Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 21, 1920, Page 6

TR S o e i T e 4 THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER A NAVY |WOOD RIVER’S GROWTH : T . LOOKIHSG AHFEHEVOCA'I'ION IS DUE TO REMARKABLE MARKETS—LOCAL AND FOREIGN e Advantages Offered by Navy VISlON 0F Yo“NG MAN BEMIDJI CASH MARKET QUOTATIONS. R B“onte o Population Gain Has Thus Far|, . GRAINAND H o .$1.00 Dressed. ! : Attractive Outstripped All Others PR:: cg'l‘:w:e;b :l::ll'll.n‘,.lb e .24c 'g;‘dl‘fl;):l-.'li;“' Do0ad: A By Clifford A. finxer Wheat, hard ... .. $2.19- Geese, live, pound . In a conversation with a naval of- (By United Press) Wood River, Ills.,, August 21.—The growth of Wood River—America’s magic city—is due to the keen vision ficer a few days since, I was surprised to learn that the new navy pay bill has, by its passage, placed the enlist- ed men of the naval service in a HIORS Onions, dr: .$4.00-5.00 \ Beans, cw{. . '3 00-$8.00 [ Cow hides, No. 1 1b. ... y ...13c-13¢c preferred position with respect to|of an ambitious young man inspired Bull hides, No. 1, 1b. +10c- earnings when compared with theli, a big future thru the advice of his gu"erlf::sh. A & ieesraieis .02: Kipp hides, No. 1’. i c-11¢ average man ashore, whatever his|employer. &8p, fresn, cere 45| Calf Skins, No. 1 1b , employment. “One thing not generally known,” remarked the officer, ““it the fact that an enlisted man in the navy is paid in three parts of his full remunera- tion, divided in this manner:the cash he receives each month from the pay- Deacons, each ....... MEATS Horse hides. large, each . -$8-37 Mutton ..cmcccecesnensooveml36WOoOl, bright ... oo. . eiie....20¢ That is the story they tell at the Standard Oil Company’s refinery here. Its an old story to inhabitants of this industrial and home city, but it is of especial interest now that the federal census of 1920 has been an- nounced giving Wiood River a popula- master, which may be considered as|tjon of 3,476, or a gain of 4,038, per spending money; the food and lodg-|cent since 1910, when there were only ings. which he is allowed and which] 48 gouls within its borders. are his Ii#fing expenses; and then comes hi active duty pay, or re- tired pay, which is in reality his sav- ings.” It seems that the Navy Pay Bill contains a provision placing men with long terms of enlistment on in- activé duty with the Fleet Naval Re- serve at high monthly rates of pay, so that men who reenlist and make service in the navy their life’s work really earn, as accumulated savings, a sum as large as $25,927.32, and the reservist has to serve only sixteen years in the navy to earn his right to collect this money—think of it—§1,- 620.44 a year, or $135 a month, in addition to his spending money and his living expense! “Suppose a man enlists at the age of eighteen years,” continued my in- formant, “served sixtgen years, then goes on inactive duty with the Fleet Reserve, and lives to the age of sixty-|of it what you will. You must leave flve—we will use sixty-five years for]tonight. O, yes, the place is called purposes of computation, although| wood River.” the average navy man lives to the The young chap went home to tell age of about sixty-eight years. This|his wife—just a slip of a girl. They man collects during his active ser-|got out their maps and began a search vice $20,164.72 in cash; and at $30 | for Wood River. But all in vain. a month for living expenses, an esti-| Nowhere on any available map of I1- mate which is very low, he gets $5,-| linois; was there to be found even a 760, or its equivalent; then he co-|dot marked Wood River. lects $25,927.32 inactive duty pay:| ‘At any rate, the young couple a grand total of $51,852.04, and all | bought tickets for St. Louis, and on he gives in return for this huge sum arriving in ‘the Missouri city made {s*sikteen years’ active duty service.|” inquiry regarding their new -home- In accordancé with this statement | site. Nobody-had heard of the place, the recruit is offered by the navy @Jaithough a railroad official admitted sixteen-year job in which his.ad [having heard of a refinery the Stand- vancement is figured stowly, but|ard was erecting out near Alton, Illi- which..worth -fn terms of spending MINNEAPOLIS IN MARKET. | SOUTH ST. ‘PAUL LIVE STQCK. At close of business August 21:| Cattle—Receipts, 1,000; market, Low High|steady; top, $4.75; bulk of sales, N‘o‘.vthorthem Dark ; s $4.50@4.76. I : eat ......ococoeenceed! 