Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 20, 1921, Page 2

s . “THURSDAY EVENING)‘SANUARY20,1021 RINDERPEST CAUSES BIG LOSS TO CATTLE Hl'IRl)Sl Washington, D. C., Jap, 20— Readers of recent news articles re- | porting the destruction of cattle ine| PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY THE KEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. G. K. CARSON, President G. W. HARNWELL, Editor Telephone 922 E. H. DENU, Sec. and Mgr. J. D. WINTER, City Editor | European countries by cattle plague | LA = Entered at the postoffice at Bemidji, Minnesota, as second-class matter, -under Act of Congress of March 8, 1879. £ he following statement: | 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. derpest, should |American livestock owtters as, United States. table cattle plague. RIPTI By c-"i"SUBSC DN BATES !back from Europe, but today it is By Mail {ravaging the herds of several of the| 5.00 2.50! 1.2F volved in the'recent war. In this re- extension of the disease into Europe from Asia in previous years has been associated with the great war; cat-| tle accompanying troops having acted {as disseminators of the -infection, | Thus, if for no other reason, we may A THE WEEKLY PIONEER—Twelve pages, published every Thursday and sent postage paid to any address fcr, in advance, $2.00. OFFICIAL COUNTY AND CITY PROCEEDINGS _— | credit the reports that the bolshevik j. rmy, by driving diseased catthe ahead f their forces, has spread rinderpest PRICES ARE ADJUSTED It’s a safe “bet” to buy merchandise in Bemlc_l_u today. Be-| midji merchants were among the first to adjust prices, and wher{}an eiont that it threntons” shAoht they began they kept right on adjusting until the low water! omplete destruction of Polish herds, | mark was reached. i The symptoms of rinderpest are| In order to be convinced that this is a fact, one has but|not very characteristic. Certain ap-| to make comparisons and the best and easiest way to b aranc ich ar r ! s 2 < . B . aikd epizootic—which, in veterinary medi- is to compare aldvertxsements of merchants in other cities \v1th:cP e ks e o “cpi{lem those of Bemidji merchants. b as applied to diseases of man—u From among the dozens of exchanges that have come t0 be absent in another. Among the first our desk, we have made it a point to do this very thing and nur;ggns, h?lwi:{le]r, is a bveryb high dfe;.;‘,-, findings are astounding. If these facts were generally known | Repeated chills may be observed. The gl A A +oh. | animal manifests great debility. The throughout the Bemidji trade area, business would be flourish. ‘hmd droops and rests on some object ing. for support. The hair stands on end |and the muzzle is dry. In dairy cows| the secretion of milk diminishes very rapidly. The back is arched, and the four legs are brought together under This. is; the time for careful buyers to scan the advertise- ments. ‘It heans money to them. This is also the time for mer- chants to place their goods and prices in the “show windows”| of the newspaper because it means money to them. ’ the body. As the disease progresses, More than this, it means new business, and new business;the mucous membranes become red- means new customers and new customers means added busi-|dened; diarrhea soon sets in, and the Mere word of mouth alone cannot drive home the argu-| ;= " svinptom and “]cgrs, %r e ment sufficiently to bring people to the true realization of ex-|cailed crosicns, may appear in the isting conditions, but good, snappy advertising, coupled with mouth followed by sloughing. There the right kind of news and editorial backing, should turn theimay also be sloughing of the skin in “trick.” | various portions of the body, In United effort, co-operation and team-work are essential to mon in the susceptible cattle of west- ern Europe, death ensues four to sev- ready to carry our share of the load. Let’s play the “game” e: d;ys after clhg first ang:l‘mnce of together and the pennant is assured. I the disease and is preceded hy great eI e ‘What are the possibilities of rinder- CHILEAN LABOR LEADS OFF . _ipest being introduced ito the Unit- Chilean Federation of Labor passed a resolution, effective|ed States? While the disease may be ispreud by the raw products of af- The: Defense League of the wine industry attempted to fol‘ce‘,iS disseminated by infectod anmais. workers at the northern port to unload liquors. The Federa-|;, ‘the ordinary traffic with