Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 27, 1921, Page 2

BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER 4 PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY THE BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. G, B. CARSON, President E. H. DENU, Sec. and Mgr. G, W. HARNWELL, Editor J. D. WINTER, City Editor Telephone 922 Entered at the postoffice at Bemidji, Minnesota, aa sec under Act of Ccugress of March 8, 1879. No attention paid to snonymous 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. mattes, SUBSCRIPTION RATES SO By Carrier 6.0 By Mall e._Year e § 0. Six Months 3.00 One Year e . _§8.00 Raren Nonths, 150 six Monthe 2.50 One Week .15 Three Months 128 THE WEEKLY PIONEER—Twelve pages, published every Thuraday and sent postage paid to any address for, in advance, $2.00. i OFFICIAL COUNTY AND CITY PROCEEDINGS o—m———————— ] ( THE WEALTH OF THE FARMERS IN THE U. S The increase in value of farm lands and buildings in the United States during the last ten years, as shown by the census of 1920, has been amazing. It is almost beyond belief that the values of the farm lands and farm building in the United States can reach the enormous sum of over 67 billion dollars, yet that is the figure the census gives. The increase of almost 33 billion dollars-in value in the ten years shows how important a place agriculture has taken in the industry of the United States. It shows also that a tremendous power in the financial world is in the hands of the farmers. ‘Any concerted action taken by a group of people in the United States representing this enormous amount of wealth would command the attention and respect of| the entire nation, This concerted action is being taken at this very time in the halls of congress in the shape of a number of legislative proposals which the farmers in this country, through their mighty organizations, are asking be put into force, and it is alto- gether likely that considerable of the desired legislation will be granted. ¢ In this huge amount of wealth the state of Minnesota stands fifth among the states of the nation with a’ valuation of $3,301,168,325. Perhaps, however, the biggest surprise! which the census has given us is the fact that the, state of Ne- braska stands third in its farm values, It is even before Texas and Minnesota.. The two states of Iowa and Illinois contain over one-fifth of 'the entire nation’s farm values in land and buildings. The average value of land per acre has also risen from| $39.60 in 1910, to $70.94 in 1920, Minnesota’s average value being $109.67 fl‘hese figures tell volumes, when studied,. but perhaps nothmg more important than that they point out the tremen- dous size and importance of the agricultural industry. : PORRRIEIR IMPROVING POTATO GRADES | There is no better proof of the endeavor of the farmers of the country to improve their products and make their efforts count for the most than the regular inspection of their plots of growing potatoes, which they purposely keep for seed purposes. | Years ago, and not very many years either, the question of whether seed potatoes were free from defects was not given| much attention. If the seed could be cut and planted and the| potatoes cultivated after they were above the ground, and the potato bugs killed or picked, the farmer thought he had done abqut all he could do to raise a crop of potatoes. Today a farm-| er is as careful about his seed potatoes as he is about raising| his pet calves or lambs. : | Every farmer should have a small plot of certified potatoes,| if for nothing more than his own seed for the next year, and! this is being very universally observed, with the result that the grade of potatoes is yearly improving, ' If it is worth growing a; crop of potatoes at all, it is worth growing a good one, and it | takes very little more time and work to grow a plot of cer-! tified potatoes than one which is not. | ——guismitiEy FACTS VS. “TRUTHS” Did you notice the two dodgers distributed about. town Saturday with regard to school sites? Most people who voted, did. One was headed “Facts,” which was the first issued and| apparently presented honest convictions with reference to the various sites to bg voted upon. The dodger headed “Truths”| was apparently a pick-up of the exact type from which the first! one was printed, the only changes being the heading and trans-| position of the sub-heads, thus meaning exactly the opposite. We do not know who ordered. either dodger printer, because| they were not printed in this office, but we do know that suchi deliberate falsifying should be stopved and the parties causing | the distribution of the lying “Truths” given a “bath.” . r JERC R THE SCHOOL SITE ELECTION ~The result of Saturday’s election means