8 i ). o No. 1 Nor. Wheat. Hogs—Receipts, 300; market even; No. 3 Yellow Corn.. 1.60 11495, No. 3 White Oats.... .65% ' / . : Choice_ Barley 1.00 1.06 Sheep—Receipts, 2,500; market, No.. 2. Ry 1.94 1.96 |Lambs 76c lower, she¢gp 50c lower; Flax ... 3.26 3.28 |top, $10.75; bulk of sales, $10.75. Wood River’s population gain has far outstripped that of any other city or town so far announced since the 1920 count was made. The story goes that the manager of the general office of the Standard 0il Company, located near QChicago called in a typical young American business employee and said: “I've got a job with a future for you. The opportunity for advance- ment is unlimited if you will only put your shoulder to the wheel. It will be a hard grind, but you can do it. 2.60 Itop, $15; bulk of sales, $14.00@ pany’s money to loan workmen for building homes. ‘Wood river began to grow. That was in 1910. And when the census was taken that year and when every single person was counted, the new town’s population amounted to only 84. But the next year it boasted 75 houses and a few stores had begun to spring up by private enterprise. And the Smiths—husband and wife were| Miss Agnes Larson ¢ of Thorhult wrapped up in the town. . was a caller in this city yesterday. Today Wood River is a ' booming e town with all city improvements. Its| Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Sackett of Deer streets are lined with modern homes, Ri(;'er was a caller in this city yest- erday. H. V. Miller of Remer was a Be- midji business visitor pu Friday. “We are building a refinery at a townsite near St. Louis and I want you to go down there to run things. When the refinery is completed I am positive the town will grow. There is nobody there now, and it will be a lonesome place to live. “Now go to it, You can make out substantially built. The nailroads now stop at the city’s neat and ample station and the town’s name is print- ed in all the roads’ timetables. Nearly everyone in Wood River owns his own home. There are no negroes in ¢ the town. A few work in the plants| Charles Bloomquist of Big Lake of the town, but reside elsewhere. was a business caller in this city And industry has grown. -Besides ton Friday. the original Standard’' 'Ofl refinery, there are now two. other companies’ refineries, a tannery of the Interna- tional Shoe Co., and other plants, the payrolls of which now total more than $1,100,000 monthly. s Misses Bergit and Emma Klepp of Dorset were among the out of town visitors ‘in this gty yesterday. G. P. Ballou of International Falls was a business caller in the.city yes- terday. " s & Monteville J. Brown of St. Paul, as- sistant attorney general, is a busi- ness visitor in the city today. Nobody locks his door. Thievery is almost unknown. It is just a hig community where everybody knows everybody else, and Wood Riverans: don’t know where the town's growth will stop. Its natural advantages on the Mississippi river, close to cheap fuel and water power, andits loca- tion in the St. Louis metropolitan district, all presage wonderful future the summer vacation in Bemidii, left development. today for Spur where she will .ake And the Smiths, leaders;in social " and industrial development, feel they | 2P B¢ position of primary teacher And they ought to: nois. More questions at -the inter- ¥ money, living expenses, and savings | ruban station finally, drew reply that $270 a month, or $3,240 a year. This loeal car made<a stop at a place equals a shore job paying the wttker | called Wood-River. $12.23 cents a day, based on 265 Detraimed at the spot, the young working days each year for sixteen couple found the town did not even years! Mighty few men in civil life | boast a railroad station, .although average anything like this ‘amount.|two important trunk lines between ) In addition to the above, the re-{Chicago and St. Louis passed thru. cruit receives free casualty, medical, | The only &ign of habitation was a and dental insurance, which together | house or so where lived the workmen form no small item, as most of us|building the refinery. can testify. But the real factor which | * The Chicago boy shuddered. His opened my eyes is this: The recruit | wife burst into tears. She was for is compelled to save enough money # | returning at once. The husband grit- that at the end of his sixteen years|ted his teeth, however, and recalled of active service he will have an in- | what his boss had told him about the come of $61.06 a month for the|future of the town and his own op- first fourteen