Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 24, 1921, Page 2

BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER ‘ PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY THE BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. M G. E. CARSON, President E. H. DENU, Sec. and Mgr. G. W. HARNWELL, Editor J. D. WINTER, City Editor Telephone 922 Knitered at the postoffice at Bemidji, Minnesota, as second-class matter, under Act of Congress of March 8, 1879. . No attention paid to anonymous contributions. Writer's name must be ki to the editor, but not necessarily for publication. Communica- tioiis for the Weekly Pioneer must reach this office not later than Tuesday of ¢€lith week to insure publication in the current issue. SUBSCRIPTION RATES . By Carrier By Mail g Vo a— 00 One Year e §5.00 PUTRE T VIN—— One MOnth oo 265 Six Months .ccomuvemmsrcesmarocene 2.60 One Week w.ceeecewe-. .15 Three Months 1.25| THE WEEKLY PIONEER—Twelve pages, published every Thursday and sent postage paid to any address fcr, in advance, $2.00. OFFICJAL COUNTY AND CITY PROCEEDINGS A LITTLE LESSON FROM THE FERRY BOAT . \ Have you ever noticed, when traveling on a ferry boat, that when it rams full-tilt against the side of the slip, the stout, strong poles, driven into the ground and lashed together to form the slip, creak and groan and bend back? Very quickly, however, they press back into position, and guide the boat into place. Every time I see this happen I contrast the action of these giant poles with that of many human beings. If they re- fused ‘to give way one inch, either they or the boat would be smashed. Their power lies in their resiliency, their capacity for giving ground temporarily under superior force, and then com- ing back. R Aren’t too many of us too stiff-necked, too self-opinionated, too stubborn, too adverse to letting others have even the teeny- weeniest bit of their own way? Statesmanship has been de- scribed as a genius for effecting compromises. Business is a good deal like that. Life itself, indeed, is like that. . Often we could accomplish more and get further if we bowed a little to the opinions and wishes of others. Sometimes when I watch the ferry slip sway over and then come back to effect its purpose, I think of Lincoln. He mastered the art of humoring others, when, by so doing, some useful pur- pose could be achieved. And he did it all without sacrificing his self-respect in the slightest. So do those girthy poles that guide the ferry boat into position. So could we if we were only big enough to substitute wisdom for false pride.—B. C. Forbes, in Forbes Magazine (N.Y.) e e g g RURAL EDUCATION Education is the very life-blood of democracy. The stand- ard of rural schools is generally lower than that maintained in the cities. Education in the country is estimated to cost $18 per child as against $53 for the city child. Good schools are just as essential for the farm laborer and his family as for the farmer himself, and if the farm help know that they can have the advantages of proper educational advan- tages for their children, it may mean a more stabilized farm- labor situation. g ¢ Rural schools should be headed by one who is in thorough sympathy with agriculture and should eliminate those text books that are based on city life. The rural school has a broad field of usefulness in the bui]ding.tup of the social as well as the educational life of the community. R 4] ‘u‘“ll' . The importance and dignity of farming as a‘;gofession, IE quires the best of brains and skill and should be emphasized in the‘school work. However, the country school should offer edu- cational advantages equal to those of the city, not confining the entire curriculum to rural subjects. The.e]evation of farm life to the high standard that it de- serves will come when the standard of education offered the farm boy or girl shall have reached that point where it is equal to that offered anywhere.—Rural Weekly. SRSl GG p THE MADNESS OF IT Look at these amazing fizures! They are the United States’ appropriations for 1920, A government supposed to have been managed not very well since 1776, but at least not by fools: 1. Past Wars . ..$3,855,482,586 68 % 2. Future Wars .. 1,424,138,677 25% 3. Civil Departments 181,087,225 4. Public Works ..... 168,203,557 5. Education and Science 57,093,661 Total $5,686,005,706. 100 % If this looks to you, reader, as too ridiculous to be‘true; if you don"t want any more such idiocy to triumph; if you would like a httle,'Just a little, slowing up of the Juggernaut car of taxation, write your senators and representatives at Washing- ton and beg them to cut down the military and naval appropria- tions and to back up the bill authorizing the president to invite England and Japan to join with us in an effort to plan for peace instead of war by a reduction of armaments. Write now! 0— SHOULD HELP SOME : Sixty million dollars in stock dividends will be paid by the C. B. & Q. railroad, is the announcement made by its direc- tors. The C. B. & Q., ownea jointly by the Northern Pacific and :Great Northern roads, declared a stock dividend of 54 per cent plus 1.325 per cent payable to stock holders on record March 31. This amounts to practically $60,000,000. ‘Authori- zation for the dividend was granted by the interstate commerce