Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 23, 1921, Page 2

- e B e s 'MONDAY EVENING, MAY 23, 1021 ' BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY THE BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. G. K. CARSON, President G. W. HARNWELL, Editor Telephone 922 J. D. WINTER, City Editor e U R R ey el R e e Entered at the postoffice at Bemidji, Minnesota, as second-class matter,| ;" Goneral Menoher, to General under Act of Cougress of March 3, 1879, No attention paid to anonymous contributions. wm'c':":;u::: mous American 42nd, or Rainbow Di- B e e Weekly Pionaer must reach this office not later th Tuesd vision, received its baptism of fire. be known to the editor, but not necessarily for publication. of sach week to insure publication in the current issue. —— < SUBSCRIPTION RATCS By Carrier By Mail One Yesr ... __._ja.oo 8ix u,,l,;n,. L :gg One Year ——. Three Mon g One Month reeee +B5 Six Months .15 Three Months —. One Week weeecoooereeemesee 5,00 1918. 2.80{C.” during that operation and con- 128 of it ' AMERICANS IMPRUDENT Dusseldorf, Germany. (By Mail to United Press,)—General Gaucher, E. H. DENU, 8ec. and MF | wpo commands the French and Brit- | !ish forces of occupation in Dussel- ing winds. dorf, has a warm spot in his heart for | {the American army. By the medium | of this dispatch he wants to be cor- dially remembered to General Camer- Johnson and to General MacArthur. It was under Gaucher that the fa- Gaucher’s eyes light up when he speaks of the Rainbow lads, and par- own first line infantry in an advance. Then he was in cammand over Cameron of the 4th Division in the famous counter-attack of July 18, He tells with relish of how he and Cameron shared the same “P. | trolled the development of their share | Later the General was shifted to Belgium, and there had under him THE WEEKLY PIONEER—Twelve pages, published every Thursday |the 91st or Pine Tree Divison of the and sent postage paid to any address fer, in advance, $2.00. OFFICIAL COUNTY AND CITY PROCEEDINGS TOO MUCH ATHLETICS ‘Athletic sports appear to be about the most important thing|ber once they went into a town with- in college life of the average young man of today. ' If he doesn’t go in for the round of sports: he is apt to be sleeves—and took the place in short termed a grubworm and find himself more or less isolated from the companionship of his fellows. . If he becomes an enthusiastic sportsman he is in danger of neglecting his studies to the detriment of his education and his {10 town ana fell back to get water future, The promotion of athletics is desirable up to a certain point, but the tendency of the day is to ignore that point and go the limit, even to the sacrifice of educational proficiency in lines that are necessary in modern commercial life. This is not age when young men may learn to read and write, and add and subtract, and then go out into the world and compete for success, Employers are becoming more exacting each day. They require something more than a football or a stroke record from their employees. They insist upon stability, common sense and an ability to “produce the goods.” There are many noted gritics of our higher educational institutions of today ,and these critics have little confidence in the ability of the average college graduate. ‘When shrewd employers place a value of $10 a week upon the services of young men just out of college there would seem to be something wrong with the system under which these young men have been trained. Too much athletics may become as detrimental to the in- dividual as none at all. Y, Dt SCRAPPING OVER THE FIGHT 1t took five years to fight the World war. fight, ‘At the present rate of speed it will take 25 years to adjust the difficulties growing out of that war. It may even become necessary to fight another war, with an entirely different line-up of nations. Do not make the mistake of thinking that we have seen the end 'of all wars. We have not. It is nowhere in sight. We doubt if it is even seriously considered by the men who really control the affairs of Europe. : 115 : There was never more diversified bitterness and jealousy It was some than there is in Europe today. Trust and confidence are un-| known. Suspicion and hatred are everywhere.,, ; The powerful allies are exasperated at the grocrastinatxon of Germany. They can not even come to a lasting agreement among themselves. . : In the meantime some of the little countries are happy in ‘the enjoyment of another scrap. 1 ' The volcano is daily sounding the danger signal. break forth in eruption at any time. i We were drawn into the last war against our will, It may 1t is dif- " ficult to see how we can keep out of the next one. In the meantime, is our powder dry? der? . P R THEY HAVE EARNED THE SWEATERS * By all means, the boys and girls of the high school _who are entitled to sweaters because of their athletic attainments, should get them. They are entitled to at least that much, The public has been asked for very little in the way of support for the football team that won the state championship last fall. They have been the best team Bemidji ever had. We were told Saturday by a man from Minneapolis, athletics, that undoubtedly Bemidji had one of the best teams ever trained in Minnesota. He also stated that Bemidji 1s known everywhere in the northwest by her football team. With Or have we any pow- this reputation, gained for it by its 1920-1921 football team,! who is an authority on| Yanks, haling from the Pacific coast | and mountain states in general, but from ‘“Powder River’ 'in particular. “Your men are brave,” says Gern-| eral Gaucher; “but sonietimes too brave, and a bit imprudent. I remem- out arranging for their water supply —coats off, fighting in itheir shirt- order. But like all Americans, they had . been eating too much sugar, either in their coffee or elsewhere, and got thirsty. So they abandoned and supplies. “‘“That doesn’t matter, General,’ they told me when I ,remonsirated, ‘Now that we've had our water, we'll go back and take all over again.! “‘Yes, but, my children,’ I told, them. ‘You may take it back again | but in that way you'll have a big cemetery. And that is werth think- ing of!""” EVEN FRANCE FORGETS HEROES IN LATE WAR| By Edwin W. Huilinger (United Press Staft Correspondent) Paris. (By Mail.)