Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 3, 1920, Page 6

L | ¥ 2| t i i § t { /.. CARSON, President G. W..HARNWELL, Editor EMIDJI DAILY PIONEER EUB]}!SHED'EVERY AFTERNOON - EXCEPT "SUNDAY THE ‘BEMIDJi PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. - "E. H. DENU, Sec. and Mgr. | $avings? J. D. WINTER, City Editor out there they are all right. Th ‘tgl‘ shape next spring. Don’t you think the rest of this Telephone 922 \ under Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. Entered at the postoffice at Bemidji, Minnesota, as second-class matter, be known tions for tl No lt?;x‘xtion paid to anonymous cb‘;xtribution;. - Writer's pame must | thé editor, but not necessasily for publication. Communica- Pioneer. must reach this office not later than Tuesday ‘en, - this winter to follow the example st by Montana in promoting 2 ’ { Bear in tind that there are still a lot of people who nr ll t B Bar " | believe no man ever made “big money” by the simple process of | -~ ~ |saving it and who still-believe the very rich only got there byt Imaking more than they could spend. Those people don’t know ' ‘[until they are broke that “big money” is a five dollar bill. If} | we can show them that instead of trying to earn more than they | |can spend, they shoiild simply spend less than théy earn and| ! save the rest—we ghall have better timnes, better men and wom-| healthier children and'no debts. ; | ! ey ARE all ig! ( |ty of feed to carry stock through the winter, Wwill be'ixk still Het~ 4 —f DIi DALY PIGNEER "3 ‘glleat district will do well | and happy hearts! crossing bridges! - of each w?k to 'WS“," publication in the cunent\issue. i RnTE " SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mail One Year 6.00 T Six Months 3.00 One Year O omth Y35 Six Manths .15 Three Months One Week ... THE WEEKLY PIONEER—Twelve pages, published every Thursday and sent postage paid to any ‘address for, in advance, $2.00« OFFICIAL COUNTY AND CITY PROCE!fDlNGS “ARE WE DOWNHEARTED?” “NO!” s ° An editorial in the October issue of one of the leading mag- azines had the above heading, “Are We Do3vnhearted final paragraph of that article is quoted as follows, 97 Th “The trut,h e $5.00] .. 2,60 oo 125 Mrs. Annie M. Sloan, of Buffa- lc, Declares She Would Not Take All the Money in the Woerld for Good Tanlac Did Her. : T, “I will just say frankly I think Tanlac is perfectly wonderful and I wouldn’t take all the money in the e is that there is nothing vital the matter with us or the timeS8, world for the good it has done me,” nothing to be indifferent or pessemisti reaction from the effects of the war and in this we hae indulged _ ourselves long enough. It is time to ask ourselves, downhearted?” formula of confidence and hur mentality, a little altruism, and a keen appreciati6 main chance. Take a big dose of if, forget our trouble to work. There are and we are in the prime of life. want?” (E. zations,” in a remarkably enlightening summing up.) Montana, as you all know, has just wound Up four years’ o The first three years of the four were drought years and now that the fourth year has produced a fair’ extremely difficult times. crop in most parts of the agricultural sections of the s markets for the products raised has been slipping away from feeling them to a price which is almost impossible to make a profit on VI in any line. In Montana ¢ as it was recently, profitable market for wool; in many instances are less than “Are we Answer “No” and mix up the old American gor the past forty years and is very a little bluff, good humor, senti- prominent in club circles, being an ac- n of the'tive member of the Buffalo City Club, s and g half a dozen fihe big jobs beckoning to usi i What more could a nation ity in their appeal to the United G. Kibbie, director ofaxe government savix{gs org_ani- found the personification of the above se)ltxment ina short trip through the state of-Montana and reports his indings Mrs. Sloan i3 also deeply interested | tate, th co of copper, instead of being 32 cents, is now about 1414 cents a pound; there is no lief n the wheat market has dropped 55 c¢in cents a bushel in five- weeks and cattle are selling at prices which the cost per head of carryingigiones, after which I got-along very | ¢ about except our mental'said Mrs .Annie M. Sloan recently, residing at 275 Huntington' Avenue, Baftalo, N. Y. Mrs. Sloan has resided in Buffalo o] the Lincoln Republican Club, and the Women Voters’ League. She represented the women of her States Senate at Washirngton when the Suffrage Bill was first introduced, and was honored with a membership to the Washington