company, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 16, 1919 Do You Hate: to Get up in the morning - Perhaps your bowel ac-i " tion is not normal. " Get some : NYAL FIGSEN ' The Friendly Laxative It is easy to take. It overcomes intestinal slug- gishness. It aids in the restoration of general bod- ~ily activity. In tins only, three sizes. CITY DRUG STORE Laliberte & Erickson The CIRCO GAS HEATER, under exhaustive tests, is known to give thesmaximum amount of -heat at the minimum cost. You can satisfy yourself that real comfort can be enjoy“gd by having a Circo in- stalled for house heating during the cool and chilly Combination Gas, Coal Water Heaters is com- BEMIDJI GAS Phone 76 COMPANY American about one eighty-two two-fifths of a as trustees of “Swift Dollar.” Chicago, Ill, A powerful wave of democracy that may complete in- dustrial revolution is read in this rule of the stars. Honors for scholars, particularly scientists, will come in the new year. v The holiday rade this season will be immense and there will be an increased demand for luxuries. Children born today will be artistic and creative. (Copyright, 1919, by the Wheeler Syndicate, Inc.) _ | # WHAT BECOMES OF # THE AVERAGE DOLLAR LIVE ANIMAL 12.96 CENTS FOR LABOR EXPENSES AND FREIGHT 2.04 CENTS REMAINS WITH e o Defective