commission. . KKK KKKKKKKKKXKK® K hame in Bemidji the first of the * GOUDLAND *|week. I 2R RS B0 S X R R R NS S The Sunshine class met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Bliss on Friday. Jay Wells and Charlie Foster drove | Cars have been used between here THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 24, 1921 PROBLEN O 004 - EHPRESOENT | QUESTION AGAIN BOBS UP AS WOODROW WILSON TAKES UP LIFE AS PRIVATE CITIZEN. | WILL “CONTINUE TO WRITE PR Former President Has® Money, but How Much Nobody Knows—Cleve- land First to Declare Something | Should Be Done for Ex-Presidents. | By EDWARD B. CLARK. ‘Washington. — Former President ‘Woodrow Wilson, as everybody knows, has changed his residence, although | he has not moved far away from the | scene of the activities of eight years. Today he 1s in a fine comfortable house with a huge tree-shaded back yard situated on S street not far from Sheridan Circle, Y Grover Cleveland, after he left the White House, did what was. consid- ered a courageous thing. In a public statement he sald that something ought to be done for ex-Presidents of the United States. He did not mean that they should be given money, but that - the government in some way should recognize the position \whlch they once held and should see to it that the dignity which once was thelrs, in some way should be maintained in | other than a purely personal way. Unquestionably - Grover Cleveland had in mind the condition of impover- ighed ex-Presidents, for it is perfectly concelvable that some Presidents of the Urited States might |leave the ‘White House without money and phy- sically unable to earn a living. Woodrow Wilson has money, but Just how much he has nobody knows. The house which he recently pur- chased is sald to have cost $150,000. Mr. Wilson's mind is as clear as ever it was, but he is broken physically. He has established a law firm connection with former Secretary of State Bain- bridge Colby, and as a “closet coun- sellor” he unquestionably can make a good income. Moreover, le is a trained writer, and while he says he will not pen an autoblography, it still is likely that he will continue to write on sub- Jects of American history. What Roosevelt Said. Roosevelt some little time before he left office made a characteristic utter- ance. It was not long after Grover Cleveland had had something to say about what should be done for ex- Presidents. There Is a little story con- nected with the Roosevelt utterance which it may not be unintexesting to tell. Not long before Roosevelt left office Harry Brown of the New York Herald and I saw him in his inner oftice. The President. looked up at us and with-| out any introductory remarks, for it| was evident that some subject was! uppermost in his mind, said: | “When the people of the courtry are| asking the question, ‘What shall we do for our ex-Presidents? tell them that! they need do nothing for this ex-Presi-| dent. He is going out to work and to| do for himself., “I have had a first-class time as President of the United States and I have enjoyed every minute I have been In the White House. When. I have finishgd the last stroke, I am go- ing out contented, and to work.” William H., Taft went out of office to work. Woodrow Wilson has gone out of office and will do what work he| can. Mr. Cleveland worked. Mr. Har- rison worked and so did most of the other Presidents who finished their| terms of office, but it is a fact that very few Presldents of the United States ever left office as rich men, in fact not one of them ever went back into the world’s life with enough motey to put them in the class of the millionaires, or even in the class with | .the near millionaires. Probably the| American people will say that it is| better so. | Wilson Has Income. | Woodrow Wilson has an from his books. Mrs. Wilson ha income s some L an increased sale for his books after tqwnship telephm}e. Every one is in- President’s present earning capacity, ;;t:gfln?a:;‘?:éiblih?ro:t:}?;‘atszu gé of course, is problematical. Every-| Roosevelt and - Buzzle is especially thing depends upon the condition of | desired. There will be notices posted his health. He is able to dictate for{jn ample time through each town- some little time each day, but Wood- |ship. row Wilson, unlike many other| Thomas Weum has been sick the writers, prefers to do his own workjast few days but is some better at with his own .hand. It is a_slow |present. . process, but there are men to whom The auetion sale of Mr. Wenner- the art of dictation does not come |strom was a great success. A ]argé readily. A typewriting machine always ‘erowd was present, the bidding -was has been one of Mr. Wilson’s close companions. in Nier own right. The Tormer brought a good price. Cows sold for $60 and up. Carl Larson -was the auctioneer and he surely knows how to get the money. Charles Larson is doing. some ex- tensive furniture buying. People are becoming -quite inquisitive about it. Al Eaton and family'spent' Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Everett ‘Wynne in the town of Maple Ridge. BEMIDJI PLEASED BY QUICK RESULTS _ Everyone is pleased with the quick results -of simple»'withhazel, ~cam- phor, hydrastis, etec., as mixed in Lavoptik eye wash. One man’s eyes were so badly strained he ‘could not read without