Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 4, 1921, Page 6

e s B A S e A T AR N9 MM A N NS ' BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY " THE NEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. . B. CARSON, Pre 'E. H. DENU, Sec. and R CHARNWELL, Edtor 3. D. WINTER, City Editor e Telephons 922 the poatoffice at Bemi. Minnesota, udnActo!Cou:j&olms. No attention to anonymous contributions. W;lhr‘n name, musy be kmown to the .fix't'f,, but not necessarily for publication. Communics- the Weekly Pioneer must reach this office not later than Tuesdsy week to insure publication in the current issue. as_second-class mattes, 1879, ] SUBSCRIPTION RATES ) By Carrier i By Mall : gi‘:. I(::Eu— " __‘3:00 [T £ pe———— Three Months 1.50 gir Months 2.50 '8 s siscsareeminan 8:: %::fih .16 Three Months 123 THE WEEKLY FIONEER—Twelve pages, published every Thursday | and sent postage paid to any address far, in advance, §2.00. | OFFICIAL COUNTY AND CITY PROCEEDINGS 3 SUNDAY SCHOOL WORK . 1t cost thie state of Minnesota $146,898 to maintain the R_e({ | Wing reform school with its 337 boys last year, $406.02 per in-| mate. ~Every dollar of this could have been saved to the state| if the Sunday schools of this state had properly rfur_xcthned. | Judge Bert Joy Humphrey of the New York ju\{emle bench | says, “of thousands of cases brought before me during the past 16 years, only one was actively associated .wn;h a Sunday school.” 'Judge Fawcett of the Brooklyn juvenile court regm‘rts‘ a similar experience through a period of five years.in_ examining | 2,700 boys. Judge Orr of St. Paul also makes a similar report. | Why are the Sunday schools of this state mnot prope_rly‘ functioning? . ‘A number of reasons are apparent, among which | are, lack of time, equipment, train teachers, supervision, cur- riculum, public sentiment, ete. s The Minnesota Sunday School (Workers) : association 8 doing a monumental work in furnishing vision, inspiration and! education in method that is slowly but surely raising the stand- ard of this important task until in a more real way furnish the education in righteousness needed by our childhood and youth. «“Twas a dangerous cliff, as they freely confessed Though to walk near its crest was so pleasant; But over its terrible edge there had slipped A duke and full many a‘peasant; So the people said something would have to be done, But their projects did not at all tally. | Some said, “Put a fence 'round the edge of the cliff,” _ Some, “An ambulance down in the valley.” Let’s help build such “fences ’round the edge of the cliff” in the form of Sunday schools, Christian summer schools, week-| day religious education and accredited Bible study as shall show our good sound judgment and recognize that formation is bet- ter than reformation.—Fergus Falls Tribune. We take issue with The Tribune with respect to the func- tioning of the Sunday schools. It is not the Sunday schools that are not properly functioning. In fact, the reports of the judges referred to clearly demonstrate that where the schools had a chance at the boys, it kept them straight. .No—it.is the parents who are not properly functioning in failing to get their child- dren to the Sunday school. Sunday schiool cannot work on a boy. who does not attend it.. It is squdrely up to the parents to get their children in the Sunday schoo! and give-it a chance to work on them. - w e M 0 FARM PRODUCTS LOWEST ot The farmers claim that their products have been reduced in price in greater proportion than any other'commadi ‘and is confirmed by the latest report of the Department of Labor of the United States in its report of March, 1921, The fo wing list shows the percentage that prices of March, 1921, weréabove the 1914 prices: : 4 v Farm products Food, ete. Cloths and Clothing . Fuel and Lighting ... Metals and Metal products Building materials . Chemicals and Drugs House furnishings Miscellaneous 'All commodities an average .. z - These figures show that farm pro Sicts are much’ nearer the 1914 prices than any of the other commodities. Until these groups come more nearly together it is useless to expect a return ofi universal prosperity. : ¢ Canadian Railwa A little over half of the railway mileage of Canada is owne yud by tl}e Canadian government. The remainder, 48 per cent,. arly all included in the Canadian'Pacific system. During, the past year not a single one of the government railways in Canada ‘earned its operating expenses. The one which came the nearest