Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 13, 1921, Page 2

" BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER A + It means that the writer is interested in his or her subject. THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 13, 1921 PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY THE BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. G. JARSON, President E. H. DENU, Seqf and Mgr. " cG. W. HARNWELL, Editor J. D. WINTER, City Editor Telephone 922 ,______——,-——-————-——————“‘_-—‘_——b’_' T tered o postoffice at Bemidji, Minnesota, as second-class matter, oyl ‘35':5" Aét of Congress of March 8, 1879. i —_— No attention paid to anonymous contributions. Writer's name must be known'to the ‘editor, but not necessarily for publication. Communica- tions for the Weekly Pioneer must reach this office not later than Tuesday of each week: to insure publication in the current issue. | & SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Carrier o . #2308 One Year ... SR 1. 1) Thoes ont - 130 Six Months o 250 One Week .16 Three Months - 1.25 THE WEEKLY PIONEER—Twelve pages, published every "l‘hursduy and sent postage paid to any address fcr, in advance, $2.00. OFFICIAL COUNTY AND CITY PROCEEDINGS WHAT CAN A NEWSPAPER DO FOR A TOWN? From an address by Henry W. Blood, a Kaysville, Utah, business man, to a gathering of Utah newspaper men. “What can a newspaper do for a town?” What can it not do? What does it not do? v There is not a worthy project contemplated or set afoot but the newspaper espouses and champions the cause. 1t is the merchant’s channel of communication with his pat- rons; and it is equally the buyer’s market-place. The honesty of present-day advertising commends itself to the public, and more and more the space of the home paper is being demanded for legitimate advertising purposes. The time is coming when the necessity of bringing pressure on some business man to get advertising will give way to a seeking for space by honest ad- vertisers as the most available means of reaching the public, and the cheapest. The newspaper is Argus-eyed; it sees everything, knows everything, records that which is worthy of recording, and the editorial sanctum is often the safe repositary and final resting place of many a sordid and unworthy story that never is per. mitted publication. The newspaper is the intimate friend of every citizen; it knows everybody. ‘It praises the good; censures the evil,-and stands four-square for the uplift and betterment of the com- munity ) 5 It greets the newest infant, and rejoices with the happy parents; it rings the wedding chimes, and tolls the knell of the departed It is joyous with the happy, and sad with the sor- rowful It bears an intimate message in every issue to those who have 3'emoved from the old home town; and conveys news to the homefolk from those who are away. And withal it.is never a scandalmonger., With fine discrim- ination, ‘it differentiates news from gossip; it exploits the achievements of men, and covers with silence their mistakes. _1t is the truest of friends, for it never fails to call attention to defects, even at home, and by hglding up the advantages of necessary improvements it encourages development and-prog- ress. If a town were to check up its assets, chief among them would be its newspaper. It is the one valuable common pogses- sion. No matter who owns the stock of the company that pub- lishes it, or who sits in the editorial chair, the newspaper be- longs to the people, and in a very real sense a town and its people may be accurately judged by the kind and quality of the |days and returned to Bena where he is assisting in the lumber camp there. paper that is sent forth. If it is a live, pushing, forward-look- -ing publication, the town lives and moves forward. If it is spineless and without purpose except to sell subscriptions and advertising space, not much can be hoped in the way of com- munity progress. “What can a newspaper do for a town?” It can do more than any one single agency to insure unity and advancement. With it in thriving condition, every industrial, social' and moral movement is assured of effective leadership, which makes for