Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 14, 1922, Page 4

Wrvas wow THE BEMIDJI“DAILY PIONEER ¥ 'BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY BY THE BEMIDJ1 PIONEER. PUBLISHING COMPANY G. E 'CARSON, President E.H. DENU, Secy-Mgr. J.D. WINTER, News Editor g i3 ~TELEPHONE 922-923 Entered at u:a”fignom:ednt me‘ld{:i lgrmnsotn. flg ecal m ter, under Cl ress o ks March 3, 1879, st MEMBER, NATIONAL ‘EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION \ / Forelgn Advertising Representatives ’.l'hels Co.. Chicago, IlL., and New York, N. Y. No'“attention ‘paid to anonymous- contributions. ‘Writer's name must be known to the editor, but not weelm.rfly for publication. Communications for-the eekly ‘Ploneér must reach this office ‘not later -than o ‘morum week to insure publication in the cur- ren 84718 ! Three Months .. THE WEEKLY PIONEER—Twelve pages, published every Thursday and sent postago paid to any address for, in advance, $2.00. Unless credit is given this paper, only the United Prees is entitled to the use for re-publication of ail news dispatches credited to it, or otherwise credited, and also the local news published hereln. OFFICIAL COUNTY AND CITY PROCEEDINGS v ‘TO LIFT THIS COUNTRY UP AND ON It publie utility companies bere the names of the men who manage thcm—as da department stores, for instance—there would no doubt have always Deen a better general attitude tamrd them. * If Thompson’s Street Car company, or the Joncs & Smith Heat, Light and Power company werce © named, the man who had & crow to pick with taem would usually go straight to see neighbor Thompsun or Jones or Smith, as the case might be; and that is a very different matter, indeed, from wndng a letter to some company doing hnsmeu undet the general name of the Brown’s Ferry Street Car com- pany or the Amalzlmlhd Gas and Electric corpora- tion. But this & result mot to be achieved—for the great utility companies are not one-man concerns, but are more and more able to say that they are owned by their customers, Not wholly does the man with money in the bank or in life insurance understand that he is burning his own gas and riding on his own trolleys; but he is coming to that knowledge, and will come to it all the sooner as the public-service companies put their cards on the table and invite him to look at them. Meanwhile, there are distinct signs of inereumz fairness in the attitude of the American people ‘to- ward these companies. For instance, there is i growing sentiment through the country that the traction lines should be allowed to charge a carry- ing fare sufficient not only to take care of their fixed charges, but with something left over to pro-/ vide betterments and extensions. It"is a hopeful sign when a review of the'past year shows the public utility question as a whole receiving sane and business-like treatment at Qle hands of the regulatory bodies in the different statés. No one factor, except the human factor, is con- tribating more to get this great nation-back on. its financial and economic legs thart-is the factor. of clectricity. Electric energy is everlastingly on the job to reduce costs ,to cut overhead, to shorten dis- tances, to eliminate loss of time, to make one ma- chine (whatever that machine produces). do the work of many hands, to increase the comforts and lighten the burdens of the nation. It was Watt who, more than a century ago, coin- ed the term “horsepower,” using a strong dray horse as a unit. Assuming that a horse produces one horsepower—which is true, of course, only for the few hours that he can stand continuous effort— it would take twenty million horses to furnish the power now supplied by electrical central stations in the United States. “If those twenty million horses,” says an author- ity, “were tied to both sides of a picket line in accordance with the U. S. Army Field Service Regu- lations, the double line of horses would be. 6,300 miles long, twice the distance from New York to San Francisco.” i A cartoonist could make that picture graphic, as he could a picture of the 1,400,000 individual men and women in America who are reported to have money invested in electrical securities; and ‘as he could make a picture of the’ thrée hundred million dollars in funds which the insurance companies are said to have invested in_public utility securities. We pass to somethixfg more important and less easy to picture: the growing need of the country for homes. House building lags. Whatever in- crease in homes we make is more than kept pace with by the increase in population. The need must be met, and it will be; but we should remember, that - every home that is built is a “prospect” for. clebtric energy. It will need a telephone, or electric likhts, or gas, or all three—and it will need transportation close by it, the closer the better. The public utility companies, to mect this great demand, must develop and must finance the develop- ment. The financing is done either by selling se- curities directly to the holders or. to the same hold- ers \indirectly thr ough the d msurance companies and bnnlfi. 