Suffrage Club. in church and charity work. Her, f statement regarding the benefit she has derived from Tanlac will be of i ead interest. She said: “I heve only been taking Tanlac e about four weeks, but I am already better than I have felt in Why, it just seems as though arded a new lease on I nd I wou to others who are trying to find re- to tell what this grand medi- 5 done yor me. to undergo an operation, for g NOTED SUFFRAGIST ~ISSUES STATEMENT such hope. awp, healtl ome time ago I was compelled | strength - | should know of Tanlac.” Ta them through last winter’s terrible cold and snow. The people well until about a year and a half \Drug of Montana have, in spite of all handicaps, simply taken up their'ago, stuck out their chins a little further “Are we down- hearted? No, we are just beginning to fight.” It seems to me any other part of the belts a couple of notches, and said to each other and the world at large, that without ,any criticism whatsoever of Ninth Federal Reserve district, there are many of us w ho coul when I had a very severe bilious attack. . These attacks became fre- quent and with each one I would have to remain in bed for four or five days. Worldly Friendship. When I sec leaves drop from their d; learn a great deal from these splendid men who are carrying on /" b Cyerinning of autumn, just such constructive work in the state of Montana. There are; many of us who are cnlarging upon our own little grievances and forgetting the fact that as a nation, we are commerciall just getting started, and that the recent inflation in busines generally is the same condition which a patient undergoes_,when‘ given stimulants to temporarily tide him over a severe illness that he may regain his normal health. We are firmly convinced that in most parts of the district, the great wave of extravagance, from which we have Nint ch, think I, is the friendship of the | world. Whilst the sap of maintenance | ¥ lasts, my friends swarm in abundance; s but in the winter of my need they | leave ‘me naked.—Warwick. —— Retired to Private Life. “What's become of Congressman | Twobble, who used to pose as the man of the hour in this part of ihe h suffered so keenly since the Armistice, has practically passed.; i, nerye 1 do not believe any of us realized what the extravagance actu- “He met the usual fate of ‘sixty-min- ally amounted to before the Treasury department made public| ute men,’” said Squire Witherbee. its statement after a canvass of tax returns upon luxuries. The| records of the Treasucy department, compiled for Secretary | Houston, show expenditures for so-called luxuries during a twelve month period amounted to $22,000,000,000, based on| Let me give you the items: tax returns and tax receipts. Chewing gum . .....covvennens 50,000,000 Candy ........ . 1,000,000,000 Soft drinks .... . 350,000,000 Ice cream ....... 250,000,000 Confections ..... 350,000,000 Cereal beverages . 230,000,000 Cigarettes ...... 800,000,000 CIZAYS . . ivios.onis biti 5 3055 § 510,000,000 Cigar and cigarette holders 1,000,000 Tobacco and snuff 800,000,000 Toilet soaps, etc. .. 400,000,000 Jewelry, watches, ete. ... .. 500,000,000 Perfumery and cosmetics ........... Admissions to places of amusement 750,000,000 and dues ...............00nen 800,000,000 Pianos, organs, victrolas, etc 250,000,000 Fur articles ..............co0eete 300,000,000 Carpets, rugs, luxurio wearing ap- parelete. ........ .. ... . 1,000,000,000 Hunting garments, liveries, firearms and shells ..... o 60,000,000 | ‘Art works .... 25,000,000 Yachts, ioucsonaanun 1,000,000 Portable electric fans ... 8.000.000 Sporting goods ....... 25,000,000 Luxurious services ................ 3,000,000,000 Luxuries in hotels an drestaurants . .. 75,000,000 Luxurious articles of food, ete. . ...... 5,000,000,000 Other luxuries, including joy riding, i pleasure resorts, races, ete. ...... 3,000,000,000 Autoniobiles and parts . ............ 2,000,000,000 Think"of it, an expenditure of $50,000,000 for chewing gum. A nation that could chew $50,000,000 worth of gum in{ one year should be able to do almost anything. Opinions may| dlffer. as tgiwhether many of these articles could De classed as/ luxurleé. and ;mjpenditure on them as unwise or extravagant., Bxpenditure in a reasonable measure for any of the articles ‘e luxurious or wasteful, but expenditures in such| volume £for-any of them and the aggregate expenditure for such 'tl:xings, make it unreasonable and extravagant, especially in view of the present world ‘conditions and financial situation of would the Ninth Federal Reserve district. i What'’s the cure? Why, Montana found it