to doing so had an expense of $1.09 for every dollar of earnings. In one case the cost of a dollar of earnings was .34.1& The total deficit admitted by the government minister of railways is:$70,000,000. When a proper allowance is.made for interest charges the deficit reaches $140,000,000. oy Fayaa; During the same period the Canadian Pacific showed an expense of 85 cents for each dollar of earnings, and a total net earning of $33,000,000. The large deficit of some of the government . is-doubtless: due " part to the fact of the unfavorable situation of in short lines,” but against this we'have the fact that on not a‘single one of its-lines, no-matter how favorably situated, has the government been:able to. make ends meet, while a profit is ahpwn on the entire Canadian Pacific system, under private management, despite the fact that it has hundreds of miles of line running through uninhabited and unproductive territory.—Grand Forks Herald, . i The salvation of the country as to.its railroad embarrassment is not to be facilitated by a return to control by 48 state governments over intrastate tates and service as some of the farmérs’ representatives ‘in Washington seem to think. Mr. Harding in his message to congress showed himself to be alert to the requirement of cheaper transportation as an economic neces- niy. nnfi admonished lpbor and capital that they must both: act™upon due obligations to the public that is to be served.—Minneapolis Tribune, Nearly all of this season’s maple syrup has been bought up by the chewing tobacto manufacturers. No help for it—a lot of pzople hnvye got to switch from pancakes to plug.—The Brainerd Dispatch. s o sgil‘;i:a%owlz:'xhrgt!;rg are now guaxantetfiing Tcellar safety if’ the 'owner files Vi eir union secreta t i o &% Paul Dispaten. ry that he has.no liquor stored away. If the farmers did not get all the legis ht: they.w o 3K s i they did not ask for it—St. Cloud Journdl-Pross. e i O Secretary Hughes calls soviet Russia a “gigantic economic vacuum,” 0.5, WILL SOON HAVE~ _ OCEAN ON FOUR SIDES” By _H. C. GARDNER, President 0f Great Lakes-St. Law- rence Tidewater Association The West wants its outlet to the ges. Until that way is obtained the productive power of these western tates is hampered in every directfon, agricylture, in manufactures, in 2 L ther country in the world tries ,.on extensive production a tes and more from the L fatms to reach toward the ppi ‘and;to bring _heart of \‘w, conti~ the iimproving of the St. admitting . ocean-going -3t ‘is @ more ‘fundemental need than was at first imagined. e ~In hisinitial statement as secretary MARY OCEAN § THE ST. ONTARIO.”: of commerge, Herbert Hoover said, March 11: f “*We must-consider our itransporta- |tion. *..%._.*as one system directed {to serve the nation as a whole.” And he sets down as an essential part of that program, ‘‘the opening ‘of the Great Lakes to ‘ocean-gding vessels.” For the last 50 years our national transportation ‘system has jbeen founded ‘on raflways. The Ameri- can railway machine surpasses any other on the globe. But it has been over-emphasized. = Other ways. have been neglected. . Our wagon roads have bgen morasses. The states are now spending hundreds of millions to repair that error. Our waterways have fallen into disuse. Attention is sow dfrected to that mistake, and it will be corrected., | ; As our natiofial itransportation sys- tem developed on this one-sided man- ner, the: country has suffered. Is it not- nécessary to dwell upon the al- most: ‘total failure of transportation last year; due in part to exceptional’ circumstances. Let us take the larg- er view. - " g L As-the railroad arm of transporta- tflon - was- pushed beyond its proper ‘bounds and js logical use, the cpus- try ‘¢ame to a posiffion where an equilibrium between fates and ‘the movement of commodities was impos- sible. In all the deep interior, any rate that would pay the railroads was pro- hibjtive and any -rate that iwould, {move the traffic was unremunerative. L PINEW0OD -t at the school House here in town, sale,of ‘pies, which will ibe used to help. pay. for the phonograph which Mrs, Elliott .bought for the school. Tuesday. W here this week with their car of hovisehold ‘goods. up wifth their auto.” James Wynne of Debs was a Pine-| and, Bemidji visitor Thuraday. p B. Millar and Mrs. Gar- rard were Bemidji visitors Saturday. There Will be a baseball dance giv- en at Nelson’s hall Saturday evening, the proceeds to go to the ball team. Mohday. He went