Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 19, 1921, Page 4

— | = nfon GE FOUR - BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER { PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON FXCEPT SUNDAY " THE BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING: CO.." ' * G. E. CARSON, Prestdent ;. - E. H. DENU, Sec. and Mgr: G. W. HARWNWELL, Editor 3. D. WINTER, City Editor ——TELEPHONE 922.923—— ° Eatered at the Postoftice.at Bemidil, Minnesota, as Becond-class Matter, \lndir Act of c:gmu of March 3, 1879, MEMBER OF NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION Forelgn uvuflng qu?mufim . 8, C, Theis Co, Chicago, I}, C. Thels Co.. New Yotk, N. Y, No attentfon pald to. anohymous contributions, . Writer's name must be known to the oditor, but not necessarily for publication, Communications for tho Weekly Ploncer must Teach this office not later than Tuesda) sngure publication in the current issue. SUBSCRIPTION RATES $6.00 = By Pk 200 One i’w Hepearirsaseaspssen Carrlez . 116 Thres Months THE WEEKLY PIONEER—Twelve pages, published every Thursday and sent - postage paid to any address for, in advance, $2.00, Unless credit 13 given this paper. only the United Press is entitled to the use for re-publication of all news dispatches credited to it, or otherwlise credited, and also the local mews published hereln, OXPICIAL COUNTY AND CITY PROCEEDINGS 'HOW MUCH DOES BEMIDJI CONTRIBUTE The Wall Street Journal publishes some interesting figures about huge business of mail order stores and great department} stores. LS Tn the last half century huge retail business concerns have ‘been built up which compare very fayorably in volume of busi- ness with the great manufacturing and wholesile conterns of the country. The ldrgest retail store in the world is that of Marshall Field & Co., which does from $65,000,000 to $73,000,000 an- nually. -Woolworth’s line of 1,111 stores do $140,000,000 an- nual business; the United Cigars 1,400 stores have an annual aggregate business of $75,000,000. Perhaps the largest retail business in dollars and cents that has ever-been done was that of Scars, Roebuck & Co., which, for the first.three months of 1920, did a business of $90,000,000 gross, or over $1,000,000 a day. : A ¥I‘he general opinion created by these huge department and | mail order stores that their huge volume and small operating|’ expense permitted lower prices to their customers. The uctuflli facts of the matter are that their operating costiis large. For-| merly these stores did business on a cost of 10 per cent to 12| per cent on sales. Today the public is served by the big de- partment stores at an expense exceeding 30 per cent of gross sales These huge concerns are built up by patronage from cities, | towns and rural communities scattered over the entire country Were they to pay a tax on the amount of buginess done in each community into the treasury of those'communities to assist ing the maintenance of roads, schools and other civic enterprises, little criticism could be made in their patronage; they would be more nearly on-a par with the local merchant, though there| would still be a woeful discrepancy in their contribation to com- munities in comparison to the local man. So long as they can do their business and pay no taxes in the greater percentage of the field from which they draw their| trade, they will continue to increase their business to the detri- ment of the home merchant, | It would be interesting to know how much Bemidji con- tributes to their business and how ‘much comes back in return. | et Bt NEED FOR PERSONAL DISARMAMENT stall Murder in the United States continues at a high rate. While| slightly lower than in 1919, the murders in 1920 numbered| more than 9,000, and 1921 promises to out-number that, We! are advised by a noted statistician of ong of the largest life in- surance companies in America that in 31 cities of the United States the average rate of homicide for each 100,000 of popu-| lation has risen from 5 to 8.5. Memphis retains the lead it has held for years, although it fell from 70 homicidal deaths in 100,000 of population, its record just before the war, to 63.4, Other southern cities, where the negro population is large, fol- Jow next on the list. The safest city of the 31 is Rochester, N. Y., ! where the rate is 1.3. i - i There is a wide variante between states in homicide rate Main is the most law-abiding, with only 1.5 homicides in cach north-| 100,000 people. Mississippi’s rate is 19, and among th ern states Monfana leads with a rate of 13. . % i In view of the high rate of many of the states in l_mmici(_le," it would seem that an arms limitation conferende might be held and a limitation of individual armament established. v}, & .75 O § i MOLASSES GASOLINE ¥ : It is claimed that the Eighteenth amendment automatically | destroyed Cuba’s ‘market for millions