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THE BEMIDJI'DAILY! PIONEERY '/ ! by FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 19, 1922 f - President E.H. DENT, Mlln' "3, D. WINTER, News Editor.. St TELEPHONE 922923 1—3 g’fl 8t the. Pnnollgd ¢ Act i -}en 31870, Minnesota, a8 '.'oi No ‘"ntlfll pald o anonymous contribu nown to_the editor, ‘vnt m Ations. for reach this office not later tham Mu inaune publication in the eur- tor.. BUSINESS—today, in some instances, is timid. t the Ca- 1 m v bbb oty But, the merchant who is awake, “on-the-job,” ::mst’:,n:fiem:::‘;fiz o‘,, (mea .:. Vines, co plete at, e WERELY momn—'twdn . publisiied should not be timid'. In other words, he SHOULD [cent of the mountain' Tijuca. In an- per foot: . 1w 31.00 [,“nn nn b nu Thursday . U“;‘% asnt- postage pnl‘ ; t0. any address; be careful, exceedingly so, yet equally as deter- other wagon was the foundation stone, innesota Ave. s tor, in advance, n.t&: of ted to. it, ‘o!k:t.h’mflu. eredi herein. Te a cotton manufacturer or -speculator, I would proceed on the assumption )that raw cotton will advance rather-than:decline from current levels. - ‘Another commedity : which _looks very cheap is.sugar. - Coffee was, but’isn’t now. If a large user of iron and steel products, I would reason that prices are more likely to rise a little than to recede. Doubtless there are other commodities and materials destined to move up- wards. On general principles, it is safe to lay in stocks /' of any staple ‘which is; selling below: cost. of pro- , duction or‘at,a.level not' yielding' a- rational profit. In.the early stages of a general downward swing of prices it is prudent.to act most cautiously, buy-. ing-simply from hand-to<-mouth. But we have now -~ reaghed -a. point..in the . economic;.cycle where,; I firmly believe, business men mteramd in any raw material selling at-a very low price 'to conslder very seriously the advisability of stocking up.— B. C. Forbes, in Forbes Magazine. GOOD BUSINESS mined. The merchant can, in fact, do much in an advertising way, by showing absolute confidence in his own goods—for, can:he expect confidence on the part of the public if he, himself, will not display this confidence by word of mouth, and, on CITY. WILL HONOR FOUNDER Rio de Janelro to Erect Monument to 3 Ketacio ve 88, Regarded as ¢ “First’ Settlor. g 5% One of the lnndmnm of Rio de Ja- nelfo. has been a hill about 300 feet high in the heart of the city, called ‘the “Morro de Castello,” A chapel crowned the top,. and therg iwas the tomb of Estacio de Sa, who with hig brother, Balvador' dé Sa, shares the title of founder of the city. Saivador 'was drowned at sea, 50 only Estacio could be entombed. Nearby.the chapel | %’ ‘on the hil} waBi a‘stone something like a milestone, hearing the date 1567, nnd called ‘the foundation stone. / On Januiry. 20 Rio de Janeiro cele- brated. the: three 'hundred and fifty- . | fitth anniversary. of its founding. As it had: been decided to raze the hill and so make available valuable land, on that day the ashes of Kstacic |8 were taken from ‘thelr long-trme rest- ing place and carried in an army followed by ‘a long procession com- ‘posed chiefly of Roman Catholic re- ligious bodies. After the ground where the hill was is propexly prepared a monument' to ‘commemorate the founding of the city Shasta Daisies do ‘much ‘toward making the home and place of business attractive at a small cost —and‘also aid in the campaign to KEEP BEMIDJI BEAUTIFUL We céan supply these boxes any length, well made, painted green; without plants, at g;r Boxes filled with Blooming Plants and We also have the following Hardy Flowers for immediate planting. Gladiola, fancy mixed, * OFFICIAL mm AND QITY PROCEEDINGS b R Sy SRR the printed pages? will be erected in the same place, and Carnation dozen ...75¢ WISE JUDGE But such advertising MUST NOT be spasmodic, | the remains of the founder and.the Eg;i‘;g;: Dahlias, dozen ........$1.00 “Go home. and go to work; come, back.in a year and tell me that you have made good. If you dop’t want to do that, off to jail you 80- 2 ! That is the substance of & sentence, with a thou- sand-dollar fine added, given young John Dodge, by the Kalamazoo judge before whom the million- tomobile manufacturer was found A g the Michigan liquor laws. "Work hasn't “been. John's spevialty, In fact, when it came to work John found his last name highly appropriate. Jolin’s big, idea was to live up to his reputation ds “papa’s boy” for spending money. He never hss done anything to earn the wcllth which he has delighted to squander. While .lmhest men with families. to support were looking for work, John was gallivanting around, furnishing "a preeious example of what.should.not-be. All’ this the judge took into consideration when ctmchlded that if he could get the young man to .do’ a little worth-while labor- it might “have "great mults for géod. It might even make the young nxin understand that “life is real, life is earnest.”