after his -auto which he willl drive back here. Miss Lila Blliott gave a picnic and entertzinment at the Bast school dis- triot92 Sunday and all present re- port @ good time the school was out Friday. ¢ Mrs. N. D. Cromwell of Trail and Mrs. Gessel of Swanville, her mother, :were callers_here Monday en route ‘Swanville for a visit. ‘They form- erly. lived here. A The ‘Wise Men of the Bast saw the Stdr of Bethlehem from afar. Have the Bad ‘Men around Pinewood seen the star on the village constable. Be ¥ ‘he will get.you. 3 Buelah Sewell, who taught ‘Well shined up on Moonshine; sev- eral parties came into town Thurs- day and started trouble in one of the stores. During the melee the propri- etor turned his back, and received a séyere blow Wiith a shoe. ‘He can as- sure all that moonshine has a power- ful kick. The village constable was «called to restore order. He started for help, got: all the men he could find to help enforce the law but when they got to the scene of trouble the Dbad men Yad gone. fwhich, being translated, means nothing doing in trade.—Minneapolis Tribune. SO YIRS LM OWING PROPOSED DEEP WAT; CAN REACH UPPER LAKES. WRENCE DAM WHICH WILL MAKE “THE BAY OF| J & K % KK kK KX KK KK K%K work on hie’ farin'_near town, which x| he bought last year. - The family drove|held a food and fancy work. sale on Carl Schmitt of Park Rapids, arriv-IMrs. Blondo had. ed here Thursday and has commenced Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.—Adv. R I M AN YA A try will then face the ocean on four cides as it now does on three, and from every section there will be a relatively short, down grade haul to the ocean port. ; ‘Many people do: not ,realize. how near we are’to acgomplishment of this project.” Engineers for the Nmit- od States -and Canada have been working for a year on the plans. The field has frequently been studied, and substantialy we know ‘what this re- port will dnevitably-be, . ... ~"A dam at the international hoin- dary will make Lal ‘will carry ships past the remaining rapids down to Montreal. Below Montreal there are now ex-| A s ERWAY BY WHICH NOTE LOCATION OF cellent conditions, for the St. Law- rence is a mighty stream, 80 miles wide at its mouth. ~ In the upper lakes mnothing n jbe done to the channels. % We know the cost will be within bounds: we know the power indident- ally developed:will pay.the cast of the | whole job. 4 Meantime the International Joint economic proposition.. The evidenc_e ment as a Transportationproposition will pay for itself ‘Gver and over—as the past improveménts in the Great Lakes have paid for: themselves every year in freight savings and in creat- ing new resources:” Before ~ July ~the for.cooperation between the United States and Canada. .t will then be up to congress and.the Dominion Par- lHament to decid: it ?u‘ll'be don Tidewater. assqciation, #ign of 15.states, is. ‘public; opinjon on the merits: position. 7 5 Wihen fhe people know, the farm- and -bankers, when- the people :in can be dotie and:what great results it will bring about,.nothing can ‘stop the middle west from gaining the de- gide of ;all land-locked people. sea. Mrs. Jennie Elliott went to-Be- %% % 2% % 3% % % % % % % | midji Monday to stay a week to re-; The ple:social and .program given |ceive medical treatment. 3 Saturday, evening, was well attended | X XX X K KX R XXX K XK KK * and abaut $18 was received from the | x KELLIHER ¥ P S S R S e S R e Mrs. John Swanson ‘will leave for Emerado, N. D., Wednesday morning. “Ted Peterson and Halvor Annan- ; g e ; Swenson’s have a large farm near son of Debs-were business callers here | g ng Forks waers u?ny spend the spring and summer, coming Lack to K. Hanson and family arrived |Kelliher in the fall. £ The Ladles of the Catholic church Saturday, afternos). I'he fancy work was hand work wliich had heen idcne by, the French women. Father Fon- mosse bought ‘the ‘work while on.his trip to France last year. Lunch was served 'all the afternoon. Very lit- tle of thefancy/ work was sold. The proceeds. of the sale ‘amounting to labout forty dollars. Mrs. Leo Wollfe went to Bemidji Richard Elliott left for St. Cloud |Mconday for a visit with her sisters. Mrs. Joe Jerome, Jr., is reported ill at her home at Battle River. She has been teaching school at Ponema, but ;was forced to give up the school. « E. J. Miller is spending some time Renewed Testimony No one in Bemidji who suffers back- ache, headaches, or distressing ui nary ills can afford to ignore this Be- midji woman’s twice-told story. ~It'is confirmed testinmony that no Bemidji resident’can doubt. Mrs. Joe Blondo, 202--Minnesota | Ave., says:- “My back ached 'so I couldn’t rest at night. It wds hard tained from Doan’s Kidney Pills, 1 tried thes They soon removed the #aching - and -strengthened . my: kid- neys: 1:was all:right and have zeit well ‘ever’ since.”