caizle. tion of Labor presented a protest to President Alessandri x_igamsti Cattle are highly susceptible to the these efforts of the Defense League. The-Labor Fedreation has|disease, Sheep, goats, deer and camels the government with the commission on control of alcohol to the | {n:mals ean be imported into the end that the commission may rephze its program ased on edu- seas without a permit from the Sec- cation and .ultimate transformation “‘of the wine industry, brew- retary of Agriculture, and permits are | The-petition vigorously assails alcoholism, The executive{%‘;l‘;:tzif;‘i;’;tg}‘i:}:‘e fizideef";fiitr:exim' labor board was recently instructed by the fedeération to launch | ganger. a’campaign against alcoholism throughout the entire country.| Under regulations issued jointly by | Of course ,the wine interests are roaring with rage nbo}lti?i’:“ 1::1?;5‘5,’; 32‘.?&’5'“5;?';{“'"3}“’??.‘7 the “destruction of a large national industry” and “liberty. m‘innim] by.prodacts taken oF remove(’," commerce,” The indications are that on the re-assembling of from animals affected with anthrax, be waged in the national house on the temperance question. ;is ]lf’mz_ibi‘eg- “H]idehs,;f m(;‘flt ca\l‘t}le,; The interesting thing about this incident is not that a fight ¢3* s¥ins, bullalo hides, sheepskins,; i 5 A S a B i goatskins, and deer skins offered for is being waged against drink, for that is going on everywhere ' cptry into the United States must he ! led by organized labor. Evidently the Chilean Federation of'proved manner, unless it can be! Labor is not headed by a Sam Gompers. f:o‘:l:‘o tll’z?e‘nlrilz:rde»?}’;?e dtohe: :}?itp:uxel::. Amefi::zré:figywhere is changing its position on prohlbxtlon.—Jmgimmd. Thus every possible ef. | severe cases, which are the most com- better business building and we, as newspaper publishers, stand ' amaciation and del January 1, 1921, not to unload any domestic or foreign liquors. S oy, T Droduces. ot a0 presented a petition to the new president urging co-operation of jare also susceptible. None of these/ eries and distilleries into great factories of public welfare.” ;not issued for fmportations from | It proposes anti-alcohol instruction in all schools and colleges.}the Department of Agriculture and | the Chilean congress after holiday recess, a red-hot fight will foot-and-mouth disease, or rinderpest | with varying degrees of intensity, but that the fight is being subjected to disinféction in an ap- fort is being made to protect the live- stock of the United States from cat- tle plague of the old world, i THE PIONEER WANT ADS BRING RESULTS L ariere HARDING’S FOUR POINTS : President Harding’s “World Comity Plan” has four (not| fourteen) general points, according to Dr. Jacob Gould Schur-| man, former president of Cornell university. These points| outline a program advocating peace by justice and law, not by | ——= force and conversation. e R If the American people see fit to support his plan it is not| unreasonable to believe that European nations will look upon| it with favor, after, of course, considerable discussion, which'| When anything goes is to be expected. % ith The four points are: Codification of international law;, wrong wit your establishment of a world court; organization of a world confer-: | ence and American advocacy of a policy of international dis-| Plumbing armament. You want a repair man who under- stands his business. || S COME ACROSS, JOHN An estimate of the wealth of foreign nations, prepared by the New York State Savings Bank association, values Great Britain at $230,000,000,000, an increase of $100,000,000,000, since 1914. The gain is partly represented by the added wealth | of the Mesopotamian oil fields and the African territory taken| from Germany. American gain in the same time is put at $50,-' 000,000,000. There seems to be no valid reason why Great! Writain should not give early attention to that little debt of $4,- 200,000,000 which she owes the United States, or to the annual interest of $200,000,000, which she professes inability to pay, or to the back interest of about $300,000,000, which she did not see fit to meet when due. L We do very little || talking, but a lot of | . “ 3 39 . . = g TO THE “TALL AND UNCUT” ‘ t(? D - h this le]ed to capacity with advice and cabinet suggestions, wn. SRt President Harding has taken to the “tall and uncut” borders 1 of Florida to pick the men he really wants for his cabinet, in- stead of some whom his political advisors think he needs. Wedeo plumbing for i S0 e . THE WHALE THE “GOAT" others. | Why not They’re making kid gloves from the intestines of the whale!