Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 17, 1921, Page 2

: .+ G. E. CARSON, President BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER # > PpUBLISMED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY THE BLEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. F. H. DENU, Sec. and Mer. | G. W. HARNWELL, Editor J. D. WINTER, City Editor Telephone 922 ! Entered at the postoffice at Bemidji, Minnesota, 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. Communica- tions for the Weekly Pioneer must reach this office not later than Tuesday of each weok\to insure publication :in the current issue. ‘ i —— SUBSCRIFTION RATES By Carrier One Yepr Six Months Three Months ... THE WEEKLY PIONEER—Twelve pages, published every Thursday and sent postage paid to any address fcr, in advance, $2.00. . OFFICIAL COUNTY AND CITY PROCEBP!NGS E i _.—__———fiflz THE LOSS OF THE HIGH SCHOOL The. fire of yesterday morning, in which Bemidji lost her HNANCE CORPBRATI()N fine High School, coming in the middle of winter, will place a greatly added burden upon the already too heavy. burdened school board and faculty, of the city schools. The fire has set- tled, we hope, the controversy as to the location of the new High School building. It has settled many other arguments,, as well, but the settlement has been an expensive one. _lt has also demonstrated the unanimity of the people of the city when a real disaster hits them. Everything that could be of any use for| the conduct of the school work was immediately placed at the disposal of the board and of this the board is extremely appre- ciative. Halls, churches and other rooms were offered to the | e Tevive the War Finance comren! board instantly and Professor Bagby, with his faculty, are to b@| corporation having been overridden highly commended for the fine spirit they are showing in imme-i THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER' PRI i o Monument to Rodin, the Sculptor RS went o A Rodin, . the rench sculptor, de- b n. Rodin ting between the wings of a sphinx, mt of his feet is the inscription: “The Master Dies, Model of o signed by Glar and on the sy But 11is At Sur decided upon, will be changed at ghe | annual meeting .of the association IS BEING THREATENE : he}‘l‘eh:‘ L;‘:\'a.lr'lienge rounds for the Davis Cup will be held at Forest Hills, L. I. Out of deference to Tilden, his home Intimations Are that Wilson town, Philadelphia, will get the ma- " \ tional singles championships, the dou- Will Defeat Purpose of ples title will be decided at Forest Present Congress Hills, the national woman’s champion- ships and the national intercollegiate ; . championships both in Boston. TN . This schedule, while tentative, has _ Washington, Jan, 17.—(Special the support of practically all of the | Correspondence) —His veto of the hodies affiliated with the national as- by congre=s. intimations are being diately making the best possible arrangements for the carrying made that President kilson will defeat WATION'S OBLIGATION on of the school work. 1t is going to be hard work; it will be g;";‘;ifisx}:ci’o “gfigz‘;scsm'“;is";"nlm very inconvenient, and will entail much additional worry and: poard which will enable it effective- work, but they have taken hold of the situation with the great-| ny S‘x funcclio?. The pltsidgst'g ve}f;o est possible dispatch. | of the resol uvlon was set aside in the If there ever were a time when all criticism and division of jin™e by a vote of 33 to 5, many of opinion should be shelyed and the shoulder of every man and| voting against him. In the house the woman put to the wheel to help the school board and faculty | vote was 250 for the mensure against | it Is now. The time will come shortly when a new school will; 60£§*Dhol{l;:zt;he ve.w,}}‘i Democrats | be planned and built: and that will be the time to offer sugges- "€ o She maontys e iove tions, and they should be offered in the right spirit and as such the veto, certain officials in Wash- they will without doubt be given every consideration. ;;‘rligton declare that while the War' : . | Finance corporati Another thing—there must be co-operation between the| iu:‘wfi%';‘]Ci‘r’fl‘l;‘;“;‘t“e"ly‘,‘“’g‘;‘eslfizg:f&itfi‘ parents and the teachers of their children. There will be many ¢, \ould be required to appoint two reports carried by