Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 11, 1922, Page 4

BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY BY THE BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING COMPANY He poured into G. E. CARSON, President - E. H. DENU, J. D. WINTER, News Editor Secy-Mgr. to laugh and he w. Years later, he «—t TELEPHONE 922-923 Second-clasr Matter, -March 8, 1879. S C R SR MEMBER, NATIONAL EDITORIAL "ASSOCIATION Pt S S P Foreign Advertizing Representatives . 8. C. Thels Co. Chicago, Ill, and New Yo Wl oo R Al S S e e No attention pald to anonymous ocontributions. Writer's name must be known ‘to-the -editor, but not oecesmarily for publication. Communications for the Weekly Pioneer must reach this office-not sont issue. t— —_————— Entered at the Postoffice at Bemidyl, Minnesota, as under Act of Congress of greatest ruler of n rk, N. Y. of towps. vge_nfmlx applied by later in the our wonderful “ hollow all his wonderful ability. He lost the election. De- feat was hard, but to be dishonest was worse. He said that the loss of the election made him feel | like & big boy who stubbed his toe. self in a great cause. that it could not exist half slave and half free. His devotion made him president of the United States. He died the adored chief.of a great nation and the men the'wWorld haglever seen....” MAIN STREET—AND BEMIDJI. ... Bemigii. i % Bit too large to fall intesthe.category ictair- e vulgarity, half truths, low test socialism and.the. this campaign his great soul, and It hurt too bad as too big to cry. came into his own. He lost him« The nation saw with him,’ [ I , the b nd of; ““Main ~Street, ! as in his ¢ompilation of plain ‘headed Carrie *“Kennicott ~who TRRRTE YHE BEMIDJIY. DALY, iy WSS E} 395 F.0.B. DETROIT AR i SR FORDSON . Qur Slogan .Jewett Co. ™™ MINNESOTA r *395 EO.B, DETRGIT RM IIIIII|IIIIIflIIIIIIIHIHI!_IIIHHI!“H!Hlilmllllllllll . 1+Especially when the -skiis failed to Tuesday of each week to Insure publication Six Months Nne Week . wandered around ip the wet. woods ¥ Three Months . topped tailor. THE WEEKLY PIONEER—Twelve pages, avery Thureday and sent postage paid tor, in_advance, $2.00. published to any address Unless credit |s given this paper, only the United Press is entitled to the use for re-publication of aews dispatches creditea to it, or otherwise oredited. and also the local news published herein. OPFICIAL COUNTY AND CITY PROCERDINGS truth. of Nebs. Abrabam Tincoln Ralph Waldo Emerson once said friend: “Young man, if you would be an unpopular but righteous cause.” New England philosopher spoke words of eminent wisdom. It has always been true, that he who lost himself in a great cause, forgot himself into Has it not been true of Richard Col the iniquity of the existing corn laws of England and dedicated himself for eight years to anti-corn law agitation? He was not surpassing in intelect, oratory, but with great conviction he into that work. He traveled much. himse!f, perhaps unduly. great, but he did much for his nation, was considered a national loss. Under the apprentice system, the pauper children of London and South England were avaricious cotton manufacturers of the north. From the age of seven, they were comp under unsanitary conditions, etc. At this time there sat in the House of Commons 8 young man by the name of Anthony Ashley Cooper, afterward Earl of Shaftsbury. - To him the labor leaders turned and urged him to champion their cause. He did. He prayed. his Bible and, in spite of the fact that his former arsitocratic friends shunned him, in spite of the fact that his parents discountenanced him, he con- secrated himself to that work, saying: “I believe it is my duty to God and the poor, and support me.” Ho consecrated himself to a righteous cause and | lost himself in it, and, today, history records him as one of the great English men of the nineteenth century. Tomorrow is the anniversary of perhaps the most | unique man in American history, Abraham Lincoln, | of Illinois. Massachusetts claims his ancestry; Ken- tucky claims his birth and Illinois hi whole world claims his life. An explanation of this great man in'the words of Emerson, righteous cause.” The story is told of Lincoln, that while working. on’a steamboat up and down the Ohio river, ho saw 8 young girl slave sold at auction. auctioncer say: “Walk right up, g examine her yourselves,” though ing a marc. That scene so revolted Mr. Lincoln tered a solemn vow: “By the eter ovor get a chance to strike that thing, I'll strike— and strike it hard.” HE DID! A rival lawyer was asked to take cause, and replied: to take your cause. Lincoln is not afraid of an unpopular cause.” might have added, “except a dishonorable one.” The world has long since forgotten In 1858, Lincoln deliberately chose United ‘States Senate rather than be untrue to a | Douglas won unworthily. The famous Lin- coln-Douglas debates are without parallel i our cause. political history. His personal loss was “the espousal of a “Go see Lincoln; It would hurt