Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 1, 1922, Page 6

3 : - oftort o oA ey rotanmdon, sy tlon £ 1o BIMITED For the <Teak End A; certain-Bemidji.-merchant is ad- vertising a.special for the week-end, new showing of midsummer millin< ary. Do.you know .who he is? —Carlson, of Course— And ' They're ' Silk Her- Mother:: “Helen, pull .down’ your. skirt.” Helen: “ Why, Mother?—I'm not a bit cold.” —The Hatchet. pm ““Tisn't Her Fault— 17", Fish Liags, Attontion! Fish liars in thig vicinity are warn- ed thatra:license-is considered: vexy, essentigl . in -some . commupities for such prevaricators, - Park Rapids has a “Fish Liar's License,” which reads as 8 vrft \ ‘“The bearer.... -haying. exhibited «the:; proper- reguirements, and having; by:long-practice, coupled with-every ‘ability,.demonstrated his fitness therefor, is hereby authorized and show.every, recklessness with the truth found. expedient in connection with:all matters relative to fish and fishing - for - the - season, ‘to-wit: .. the summer- of ©1922:’ "The -licenses .are to: be signed "by. the Grand Muskellunge and the Chief Bass. Herder. “ A lot of Bemidji fish- crmen have neveriasiyct needed such 2 license. ¥ cy Lie Well ¥ Anyway— Stuck-Up About It “Food Won the War” was the slo- gon a few years ago. Judging fr the’ prices in some of the Bemi stores, it is still stuck up abont i —Up in the Air— Camouflage A prominent Bemidii grocer says that ,no_man.who comps his. hair.aver his bald spot.has any. grounds to kick when his grocer puts the big pota: toes on the top of the .measure. —Ain't 8 the. couzts.ag; ackion holding. that. the tax ctor -had ino author: ity to assess such. @' penal Two, outstonding. poinss in, the. su- preme court’s decision are giving the. Treasury; cfficials tien'ar worry. They. are: s b i First, that the.additional taxes. as- sessed, for; violation of: the . Volstead Act are not taxes, but penglties, and that- it-is -unconatitutional for a rev- enue officer; iwithout notice, to. un- dertake to assess:a penalty for an.al leged : criminal .action..and to threat. en:seizure. and sale, of ‘preperty: with- out: according: & hearing. .. Second, that:the court:specifically holds that “before collection of taxes levied - by. statutes .enacted in. plain pursuanee of - the taxing. power.can be. enforced, the taxpayer must be ‘“given fair.opportunity for hearing— this is essential, to due progess of law.” Unless officials of the. prohibition | epforcement. unit axe able to.con- strue this ‘dccision ‘otherwise, ‘pres- ent' methods enforced by their.agonts give promise of being upset material- ly, and every. effort is being made te get 'an immediate opinion. As in- terpreted "by many :authorities, the court's holding: will make it impos- sible to'scize liquor stocks as.is now being done. :This. phase.of prohib; tion: enforcement affects principally druggists engaged in wholesale. liguor dealing. Under methods now prac- ticed by revenue officers, cash pen- alties and:seizuges.are imposed_upon such dealers found guilty of Volstead ,{}’tt violations ‘without court» hear- hgs. 3 v ol ¢ | Concerning 'the tax ‘coHection f ture, the supreme’ courtrruling. is. particular inderest tolarge corpora tions. In. the -past; when. a .contro: versy has arisen oyerithe payment of | federal taxes, the money involved is| paidscver to the.Burcau ‘of Intcrnal Revenue “under protest,” ‘and the the. casg availlysemgining-in litiga-. a year or nore. Under the new:: decision,-however, the .matter be fought hf: court be- of private ideas of; cted public’ ‘school activities: of this country. ' Capital' - educa- tors find the final action of Kan- ive .and. justy. bt peint ér: the ‘Towner-Sterling. ould ‘be ‘no -opportunity, 4 whose ' schools: enjoyed the benefit: of federal aid'in -educa- tional' work "even atempt: to make their school authority the compell- ing force in personal ideas of mor- als and conduct. | who attend.. Qard.games. will | 1aues. ot Hemidji- on - a gooed road QoPS WAL BIHER CROGKS Wikl GPOY WA FER ued Ten clm Tomorrow, Paving Is Started’ John Goodman and Nels Loitved haye started. the grading which is necessary before the pavement on the four blocks. recently authorized by:the ¢ity coundil caj.