years and then an in-|portunities. So they stuck to their come of $76.81 a month for the re-|jobs. In a few weeks they had a mainder of his life. No industry that | comfortable home built, and with the 1 can recall furnishes a parallel to|completion of the refinery more peo- this feature of Navy pay. ple moved in. Most of them, however, “The casualty, medical, and dental | preferred to live in Alton, half a doz- tree insurance,” explained the officer, | ®n miles away, or St. Louis, or its “extends thru the sixteen years; it|Illinois suburban places, less than also applies to any term of enlist-|an hour from Wood River. ment. A very interestirng feature Smith, lets call the young mana- of the Pay Bill is the method of figur- | 8er, was quick to see that, although ing advancement in pay and savings. | the refinery work was attracting in- Take the case of the man who has{habitants, there was no life in the finished his two years ’service. If he|town for their families to enjoy. nor leaves the Navy he throws his two|any place to go when the day’s work years’ savings away, equivalent to|was done. So he wrote his boss $3,240.91 of the cash which he can|that he’d need capital to provide a collect in monthly payments thruout|moving picture show, a drug store, a his after life if he reenlists and fin-[grocery and maybe a library. The ishes his sixteen years' service. money was quickly forth-coming, “Then he is in a, position where|With the result that when workmen he has only fourteen years to get|saw that they could have enjoyment the opportunity to collect the sixteen|in Wood River without paying car- years® savings, and instead of being|fare to adjacent towns, they decided $135 a'month as in the case of the|to buy property and build homes. recruit, they figure $154 eacu month |So Smith set aside some of his com- for fourteen years, or the equal of a b shore job at $13.45 a day.” 3 Lt e A man who has finished four years of active service has much more at stake, for if he leaves the navy he loses four years’ savings amounting to $6,481.83 of the cash he can col- lect throughout his lite if he fin- 2 isMes his sixteen years’ service. But ! BV, IT'S ONLY "BOUT TWO it he continues in the service he has / \_BIG WATER MELO MILES TO TOWN only twelve years to gain his right to % LET’S SNITCNIT, collect the sixteen years' savings, or ) at the rate of $180.05 a month for the remaining twelve years. In this ‘case his spending money, living ex- penses, and savings amount to $333 a month ,or based on shore pay, a job yielding $15.08 a day. There are many other features which enter into the compensation of a life’s work in the navy, aside from the pay a man receives, and they are of much importance in promoting contentment and enhancing the joy of living. Extensive travel, sure to be embraced in sixteen years of naval service, is an education whizh would cost a civilian a fortune, in fact, not 3 one man in a thousand ever has the . opportunity to visit the interesting 5 | v and historical ports of the world that UM MY-WON'T WE HAVE SOM OH LOOK AT THE BIG :1:: z;:ll;l:: }o thihnav,v man. and FEAST WHEN WE GET IT HOME /| - FINE WATERMELON n n 2 thous: 3 B much of life. SESRE WEGQT POP A man who has served sixteen years in the navy can take his place in any community, he will be a valu- able asset; his experience as a man of the world will count much for or- der; his opinions will be sought in civic matters; he has earned the right to be heard and heeded. Any American who has the foresight to complete sixteen years of service in the navy, and thus place himself in an independent position for lite, shows stability of character and per- sonal worth which cannot be ignored; he has the calibre for political hon- ors; his future is assured. | Subscribe for The Ploneer. [ Hr. and Mrs. C. J. Murphy, Reeves avenue, have gone to Bemidji, where they will spend Sunday.