ac-| complishment ; without it a town is silent and dead, for silence,| however golden, is a sign of death. - — FRONT PAGE REQUESTS This is a little message to the friend who asked ug to “please’ put this on the front page.” | Sometimes this friend is a man, sometimes a woman, and even the young people are getting the habit. ! It’s always a good indication when such a request is made.! It shows appreciation of position in a newspaper and, modest de- sire to accept the best. i Sometimes, however, it might be added, the choice is un- wise. There are news features which are expected on the front page and there are others, particularly in the Pioneer, that have their own positions on other pages. | Some of these friends who make these requests are some of our town’s very good housekeepers, They would “have a fit”| if some one left the dish pan in the living room. They would! have another if they did not find the dish pan in the kitchen,! where it belongs. | We, in the print shops, are a little bit the same way. We! have a page for display news, another for locals, personals and | church notes, another for news of surrounding communities, | ‘another for editorial matters, and others for general matter. Yes, indeed, now that we all come to think of it, we agree that we don’t want everything on the front page, after all. | OVERHEARD BY EXCHANGE EDITOR} ! AL ALAARAALLARARALAARMARASAAA AR ISR S AR SRR RRR S A 101111, | . 3 i Print Paper Up ‘ The?fltisfiction which the newspapers took in the announcement that newsprint paper in ton lots had been reduced on November 30th from 14| cents to 12 cents a pound, was short lived, fo rthree days later the big| peper houses withdrew all quotations on newsprint paper, and later an- pounced a new price of $12.35 per 100 pounds. ¢ ' Before the war, the Evening Free Lance bought print paper at $2,90 per 100 pounds. The price soared up to $14 per 100 pounds, where it has | remained for the past several months, and the last announcement might | indicate that it will go back to that figure.—Hollister (Calif.) Free Lance. o Election statistics are still coming in. The Grafton, (N. D.) Record’ reports that “with 600 precincts missing the réturns show that the women Jeft 18,766 handbags and 24,428 handkerchiefs in the voting booths.” Al- ways a3 champion for the ladies' the debonair Col. Hager adds: “That is * better for the finders than the 287,639 cigar stubs left there four years ago. —Duluth = Herald. The new congressman usually gets over the idea that the country was Jjust waiting for his ce in running it.—St. Cloud Daily Times. - An effort to re Mark's-in-the-Bou William Norman ve the religious e, New York city church. The photograph illustrates A ritual dance of the Annunci young women of St. Mark’s, as part of the St. Nicholas-tiGe festival at the % % % % dance, “The Heavenly Call of the Virgin Spirit of the Earth.” Oy ce is being made , according to an announcement by Rev. iation, given by six the third movement in the religious | KEREKH KKK AHKK KKK isi KITICHI * IS Z ST S S SRS S R X8 The Kitichi Farmers’ club met at the school house Saturdav. January Sth, Considerable business was transacted and a tne sociauie luut was enjoyed. An excellent lunch was served at the close of the meeting. and ali we charge is that youw come satufdgy. in February. The,Up and Go Sunday school class will ‘meet with Miss Edna Wymore Friday evening, January 14. One of the best literary programs that has yet been given was that of last Friday night when the “‘Bashful Beau” was played by home talent or part of the Up and Go Sunday $chool class. M ny other parts consisting of recitations, readings, and music also featured the program. One .of the very interésting features of the pro- rams is the “Kitichi Tattler” by Mr. ney. t, fun and sarcasm and contai ail the news aud then some. and all ge charge is that you come again. C. Smitp Migsionary Cummings and Mr. Baney were guests at the J. F. Mahoney home Sunday. School started Monday after the holiday vacation with a full attend- ance, with' Mr. Baney as teacher. He purchased a lot of fine books for the school library. Mr. Wymore made a husiness trip to Cass Lake Wednesday. A large