last year. Think of 1_t,-—that state completed a year of investment in government , savings securities ranking them third per capita in the nation. The District of Columbia first, the state of Ohio second and Montana third. The first two because of prosperity and Mon- 2 tapa because of thrift, real thrift, which meant going without things the rest of us thought we needed. No wonder they say| . M4 “How was that?” «A lot of his constituents got to- gether and decided his heur was up.” —Birmingham Age-Herald. —eeeeee Al A2quudd3(g dnox [[V uo s[esag seunsiyn as) sgso[nuéqn " | QO Burdwreyg axy ‘ s[eag seunsuy) 'YouNever Tire | Cream of Barley There's something about the taste like it equally well. It tempts the - most “pernickity” appetite and it satisfles the most ravenous. Serve as a breakfast food, or, for des sert, a Cream of Barley. pudding— hot with cream and sugar—mmh! Prepared in a sanitary mill and put up in convenient packages, Ask for— of it—youngsters and grown-ups | 4 i | | | | - Prominent Buffalo, N. Y. Club | ¢ “About six weeks ago I had an- other of these attacks and was in; jenergy and so weak I could hardly be doing an injustice | walk across the room. entirely. Gl::\ceton, V. M. Hines, James Taylor, Tenstrike, and by the leading d;‘ugg)sts in every R [IF YOU WANT TO RENT. BUY. SELL | ing it. A~ mas be kept green. .| Elks Building MRS. ANNIE M. SLOAN Woman and Suffragist. i awful pain I almost gave up This spell left me without any 'anlac has relieved my iroubles I am enjoying splendid h now and am brimful of rew and energy. Kveryone nlac is sold in Bemidji by City Store, Knutson. & Lilja at Owen & Co. at| s Gheistmas Cherr A solid year of Christmas cheer!" Smiling faces No time for worrying and Who does not long for a way to make that tfue‘! Well, there is. such g way ‘and many are find- Give Christmas presents that are useful and will " be appreciated. the year 'round. They’ll recall to mind daily the happy occgsion-when they were given and received. Thus will the Spirit of Christ- People who put thought into their giving are saying ‘“Merry Christmas” electrically, this year i especially. 'Such presents invariably impress with their lasting elegance and good taste, yet they are not expensive. _And their great-service commands the instant appreciation of the user.” There’s something electrical for all.on your list, *} | | something they’ll be the happier for having and using. Come and see. -~ ! Minnesota Electrig Light & Power Co. +— - s 'Phone 26 Skinner’s> “satin, | |- R} | Skinner’s silks, all black and colors, |- 0 g l_ E A H Y-B 0 w s E R cu ' popular colors, $2.65 a yard $3.65 a yard Make your-selection early, you may ha and cared for until Christmas. BEMIDJI, MINN. ) . The Christmas Store ve your packages nicély wrappgd, marked ~ Two coats that\ would make lovely gifts. * 86-inch Yukon seal plush coat, lined with extra quality of figured silk, extra large shawl collar of select coon fur,size 38. Reduced from $250.00 to $195.00 36-inch Hudson séal plush coat, lined with figured silk, large silver tip fox shawl col- lar, size 42. Reduced from $250.00 to $195.00. - Other plush coats from $32.50 to $67.50. ’ i 5 SILK UNDERWEAR Underwear in Christmas boxes make pleasing gifts. Kayser’s Italian silk vests, each in a Christmas box, $5.00 each. Kay- ser’s Italian silk envelope chemises, beau- tifully embroidered, each in Christmas ' box, $9'.00 each. i Siik camisoles, one in a box, $2.95 to $3.75 each. SILK WAISTS AND SWEATERS Eachin a Chtristmas box—silk sweaters, “ pink or blue, $18.00 each. Silk waists, $10.00 to $25.00 egch. ) WHITE NAINSOOK Many ladies prefer to niake under- wear for gifts as well as for themselves. We have made some great reductions in nainsook by the box. Each box contains 12 yards and the price has been reduced to $5.75, $7.50 and $9.00 a box. o Fur Coats $125.00 to $350.00 LADIES’ CORSETS All corséts reduced 20 per cent. All wool dress goods reduced 20 per cent ’ HANDKERCHIEFS We show a very large assortment of Christmas handkerchiefs in lawns, linens and silks, many beautiful boxes, :with’ from 3 to 6 handkerchiefs in a box. Squares of linen in blue, pink, lavender, green, yellow and white, 3 for $1.00. QUILTS AND BLANKETS Wool blankets, $9.00 to $18.00; maish quilts, $7.50 to $20.00; less 10 per cent. A List to Select From—Cut glass, china, nut bowls, book racks, combs, brushes, mirrors, toilet sets, manicure sets, lunch kits, gloves, silk hose. "TOYS FOR THE CHILDREN Toys are now ready for the little ones, the line is very complete, from the penny toy up to $40.00. f OR TRADE. ADVERTISE IN PIONEER WANT COLITWN 1