of gallons of molasses, which was formerly refined in America for brewing purposes. Today a large percentage is converted into denatured alcohol, which forms a base for a new automobile fuet sold at 29 cents per gallon as against 50 cents for gasoline in Cuba Charles E. Hires, Jr., of the Charles E. Hjres Co. of Phila- delphia, brings the advice also that in spite of the bottom drop- ping out of the sugar market, Cuba has found a market for her molasses crop. What does not go into automobile fuel is ship« ped to South America in the form of pure alcohol. Again has| the Eighteenth amendment won another crown unknowingly. PARAREINAY DR THE HAND WRITING ~ It has been considered a breach of professional etiquette y of each week to| | | Sunday - in Bemidj} at the home of | will be used for the Christmns tree. | i pole Tength, to Bemidj Inear Turtle River. The annual nlec-’BmNch HAD’ i .dénce. War—Made by Chemists and Engineers: on Women; Children and Old Folk | | 1 | | By JOHN GALSWOR:THY, in New York Times, : Last; and by far the most insidious and sinister favtor in the international situation, js-the émergence of mew. methods of warfare, which involve the whole- sale destruction of lian population.© To be quite® frank, we may dismiss at once any liope of a new, patri- otism, of any wide feeling that self-interest is identical with the good of ‘other nations and the world at large, hangs over the peoples of each country. If the nations, at this point of the world’s history, suing researches for destructive purposes; if they will not officially put the air and the depths of water out of court in warfare; guarantee the im- munity of merchant shipping in time of war, so that blockades are no longer possible: and take definite measures to sce that -all-these interna- . tional prohibitions are not secretly evaded ; then, we may call' what con- feroices on disarmament we like, and Limit the number of men and ships " as we please; we may write and we may talk about a “new patriotism” and “world salvation.” and it will all be just beating the air,. Timitation of ontworn weapons, however desirable ‘to dase our pockets for the moment, and idealistic talk about \\'oi'lgl-r:itizenshifi are not going {0 létser the real danger of onr times.© Nor-will it .subdue in the indi- viduals of each nation the half-conscions fear and distrugt of, other nations, | based on knowledge that by devilish invention they may:some day be sud- denly poisoned or starved ont of existence wholesafe: The truth, not yet really grasped, even by thinkers, in spite of all the’ warnings of the last war, is this: War will ug longer he made. by soldiers on soldiers in manful fashion, but by politicians,¢henristswnd engineers, on wernen, children and old folk. 'War tlircateiis civi "fi‘s ‘as it never i threatened them before. Lt has become sheer blackguardism. and so remove the dread of it, small at present, but insidious, ever spread- ing, and pecfectly justified, from the minds of us all—what carthly hope is there of a new patriotism, which shall feel for this whole beautiful world what we now feel for our lovely corner of it? i s e e i o e e T bid at a meeting of the school board | quaintances wonder if he had to go December 8. !in his hand as he ranmbles along his W. J. Phillips and Ray Lamon ' packet of mysteries which we sec awed wood for Albert Utech Mon-|in his hand as he ambles along his ay. It is the intention of the Utech;way. However, we wish you the best brothers to skid logs for W. R.|of success, Roy, in traveling for one Broomqguist who has about; 120 acres | of the widest known nursery com- stumpage belonging ‘to-Neils Lumber \panies known to the Northwest. Suc- men are: to.remain.-at-the Utech|several.oceasions and we know they.; home. The estimated timber is some | will keep coming, yvh’;-r_e 'nca‘r 376,000,000 feet, A spur!” { ———— is bging planned to run to the Sand-| strom place ‘a ‘milé’ distant froni ?!" AEXxEX KRNI “ Lavinia station, where the logs will'® HORNET R | James and D. E. Leister are haul- ing, lath bolts to Bemidji this week:| August Kilday and.wife. | Mr. Riley of Big' Bass' vicinity| A ‘candy social wad held at the] Billy to get ‘up nis summer’s wood.(Murmy school Friday evenming. The| Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Leister spent | proceeds, amounting to over $12,! _A baby gir]l was recently born tu; Mrs. Leister's aunt, Miss Beulah A meeting of the farm Lureau Warton. unit . was held Saturday afternoon Charles Nolan and F. Riley havelat the Murray schocl. The present been getting out logs for J. J.- Op- | officers who are: Olis Ness, president; sahl near Turtle River. ‘La D!; lzflgjflr vnce-}:rcsxdent; J. R, e hithi afai?” wai mbert, Jr.,, secretary, were re- ‘thgr:(‘,:fimffa,.o::“l’,ct;‘;;;o%; clected. - Other matters 'wc;rc talked und Cass Lake last week, Da“!over. The next mecting will be heid er had the misfortune to loose at .11 o'clock -January 28, at the i . Macey school. ;‘L‘iu;fiht front ?