3 The spirit of fair play, nlrcndv ‘mentioned,, nll make this financing possible on a basis that is fair and just to- the companies and the public. The cheapey we can make shafts and wheels turn, the more we can cut down transportation costs, the more we can use the greut natural forces now dor- mant in ‘rivers and waterfalls, the better will we be able to_keep, not only abreast but ahead of the competition of the world in the making of those articles that other countries can produce as well as | we. . Hand in hand with the development of transpor- tation will go this giant, electricity, to cut down the ‘cast of railroad operation, to give better street car service, to turn more wheels, to carry more messages over telephone and telegraph lines—in plain words, to lift this country up and on. Rome fell when the people of her empire took to huddling in cities; foreigners of eminence, like the great. historian' Ferrero, say that the United Smtq; may well profit by Rome’s example. “A na- tion, like'a man, ean die of poor circulation when the .blood is ¢ongested-in- the heart.” - Only within the past few years lits’ come a. realization of the danger-only lately have there come into the picture those thousands and millmns of slim, strong wires along which ' speeds encrgy capable of producing more power, light and heat than’ any other known force, That energy, mven its chance to work throughout the length of the land, is going to remove all dan- ger of excessive urbanization. Day after day, its chance, it.makes the small town a betfl;}ln i which talive; it brings the farm closer t all town, putting' the farmer in fRatant: ‘tonch ‘with the merchant ‘who, buys his product, the doctox who tends and the neighbor whose problcms are as his own, More miles of good roads, more motor: vehiclés, extension of railruad lines==andelectricity, with its multitude of present uses; and-.its.infinite future ‘possibilities—these . will guard us forever against the perils of city congestion. . Let’s become more than a nation of button push- ers;-we have it in our hands to become a nation that really knows something about the tremendous force in the world.—Collier’s Weekly. §——-§ THE STATE FARM BUREAU At its annual convention at St. Paul last week, J. F. Reed of Lac qui Parle county, was elected presi- dent for the coming year. . Mr. Reed is a “dirt” farmer who has taken active and intelligent inter- est in the Farm Burean as it affects the farmers of Minnesota. In accepting office he. pledged him- self to a renewed effort to make the Farm Bureau of substantial assistance to Minnesota tillers of the s0il. “The time must come,” said the new presldtnt. ‘“‘when the farmer will be im a position to set.the priee on the xoads he:produces.” That, indeed, is !Il{ keynote of tha !armer prob- lem. Why it is that the, farmer. upon. whose. endeavors. . the very life of the people depends, must accept’ prices for his grain and stock and produce establish- ed by pretty much everybody else but himself, is'a :dqdifiqn which the farmer proposes to correct. Woo) not worth a tinker’s whoopla; hides cheap- er than a tin horn sport and with other products in pretty much the same boat, the farmer fails to see the joke when he comes to buy things himself. The moment certainly is propitious for the farm- ers to co-operate to their mutual advantage. Alone, President. Reed can’t do much, backed with the might of all the farmers, much good can be accom- plished. §re———3 FARMERS APPROVE) PROJECT The Farmers’ Union, one of the powerful agricul- tural organizations, has endorsed by. resolution of its national council the St. Lawrence project and appointed a committee to present the matter to its members. J. W. Batcheller of South Dakota led in putting fllia before - the national convention and is chairman of ‘the committee which is to mobil- ize the sentiment of agriculture in all states where | this organization functions. Endorsement had previously been given by the Amarican Farm Bureau Federation which, in its last annual convention, re-affirmed its former stand with added emphasis. 