| for YOU? and sole leather from the lining of the whale’s mouth and! i tough leather from the skin. Jonah should have gone into the| I tannery business years ago. ! J. J. DORAN | 0- ] i ey | The fellow who kicks his home town shouldn’t compl. in if T i 1 . he finds that in time the town begins to kick him. Kicli(i:g ;s‘ he C.ty Plumber i not a profitable pastime at best, and people would do well to Phone 225 | keep this fact in mind when they assume to emphasize their| own judgment against that of an entire community. | GO the agricultural departments of Min- necota high schools are putting in some telling licks for boys’ and girls’ aking inquiry of the United ¢lub work. The boys and girls, in | es Department of Agriculture re- turn, are (.Ioing their best for the garding the nature of this disease. betterment of agriculture. With'these For the information of sto¢kmen iniforces pulling together there is bound this country, the, department has is- to be real advancement. ,not strange that cattle plague, | county employs a full time " county in veterinary'literature as rin-|club agent who has worked out a com- be unfamiliar to'munity program, based on the town- : » for-ship as 4 unit, So effective is the tunately, it never has appeared in the junior club system in the county that iaccording to T. A. Erickson of Uni- As the name signifies, it is a veri- | versity FFarm, state leader, the work Prior to the for improving the corn of the county |great world war, it had been driven has generally been turned over to the boys’ and girls’ corn clubs. B European countries which were in-|g;. iboys and girls have their calf, pig, and spect history is repeating itself, for|poultry cfixbs. Nearly a sggre gfgpure- bred heifer calves were bought by the dairy calf clubs. plgs were placed in the same way. Poultry clubs have been organized in communitie: spreading information about culling and doing other work in the cau: among the cattle of Poland to such|pattor pol’ultrv, 2 se0f |county fairs in the county, and school |superintendents and teachers have also co-operated in making junior 1 £ ) club do this|pearances which are observed. in one'success. - TEAM WORK IN CLUB PROJECTS INDIANS MAY REPEAT ! IF MAILS IS IN FORM By Henry L. Farrell. (United Press~Correspondent) New York, Jan. 20.—\With Duster Mails in the same form that marked his mound work in the last leg of last season’s pennant race, Cleveland fans are expecting another American.lLea- gue pennant in 1921, ‘ “It’s all up.to my pitchers.” Tris Speaker, manager and outfield star or the world’s: champions; said. The Minnesota farm bureaus and The farm bureau of ‘Blue Earth arms can win a pennay ‘White : Sox ' :gshowed Gleason, had to ‘dep: Williams and Kerr,' | The diminutive :Texan, will -be remembered came 'to the Tescue of the overworked pair of slab stars in midseason,’ just as Mails did last off Bagby ce, a3 the 1919, year to.take the burden and Coveleskie.’ The Indians should have the short- field in the hands of a more depend- avle fielder than Joe Sewell, but he may surprise the fans who disagree with Manager Speal he never will make a ball player. Unless the miracle of the ages hap- Similarly the livestock and poultry andards are being improved. The Several pure-bred where poultry work was gging. Junior poultry demonstra- teams have been trained for and perhaps the 'St.:Louis Browns. whom the Mound City fans :gssert need only a good pitcher to put them in the race. Two big trades strengthened the Yankees in the field and behind the plate but they still have a hole in the gardens and unless Waite Hoyt lives up to the hopes of Manager Managers of the two enterprises an acknowledged '/ BROAD FIELD FOR { Three good: pitchers with.'stronsg’ When |, on ; Cicotte, | and declare pens and a magic wand is waved over the White Sox, the Indians will have to beat only the New York Yankees to do a Tot of good for their commun- ities. Ae an illustration, the Benton county agent reports to his chief at University Farm that the Glendorado township unit in his county has ap- . pointed a.committee to confer with the township supervisors and ‘the county commissioners relative to re- pairing and, grading certain import- ant highways. This is a sample ac- tivity