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f i Fp<1891-when Rio became -the cap- ;@ BE. CARSON, Pres. ¥ bfim» AVARY AFTERNOON BXORFT SUNDAY 77" paB BEMIDII PIONDER FUBLISKING CO. E. H; DENU, ‘Sec. unu Mgr. G. W. HARNWELL, Editor Telephone 9322 ‘. Entered at the. postoffice at Bemidji, Minn., as second- class matter under Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. No attention paid to anonymous 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 ipsure publication in the current issue, Bix mi;nu:;‘ sees ee Months .One Month .. s Six Months ... One Week . Three Months ,..... THE WEEKLY PIONEER—Twelve pages, pub) every Thursday and sent postage pald to any address for, in advance, $2.00 OFPICIAL COUNTY AND CITY PROCEEDINGS SCHOOL DAYS AGAIN. School days are with us again, and as we watch the youth starting off we will be recalling the days of childhood and recounting the precious hours that were frittered away. Young people are seldom able to penetrate the veil of the future and realize the imperative need of an education. But the need is there and is becoming more insistent as time goes on and civilization pro- gresses.: In- the olden days the educated class were but few in number. Today they are almost universal. Tomorrow—who knows what the re- quirements will be? The problem of the school is not with the young- est children, but with those more advanced. When it comes to the high school grades there is a falling off far beyond expectations. From the standpoint of material advantage alone a high school training is worth' while. -Those. who' have figured on the facts about this claim that every day spent in high . school is worth ten dollars. If a boy were to receive that amount.every day he was in his place at school, there would surely be more there. Yet, taken year in and out for a lifétime, the boy ‘who has the academic training.gets that much more. The salary attached to job for a boy who has only an eighth standing may look good for the present, but that boy is not likély to make the progress he would if farther advanced in school work. In five years or ten years his mate who stayed in school is ready for a better position, and'is more value as'a worker, and is more likely to be promoted. There are other and intrinsically greater reasons why our boys and girls should stay in school. Mental discipline is needed. The power of discern- ment.is not easily acquired, and in a world of so much sham and cant this becomes one of the most. The complete citizen needs to know how to dis- ‘tinguish between the true and the false, the tran- sient and the permanent, between the superficial and ‘the substantial. The educated man is forearmed. He is not easily fooled or stampeded hy mere ap- pearances. Progress is achieved through educa- tion; and humanity has a mission of progress. A good education is worth making a sacrifice for. We urge. every boy and girl to aim for the best ‘that our school—and coileges—can give them in an educaticnal viay, in order that they may be better fitted for the great tasks awaiting the citizen- ship of this new and promising country. With our children back in the class room again, it would be well for us of mature years to enlarge our interest in their welfare. We should extend to the teachers a full measure of encouragement and support, and thereby add to the zest of their labors. - ! Our duty does not end with starting the child to school in the morning. That is only the be- ginning. An active and daily interest in its progress will lend encouzagement to its efforts and spur it to greater success. . Parental commendation is sweet to every child. Indifference is the father to neglect. ¢ —_— One of the worst ingrates is the man who accepts the protection of a country without being willing to obey its laws. ! _—— 3 ‘What Europe needs is a few Irish policemen from New York to help keep the peace. : "TWENTY YEARS AGO They. Are Grateful. 3 - At the close of the, meeting of Duluth Presby- tery in' Bemidji, September 8 and 9, the following ‘was odffered by Rev. ‘Clelland and adopted by a rising vote: ° “The Presbytery of Duluth having held an wnusually pleasant and profitable session at Bemidji, we do most cordially acknowledge the generous hospitality of the citizens of Bemidji and the Presbyterian church in particular. “We would specially thank the officials of the eity for the use of the public hall; also to Capt. McLachlan for an inspiring sail on beautiful Be- midji lake ;to brother Higgins and officers of the church for liberal and attentive provision for the comfort of this Presbytery, and express the prayer- ful wish of this body for the highest’ and purest ity of the churches and town of Bemidji and county of Beltrami.” 