Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 15, 1921, Page 2

i i BRI KR AN BEMIDJI DAILY RIONEER PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOO}N EXCIZPT SUNDAY THE SEMIDJI PIONEER PUIILISKING CO. . H. DENU, Sec. and Mgr. J. D. \ VINTER, City Editor ! Q. B. CARSON, President G. W. HARNWELL, Editoy Telephone 922 B.nwl Minnesot ). as second-class mattes, 'of Cougress of Mare) | 8. 1879. ; No attention paid to snonymous contributh hl. Writer's name must be kmown to the editor, but not necessarily for blication. Communica- tions. for the Weekly Pioneer must reach this offiiie not later than Tuesday of each week to insure wblie.fion in the curren'( issue. REotered at the postoffice at under Act = SUBSCRIPTION RATEH By Carrler \ One Year o —sme$6.00 8ix Months ———— e 3:00 Three Months —— —— o 1.50 By MaB One Year .. $8.00 55 Six T (310 p—— A 1 8:: VII::I? 16 Three Mor the PP, lONEEB——Twflu pages, pllbluhed every Thursdap snd x‘flx&,flo any address for, in advapce, $2.00. OFFICIAL \COUNTY AND CITY PROC EEDINGS ———————— GET YOUR CHAUTAUQUA Ti1 CKET ua, ‘which starts next Sunclay afternoon, will brlnf&etfigil:tt;‘;i%e d:;'s of entertainment o f the highest ~class for an astonishing small charge to ticket holders. There will be ten concerts for 20 cents ¢ ach, plus war tax, for the adults, and 10 cents, plus war tax, for the children, less than movie tickets, Concerts of this nature rarely come to Bemidji except on such occasions as this. Maay of the numbers on the program, if given in concert form in a' theatre, during the theatre season, would draw large audiences 2t much larger admission rates. The Chautauqua sh ould be hbexally supported. Enter- tainment of this character is needed in Bep:ud]l .’Ijhe guaran- tors should not be placed in an embarrassing position. take the risk and are in no way recompensed financially. See that your neighbor s in possesswn of a Chautauqua ticket as well as yourself. —-——( THE MAN FL\P THE JOB The outlook for the governm ent-ow{led merchqnt marine presents two encouraging features. One is that Chairman Las- ker of the shipping board is a min of unquestioned business competence and the other is that hi%s fundamental policy is one of liquidation. Mr. Lasker describes the shlppmg situation as “the most colossal commercial wreick which the world ever| knew,” and what he can save therefro.m remains to be seen. But| the country wants to know the truth ‘and learn how much of the money put into our merchant fleeit must be charged off to the cost of the war. Furthermore, the peO_ple want to see th'P government divorced from the shipping ,business, precisely as it has been separated from the business ot railroading. That is Chairman Lasker’s task, and everybody who knows him-con- cedes he is the man for the job. \ | (e “Only seven of the seventeen teachers in the public schools of Farmington, Minn,, signed up for a return engagement next year, though all were re-elected They complain that there is a lack of sociability on the part of the town speople. Don’t the young men of the town take the school ma’ams out auto-riding or buy ’em ice cream and things? Possibly.the board of educa- tionj has a hard and fast rule prohibiting idea trainers going to the movies or playing mumble-peg or pinochle,” remarks the Worthington Globe. And this is the way the Faribault News sizes up the situatipn, “Possibly the young men of Farmington are like they are some other places—they haven’t the brains to| talk to a girl as sensible as a school teacher, but prefer the chat- ter of the Flossy Fluffy-Tops. "-—Exchange Boys—you see what we're drifting to? The proportion seems to be about the same in Bemidji. Better cultivate your “brains” and save the reputation of our town, 0. A FITTING INTRODUCTION Baudette did a fine thing this week, when it made the occa- sion of the granting of citizenship papers to 48 aliens, one of celebration., A fine start indeed for the new citizens. They were made to feel that they had a place in the community, that! someone was interested in them and undoubtedly they will be good citizens. Just one more thing, Baudette, to complete tlw fitting introduction of your new citizens—Don’t forget them and leave them to the demagogue and the professional trouble-| maker to instill all sorts of dissatisfaction and un-American ideas into their minds instead of educating them in the best ideals of American