of the many things that can be confidently expected from the town- ship buréaus. " ‘Huggins has in the youth, the pitch- ing department will be no stronger. With some good pitching work the Browns would be a mighty danger- ous club with the array of batting talent they have in their lineup. Speaker has something else to beat besides the Browns and the Yanks— precedent. It has been five years since lan American League won two pen- nants in a row. 4 { ' FARM BUREAU UNIT ' hLanm ll:)ureau lovmsl;\!p units, | THE PIONEER WANT APS which are eing organized in various BRING RESULTS parts of the state, will be in position Kill That Cold With ML CASCARA & 3UI <, Coldsfo(':‘onglzs QO]\d‘o Neglected Cclds are Dangerous “Take ro chances. Keep this standard remedy handy for the first sneeze. Breaks up a cold in 24 hours— Relieves Grippe in 3 days—Excellent for Headache Quinine in this form does not affect the head—Cascara is best Tonic Laxative—No Opiate in Hill’s. . ALL DRUGGISTS SELL IT NINE AND La Grippe BUILDING---the nations largest o i \ .. What is the veason? - Why are thesé men ) out of work when it was impossible to obtain . labor less than eight months'ago? What has . happened to bring about this disastrous | condition? : B : | Lumber yards are filled with enormous tities of lumber and prices are back to | 2 NORMAL basis, Lumber was one of the ‘ first/commodities to return to this basis, and Yyet saw mills have closed down not to open for months, Many logging camps will not be opened, or, if opened at all, will be operated It is impossible to keep right on producing lumber when there is no demand for it. ‘What is causing this chaotic and extremely serious condition in the nation’s largest industry? "It is not the money shortage so much as it is the HIGH COST OF BUILDING. While it is true that LUMBER HAS RETURNED TO A NORMAL BASIS, it must be remembered that lumber only represents a comparatively small of the total cost of the building"—sometking like 30 per cent. The man who waats to build a home today and has the necossary capital to finance the deal, cannot afford to do so, because it COSTS HIM TOO MUCH MONEY. Other items which enter into the cost of the house, such as plumbing, heating, lighting, painting and LABOR, have not gone back to normal values. . Until they do it will be impossible for the average builder to proceced. Money is not available to finance building operations unless the cost is NORMAL. £ - Ed £ i £ . «_Jin one city in the Middle West. =\ There isn’t a thing moving in. e the Building Line.” _. _ thousands of men are out of employment as.a result. This article was prepared and its publication amthorized by a group of < business men who areinterested,not only in the lumber business, but in several other lines, in an effort to prevent contimued building stagnation s and to bring about, if possible, a resumption of construction activities. Northern Pine Manufacturers Associa* .a &, E: industry is now at a standstill and i /'The buying public knows that most mate. } rial on hand today is being held for more than normal value and thas is the reason why it refuses to buy more than absolute neces- sities. Buying in all Fines will not be resumed, until normal values are once more established. Lumber has now returned to the normsal basis and it is to the credit of the industxy, Notwithstanding the fact that lumber is 1now on & normal basis of value building is at a complete standstill due to the fact that other items which enfer into building costs still are priced on an abnormal basis. : -There is a certain normal fixed value o’ the average building and everybody knows approximately what it is. ‘With practically all basic commodities declining to the normal 5 value, it is unreasonable to suppose that the public will single out the items represented in the 70 per cent which makes up the balance of the cost of the building and favor these commodities by paying peak prices or very nearly peak prices for them. It has answered the question. It will NOT, That is the reason why the building indus<’ try is at a standstill and why the money that is now available for building (if prices were normal) will not come out of its hiding, Lumber has done its share, Just as soon’ l as the items represented in the remaining 70 per cent returni to normal values we will have new buildings, more work, lower rents and a solid foundation, once more, for the commerce of the nation, |