. Honor had his doubts about being able to trans- orm John from a parasite intp a useful citizen, lpx\u he thought the, effort worth; while. So the sentence was a year in jail and $1,000, fith the jail sentence suspended for a year, if John 1d promise to engage in some useful toil and rt each month to the judge. ‘s ,Young Daodge not only promised to go to work, Iw'hex]uluwd every symptom of meaning what he shid: It may be that at heart he is allright and that his greatest trouble is, that while his father lmew how to perfect automobiles and make money, he dld not know how to bring up a son without lpol]ing him and permitting him to become a wealth-cursed cad. " GQDD TIME TO BUY CERTAIN MATERIALS .Were I a manufacturer of rubber goods, I would pllca contracts for large quantities of.crude rubber at cllrrent pncea If a user of copper, I wouldn’t be afrmd to place orders at prevailing prices for ---Everywhe,te And yet how effective and-businesslike! rather, it should be persistent year after year and this is certain, when business does start to move it will move faster ‘where, the field has been edu- cated consistently through newspaper advertising. —Wilbur Andrew. §———13 Those Arizona flivver bandits who attempted to hold Jp an oldtime express messenger didn’t get along very well. Those who are alive are still running. The express messenger. said it with a sawed-off shot gun. When the wireless does;‘t work they blame it on the static. Maybe that is whn is the matter with the lawn mower. F—1 Now they promise us a seedless currant. *Slright, as long as they don’t try to slip.a seedless peanut over on us. Peggy Joyce will not be permitted to go into the movies. Where can poor Peggy go? Yes, that is what we thought. : —i Mayor Garlock might issue a straw hat proclama- tion most any time, now—it would be a_cool-hexd- ed thing to do. . “You can obtain a fine pair of shoes for $10,” shoe manufacturers tell-us.” ‘Yes, but where do you get the ten? 28 — We take it that NBi]ly Noonan fixuies there is no harm in making two grins grow where none grew before. Y ‘-——" Fish that get away -re luger this season than ever before, which goes to show what moonshine will do. E Lady Astor-has gone best thing she has done s foundation stone will-be put there. A Quick Thinker. “¥ou didn’t wink at this young wom- an?” “No, your honor, Some foreign sub- stance got into my eyes and ‘made me |8 “wink. I was really suffering.” it *But she also says you smiled at ‘her, How,can 3 man smile at a pretty ‘girl when, his” ‘eye, |.l glving him great ‘pain?’ “Your honor, Where the fair sex is |9 concerned I have Spartan courage.” “Umph! I doubt if you have Spar- tan courage, but-your ental alert- ness impresses the court. I'll assess a nominal: fine of $5.”"—Birmingham Age-Herald. Secret of imo._ Health. : T.he mnnos are naturally one of the, healthlest. péoples in the world. The Sehool of-Hygiene. of. the Jobns ‘Hopkins. university. will send out an ‘expedition- to* st dietetics and ‘nu- trition aniol thuenihklmol. Sweet William Baby Breath Hollyhocks Forget-Me-Not Bemidji Floral Company Hardy Lilies, each.....40c Gallardia pR Pansies! Pansies! : Hundreds of them b per dozen......50c These and Many Others Strong Plants, each 10c—per dozen $l’,00 —_CALL 418 NOW— Let Us Convince You CLOTHES FOR - YOUNG MEN - Confirmation and Graduation Tlme Is Here! You want your boy to look his best. * We can serve you well along that line, with new togs from head to foot. Our Clothes have style, are up-to-date and with best kind of workmanship. Mfll][m]i][{[mu acid, Clearmg Assoclatlon to purchase a car-of pieric as requested and ordered,for the farmers. We have always made it a practice to carry reason- 'We are making short time loans daily to assist farmers P T —— A T Lift the latch on your telephone door, and at quce ns for farmers. over the threshold of Jls!{mce and greet your fi l:fi?: orb able loa # dceCream sasuciate, mheesns I i o Although money conditions are stringent, we are in a How simpleand easy.it ia! ' posmon to assist any farmer entitled to credit. Bicycles fid Furniture Repairing. : [STOVES, RANGES, BEDS, etc. Have it delivered to your handled in a sanitary way. 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I« Come in'and talk’ w1th us.when you are:in BemldJ_v - your problems are ‘our problems. ; We want you to! have your ~daily - share of this ggod, .. milk.” Will you' [t is milk at its full- creamed best—we want you to try it. NoRTUWESTERN NORTHERN NATIONAL BANK