the children, there will be many inconveni- new directors before anything much ences which the children will be called upon to put up with,|could be done. The board of direc- there will be some grumbling—it would be a miracle if there | tors consists ‘Sfi five persons, the chair- were none—but through it all it must be remembered that it| C70 i pein ey is not the fault of the teachers that'the children are called upon| tion. It is now announced that while to endure these things; it must be remembered that the teach-|the present board membership- con- ers will also have the same inconveniences as the pupils. It will stitutes a quorum, “Secretary Hous- lits children, as a whole, as will yield TO HER CHILDREN 7 «(By Capital News Service) Washington, Jan. 17.—Herbert Hocver, in a recent address at St. Lcuis, before the American Child Hy- ociation, said in part: he nation, as a whole, has the ation of such measures toward to them an equal opportunity at their start in life. This responsibility and duty is not hased alone upon human aspirations. but it is also based on the n ty to secure physical, men- tal and moral health, economic and cocial pregress by.the nation. Every child delinquent in body, education, or character is a. charge upon the community as a whole and a1 menace to the community’Mself; Thé children of strong physiqup; of sound educa- tion and character are the army with which we must march to progress.” BUSINESS CAR Itattractsthose who are thoughtful about the quality of the things they use, but who also keep a careful eye on' their spending and saving. The gasoline consumption is unusually low ' The tire. mlleage is unusually high 'BEMIDJI AUTO CO. OLAF ONGSTADT, Prop. 416-20 Minn. Ave. Bemidji, Minn. be even a more serious impediment for the teachers than for the pupils and so with these thoughts in mind.let there be all co-op- eration possible among all and let us be thankful that we have not to mourn for the loss of lives of children which sometimes comes on such occasions. A The school board is to be congratulated upon the wisdom! displayed by it a year ago when adequate insurance was placed| ton, who 1s ex-officio chairman, would, s————————————— not be able to devote his time ex- clusively to corporation matters, as the investigation of the adequacy of securities would require,” while the other two directors, Angus McLean | and George Cooksey, “would thus be, unable to act upon applications for! loans.” In addition to this it is given ||§ . upon the buildings. Some of the local insurance agencies are out that “the corn;mtion has a bal-' to be commended for their persistence in presenting to the board ;‘:‘Cfsl:’f ‘“:J"“t‘ 8537"2000'2-‘1)0 with the the advisability of keeping the insurance on, the buildings ade-, (npen the stand. that’ tg;;s“;;‘o:;‘; quate and we should all be thankful that while the loss in edu-!should not be used for making ad- cation will be felt, the loss in finances will be no greater than it vances.” . was possible for the board to guard against. Again we say| !t chort. it looks as if the admini- " stration was determined to prevent, the school board is to be commended. by whatever obstacle it can employ,' S— — - i the functioning of a body against | which Secretary Houston has fought: bbb bbb L bitterly ever since he took over the ' treasury. In his testimony before the OVERHEARD BY EXCHANGE EDITORY ! agricultural committee, when the re-| i vival of the corporation was under discussion, Houston declared that if | o | the law was enacted, “I could have no | The average man has to fasten up 37 buttons every time he dresses. | discretion as to carrying out a direct Fame greater than Edison awaits the man who can reduce that number to' mandatory act. I can exercise dis-' one.—Fergus Falls Tribune. . "cretion only waere the law makes it | possible and where, in my judgment,’ |it would be against the public inter-| How do those nearbeer saloons keep going, since no veteran of the cld days will admit that drinks the stuff?>—St. Cloud Times. We're all wonderigg. i Some of the people who have condemned most vigorously the grantinzl of so much credit to the Allies for goods sold them during the war are now | insisting that the government provide more crdit so that the same nations who owe the old bills car. buy: millions more of our goods on tmst.