citizenship. s Sl POSTAL SAVINGS REFORM In his contemplated reforms of the postal savings system.l Postmaster General Hays has it within his power to render last-! ing service both to the people and the treasury. Through liber- alization of the postal savings laws and regulations, coupled with a campaign of education among our foreign element, tre- mendous increases can be made in the postal savings deposits, The money will not only be available for future federal financ- ing, but thrift will be encouraged among a class of people| where it is most needed. Mr. Hays can be assured of the hearty co-operation of congress in carrying out his plans. g THIS IS ONE THING WE CAN AGREE ON The Bemidji Pioneer suspects that someone from Bau- dette will run for state senator. If a Baudetter does run he will probably carry Bemidji about as strong as Henry Ford would carry Jerusalem.—Baudette Region. Just depends, Bill, on how he stood with the ladies—they are logking for a real ladies’ man. We might suggest your name to them and feel them out if you wish. O CHINA BECOMING AMERICANIZED 3 ‘A former military governor of the province of Hupeh, in China, has bid half a million dollars a month for the privilege of obtaining the opium monopoly in that province, notwithstand-' ing the existence of a law on the statute book of that nation| against the opium traffic, Open violation of law sounds real familiar, the only dif- ference being beer in one casé and opium in the other, —_— 00— They |a iwas given a “toothpick and told to {he must be given the aid of all the {comber, TWO CHIGAGOAN TAKE HARD J0B3 COUNTRY KNOWS DIFFICULTIES THAT CONFRONT A. D. LASKER AND CHARLES G. DAWES. CHANCE OF FAILURE IS BIG Chief of the Budget, Calling Attention to Niggardliness of Congress, Gets Help From the Army and Volunteer Business Men, By EDWARD B. CLARK. * \Washington.—When the new chief duyties he appeared grateful because s of the country had set forth extreme difficulties of the work which he was to undertake. It does ndt take a long memory to recall that the shipping board since its organiza- tion has had various kinds of troubles to upset it. A man who takes hold of a govern- ment job with the chances of failure, from the very physical aspects of the case, fully equaling the chances of suc- is, of course, grateful if the coun- try knows that he must work loyally and hard in order to overcome, and that if he shall fail it will not be al- together from lack of trying. The country has been pretty well Informed concerning the specific duties which confront the new chief of the | budget, Charles G. Dawes, formerly brigadier general in charge in France of purchases and supplies for the American army. Like his fellow Chi- cagoan, A. D, Lasker, the chairman of the shipping board, Mr. Dawes, has let the country know that he also hnu a hard job ahead of him, In his statement to the public con- cerning his new work, Mr. Dawes took occasion virtually to charge congres: with- niggardliness in making an propriation for the new budget office. He gave the amount of the appropria- tion, outlined the necessities in the case, and then said that so far as prof- fered hllplmnvn[\ were concerned for proper’ conduct of his work, he | was about as badly off-as a man who tunnel Pike's Peak.” Dawes Plain Speaking May Help. The quoted words occurred in the statement prepared by Mr. Dawes. It was not an extemporaneous deliv- ery in any sense. He had thought over what he was going to say, and he said it. There seems to be a feel- ing in- Washington, that his' plain speaking rtoay be of service in the future, when congress intends to put men at work on big tasks and is thinking on the subject of supply- Ing them with the tools of the new | trade. The chief of the budget will get $10,- 000 a year. All things are compara- | tive. Mr. Dawes left a much better pay his new work. This thing is true of | half a dozen other officials in Wash- Ington. It was true during the war under ‘the Wilson administration and it continues to be true in peace under | the Harding administration, The day after he made his statement Mr. Dawes went to work on his new | Job. In order to put it through with | the limited paid force at his command, | cabinet officers and of the heads of | virtually all the burcaus and all the de-’ partments of government., It will be Mr. Dawes' job to prepare estimates he tiscal year which