me in politics. to & youthful i and mutton chops great, espouse In this the immortality. ! bden, who felt mainstreetitis. can -towns, has' a inspiration, he mi of Minnesota and scholarship or threw himself He exposed His death jnto this particula; lar time? No? Art club. rented ot to | " ppe intelligent elled to work midji spirit. other clubs that ‘ while—and all is He consulted I trust He will still use the knife instant. ‘It is stil 1 bone with a knife | the old nieat saw, fellow alead ord: is home. The | may be found ( ¢hops were fine, CREDI should” have ‘one He heard the even,” said one entlemen, and he were sell- breaking even, it that he regis- { nal gods, if I ’ an unpopular I do not care He when he goes too the lawyer. defeat for the empty. It's a dark and KITICHI The Farmers’ club unit met at the home of Mr: and Mrs. J. F. Mahoney February 4. Although the weather was stormy and the snow was very deep there was a full house and a very pleasant and profitable time was enjoyed by all. A bounteous pic- nic dirmer was served. We are all glad to know that Mis- sionary Cummings of Bemidji will be with us through the week-end and for Sunday. - Miss Edna Wymore is suffering again with a gathering in her throat. caused from a scvere cold. J. F. Mahoney made a business trip to Cass Lake Tuesday. Mr. Roy hauled a load of ;wood to Cass Lake Tuesday. 4 A full house. attended the Narwe- gian Sewing Circle at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Borgersons Wednésday. . Mrs. Hogue ‘and.Mrs. J. F, M honey of Kitichi drove over to Pen- nington Wednesday and attended the sewing circle at Mrs. Borgersons. A large crowd attended the Nor- gian Lutheran -preaching service at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gregerson Sunday by Rev. Odegardt of Blackduck. -J. W. Mahoney and Mr. C. C. Smith; and Mr. Hogue are hauling hay from Moose:Lake to Kitichi for Mr. Hogug, 1his ‘week. Ralph Wilson spent the week-end with Ben Eck. The*‘Up’and Go” class had a fine time skiing on the hillg the other day. ge in the right direction' and the But there are folk who read the Sinclair-novel and promptly, - to themselves and others, declare that just such characters and conditions exist right here in Bemidji, and with a look of self-satisfaction on their face that beams like a cat's eyes at mid- night, noisily parade their discovery of a great As a matter of fact, about the only thing they do prove is that Sinclair Lewis was correct in his as- sumption that every community has its collection _ _ Frankly, we never have thought that the small Amcricun town received a square deal in “Main Street;” we have thought it a distorted picture. There is culture and refinement and correct English than Gopher Prairi Admittedly, Bemi class and is, in fact, a leader in community life and is more progressive than many older places where the population is considerably larger. less, no town, these days, is entirely immune from However, if Sinclair Lewis, who now is writing a new novel concerning life in the “larger” Ameri- metropoli& of Beltrami county. And now do you know what-it was that got us study of music shows, in one bright way the Be- The club is doing things; there are ment that rural America lacks culture and appre- ciation for the finer things of life, is not true. WAITING FOR CHOPS Have you ever noticed that the one and only busi- ness, which is still using the ancient method of serving the public, is the butcher business? They T-bone steak: Why doesn’t some inventive genius ! bring forth a modern method, so-that when you stand in line for your steak, it can be cut off in an not finding fault, but it occurred to us the other day while waiting in line for a few chops, when the It took .the butcher just twenty minutes. "upor every dollar ‘Well, now that isn’t such & bad idea. .'They say that the present heavy fall of snow will insure'a good wheat crop next year. Now if they will only fix it up so that the farmer gets’cost plus profit, 1922 ought to be a year of jubilation. The cngine chokes when the car goes too slow. Now, if there was some way to choke the driver National h\llo:i; association says men’s trousers are to ‘be fuller—but the pockets will be just as at least one murder in Minneapolis. '4=_fil-llll]ilHI|“I!lllllIIIIIIlilI“iIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIVIIIIIIIVIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIlIIIIIl!IIIIIIIFf?