—Even in France, the people who ‘“stay at home for- get easily the sacrifices made by the men who fought in the war, but fort- unately there aré ex-poilus dn civilian ranks to remember and take the part of their ex-comrades who fared less {happily than they. {© A regular *“0. Henry” incident of ’this affection of a sound comrade for i his crippled ibrother-in-arms occurred {at a little open-air cafe opposite the Gare du Nord. ‘A beggar, with one leg gone below the knee and an empty sleeve tucked iinto his pocket, was making the irounds of the tables. His face wore ithat dazed, numb_expression of one }who has suffered so'much that he has fbecome insensible to any vicissitude rof fortune. Three service ribbons | were in his lapel buttonhole. One- of the guests, an ex-service i'man noticed the ribbons and invited him to “have a bock.” | There was a whispered consulta- !tion inside and the waiter tugged the |man’s coatsleeve and informed ‘him | the -house “didn’t serve beggars.” |The guest pcinted to the cripple's iservice badges and retorted indig- \'nantly: | “Perhaps, then, the house serves liits benefactors. This man lost his |leg and arm for the proprietor's pa- trie. ‘The proprietor may have a | sense of gratitude!” ‘The proprietor stood pat. Other guests, ex-service men, became inter- |'ested ' and soon there was a crowd | around- the irate customer and the| | shoulder-shrugging “‘patron.” |/ The beggar meanwhile sat in stu- i pified dazedness, listlessly finguring i his crutches. He was so used to this | Kind of thing that it no longer sur- | prised, hardly even seemei to hurt. | Finally another guest at a far | table shouted: l “Waiter, you can serve me, any- way. Bring me a bock.” . 1With a flourish he seized the glass |from the wai'ter’s hand strode across !and deposited it in front of the beg- {gar. The crowd cheered. The pro- | prietor scowled. The second guest, also an ex-ser- ticularly when he mentions that fine|" young soldier, ‘‘the .MrcéArthur”, aj general who was oftimes ahead of his | sense of the thefitnical which is one of the French temperament, raired his own glass to the Memory of the ‘‘grande guerre.” PLANT TREES They beautify. They afford shelter from the pierc- They protect crops from the dry- Ing winds. | # ‘They afford shade. ¥ They regulate and control water supply. . 1o i They keep the lumbe!‘v and pulp | mills running, which furnishes em- ployment for thousands of men. They. attract song birds. Their. presence draws many tour- ists to our state, They preserve game. They will, if given a chance, help our cl\nd;en niore than they do us. ,, THIS TIME LAST YEAR With the score 2 to 1 in favor of : the Browns, Babe Ruth hit his! sixth " homer over theé grandstand at the Polo Grounds with a runner on, win- ning the game 3 to 2. Scott pitched a three-hit game for Boston, beating;the Reds 3 to 0. A triple play, Schulz, to Clemons to Fournier, stopped a rally by the Gjnnts in the tenth, the Cards win- ning. THE PIONEER WANT ADS BRING RESULTS Nature’s Medicine Two teaspopn,sfill in water three times a day —makes, you feel better! —makes you eat better! —makes you sleep better! —makes you work better! Ttis called Nature’s ‘Medicine because it is pure- Iy vegetable and is' composed of the most bene- ficial roots, herbs and barks known to science. Over 20,000,000 bottles sold in six years Ask the ““fans”’ Next game you go to, just notice how many of the “fans” are Fatima-wise — in grandstand and bleachers too. Made 333 . < | vice man, smiled at the beggar, bow- Bemidji should and must liberally support the team next Fndayfl1 to the proprletor, and, with that when a tag day will be put on to secure the funds for the sweat-| ers. And the girls must not be forgotten. They did admirable | work in their basketball team, but perhaps their greatest value, was in their untiring boosting for the football team. i S”OE S NS et A BLOWING ABOUT BEMIDJI When Governor Preus gets back to St, Paul, after his trip| %y e to Bemidji and Blackduck next week, he can truthfully say that! Re parin l he never did so much “blowing” in his whole career. : When the Lady Godiva, to alleviate the sufferings of her people, rode through the streets of Coventry garbed only in her| flowing hair, she required every inhabitant to remain indoors| and keep the blinds closely drawn. She was modest. But those! were ancient’ days, before the advent of modern society cos~{ tumes'and bathing beaches. g | A g William J, Bryan hit the ball the other day when he de-’ clared that “no drunkard should be appointed to enforce our prohil‘)ition laws because they cannot decide between their oath| of office and their appetite.” i S g | General Leonard Wood advises teaching the people of the| Philippine Islands obedience to law and order. But if we can’t do a better job of it there than we do at home we had better stop before we start. z | i P — . Good for the tax committees, so long as the rate isn’t going up we have something to be thankful for. It’s a change, any-| way. Keep up the good work, perhaps next year it may hit the! toboggan. ' The woman who»is good at keeping secrets is not always popular. - It displeases some people mightily to have their curi- osity remain unsatisfied. : . 40c | BEMIDJI SHOE STORE 315 MINNESOTA AVENUE I | Liccerr & Mvers Tosacco Co. 2 Lf i e e e B e of fine tobaccos, perfectly blended. ! ~but laste the P ! & dfirance! TWENTY fif 25¢ | { i H § i % ]