pain: ~Two applications relieved him. A lady with weak, in- ‘lively and practically everything}to bring lunch. flamed seyes was greatly helped by’ ONE bottle. ~ We guarantee’ a.small bottle of Lavoptik to help ANY CASE weak, strained or inflamed eyes. E. A. Barker. Druggist. There will be a dance given at C. Larson’s Saturday, March 26. Every one is invited. Ladies are requested Roosevelt, contrary to general be- Hef, left the White House a poor man relatively speaking. His father left bim some property, but the income from it was not more than four or five thousand a year. He had made some money before he was President out of his writings, and of course there was is truly he entered the White House. Roose- velt's salary as President was $50,000 a year. He spent every cent of it, either in traveling or in entertaining. He would have left the White House as poor as he entered it if some of his friends had not been foresighted. They | made an arrangement which at its in- ception was unknown to Roosevelt, by which all the royaltles for his writings | i ghould be put aside and cared for. It | was confidently believed by the colo- | nel's friends that if he received this | money he would spend it with his sal- 1 ary. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE it / DAILY PIONEER| KK KKK KRXEK KK KK KKK . DEBS *! P S L The Sandy River ladies’ aid held| their annual sale at the consolidated | school house Saturday the 19th. A large crowd -attended the same. Mrs. Ollie Staffne held the lucky number which drew .the quilt. Rev. Erickson | acted as auctioneer and. everything! sold fast and brought good prices. Coffee and lunch were served in the| basement. The sale brought the total of $87. The ladies of the aid are to| be thanked for the good work they | have done. The money goes loward\ the building of a mew church. L. Winger and Swan Swanson! were Bemidji visitors Friday. | Miss Sigrid Swanson left for Be-| midji Friday where she will visit with | Mrs. Peter Olson. . Mrs. Victor Carlson and two little | boys spent Sunday at the home of Mrs. Carl Nord. ! Quite a number of young people | attended the St. Patrick’s day mask-| ed ball in the town of:Clover. Every | one reported a go§’d time. 1 Mr. and Mrs,’ Frank Stout and Mrs. Whalen of Island Lake drove | over for the ladies’ aid' auction on| Saturday. 5 | Mr. and Mrs. Gust Thorland and | Christianson’s T Sk ot S S X N. CERTAIN DAYS of the year dinner so carefully---especially the final course. But you have no worry over the dessert for Easter ; Sunday’s dinner. erything else for this dinner being the best, you order— Special for Easter Sunday Egg Center Brick Ice Cream For Sale in Bemidji at: Boardman’s Corner Drug Store Carver’s Grocery Case’s Cash Grocery 1 .an event.. You choose and plan It’s Ice Cream, of course! And, ev- ICE CREAM ' Confectionery Fortier’s Grocery. Golz’s Grocery Koors’ Bakery Mac’s Confectionery Maloy’s Lunch Miller’s Cash & Carry Phelp’s Grocery Taber’s Grocery Mr. and Mrs. Wynne spent Sunday | at Woadford’s. ' ¥ f ; 1s There will be a meeting held the! Tth of May in the North Fork school | house to discuss the possibility of a New CIGARETTE . No cigarette has the same delicious flavor as Lucky | Strike. Because Lucky Strike is the | toasted cigarette. AT ‘ cou { Farmers: I bank at. I will stump . I will brush . If you want DYNAMITE AT COST, cut out, sign and mail this coupon filled out at once. to Cass Lake Friday. W. A. Clark is building a new home. There is talk of a land clearing demonstration for this district soon. Frank Hoernemann was in Cass Lake Thursday. The revival meetings and Bible studies held here the past two weeks by Missionaties Cummings and Hen- wood have been a great bencfit to the community. The people of the neighborhood nre‘begmmng to use their wmagons again. . Missionary Cummings left :for his Cass Lake nearly all winter. { 1 will need..... | | 30%, ..... S F Have to Be Handy With Ax. | 2y Nearly all rural Tasmanian men aré Taae; Ll e P fairly dexterous with the ax. In the back blocks it is a necessity of life, one of the settler’s first jobs being to con- | struct a hut or house out of the grow- | ing timber surrounding the site. On | farms fencing posts are sure to be re- quired, and splitting them out of tmel‘ trunks still demands skill as well as energy, though the older post and rall fence, the all-wood Tabbit-proof fence, i and the *“chopping Block™ log fence stiil in vogue in heavily timbered dis- | tricts required much more nice X work than the pest and wire fence 'now generally erected. electric caps. Bemidji Minnesota. My railroad station is....... My name iSq..oiceeeeecssecneens Sign and mail to ‘A. ‘A. Warfield, Secretary, Beltrami County Land Clearing ‘Ass’n., PON edsdsasasisnssene joresasannsanssasssasoiiorannnesenassrisapdis Spring Suits EASTER SALE $35 to $45 Beautiful suits of best quality Fricotine and Men’s wear serge made by our best makers—more than fifty styles to choose from—wonderful values. WEEK-END SPECIALS THAT YOU SHOULD NOT OVERLOOK $1.50 Special Purchase of Blouses enables us to offer you values in Georgettes, Striped Crepe de Chine $ : and Hand-made Voiles, at 5075 Carter’s Knit Union Suits, with bodice top, knee length, at— 95¢c, $1.50, $2.00 $3.00 Burglington Silk Hose, Black, Brown and Grey . .