* LINCOLN FORESAW. POSSIBLE DANGER | URGED NECESSITY FOR RESPECT in most towns a good deal smaller is out of the Gopher Prairie Neverthe- Words of the Great Emancipa‘tor Es- pecially Significant in the Turmoil - of the World Today. desire to give his readers a real ght eaunter back to his old state spend a’few valuable days in the In his first great patriotic speech, ! now too little known, Abraham Lincoln ! forecast many of the present day| political and social conditions. The theme of this speech. was the danger r train of thought at this particu- Well, it was the Bemidji Musical come from within and the need for, a greater respect for law.and .ordexn | “In the great journal of things hap-| pening under the sun,” said M. Lin-| coln, “we, the American people, find | our account running the date of the| Nineteenth century of the Christian era. We find ourselves in the peaceful ! possession of the fairest portion-of the | interest shown by this club in the are doing things, and al. worth- going to prove the Lewis indict~ $ fertility of soil and salubrity of | ! climate. We find ourselves under the government of a system.of polltical in-' stitutions conducing .more _essentially | to the ends of civil and -rejigious | of former times télls us. RIS “We, when mounting the stage of: existence, found ~ourselves the, legal inheritors of these fundamental, bles- sings. We tolled not in the acquire- ment or establishment of them, they are a legacy bequeathed to us by once a hardy, brave, and patriotie, but now lamented and departed, race of our ancestors. Theirs was’the tosj(and nobly they performed it) to possess themselves, and through themselves us, of this goodly land, and to uprear upon its hills and its valleys & political §——§ edifice of liberty and equal rights; 'tis T BUSINESS SOLVED ours only to transmit rtheset—the we have outstanding, we formcr unp\'flf[\ne!{ by the foot’of an standing out, in order to break invader, the latter undecayed by the " F lapse of time and untorn by usurpa- of our wise business men today. | jon—to the latest generation that fate Instead of shall permit the world to know. This might break and end there. task of -gratitude to our fathers, jus L — and saw to cut-off a slice-of juicy 1 the old method of cutting to the e and then sawing the bone with by the strong-arm method. We're ered twelve cuts of porterhouse. The when we finally received them. ] tice to ourselves, duty. to posterity and love for our specics in general all fmperatively require us faithfully to perform. % “How, then, shall we perform it? At what point shall we expect the ap- § proach of danger? By what means § expect some- transatlantic military giant to step the ocean and crush us at a blow? Never! “All the armies of Europe, Asla, and Africa combined, with all the treasure of the earth (our own escepted) in their military chest, with a Bohaparte for a commarnder, could not by force take a drink from the Ohio of make a track on the Blue ridge na trial of a thousund years. fast all would be well. §r———>_ §——3 stormy day, when they don't have Pt W s parties were contpletely buried in the SNOW. | The Christian Endeavor will give a valentine social at'the home of C. C. Smith February 14 in the eve- ;umz]. Every one invited. Bring unch. SAUM Mr. and Mrs. Parochka are the proud parents of a baby girl, born Saturdpy, Jan. 28, 1922. Mother and 2nby are reported to be getting.along ne. y On. account of ; the heavy snows fall and drifted roads,'the hauling ha§ been checked for u*while, butiskyow getting started again.”’ rramtrate e It has been reported that, Blxs. Qlaf, Linntum is very ill with ppeumon 1tis hoped that she will soon recoyer, Jasper Garland haa spent the we ‘with his brother, Alftred. = 7 Rev. Vingi of Keldiler Held " Nor- wegian Lutheran services at the school house Sunday, Meb( 5. A small crowd was present. B School News, Thorwald and Olga Linnum were absent from school the Litter part of last week on account of ‘gheir moth- er's illness. ¥ Loma' Graham is now . back to sr‘hmfl after an absence ‘of a, couple of weeks. We are all glad to have her back again, H The high school will take turns in conducting the modern Mstory class this week. A program is being Washington’s birthday. will take~part. i repared for II"the roomsl en last Friday.: & 4021 “At what point is the approach of danger to be espected? I answer, if it ever reaches us it must spring up amongst us; it cannot come from abrond. If destruction be our lot we rust ourselves be Its author and finisher. As a nation of free wen we must live through all time, or’die by suicide.” After giving some examples of the . evil effecté on the innocent as well as ily spent Sunday at the Fred Philip|he guilty, which occurred in the home. | B !opemtim\ of meb violences, Mr. Lin- Walter Priebe, Allen Gordon, Sel-!coln continued: . mar Halvorsen, Haden Hegg and “] know, the Amerlcan people are A. Spicer transacted business at War- fyiijel; -attuchied to their government; T know they would suffer: mucliiffor- its sKE=Tknow they would endure evils SHEVLIN-MOOSE Mr. and birs. Alfred Anderson and family of Alida spent last’ Sunday with Mrs. Anderson’s sister, Mrs. Al- fred Olson. Gladys Gordon spent the week-end with relatives in Alida last week. Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Martin and fam- £ Schreck- was- a_Bemidji-shop- M 3:’3,}?? ;Saturday between trains. |,y ‘and. patiently before they would Kissock of Park'Ra acted.business in Shevlin ) 3 trans-l % p 15 | ever.think of exchanging it for.another ast TasE —yet, notwithstanding all this, it the laws be coutinually ; disregarded and ¥, H lbert Fi A Mfikenberry of _Itascac despised, .if their rights to be.secure i | FOR LAW AND ORDER. | —let every man remember that to vio- | | ;_breamed by’every American mother to | the lisping babe that prattles on her to American institutions that would | | earth as regards extent of territory, i that temple must fall unless we, their liberty than any of which the history |" shall we fortify against it? Shall we | while en route to Shevlin Tuesday with .a load of clover seed,.called at the \Felsch farm. Vannie and Alton Lewis spent last Sunday in Shevlin visiting at the Will Bromaghim home, | natural in thelr' persons: sud, property are held by no_better tenure than the caprice of & mob, the alienation of their affec- tions from the government is the copsequence, and to that Syver, Fritehoff and Olaf Syverson | sooner or later it must come. spent Saturday ovening at the Nelse Adamson home. Mrs. Adolph Johnson arrived home Satqrday from Bemidji where she spent-a few days visiting her daugh-| ter. Dr. 'Bforneby of Bagley lifted the quarantine from the Ed. Oryall home | last Saturday. August Wickstrom of Alida was a Shyvlln shopper last Saturday. Wickstrom was also a shopper in Be- midji between trains. Miss | “Here, then, is one point from which danger must be expected. “The question recurs, ‘How shall we fortify against it? “The nnswer is simple. Let every American, every lover of liberty, every well-wisher to his posterity swear by the blood of the Revolution never ta violate in the least particular the laws, | meat.” AR 5 of tha country, and never to tolerate itheir violation by others. As the pa- triots of *76 did to the support of the Declaration of Independence, and so to the support of the Conmstitution and | Jaws, let every American pledge his | lliro‘ his property, and his sacred honor Jate the law is to trample on the blood of his father, and to tear the charter ©of his own and children’s liberty. * “Let reverence for . the laws be Jap; let it be taught in schools, in eminaries, and In colleges; let it he written in primers, in spelling books, and in almanacs; let it be preached rom-the pulpit, proclaimed in legisia- tive halls, and enforced in courts of Justice. And, in short, let it become the political religion of the nation; and let the old and the young, the rich and poor, the grave and the gay of ‘all sexes and tongues and colors sac- rifice unceasingly upon its altars. “They (the Revolutiopary fathers) ‘were pillars of the temple of liberty; and now that they have erumbled away TSRS T ‘descendants, supply their places with other pillars, hewn from the solid quarry of sober reason. Passion has helped us, but can’ do so no more. it [ o | | Lincoln Memorial, Springfield, lllinois. — |ivill in future be our enemy. Reason { ~cold, calculating unimpassioned rea- | son—must furnish all the materials for our future support and defense. Let 1hose materials be molded-into general intelligence, sound morality, and, in | particular, a reverence for the Consti- | tution andlaws; and that:we improved to the last, that we remaihed free to the last, that we revered his name to ihe last, that during his long, sleep we permitted no hostile foot to pass over or desecrate his resting place,, shall | be that which, to learn, the last | . trumpet shall awaken our Washington. | “Upon this let the proud fabric of | freedom rest, as the rock of its basis; | und as truly as it has been said of the only greatér institution, ‘the gates of | hell shall not prevail against it.” ‘HAD NO TASTE FOR KILLING; Lincoin Never Was a Hunter in th Sense That the Word I& Generally Used. . “In all thexwork Abraham took his | part,” says Ida- M, Tarbell in her “Boy Scouts’--Life - of--Lincon™. in Boyy' Life. “The dx-was.put into his hands as soon as>tifey arrived in In: ‘diana, .and he ‘wds So'strong and so willing that he was soon able to stving it with skill. It was only from huat- ‘ing that he held back. Just before le was eight years old he shot his | first turkey—and it was his last. He never shot deer or bear, though he al- ways took part in guarding family | and neighbor when there was danger from prowling wolves. “But if Lincoln did not kill, he did } know how to skin and butcher ani- | nials. Curing and tanning the hides | of the animals they took was almost |, as important to the family as the B. W. LAKIN, President BEMID)I LUMBER & FUEL GO, OPPOSITE GREAT NORTHERN DEPOT BUILDING MATERIAL and FUEL COMPLETE STOCK Hard and Soft Coal, Briguetts, Blacksmith Coal JUST ARRIVED—A full lie of Building Papers, Deadening Felt and Composition Roofing.—GET OUR PRICES FIRST! ——GET OUR PRICES' FIRST—— E. R. EVANS, Manager C. L. ISTED, Secretary-Treasurer ——TELEPHONE 106—— PROMPT DELIVERIES ‘ QU Try Our Service Under The New Management Mandarin Cafe LU TR U T T L ERIDIpan: CRITICAL DINERS have found this restaurant an ideal place at which to eat. 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