5 Beltrami will have a county fair this year as soon as the snow balls are ripe. Dad Palmer was in_town the first 1;_f the week, _ He says’ Turtle River]village iis ready to pull up court of justice similar to the highest! WINONA COUNTY FAIR [ tribunal of the United States. Sincej A that time the number of cases before| - the court has steadily mounted u; now they reach into the thousan WANT MORE JUSTICES FOR BRAZIL'S CoURT .(By United: Press) ¢ Rio de Janiero. (By Mail).—The a:single year. e court of Brazil is about to| At present J¢ is six years behind in its work. ftal of a republic instead of the seat|time. of an empire, the first decree of the b AR THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER BOLSHEVISM LACKS COURAGE. The ‘public hears ‘considerable these days: about the ideals of the Russian’ Bolshevists, how the Mus- covites have a great principal of government for which they are willing to sacrifice themselves in order to impress it upon the “capitalistic nations.” The defeat of the Russian hordes by a smaller number of Poles, fighting for their national exist- ence, provides no encouragement for the belief that Bolshevism represents even the lowest type of na- tional principle. Men who believe in the righteous- ness of their cause do mot run like frightened rabbits. . <P It must be.plain, even to the preachers of Soviet- jsm in the United States, that Bolshevism, deprived of its incentive to loot and take without compensa- tion the property of others, is the most cowardly and contemptible thing on earth. Some of the most thrilling stories in world history tell'a few of the brave men fired by the love of country or fidelity to a great cause who withstood forces which greatly outnumbered them—men who would rather dié than give up the defense of a principle. The Russians have been deceived in to the accept- ance of a political creed that has nothing in it of the morality necessary for the success of the cause. Lenine and Trotsky have been trying to’ capitalize the ignorance and cupidity of their fol- lowers. The attempt gives promise of dying of its own poison. S Y, AR SPIRIT OF RECKLESSNESS. A spirit of recklessness pervades society today. Reading any daily newspaper, one is impressed, by the great number of accidents reported. Many of these are in connection with the operation of automobiles,, but not by any means all of them. Burglaries and murders, holdups and illicit trad- ing, with brief reference to politics, furnish topics for the other columns. ¥ The world. is moving at a terrific pace. The war that it passed through helped to make its popula- .;tion restless. In this country high prices and high wages have put life on a different scale. A motice- able slump in morals and religion has robbed us of much of our poise and equanimity and made us careless in‘conduct and regard for law. We are’ paying a stiff price in the toll of human life and bodily injuries for our spirit of recklessness. We are anxious to get back to mormal in'eco- nomic relations, but it is far more important that we lay again the foundations of right living and right thinking and right relations to man. And the sprit of Tecklessness, and in many cases heed- lessness, will' give way to caution and a regard for the common good when the fundamental cause of our feverigh haste is removed. ¥ 4 i e e ALL AROUND EDUCATION. Interest in physical education is growing. Every- where ‘physical culture and so-called life extension " institutes are springing up. Everyone will agree that this attention to hygiene and physical training is an .excellent thing. But.it seems odd that so many should lay stress on physical culture merely as a means of prolonging life. The value of physical education in extending life is, after all, only incidental. Its real merit is in ‘making life worth living. A’ general extension of the perjgd of life is of interest mainly to the actuary. More appealing to the average man or woman is the new vigor in life that comes from physical training and health culture. It is less the desire to live longer than to live more fully that is increasing the ranks of the’ physical culturists. 