—Grand Forks Herald. Miss Alice Dadie, who has spent 1 5 own the place. during the coming school yea.yr they made it. Miss Bertha Norem of Alexandria, R P arirved in the city last evening to “OH DADDY” MAKES HIT spend the day here today on busi- ness. She is en route to Spur where IN CHICAGO AND NEW YORK . she will begin her new duties as The latest Richard C. Maddox mu- |principal of the. Spur consolidated sical comedy, “Oh Daddy” which |school for the coming year. comes to the Grand theatre one night, . —— Tuesday, August 24, was a‘decided Rev. Blaine Lambert returned this hit with New York and Chicago au-|morning from Hines, where the Lam- diences last spring. It is said to have [bert family have been on a week’s surpassed all other *“Oh” musical|outing. Mrs. Lambert and children and their guests, Misses Agnes Mec- Ghee and Bertha Webster, will re- turn this evening. comedies. The story deals with the many topics that are occupying much of our attention these days and is never allowed to lag for want cf “pep.” The musical numbers are by T. H. Willhite. They arée of the tuneful kind, for after hearing them they re- fuse to dislodge from the mind. *“The chorus has the grace of wild young things of the forest.”” The produc- tion is an elaborate one and the en- tire cast from star to chorus girl has been carefully selected. In all “Oh Daddy” is a great hit and possesses youth, wit and charm. £ Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Foucault and three rhildren, and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Foucault returned last evening from Duluth after spending the week there as the guests of relatives and friends. They made the trip by automobile leaving Duluth yesterday morning at 7 g‘clock and arriving in this city at 5:30 after making several short stops en route. They report an excellent trip and fajrly good roads. P — Registered at Bh"chlmh:)nt Beach g § | hotel .today are the folbowing: Mrs. YHE: RIONEER WANI AD Thomas Edsall of Hot Springs, Ark; in 1920 Count 3 : Wheat, soft .. .22.00-$2.10 | Ducks, live, (b. .....y-...16e018¢ — Rye, bu. . : .$1.60 | Hens, -4 {h. and’ over. o e . «.0.. 360 BRING RESULTS A. Earl Anderson of San Francisco; B ~ = e e} O S AR ST MRS F‘argo; C. Bibson of Fargo; S. Brew- «~190-30¢{of the week with friends in Bemidji. | Thief River Falls Times. Marshall County—\CmPS fair over |In Fighting Disease v 7 SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 21, 1920 Miss. M. D. Klabupde of Cass Lake; | conditions good; collections” better \ Mrs. Spratt and son, M. E. McAuliffe, |than usual. Iron ore movement below Paul A. Erick, and St. Clair Sny-|normal and market very quiet. Ad- dér of Minneapolis; L. G. Topping of "equate coal supply for northwest not yet received at Duluth. Good Toads) Bumper potato crop. Hibbing school situation serious; inadequate facil- ities. ster, Jr., and wife of St. Paul. Mrs. P. W. Mabey spent the first She returned -to this city *Friday.— Ninth District. 80 per cent harvested. Some build ing at Warren. Roads excelle: Stock and grain improvement wo Roseau County—(Banking ,coddi- tions almost normal; loans not extra heavy.) Considerable building. .\ |Farmers complaining of low prices Mrs. G. A. McDonald and two chils|for wool ‘and cattle. Roads in fair dren, Irene and Helen, arrived Fri-|Shape but need better care. . _ - day morning for a visit of two weeks| Pennington County—Much ‘wheat at the home of her parents, Mr. and escaped rust; crop fing. Sugar begts' Mrs. Frank .McManus, 1213 Dewey |SPlendid. Farm sales increasing with avenue. MF. McDonald will motor|loWa inquiries. Aggressive, livestock here later and bring back the family |development work. Fall plowing has with him. . started. Flood .control survey being made. S R Polk County—Wheat spnm. De- OLYMPIC TUG-OF-WAR TEAM |posits decreased. Barns and silos be- " EEtT ing built. Not a vacant house in The American Olympic Tug-of-War | Crookston. Rain saved the potato. team has been selected entirely from |crop. J. E. Harris, of : Melstone, army men by Captain C. L. Brosius. |Mont., bought/ 1,600 acre tract near The team was picked from more than | Crookston for $123,000. Will raise 290 soidiers. Captain Brosius is No. |blooded stock. . 1 in addition to being captain and Red Lake County—Rust affected official coach of the team. The other [wheat. Other crops gdod. Ideal har- men are the pick of eight teams, |vest weather. Moderate movement chosen at the recent Olympic try-[in farm lands. Over supply of farm outs at St. Louis, Mo. The combined |labor. Some went to North Dakota. weight of the twelve men is 2,447 | Wool a drug on the market. . pounds, an average weight of 208 Clay County—Previous wheat esti- pounds. , The lightest man weighs |mate of twenty bushels an acrecut 187 pounds and the heaviest, Private |in half. Rust. Other crops doing Du_cker, tips the beam at 289 pounds. | well. Money very tight. This team showed a combined sus- Ottertail County—Work sta\ Fij Mr. and Mis. F. H. Whitney, Miss Ruth Whitney “and Frederick Baer who went to Bemidji Monday to vis- it Mr. and