ends June 30, and us congress makes the ap-| propriations for these expenditures, at | its next session, which begins in De- the work of preparation of the estimates must be done in five months’ time, Mr. Dawes brought to Washington with him W. T. Abbott, vice president of the Central Trust company of Il (nois, who will be acting assistant @i rector of the budget for a few months, Then a permanent assistant director will be chosen. Gets Help From Army. The new budgét chief has gone to | the army for help. He bhad a wide | field of work in IFrance as director ot\ purchases and supplies, and he had an | opportunity there to study the qualifi- | cations of army officers who assisted | him In his task. He has asked the | government to assign to the Imd"eri work as his aids Brig. Gen. (-»orge’ V. Moseley, who was assistant chief | of staff at general headquarters in ¥rance, and Col. Harry C. Smither, who served under General Harbord in IFrance in the great service of snp-1 plies with headquarters Tours, | In August a number of leading! American bt ess men will be asked to come to Washington to serve with- | out pay in an advisory capacity in the budget bureau. They “first will | (be assigned to the different depart- jments of government to advise and co-operate with the respective budget oflicers therefor, while they are at their estimating work. These busi-, ness men volunteers will 'take up all | | .to another. of the shipping board entered on his |’ | than _thousands of young Americans of their :brought up to the strength contem- | iplated when the proposal for an army | |'of 280,000 men was made. positon in order to take up . {'the troops. | point out the justice side of the mat- | | the records when it says that there Harding and upon the officials of the war department. . Commander Emery, as are all Le- glonnaires, is much interested in the work soon to be undertaken of recrult- ing the reserves of the army, and in ‘forwarding a pact of lasting good will between the civilians who fought in the last war and the officers and men of the regular army. Mr. Emery was wounded in the left arm In France, so badly wounded that he has comparatively little use of the injured member today. He regrets apparently that this physical disabil- ity prevents him from accepting a com- mission in the reserves of the United States army. I had a talk with Commander Em- ery. He spoke as one Legion member He epitomized the lesson which I think it is the desire of the American Leglon ofticials to see ful- filled in spirit and in truth in the ranks of the former soldiers. Would Be Soldier Citizens. He said, “We were known as citizen soldiers; I hope that we will be known | now as soldier citizens.” This breathes the spirit of the service awhich seems to be in the hearts of the Legionnaires teday. American Legion officials are inter- ested deeply in the recent legislation which cuts the American army to a force of 150,000 men. Of course ne Legion man thinks that an army of this size Is sufficient for the needs of the republic, even in peace times, They feel also that the cut reflects what to the Legionnaires seems to be the selfish feeling of the law makers— that if war comes, and there is not an adequate first line of defense force in the regular army, the men “who did it before” will instantly be will- ing to do it again. Of course, as the ex-soldiers seem ! to view it, the men of the Legion and | of other veteran organizations patriot- ically will offer their services to do it | again, but nevertheless there is a feel- ing thiat the million young men who come to military age every year in this republic, and the vast crowd of slack- ers in the last war, might be compelled, if unhappily war should come, to take on a part of the first burden which, the belief is, will be certain to fall under coming conditions to the lot of the former fighters to assume. . When it was proposed under the last administration ‘to maintain a regular army of ’_‘80,000\, the propoztier of 17,- 000 commissioneq officers was fixed as being proper. The army has been reduced to 150,000 men, 130,000 less the number originally contem- plated. Now it is said that congress possibly may legislate a large num- ber of regular army officers out of their commissions. Fight Against Fewer Commissions, It can be said from first knowledge that the War department, and this of course means the administration, will