-bé laid. The: blocks to be. paved ... Second street, petween Bemjdji apd. Bcl- trami, Third ‘between. Minnesoia-and. America, Fouhh between Mmnneso- ta and America, and Fifth between Minnecsota and ‘Beltram'. Sckoof Bonds Voted . At the school” clection heid Mon- day. night, the. .propasition: to. sell bouds. for $6,000 in order to build an addition to the North szhool:was passed by o vr;ta gl S‘i to L Bath -Hopses. Avc Ready Street Commissioner Tarter to- day. complcted: the, orcetion of two bath - heuses: on, the. nyrth; shere of Diamond Point., Gino ‘will v used by ‘men and ‘the uthet by wonier: Both are 8 by 16 in size and have pight semi-closed ~talls 0a the in- side. No locks avs provided but the houses are close to th- shore where they can be easily viatched, bath houses arc frec and may be used by any one. % 8 &uli To Leave Bemidji. Otto 1. Bergh, for the past vear professor of agriculture in the. Be- midji schools, has aecepted the pro- fessorship of - agronomy in Crooks- ton cxperimentaljstatlon and ox. ‘pects to take up his new duties about August 1. He was urged to leave Bemidji until he had finished his summer school work. - - » L. C Tabor of Corpus Christi, ?cxns. is in the city today on a com- bined business. and. pleasure trip. o n 0w Moc_mhght Bay” is the greatest song. hit.since. “Casey. Jones”. You can’t forget.i its -haunting: - strains. “Moonljg}}: Bg_y‘.’ and all other pop~ ular musie-ten cents a.shect at ‘Abercrombie’s” Saturday. ) POLICE SEEK WHEREABOUTS OF NEGRO- HEIR IN wiLL Kinston, N. C., July 1 (United Press).—The police here are scek- ing Benjamin, Peyton, a.negro, but there is no charge hapging-over him Peyton is comparatively wealthy for a southern negro laborer and doesn’t know. it. -police. wish to bestow his fortune on him, A. relative willed Peyton $2,600. In- terest for five years has added a iderable sum- to this. BEMIDJI COUNTRY. CLUB: TO SPONSOR DANCING, PARTY The Bemidji' (Country ‘Club will sponsor a dancing party to be giv- en: at the ‘-Birchmont Beaech sum- mer-hotel Tuesday, July. 18. A very enjoyable. social . time..is -assured. all be provided for those who do not care to dance. Dancing: will begin, at, 9 o'clock and.continue until 12. Music will be furnished by Dot Van's or- chestra. bur Lycan haye chargecof:the ar-! rangements . for this . social affair, ond tickets may be secured . from them. Although. the. event ibciu staged under. ithe augpie ¢ the Country . Club,. the. general blic is invited and urged to attend. LOCAL_ CONCERN WiLL, BYY LATH BOLTS 'i-_*;q;'i FARMERS The. Bemidii Manufacturing com- pany will purchase lath bolts at oHce’| trom' farmers, either delivered ‘at the mill" or at:-the manufacturing company’s car on the farm.if ‘the sfarmer lives within ten or twelve where auto 'trucks can be . used. This company. alsé: = wants. piece workers: for their. own stumpage . at good prices. Those not owning their own stumpage . are . invited to call on the: company: anyway, sinec ar- rangements may be made to help FOLER. OaUY DARE GASRY A VAUDE 1 MG TOWN BEeUw ! TANK UE 1S7A BOOTLEGGER ER. The | lcome at once, but he refused m_il.n{ght side, Jypohi [‘tion. Thestisnewer “and cstablishments. are |, A MMRSYER: a7 .(ay_’,!lnlted'l’,n!l) Boma, Belgian~Congo, July Yellow: star. and cho“ blus, xrwm flags ‘are flying all oyer Copgoland- today - to - celebrate the thixty-seventh anniversary - of ‘proclamation of the. Congro Stag, which has , since 1908, by 1— ouny erign of that state, Leopold 11, be- come & real overseas possession of Belgium:. . X It ‘would be, idle. ta say.