\(hg.el.. You “voqld Andrew Shaw arrived from Min= ally expect serious results, but neapMis Wednesday. night. we f3il to note anything unusual, but T?:etnwn b::rd‘rfict‘gn "Ihunda ovetheard fragments of a-conversa:|g.alod bids for lumber for the ;0“}; i "Vhe';‘{;' a tclephbtx_}e,' taxi "“:’ hdll were received by the board vepairs. were the principa i 3 wsful then errily “on t\?fi Toud Emfii Brothers ‘were fhe “$uccessful “Waling Woot| S T ) Bemidji this week. f_‘iuycr!b- igor , Wh; ! The next ‘meeting of the farm bu-| - reau yill be held at the Soule farm again. " Bud~LaDouceur i tion of officers'is to be held.'A’chick- en committee js very much in evi- GIVEN UP HOPE S {tn_\é Lamon:was a Bemidji shofi‘per LS Saturday. « Tiony | s B 3 ;Ed Forbes, who has been employed Did. Not Bqllevqy Anything at the E..M. Sathre home on Big|* Could Relieve Him of Stom- Bass, expects to leave soon for his home in New York city. He has not | ach Trouble—Feels Fine Now decided as to his return. i Mr. and Mrs. E, M. Sathre_left| Wednesday with their little son, Pauj, for‘ancnpolm where a specialist is| N 4t te be consulted yegarding the little|, | FOF ten years I'was gradually go- fellow’s limb which was lefi par-|in8 down in health and getting frail- i paralyzed from infantile par- | ¥ all the time, but since taking Tan- 3 lac I have picked up so much in ev- xcitement o1 ghost-like suspicion |SFY Way that I feel I am getting hovering in' every neighborhood, |Younger every. ‘day,” said Louis Blan- of- the Butler different homies of evenings? We | Sheet Metal Co. for professional men and financial cxchanges to advertise. Why? commercial industries. regulation. We firmly believe that such announcement from B Y short years. e er——— MEKKH KKK KK KE KA K& mother ill and umder the doctor’s * ¢ LAVINIA x{care. Mrs., Leister reports green grass KX ARERERR KKK KA ®p|and warm weather:at her old home. A o G Mrs. Thomas will' be vremembered Several folks enjoyed a skatinglhere ay a-contributor to our Mothers party Saturday night on Lake Be-iDay Sunday school fund. We all hope “‘fldlli This tlls ge&l_tmg to ]‘JC quite alfor her speedy recovery. popular pastime for our Laviniaites, i s b “and although some of them do take quite Utl:[clk; ::g }?‘::;“g“ulsn‘é:‘; qfi:]b;.:.: Edyere fumbles sometimet. with Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Phillips at ; Work on the Christmas program {the C. B. Cross home. has begun in earnest now by willi 03 S n g a ils. There illiam Kaiser who Jives cast of Mrs. Hanscom and pupils. There Bemidji purchadéd two pure-bred is'to be a big trec, a big program, | ctor ! % > o and, we can’t add “big” Santa Claus, f(.‘};tsi‘t"‘;c\l}{hxto hoga from'R, Q. Baird but ke will be there ncvertheless o imie & e onertheless: | yr, and’ Mys., Williom Phillips We are sorry to hear tiat J. H. \Q’?\]“‘ztelesr“;‘)g::l‘:v evening: aththe Haiph McVane and family are still contined | " The Neighborhoodq Gxchange clut to their home due to quaventine for moets witl:‘ Mrs \:' 7\ 3 l.l::‘ll)‘\;u:c?x\t diphtheria. This is the hweek |y, 3 o = SSB Wednesday afternoon at two o’clock, they have ‘been “under quarantine. | g perfect attendance is desived "as Perhaps because of the past abuses of, advertising by, Whatever it is it's terribly exciting, |2¢h trouble all this time and had b Now comes the information that the! New York stock exchange is about to remove this strangulating| T i mel isotial gathering for Christmas fes-|?” the professional vank and file Wi l b?,‘ffl?}&&"}!}gf w ithin a fg\z ;t’x\‘li}ri and 59““?"” good Lime.is {expected by all. Apples, nuts and|to - |candy are all- ready for the school |loved {gram will be held at Lavinia school |Self to a milk diet. Even then mv {of the school house and the entire|l was going to have to give up my “I had been suffering from stom- don’t inow what theyie deing but . Miss Butler of Bass Lake school |&un to think there was no medicine is preparing a program for c],ris‘,_?mude that;could rid me of it. Indiges- mas. A fund was raised at a previous | tion made life miserable for me, and ~ty meal I would bloat up \til it almost worried me here were many things I ithat I'didn’t dare touch, childven, The program is to be given and 1 kept getting worse from year to the might of the 22nd. A similar pro- |year until I finally had to confine my- house , the date not yet sct. There |stomach pained me so badly that are a number of young people who |many nights I had to get up and walk have expressed their. desire to attend | the floor, and mornings I felt so weak both celebrations. and worn out it,was. all I could doto A side wall and two partitions are |get off to my work. "I was getting 'so being removed from the front end thin and run-down that:itlooked like space is to be usel the main schiool |job. !room. Mr. Edminister is doing the| “It didn’t take Tanlac long to {work. Tt is believed this wil be a|change things for me, and I began great improvement over the oid tloor |improving and feeling better almost spacing for as it was the two small|as soon as I started taking it. I have were practically worthless.