erowd attended-a birthday party given Miss Agnes Corringer Saturday evening, January 8. Mr. Wilson is sawing a large nile ot wood for J. F. Mahoney, C. Smith ind N. Wymore this wees. A No 1, full of life Sunday school every Sunday is to be found at the Kitichi school house at two p. m. The, hour has been changed from 10 a. m. s0 that those who wish to come up from Henderson's camp may be able and ‘family, " Dr. Craft, This is a periodical full of | Come | und hear them We have a full house | EFRRKKI KRR KKK x FROHN Jare expected home today after spend-i {ing the holidays with Mrs. Smith’s' Hawick, Minn. Mrs. Smith also vis-| ited relatives at Thief River Falls. Mrs. Willett returned home last Thursday after visiting with rel- Mrs. S. S. King, who was confined | to her bed last week with a cold, is able to be up again. i L. P. Bvans and son Leslie visited at the John Colburn home last Sun- day. i Nels Willett went to Bemidji last | Saturday to attend the Farmers’ Mut- aal Fire Insurance meeting of which {he is a director and treasurer. | G. P. Qualle was in Bemidji Thurs- day on business matters. | The Bemidji and’ Fre n Telcphunei company held their meeiing ut the| L. P. Evans home last Monday. | | Rk o The funeral o Carl Snudstad, who! ydied at the sanitorium, was held at ythe J. O. Snudstad home Thursday ' January 6. Mr. Campton of Minneapolis is vis-| iting My. and Mrs. Wagner, the lat-| ter beirg his niece. The Gillette’s were,;Bemidji .visit- ors Monday. - Harry Boyer was elected president of the Bemidji Township Farmers’ | club last Saturday. That eclub in- {cludes several of our families. All are welcome. Come on in, folks. | Misses Adah Williams, who has| been spending the 1 siX months| with her sister, Mrs.¥H. S. Taylor, . expects to leave for Chicago on Tues- day, January 8. ! EES XL SRS E L AR RS x xR K KKK KK R KKK {Lake Farmers’ club was held at the! juary 1, 1921. | by the ladies of the club, the business | meeting was called to order by acting'l chairman E. C. Bergh. The following officers were elected for ‘the ensuing year: president, H. A. Hansen; treasurer, J. educational tax law resulted in.the election by tne chairman of the fol- lowing committee ‘of investigation: E. C. Beérgh, H. A. Hansen, F. Scott and Mrs. Herma E. Wing. an interesting program during the af- ternoon. { young folks of the club during che| | evening at which nine dollars was imised for the club house building fund. | nesday, February 9, 1921. the Church of St. |x o kX K K KK KK KKK KK K K ® {of Bemidji, civil engineers, arrived here Monday en route to survey. the center line in Roosevelt township, where some road work will be done | «{the coming summer. %%k o 3 %k %k %ok %k ok 4k X Miss Gina Annanson of Debs Mrs. S. C. Smith and two children were Bemidji visitors Wednesday. of Debs were Cass | parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. Henry, at Thursday. Oklee, where she was visiting rela- i tives f | atives and attending to business mut-| Bemidji on business Thu y- i ters for a few days'in Bemidji. | Peter Lein, the Debs merchant, and economy of this remarkable was a Bemidji business visitor Satur- | day. I 1T +D., all arrived here Saturday to com- Mrs. Sanford of Debs were- Bemidji | business visitors Saturday. s Olga. went to Bemidji Saturday to | see the doctor who is taking care of Ry to attend. ber camp at Bena. THE PIONEER WANT ADS MACALESTER AND ST. THOMAS Mr. Colburn was home for-a few CLASH AT ST. PAUL TONIGHT St. Paul, Jan. -Macalester and | St. Thomas basl-etball teams are scheduled to clash here tonight in a; game of interest throughout the, ! northwest. Other games include: Mayville (N, D.) Normal vs. Moor- | head Normal, ali Moorhead, ¥ Mr. George is working in the lum- BRING RESULTS II|II|||I|IIIIIIIIIIIIIII'IIIIIIIIIIII]IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII||I|||II||IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllIIIIIIIIIIIIi'I‘IHIIIII!IIIII Transfer Your Records in the Modern Way Records that are worth transferring are worth keeping in security and accessible shape. The Allsteel transfer cases meet just such require- ments. Safe, sanitary, convenient, and jperma- nent. :The first cost is