8 . * “RAILWAY. BROTHERHOODS LAUDED “'The splendid effort made on the part of the Rail- way Brotherhoods toward. charity in Bemidji is most comivendable. Their desire to help in the great work af local charity emphasizes the spirit which always pxedominatés among the railroad boys. They gave mot ‘enly of their money, but their time and persondl asvistance .as well. The resuits of their charity ball should be gratifying to the Service Bu- Vreau and all citizens of Bemidji, as well as to them- selves. §—5 “A NOSE FOR BOOZE” Billy:Nodnan, of the Baudette Region, says: “It cost Bemidji'$1,240 to hire cellar smellers to.get evidence aganist prohibition law violators. It would be an interesting problem ‘in arithmetic to figure how much it would cost to clean up International Falls.” A reporter must have a “nose for news” and a cellar smeller a “nose for booze.”. Neither Bemidji .nor International Falls are complmmnz of a short- age of the latter. . [0 S After a strange dog that he had befriended had kmad all his chickens, a Fifth ward man, cxelmmed in disgust: “What could you expect of a brute like that, anyhow?” 'One thing you could reasonably expect, August, is that he is as full of fleas as Lake Bemldjl is of ice. . "5 Northern_Minnesota editors are going to meet in Sauk Cente! This means that ‘Asa Wallace ‘will “have . t6 'buy another .new necktie. He bought one the lagt time the boys met there. P. S.—That was seven’ years ago. 5 About 35,000 persons from all parts of the Unit- * ed: States will attend the national Eagles conven- tion.in St. Paul next August. It ought to be a bird of ‘a meeting. If Brother Bell of The Pionéer Press doesn’t stop plucking gems and near gems. from.this column . and giving credit to some.other newspaper, we'll " hawe to do something terrible—like_tolling the Bell, for, instapce; y fi‘kn well mstem] ot gemng well ? is the new {gflsugéons “Well, do¢, we wish you ember,'a little operation now and then s relished by the wellest men. "Halp! the movies are vamping our postmaster generll, screams the Minneapolis Journal. You can't ‘blame the movies for wanting to make Hays while ‘the 'stars shine. B e And 'the arms conference didn’t do a thing about limiting ‘the size of hat pins. 5 i Fp——§ Some of the semators insist that it should be spell- ed “Dueberry.” o 5 Lk ) . o op%flg‘ed | 4 {~ ) 1 3% i jin the Norwegian language., Ladies’ Aid soclety meets Wednes- | day, January .18, CHURCHES Low Mass at 8 o cluck High Mass at 10 o’clock.’ Followed by Benediction | Blessed Sacrament. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE building, room 24 ‘overjthe J. C. Penny Co. store at 11 oclock day school at 9:45. 7', ! bundny school at ' 9:45. No servi¢es in the forenoon: T"B o ngay. 52 % ‘fifigmmm-} ¥ “What Do We Mean by Hell?” —William Elliott, Rector. BAPTIST 10:30—Sunday school. 11:30—Morning worship. 3:00—Junior B. Y. P. U. 7:00 Young People’s meeting. 8:00—Evening service. 8:00—Tuesday evening Bible class. evening prayerf¥ 8:00—Thursday meeting. : —George Kehoe, Pastor. FIRST LUTHERAN, , Minnesota avenue and Eighth "street -Services next - Sunday. at.10:30_in the English language and at.8 p. m. 2:30 p. m. ‘¢hurch . parlors. . Division N ‘tertains, M ‘| man. There ‘will be cers. of -the Services will be held in the Battles|g Sun- R iervxcelm the even%g at 8 o L'}é?i‘ “at 11 o’clock. Subject, “A Vain Religion.” Evening service at 8 o’clock. Topic, EVANGELISTIC, SERVICES Goepel services' at ‘the Nymore Congregahomll church Sunday. Serv- jces at 3 p. m.; in the English lan- guage at 8 p. m. Evening subject, “Christ for the body” or “Divine Healing.” Scriptural, ‘“Come, Bring attend. Rabbi Ben Ezra on “Life” at-lts Best,” will be the evening gub]e(t uc|of] his death. 3 ffll‘r brothers i} LS | from. the (Fa) - Services--on - Sunday= afternoonat | §.0’clock, in .the. parsonage _chap: e pastdr Joh day school at ‘Widow of Nain. Young People’s Walthers League at 7:30 o’clock. Subject, *“The Antecedents to the Life of St. Paul.” Junior confirmation class on Saturday morning at 10 o'clock. Choir rehearsal on Thursday evening at 8 o’clock. Sunday school teachers training class on Tuesday evening at 7:30 o’clock. —Rev. AFr‘enk, Pastor. AAX KR KX KEA R KK 'NORTHERN x| AR KRR R AKX R KK ERREK The Northern Farmers club met at the Community hall last Thurs- day. About fifty guests partook of the bounteous djnner served b) Mus.. G. W. Day. A.potato meeting. con- ducted by H. L, Arnold was -the only business of the afternoon, after which ‘a basketball game was en- prmmpnl up to w -1, i s 3 8. W. Lakin, Pres. BEMID)| LUMBER & FUEL [}0 Opposite Great Northern Depot - Building Material aml Fael : TELEPHONE 100 :——: C. B. Deardorf, who-was teach- ing at Spur, and who taught at Nor- ithern for. two years. passed away Saturday afternoon, January 7, He_leaves besides wife and two sons, an aged mothe ste: and two t. The ] %n their Ath mers’; ¢elub ‘of which| = Deardorf was president at one tiie and a boudquet.. | children. Tlm f\men COMPLETE STOCK n three weel he sc}mol W 13. A good program is nntmm(ed' and every one is cordially invited to at E.R: Ev-n., Mgr.' WE HAVE REDUCED THE PRICE OF HARD COAL 50c A TON—EFFECTIVE JANUARY 16TH. 1T WILL PAY YOU'TO: SUBSCFIDE FORTHE PROMPT DELIVERIES Hard and Soft Coal———Briquetts—Blacksmith'Coal the Weak.” Minneapolis where he went for med- —— A. M. Stenstrom. |ical assistance, He had been suffer- — ing 'for some time with cancer of the N METHODIST EPISCOPAL stomach, but kept his duties as IN\IES'!’IGATE DAILY PIONEER joyed by .the young men and boys of -the nelghborhoud ‘A community sing will . be held in the 'Hall. I-Tndny evening, . January. ] 2 'WE ARE OFTEN TOLD morning worship. Sundny school mumedlatel) nftur, Everybody cordlally welcome. 1 —L. J. Jerdee, Pastor. PRESBYTERIAN WOMAN IS DEPUTY 3 by-the"¢asual, as well as the * regular customer, that our cigars excel in every way. We do not hear this as a surprise, for we feel confi- TAX COLLECTOR Word comes from Tacoma, el will speak on fixe subject, “The Glory of the Alert,” (Luke 9:32). marks and Reeall,” (Luke 15:17). Both the” morfiing* choir. Sunday school will meet at 10 a. m. and Christign Endeavor at 7 p. m. All are most ‘cordially welcome. —~—Lester P., Warford, Pastor. ST. PAUL’S EVANGELICAL Sixth and'Anferica Sunday school at 9:45 a. m. --Bible class at 9145_ a. m- Evnnge]u.nl League meetmg at q place at thé“morning service. Every one welcome. ——W. F. Kamphenkel, Pastor. 'ORMENTING,: agonizing rheu- matic aches. are quickly relieved by Sloan's Liniment, ~Apply it freely and cnjoy a comforting sense of warmth. Il penetrateswithout rubbing. Good also for sciatica, lumbago, neuralgia, over-exerted ~muscles, stiff joints, external aches and pains, back- aches, strains and*sprains. Don't let_pain lay you up. Keep Sloan’s Liniment kawdy and at the first sign of an‘nche or” pain, use it, TIME —in passing, will take you our New Year Greetings and an invitation to call here of- ten during 1922 We suggest that you make a New Year’s }:dsolufi%rll 'to induce all yo friends g come to us i] sit for ‘HIGH-CLASA A - Phiotographs.... early . .in - the New. Year. An-_. other year may reveal ! many vacan- cies in our cir- cles of friends. Then such ar- . tistically fin- ished, natural Portraits - will be cherished. Make an ap- pointment for your Photo- hs herve is week. Sunday morning at the Presbyteri- an church at, 11 o’clock the pastor ‘Sunday evening at 8 o’clock the sermon will be on"the theme, “Land- and " evening services will be supported by a 'voad\ p. Choxr rchear:nl Thnrgdays at 7:30 p. Confirmanon chss Thurcday at 4 lnstnllatlon of offigepsr.of -the Sun- day school and Y. P. Langne will take SLOAN'S EASES PAIN RELIEVES THE ACHE for it certainly. uceresults, . . Atall dmggu'ts—sgc, 70c, $1.40."% Wash., of the appointment of Margaret L. Cosgrove as Dcputy Collector of the U. S. Internal Revenue Oifice. She got her bus- iness training at Dakota Business College, Fargo, N. D. Graduates of this fine old school find no trou- ble passing Civil Service examina- tions. A score of them hold Gov- ernment positions in Fargo alone. Some 685 barks employ D. B. C. graduates. 218 have become officers, 40 of them being women. “‘Follow the Succe$gful.”” Write for terms to F. L. Watkins, Pres., 806 Front St., Fargo, N. D. better. change right now. know:you-will besintere co-operation and, sugg b ¥ PHONE 26-W : Money has been hard to get ‘and -lmprovements had to wait. It takeg'mioney to make i im- provements and it takes money to get more money. City Dru; I.AI.lBERTE & | Phone 52 We Will Appreciate Your Coopecation OST public service cmporatmns have found it difficult to render the same- efficient service during these: passing, trying times, as is pos- sible during normal times. ’ Perhaps. we_.have been more f01'tu§ate than some,' but we have no _ntner escaped-critic Sm i as a consequence, N6 sane man can deny that conditions are looking In fact, they are better. Money is getting eas- ier and general optimism is the watchword at every hand. We know it, because we are experiencing this = - With these improving condltlons will come im- provements of a practical nature. In'1920 we started a. building program. We have been compelled to stop it. Now: we are making plans to renew this building pre- gram, evén morewigorously than at first outlined. “We ted, and thereforfl seek your MINNESOTA ELECTRIC LIGHT and POWER CO. ELMER E. SWANSON, Manager BEMIDJI dent that they should excel after knowing the quality of tobacco they are made from. For ‘the mild, truly satisfy- ing smoke buy our cigars. Store * Bemidji A