[a fine appetite mow, am entirely rid imates on labor and cdst of of the stomach trouble and indiges- {terials are being made for a cabinet|tion and am gaining in weight every {library which will encase the entire{day. I sieep iike a top every night, amount of books and supplies. It is to {and am feeling so strong and ener- be stained to match the.desks and |getic that I can put in a good hard any one might be ‘prou_t{ xpected. | worse from it. I make ) Mrs. Ri A. Wheeler uffering | what<Tanlac has done' Yor They expect to be released ini another further plans for the community week.. 3 w . play aré to be discussed. Word from Mrs, Do E. Leister of}... Ferb : Leister is delivering green Cedar. Falls, Ia, reaches us that she'jackpine :wobd to the school. house, | ... Harrah! Hurrnh!yRm; Sterling is | City Druir store, and by leading drug- arzived ‘safely’but found her' aged having tendéred the lowest seale Y hich has hopel,.o}hers will profit by my’experi- . Medieal aid en&g- {vith-the -medicine.” Tanlwe-is sold “in Bemidji by the with ‘an infectvd':fl_ developed into-a’ falon. \as secured Monday. =7/SECRETARY ALMOST LIKE | so long as the fear of wholesale civilian destruction | cannot agree to debar chemists and scientists from pur- | If the nations cannot nip such a grotesque-development in the ‘bud, | - * Incidentally, Christia company at Cass Linke, ‘A pait of the | cessful orders have grivted him on | be loaded and shipped to Cass Lakg, & # 4 X X KX X KX RKX KKK K 4]0 { What does thi$ mean? this meeting | ¢hard, 912 Summer St., Minneapolis, | after meeting of whole families at |Minn., an:employee will be 2 piece of furniture uf whichdday’s work and not feel . any the| A SON TO THE HARDINGS| “ By Raymond- Clapper,” 1 | (Uniteq’ Pross Staif Corrcgpondent) | Washington, Dec. 19.-—~George B. Christian, Jr., in, addition to.being the. president’s private secretary, is) almost his adopted son. |fondness ‘the president a; ding' haye: for Christian children, and having grow up from boyhood, they come by ithis feeling quite naturally. | Christian has' always believed in isticking close to- Harding. Tlmt’si iprobably the reason He now sits just {outside the presidedt’s .dcor in' t | White House executive offices. Christian worked’ on Harding’s! Inewspaper while goipg to school in| Marion. When he ‘came back home {from military school at' Chester, Pa.{ he got marrred, took a job 'in -his father’s stone business, and moved in-| to the house next door.to Harding’s| on Mount Vernon avenue in Marion. Years later Harding was elected to the United States senate. He came to; Washington and soon sent for Chris- | tian to come here as his secretary.' | Christian was at Harding’s side in| Chicago when news of the nomination | |came, He was with the candidate| |election nighty He stood a few feet {from his chief during the inaugural ceremony last Mareh, And then he| went into the White House offices | “and took the desk by the door lead- ing into ‘the president’s office. He' “Mzs. Har-| out of Washington. * ) | Christian' i§ like a grown som to; Mrs. Harding: On many public oc- | casions they walk arm in arm.behind | the president. Si),ipaetilnes they dance | together. Mis. Harding takes many | ‘;petsonal problems to him for advice. | i She calls often on Mrs. Chaftstian, hav- | {ing known her as a next;door neigh-| bor for years in-Marign. i was a Demo- ferat until a few years ago, although his party affi“liations were, usually forgotten when Harding was involv-- ed. He was reading clerk-at the Dem- |ocratic convention - in 1912. Chris- |tian has two grown sons: The older, |named Warren after the president, | |is.a West Point graduale, and a first | {lieutenant in the regular.army. ITAMINES ' are an essentia] factor in promoting healthful growth B s ¥ Scott’s Emuilsion is far richer in the fat soluble A vitamine than cream. It aids " Sestt & Bowne, Bloomfield, N. J. ——ALSO MAKERS OF — Ki-M0IDS (Tablets or Granules) For INDIGESTION 2110k gold. L O i you ought to knov;f can afford to pay.- ¥ lvjyck on the job., Some. of his old ac- |gists éyery where.—Adv. P! - - There. is something parental in_the! - goes with the president-on all trips|® NE dark night—so. the story goes—a certain monarch placed a O large boulder in the middle of the road. Thousands of his people, thereafter, severely stubbed their toes or troubled to walk around. At length, one lusty youth—wiser than the rest—seized the’ stone and heaved it from his path. And where it had-rested, he found a bag of .. 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