resist any attempt to deprive some commission in the regular army. There | are today 13,000 such commissioned officers, for the force mnever was| Admitted- 1y, however, an army of 150,000 would ! be over-commanded if 13,000 officers | were assigned to active duty with| The contention of the War depart- ment is, however, that even with the reduced number of men in the ranks there will not be too magy commis- sloned officers 1f the present number, 13,000, is kept at work. It is said there is plenty to be done by that part of the commissioned personnel which is not serving actively with the troops. A large number of officers, the au- thorities say, must be assigned to duty in connection with the reserves, the! National Guard, the army schools, and to staff work. The authorities hold | that there would be a crippling of | the service if congress should take the | action of reduction which it has been suggested it may attempt. The War department is not slow to! The department is borne out by : ter. was an appeal made by the government | of the United States to young men ! to enter the regular army as officers ! and to make the service their life work. As a result hundreds upon hun- | dreds of them gave over good paying | positions in civil life’and entered the army in response to the call, Lincoln Statue Put Back. Sentiment in Washington has com- | pelled the - return to its former | ‘site of the staute of Abraham | Lincoln which stood in front of the district court building facing John | Marshall place. There was objection to the statue because it was sald to be inartistic. Perhaps it was, but it was the first statue of Lincoln which J was put up in the capital city, and | for years was the only one. Senti-! ment hovered about it and now it is to be put bm.k in_the place from | ‘\\hhh adverse criticlsm caused its re-} moval. A good many men of unquestioned judgment - thought that the Lincoln “statue was a fine bit of art. It stood upon a tall, almost spindling pillar rising to a height of 25 feet. The ! tall figure of Lincoln surmounted it, OWN YOUR OWN HOME We build modern Bungalows and Residences complete—and sell them to you on terms that you can meet— WHY PAY RENT? Select the home you want and we will build it for you. Talk it over with M. P, Amadon, manager of the BEMIDJI HOME BUILDING CO. Room 14, Battles Block Harley.Davidson Motorcycles Bicycles and Supplies GENERAL REPAIR tHOP 311 Sixth St.—Semidii |nhacrihe DAILY PIONEER WANT ADS BRING RESULTS for The Uallv Plonewm Your Teeth Are An Asset ' Personal Appearance—Are You Looking Your Best? More Essential—Are You Feeling Your Best? NOT WITH DECAYED TEETH! < uaint you with our.methods of operation during this months to our patrons Ol?t a:)chtown—y-We Pay Railroad Fare One Way to anyone contractmg with us for a reasonable amount of dental work. 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Quarts .....$1.95 Pints.....$1.65 1} Pints.....$1.50 Ball Mason, quarts, per doz. ........ .$1.20 Pints ..$1.10 Kerr Mason, wide mouth, quarts, doz.$1.45 Pints .$1.30 { controversial points with the unectnrvnnd as someone expressed it, it seemed Now that the “H” type of school building has been decided! on we hope Commissioner Ferguson will rush them to beat “L.”| —St. Paul Dispatch. Better off than Bemidji—We haven't decided on | either the “H” or “L” type, nor when the “H” or “L” type will be put when it is decided on. L S T Five thousand Protestant pulpits are idle in this country— and the moving picture studios are overflowing with those who seek fame and fortune—shouts the Mankato Free Press. W hat’ the inference? That the pulpits should be turned into movie| stages—or, the movie actors invited to the pulpits? jof the budget.” | to be simply a straight line from the | New Legion Head Sees President. | base of the pillar fo the head of its | Jobm-H: Emery, wounded veteran ' surmounting figure. - However, . the lof the great war, who has been chosen | statue looks like Lincoln and the pose by the cxecutive committee of the |of the figure Is true to life, and there- American Legion as the orgnullnllunsjfol'e perhaps ought to be appealing | commander to IHI out the unexpired |even to an artist, | term of Col. 1", Galbraith, who met | ! his” death nu‘lrk‘nl.xll\' recently has Associations May Be Sued. been [n Washington. With Col. 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