4 A hearty appetite, a perfect digestion, a one hundred per cent efficient liver, a clear brain and a general physical exhiliration—given these as the reward of physical culture, no one worries much about the problem of life extension. ¥ 0— 4 The transplanting of goat glands will never be- come popular if it causes the patient to butt into other people’s business. ! ottt 1 If porch swings rest mother and help daughter to get married, they are entirely justified in being, —_———— It makes a pedestrian angry when an autoraebile driver “honks” and it makes him mad if he doesn’t. S What has become of the old-fashioned farmer who used to have his city relatives out on his farm for a week? i stakes and climb on the band wagon for some townsite along the railway extension. . J. A. Dudington; wife and her mother, Wm. McCuaig and;wife,- F. A. Brown and wife, D. K. McPherson: and wife, Mrs. Thos. Wilson and A. M. Greeley*i)ent Sunday on the deck of the Viking .and on shore at the morth end of the lake. Barring the drowning of a lunch basket and the baptism of oneiof the men, the affair was one ‘of rare pleasure. . One-fourth off your clothing at the Richard’s store. O’Leary-Bowser. High School Notes. Lee Heffron is unable to attend school on ac- count of sickness. ; The Literary society will have a debate and render a carefully prepared program at the Central school Friday evening. | ? i Ethel McTaggart and Nona Bye are now attend- ing school after each having a long siege of sickness. Guy Dunning having left school and being éditor for the Piorieer; his assistant, Mae McCamus tool his place and appointed Erton Geil as assistan editor. Lo 8 Harry. Geil was a High' school vistor Monday. 2y rton Geil, Assistant. - Mae.McCanns, Editor. — ntiy| . Winona, Aug. 31.—The inj { , | County" Fair, one -of -the:biggest in there are fifteen Jus-}iqoutheastern Minnesota, opened %0- spand the S, D: S. for more justices.|tices. ' Last year there” were 1,600 cases presented for hearing. 600 were_ decided, however, in’the}’ day and will close Sunday, Sep! o} Olmstend ‘eounty” tair: ged Sépt. 4 to 19 at'Roche Only the Steele County Fair at Owatonna new government created a supreme]Snbsche for The Daily Pioneer.|Sept 21 to 26. | 'WAS OPENED TODAY Winona | N it i NESOTA T HE MINNESOTA STATE FAIR, September 4to 11, presents the most stupendous educational and en- tertainment program of its entire history. Nearly $1,000,- 000, or more than twice as much as has ever been spent by any fair in America in any one year, is being expended on program and permanent equipment for the coming’ exposition. Special Features Gtigantichtzcgomotilve Collision, two 200,000-pound engines, - rannin; at a speed o miles h . bef C F ) nmg‘. Saturday, Sept, 4. per hour, before Grandstand, opening day enly, Auto Races, leading driv f th . . ‘ ol Satarday, Sept, 11, g rivers of the world, ' Wednesday, Sept. g" and Horse Races, Sept. 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, five days only. Livestock Judging, Monday, Sept. 6, to Thursday, Sept. 9. Evening Horse Show, Monday to Friday nights, inclusive. fitd;;:; % c]patm%s M. Cox, Democratic Candidate for President, Address by Warren G. Harding, Republi Candidate for P saident, chncsday, Sept. 8. - (Lo i o#' g R ~ Leading Features Every day, except Sunday, Sept. 5 Ruth Law’s Flying Circus, featuring Al Wilson in passages from plane to plane in mid-air without aid of a ladder, and night flights with fire- works by Ruth Law. ' \ . Thrilling Fireworks Spectacle, “Siege of Dardanelles,” depicting viv- léfl)’ th;v Allied effort to force the Straits of the Dardanelles in the reat War, : Score of New York Hippddromé,_Ringling Brothers' and Barnum ‘& Bailey circus acts, before Grandstand, afternoon and evening. C. A. Wortham Shows, made up of 25 stellar attractiops featured by exhibition of Jan Van Albert, nine feet and five inches tall, “The Big- gest Man in the World.”- f Daily Games of Auto Polo, America’s most cxcifihgspoit. One dozen wonderfully trained bands. ‘ 2 I{'O;lgh Riders’ Congress, featuring world’s greatest cowboys and cow- . _ girls. ; ' Leading Feat " Sacred Band Concert, 'aftérnoon and evening. i p $2,000,000 Livestock and Poultry Exhibit. Entire Building, Electrical Exhibits. Enlarged Display, Women’s and Children’s Work. Northwest Auto and Truck Exposition. $750,000 Art Exhibition, New Galleries. : Biggest Farm Products and Fruit Sbowf ever seen in the Northwest. Special railroad fare, one and one-half round tri rate; Sept. 3 to 11, inclusive, final _ ' limit, Sept. 13. iul