Mrs. Henry Mitchell, have returned to their home in this city. —8t. Oloud Daily Times. tained pulr on the lynometer of 2,220 2 pouhds for three minutes. Their-ex- e T treme pull was 4,643 pounds, an av- erage of 3861 pounds per man. The members of the team are Ser- geant Field, Musician Wiistot, Wag~ oner Kelsey, Sergeant Penn, Sergeant Lindsay, Sergeant Kszycewski, . Priv- ate Ducker, Private Dohaney,’ Pri- vate Granrose, Private Wood, Cor- voral Bond, Lieutenant Denny and Captain Brosius. " ‘Practically all of the team are A. E. F. men. ST. PAUL BANK GATHERS " NEWS.OF MINNESOTA (Continued from Paye One.) brisk. The state’s ten thousand lakes proved a prime attraction. Hotel keep‘ers seem inclined to “go strong- er” on advertising next year. tween Perham and Ottertail. v wheat threshed eight bushels to the acre. . Norman County-—About-a 50 per cent wheat crop. Other grains vary greatly throughout ¢ounty with many fine yields. Drought reduced others, || ADDITIONAL WANT ADS FOR RENT—Furnished rdom . for one or two gentlemen. Inquire at "~ 423 Fourth 'street. 3t8-24 FOR SALE—36 ‘acre. farm,, 12 acres under cultiyation. On Jefferson’ highway, eight milés from Bemid- ji, one mile from school and vil- lage. Bargain for ' quick sale. b i Phone 538. 3d8-24 Following are reports of the élxth ) Eighth and Ninth congressional dis.|FOR SALE—Light work harness, triots: . light driving harness, single buggy Wwith pole. Ford car, also Oakland Six; Arrow thrust for boat and->a good gasoline launch. E. J. Wil- | FOR SALE—One se s 2 estate 'slow:- but values holding up ——One aeven;and "',‘e ""!. well. Car shortage, . - | bassenser bus body, choap Wi. Benton County — Loans = Very|poR SALE—One six room house, heavy; depesits holding up. Farmers| 550 in; one nine room house, mod- doing ‘considerable building despite| ern. Wm. McCuaig. §t8-27 cement shortage. Cars hard to get.| FOR RENT-—Modern furnished roofd, Wool being held; some. cattle being| 307 7th street phone 495-J 4 sold. ‘County agent making a cow i "9t8-23 census. “Foley patting in a water and [ FOR SALE—A high grade Circassiahi [ sewer system. A . walnut suite and player piano. Snap - . Cass_ County—Considerable build- if taken before Monday. Call 129- ing. - Labor scarce. Corn and late|w. 1t821 potatoes damaged by drought. Other ' crops good. Bonds being sold for road improvements and $100,000 in con- tracts have been let. Stearns County—Rye, oats and barley are good. Weather dry. City real estate bringing gaod prices but business not very active. Strong de- mand for building loans. - St. Cloud will have another bank next month, the American National, capital 5100,-I Sixth District. i Todd County—Fair crops. ‘Build- ing activities have improved. Real 000. - Morrison County<—Dry weather hurt crops. Loans to the limit.l Plenty gf« labor but car shortage.' County board decided to improve fair grounds. : Crow Wing County—Considerable ! road work. Clss county building ¢ i highway which will connect with P main road to Brainerd. Crops fair BR‘ ”D to good. Chambers Manufacturing = company of Minneapolis; farm ma- B /- / % chinery, to locate at Barrows. Bu 1 TL R Beltrami County—Work has start- ed on’ Bemidji’s $60,000 armory. { Forest fires near Wilkoms. Gasoline sales in Bemidji nearly 100, per cent greater than last summer. Heavy tourist travel. Hay crop excellent, other crops much above average. Potato crop promises large. Aitkin County—Good crops and good weather. Small decline .in loans. No building. Roads in some sections are worn but they stood upi 1 The best on the market, | the more you eat the 'bétte}‘ you like.it. Ask your dealer "for 3 pound todab’. well ynder the drought. Eighth District. St. Louis County—(Other counties! n. s ges Y “emidji Creamery not heard from.) Heavy rains early . in August helped crops. Car short- cnm afl age serious and freight and coal hard to handle. Labor conditions very sat- isfactory. No strikes.‘ Wh:fisa]e Follow l;lis Orders - ’ On the battlefield, the success of an un‘dertaking depends upon absolutely following of orders. " ! » And success in combating djsease depends upon the same thing, but with the doctor as the com- manding officer. Just as the general knows when to bring up his reserves, the doctor knows when to call in certain drugs to help nature win her fight. The general studies his map and the enemy| The doctor studies YOU and your symptoms. The doctor’s “‘general orders” is the prescription i he writes.. % ! Barker 217 Third Street i [y