the last. L] Office Furniture ‘The illustration shows how! Allsteel transfer cases are stacked. The legs .2 each section interlock ‘witn the frame on the section beneath. Thus as many units as are used are held firmly together. This file saves from 15 to 25% floor space over wood and has 259, greater filing capacity. It affords perma- nent protection against fire, dust, mice, and vermin. Whether you need files, safes, desks, tables, or shelv-, ing, you will find here the very unit to fit your | requirements in the Allsteelline of office furniture—the equipment that be- | longs with success. A PIONEER STATIONERY HOUSE - = _Bemidji, Minn. 5 T Miss Haugan since she had an opera- tion. Miss Marie Nelson of Debs, went to Clearbrook - Saturday evening, where she will work in the hotel. Miss Marie Cloose, who has been working for Mrs. C. A. Bye for sev- eral weeks returned to her home| - Thursday. James Smith, the Solway. hotel keeper, was here Monday looking af- ter his tie interests. - -~ Mrs. Marie Cloose and-son, Walter, * ors here Monday. BIG LAKE visitor Saturday. ot ‘Mrs. Nels Rude went to Bemi The annual meeting the Big home of H. G. Hansen Saturday, Jan- under the doctor’s care. After a sumptuous dinner served tinie. Anton Moller commence Congdon’s camp Monday. ork ‘President, E. C. Bergh; vice- . béatty; secretary, Mrs. Herma E. Wing. A discussion of the proposed The pupils of Big Lake school gave|. A social dance was enjoyed by the The next meeting of the club will e at the Titomas Wilson home, Wed- PINEWOOD * % kb b A b % kb WMauritz and E. G. Baker A NEW TYPEWRITER RIBBON—OF SILK Our nost exacting customers tell us the Ault & Wiborg Typewriter Ribbon—of Silk—not only effects agreatimprovement intheappear- ance of their letters but allows a £ considerable saving in cost owing to its longer lasting qualities. /You may begin enjoying the efficiency F. E. Ilalvor Annanson, Mrs. H. Grier Mrs. M. J. Dalby and son Aifred Lake visitors Mrs. Tom Fossend returned from several days. Creighton of Deb: Ge ent Lo ribbon today, simply by telephon. ing us your order. ' PIONEER STATIONERY HOUSE Phone 799-J Bert Crowell, Frank Klingbert of ail and Paul Seidel of Manvel, N. mence cutting ties. wood and logs. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Josefson and Mrs. C. O. Haugen and daughter, f - —ee e * —_— KRR KRR KRR KRR = * HELGE = ] — ANNU RUMMAGE SALE | As we go through the stock at inventory time. we rembve all odds and ends, and charge to depreciation. These goods are placed on tables and-advertised as rum- mage; its a regular housecleaning for us and a money saver for our customers. . wana ONEWEEK msna There will be a little of everything on the tables and if you don’t find what you want the first’'day come again as new lots will be added each day. SPECIAL LOW VALUES ON GOODS WE WISH T9 CLOSE 100 pairs of ladies and growing girls shoes, values. $6.00 to $12.00. Choice, a pair, . .. .$4.95. Down stairs. 12 pair boy’s brown, Weyenberg shoes_}l sizes 12} to 2, this is a first class $6.00 shoe. Choice, a pair, $4.75 down stairs. 25 pair girl’s Buster Brown $4.00 and 5 downstairs; at. ... $2.95 a pair \Wool Batts, size 72x9(),‘ ....$3.95 each 27-inch extra heavy white shaker flannel. .294c a yard 29-inch, our best quality, colored outing flannel 29¢ a yd Window shades, 38x6 ft., oil colors, brown and green, reduced to ..$1.00 each 1-Buckle overshoes—Child’s, 98¢, misses’, $1.19, wom- en’s, $1.48 50 pair Child’s 2-buckle overshoes; $2.50 quality, sizes 8to10% ..... $1.98 a pair REMNANTS—There willbe hundreds of yards of rem- nants priced very low, a new assortment every day. D'LEARY-BOWSER (CO0. '- BEMIDJI, MINN. D $4.50 shoes; IIIIIIIII‘|lllllllllllllllIllllllllIIIIIIIllIllllllI|l|||i||II|I|I|IIIIIIlllllllllllllllllllllll|III““IIIIII!IIII|||I|IIIHIIIIIIlIIlIII||IIIlIIllIIIII IIIlI|IIIIlII_IIilIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII|I|i]Il!IIIIIII|IIIIIIII||IIIIllllllllllI of Maple Ridge, were business visit- T. B. Millar was a Debs business dji Monday to see Mr. Rude, who is there Miss Mary Larson and Helen Fred- endahl of Debs, left for Bemidji Mon-_ day, where they will work for some at OO OO OO OO OO R T il li hl