——Limo} Falls Transcript. : About four billions of pennies are minted every year, yet when. a man | wants to make a contribution at church he can find nothing but quarters and| dimes in his poclets.—St. Cloud Daily Times. 1 “Cursing” is not on the decline, If you don’t believe it, listen to the“ conversation of almost gny bunch of small boys you see assembled in animate, discussion. No use to argue with them. They are probably using—not their, “mother tongue,” let us hope, but—their “father tongue,” the more is the| pity of it. And every boy’s ambition should be to be like his dad.—Polk| County Leader. I - A man may net dislocate his neck dodging responsibility, but he gets al reputation that does not do him any good.—St. Cloud Daily Times. Henry Ford is inspecting some mines on the range with a view of buy-# ing them to supply his factory with iron. The factory is closed for a few, weeks to prevent over-production.—Fergus Falls Tribune. A Red Wing man broke his leg while going to work, A little incident! like tbat should not discourage anyone from going to work.—Mankato Free ———— 1f there were but one good man for every good place to be filled by | the governor, the oxecutive pathway would be much more of the primrose| vgriety.~St. Paul Pioneer Préss. | " Presidenbel‘e;t Harding has once more shown his hard sense by calling‘ off an elaborate inaugural program, and. asks congress not to appropriate a cent for the occasion. He would make it as easy and economical as pos- sible. He starts in with the right idea.—St. Cloud Daily Journal Press. | § 2% Sigty Lisses in one hour cost a Chicago man $3,500. At that rate | ,gehx :{r:a(uslck remarked that he couldn’t even think of kissing.—Mankato Tee 'SS. i If the Greeks will Lindly lock up all the squirrels and the monkeys.l Constantine will now proceed to feign.-—Omaha Bec. It looks as if Niagara Falls might be the first part of the Canadian! border to go dry.—Boston Herald. . ests to do a certain thing, and should I have discretionary power I would| . decline to do it, as in (he present in- stance,” TENNIS FEAST IN SIGHT FOR AMERICA THIS YEAR By Henry L. Farrell, (United Press Staff Correspondennl‘ New York, Jan. 17.—America will be the scene of practically all of the big tennis activities of 1921. - l t PERHAPS YOU ARE, TOO A Friend of mine was worn out running around trying to buy a particular something-or-other. Hours had been spent, al- - so strength and temper, and the desired article had not been found. '’ I asked if a try had been made at such and such a store. The reply was: “No, of course not, they don’t car- The recent winning of the Davis! Cup by William T. Tilden and Wil- liam M. Johnston will bring the big- ry such things.” gest classic of the court to Ameri- can turf. Foreign nations have until March 1 to challenge for the cup and it is prob- able that five or six will seek to wrest. I disagreed. We went to- gether and found what was wanted. Ighowing at the Olympic games proved & peSmm—— - American championships, practically the trophy from the American play- ers. The national singles and doubles championships probably will draw a numbter of foreign stars here for com- petition. William T, Tilden, winner of the My Friend said: “How did you know?” | “Easy,” Ireplied. “They advertised them last week.” - Without seeing the joke, she said: “I never have time to read advertise- ments. I’'m too busy.” Perhaps you are, too. Many people are too busy to take time to save time, trouble and money. They buy by chance—and hard work. ( READING ADVERTISEMENTS IS MORE THAN A b TIME-SAVER; IT’S A GOOD, SAFE INVESTMENT British national championship at Wim- IN lNFORMATION CONCERN!NG THE BEST bledon last year, will return to Eng- Bind to defend his title. Johnston and a number of the leading American players will likely accompany him and n they will make up a contingent to in- vade the French nationdl champion- hips. Officials of the United States Lawn Tennis association are making an cffort to induce Mme. Suzanne Lenglen, the famous French girl star to compete in the American national championships and make an exhibi- tion tour across the country to the coast. She is without doubt the greatest of all girl players. Her it. ! Since the winning of the Davis Cup. | it is probable that the schedule of THINGS THE MARKET OFFERS YOU.