another election. Three sites were considered and no one site received the ma- jority of votes cast. The result: was freely predicted before election, and the outcome was expected by many. i The. proper thing to do now is to hold another election, congidering one site only. That the majority sees the need of}| a new site, one with more school grounds, was evidenced by the | vote cast, the old site being a poor third in the race. Because the Bixby avenue site will require no new plans| and because the contract may be let at once, and because the;‘ building will be completed afd ready to occupy in September, | 1922—why mnot vote upon this site separately? THE TIME TO DISARM IS NOW \ Secretary of War Weeks says that it is folly for the United States to disari first. So we continue the fool-hardy and criminal procecding of | spending 92 per cent of our national funds for war purposes. If the United States is as great a nation as it thinks it is, it will right soon be pointing a moral for disarmament and leading the way, It’s time to' be first in peace.—Hibbing Tribune. PUEBLO SPARED ONE THING The citizens of Pueblo will have a hard time finding any silver lining to| the cloud which has cast its shadow over them. They have seen their homes | wrecked bg flood, their property swept away, their fellow: citizens’drowned. | T8I hearts will ache for long at the reminders of the horrors. Yet they are spared one thing which must assail another city of this country when it also looks at the reminder of a disaster. The destruction which -visited- Pueblo camie purely from natural causes, perhaps not to be controlled by the foresight and energy of men. The people of Pueblo could not stay the rains which poured upon the mountain sides in the ranges abové their city, until the swollen rivers burst their banks and, engulfed the plain. | But the citizens of Tulsa, when they regard the devastation in thairl | city, know that fires which were first kindled in the hearts of their people set the fires which swept the city. When they look upon their dead, they know that these were not taken by the unfeeling elements; but were slain by the red hand of murder. 5 " The heads of the people of Pueblo may be bent in sorrow. Horror may| linger, in their eyes at the recollection of the cataptrophe. But their heads are not bent in shame. That is their silver lining,—Minnesota Daily Star. FRANCE REFUSES GERMAN LABOR Americans will sympathize fully with the flat refusal France has given to the German proposal that the work of reparation in the devastated re-| gions be done by German labor.—Duluth Herald. . 3 The ruling of the government that the home-bre: ner must pay a thou-| sand dollar fine is growing more and more explanatory and apologetic. Some-' body evidently wishes he hadn't spoken.—Akeley Herald Tribune. A correspondent asks if we cannot cite one goad»:argument in favor of a trained diplomatic corps. “Answer: G. Harvey.—St. Cloud Times. The Indian school at Cass Lake has closed and in all probability will not be opened. Lack of funds is giyen as the cause.—Hubbard County Journal. —_— Y SPECIAL arrangement with a num- ber of the leading magazines, we are able to offer for 30 days only an exceptional opportunity to our,readers to procure annuzl subscriptions for about onc-half the regular prices, in club with Yoar sThe Seven | Magazines 5 i Pictorial Review Fihmerica's Grestest Magazioe fo= Womes ” PICTORIAL REVIEW hss _the - reputation of W&".’ o patas the TWO MILLION women wi Opoortunity An Tows farmer sold 22 calf hides and with th b i of abose hacaving $1.50 In shetmer - Ehoss o i Voo e @' the exorbitant price farmers get for hides.—Akeley Herald Tribune. The widow Dodge is allowed $500,000 : for h k e a year for household expenses for herself and two. children, indicating b e by Pl\llr;io'pe:r i’.n ::.g that the family is not riding onf S ‘We suppose a good many of the June brides have procured pistols and engaged in the target practice which appears rath ial rubis life nowadays.—Milwaukee: Sentinel. L et et Some civic councils and, state legislatures can’t seem to remember tlla{ %e'ym::‘n elected to make laws for America, not for Ireland.—Hibbing In saying dne should keep only enough to live on comfortably, Joh; ‘Wanamaker seems to have overlook: i o oA Y apmaker setnls) ] er looked gettjng :t as f e@sfry prelfmmary_. The divorce evil will always be with us.as long as di 3 K wi iyorce easy to get as clgnrett(a papers.—Baudette Begio%l. LA St ow;-on -account |- " MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 27, 19210 SAYS CHURCH MUST BE EFFICIENT IN EDUCATION Des Moines, lowa, June 27.---Em- phasizing the need of Christian edu- cation, Dr. Gilbert N. 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