* 3 Over three years later, Mrs. Blondo said: “I am glad to say no disorder of the kidneys has troubled me ¢ since Doan’s Kidney Pills cured me some years ago. Today I che ly repe: my former words of praise.” Price 60c, at all dealers. Don’t simply ask for a kidney remedy—get Doan’s Kidney Pjlls—the same that Foster-Milburn Co. . |officers resulted as follow: Oscar’ ) Westburg, in an intoxicated Vil .| Sondition, hegdlt shooting @ gun. The 8 A Commission has been studying the|’ is overwhelming that the jmprové-T - International f} Joint Commission ‘will bring in its|§/ recommendation proposing some plan |4 ers-and merchants and manufacturers g these 15 states know how easily this: ‘The west will gain the way to the | {The last meeting of ‘the year of the Literary and Study club was held | last Thursday evening. Eleeuo;ot rs. Jack Hubbard, president; Mrs.- Homer' NITY Whiting, vice-president;’ Mrs. Ole : f Pearson, secretary; Mrs. C. C. Mur- Dhy, treasurer; Mrs, Chas. West. 1li- . brarian. After the élection an in- N L s T . ! | i B 1o et fhines I'Will Hold & Community Auction ey e i besmlii for Your Bt} her-back for burial. i On the va ots west of Rex theatre.on llutd: d Strest. Quite a little excitement ‘was. ca:fx ed fn’ Hob's Pure Food st; where, Th car, an police was notified and the man put in_jafl. A 3 RN LA : or article of furniture or anything that can be sold at'a sale communicate with me and ar- rangements-will-be made for its disposal. ‘Vancouver, C.—British Colum- bia now has 5,000 goats within her boundaries, with an’ estimated ‘value of $200,000. The production of milk | for 1920 is estimated at.75,000 gal-| lons, which, at 15 cents a quart, is valped at $45,000. If to this sum is ded ithe value of the 1920~crop of kids, which 1is about $25,000 .more, the value of the goat industry in this province during the year 192Q is placed at $70,000. Three years ago the estimated number of goats in the province was 1,000. 3 Shou]if S'ofi ha .'a horse, ‘cow Call on me at the Courtney Seed & Feed Co. offices, or phone 841. De.it early:and get your item advertised. Some of the items already in will be found listed below. i Brown Gelding, 7 years old, sound. - i Brown Gelding, 6 years old, sound. 1 Good Heavy Double Harness. 1 Narrow Tire Wagon. 1 Light Buggy. =~ - 1 Hetfer. bigh peacts Motstost, 854 months ola eifer, high grade Holstein n old.’ ]13&; }lldeagyl Bobs.: e %vl_no i uick, Model €37, 4 cylinder, start: C., Porig10, AL coh o SARISE: floy Several calves, from 2 to 7 weeks old. ik Sound feld_ing, 10 years, weight| 1,200, Several second-hand sewing machines. 1Red Poll cow, 6 years old, milking, fresh in 1 four-year-old gelding, broke, weight 800. A fine 1919 Ford in good shape. SEAT Incubator, Gas Range,-Alladin lamp, Wood Heater. good shepe. July. HEART’S ll\Ide“;v VXinqxlx; farm truck, 314 size. inch walking plow.: DELIGHT ‘Washington, Oil Stove, 3-burner. ¢ A Washing machine, oil stove, 3 burner, One Overland delivery. truck. = .y Large Overland Six, 7-passenger, in fine order. 14-inch sulky plow. SR A% 20 fine young' Shropshire ewes. R : ]Snom_:. furniture, and many other articles too nufiier_oys to ention. ¢ ; 7 : Should 'you;l"equ‘irve time on the -buy§ you make, it will save much time and.confusion to consult your banker- / S 5 e beforépand,‘ai:ltho‘u_gh, ini some instances, the owner him-- % ICE % self ‘will’receive good paper.. - . .. " 00 CREAM We Want to List More Machinery / SUPREME j ; Jack Rodekuhr, Auctioneer _ First National Bank, Clerk .l:_gck Rodekuhr, ‘Auctioneer - Add: yours to this list. The many too numerous to. mention. : S ALWAYS THE SAME— 'DELICIOUSAND. \": SMOOTH - - Ask for It at Your Dgllir i WITH SPRING COMES THE RUSH SEASON .. .+ , FORFORDCARS . Each year thousands have been compelled to swgfi:_' for their cars after plaeing their orders.-Sometimes they have waited many months. - By placing your order now, you will be protecting . yourself vagaj_nst delay. Youwill be able to get reason- ~ ably prompt-delivery on your Ford car. And you will have it to enjoy when you want it most—this spring. : ;l;)on’t‘ Put Off Placing Your Order Telephone 970 Bemidji, Minn. @t