-that all the-native population share. Joy4 of today’s festival: ‘Thousands.upon thousands: of: tiem hate the. white man and probably millions of them a bor—so.mapy, days for, the .benefit of 1l —which. has. gradually re] slayy trada. i Though the days of “red. rubber’’] re goné_forevet, some like tribes 6f the Great.Tiakos. aud) other backwoddy settlemonts whexe’ whitc men are in-a négiigible minor-| ty, are.yearning-for -ail.yAfrican/ “Uncle Abe,” who will make -Fhent, #roe. in- spi as-well-as:in.letter. Unliko. the colored. peuple of French posstssions. in. - Afriés, ,t?l natives of Congoland do-not enjoy political rights and-are thus unrep- resented, 3 The native reformers who dared champion causes that ‘were. unpop- ular, with the Ewropean:rulers have been rounded up on-charges of se- dition. Some have ‘been put to] death. There isi nét- &« -Bouthern state in the, American Union .~whercl litical freedom thams this vast Belgian territory- ofcAfrica. - On .the. other -hapd, therc is a ohivigs 3 known. STINNES HIRINGARNY OFFICERS QR BIG JOBS (Continued Frpm Paga 1) men be idle-and hungry. as-was. the case_wish foany.of them directly. after the war. Stinnes is a man who ‘lets no dif- ficulties stend -in -his path. For. in- stance, when be began buying -news- papers, he found.the 'print paper was scarce, so he purchased;.paper mills, and. when“he ‘found that-wood pulp was also séarce, he ‘bought-for- ests to feed: the. milis. . When he became irvolved in treuble with the Hamburg-Ameriean hine, of -which organization ‘and ~went ‘into the shipping business ‘on his.‘own-hook. Every time he has founded'a new my, offiters to direct them. He merely tells - the: officer - that; . he wants so and so and leaves the mat- ter. to the. officer, ‘to . .agcomplish, irfifizd g that the German officer was trained to. obey’orders and: to reach a set goal without asking how snd why it should be ‘dome: TO STGRY NEW METHODS Gentinwed From Pegs 1), change o The foek thatthe chain store comes nearer to giving the-public what- it- wants .and . pros- pers for.that:reason. If; the local merchants aill adopt. the same. up- to-date - methods i of ¢ - economical - Mrs. D. F.:McCann and Mrs. Wil-1'y0 chandising he nced have nothing to fear -from, chain storeeompeti especially these self'] .xmeing a splondid: business because itheir, plan is\"}tpaéficnl ang ‘becanse they are boi;\g opcrated by young men with initighive. dnd. cotbusiam. The, railroads did a fine . businesy Lwhen they, were, so ¢perated, 20 or 0. ydars ago. ‘Chain’ stores, = how- wver dwill hayg ‘thejr troubles juct the railrontdy 'have had: theirs, Clerks am‘lzm::iaf~ (@tivers and buyers will some day.be organized and as saucy and independent as_the typical plamber.. is. today. the ch store sales will drop off and oper- ating cxpenses will increase and they will have to adopt-a more mod- ern form or merchandising or give way to a new. order. . The “'Sel.f help” system eliminates. labor diffi- culty to a considerable extent and presents a most ' interesting study both as: to service and:to cost., .. 4] appeal particularly to mer- those buy stumpage if they know of any. 5 THE PIONEER WANT ADS 'BRING RESULTS S T e St chants of ‘the older school and urge them to study very carefully these “self help” stores, with their “self he, was director, he got out of ‘the | business, - Stinnes has -sought: out axr-|. the negro doecs not cnjoy more po-|: help’ service. It is true that the deed of gift of th¢ Iate King. Sov- == verage merchant cannot get the a vantage of collective he-himself joins a chain. chant, however,"can install a ‘“self ‘help”” syetem. of selling independ- ‘ently: Of course, this means more thag. xeorganizing the = fixtures ~of his _sto) He '‘mu tude. st. change his entire atti- The “self help” stores for'in- I'stance are very dependent on-.adver- juch more so i\ CHIER UM WUMPUS SBZ WE OIONT GIT TGO o T LASY FIRE AT ALL, ON AGEOUMY OF A VO OF / ' QUYEIDERS PILIN' ON TH' FIRE DEPY. PLIWVER (G0 “HEN, Bo2 | WUZMT. HO ROOM: FER TH' FIREMEN. * MAKES NOfOIPF! s2] |F THEM GUNS RO PUY W' AIRE OUT," SEX OWA. | securities But rather to try to awake lgcal merclaants before it is too late, and to get them to adopt the meth- ods ‘of mcre economical distribution. which are winning out today.” General - business according to the ' index figure of the Babson chart stands at 17 per cent below normal. This is | encouraging indeed when you realize that it is holding up in face of/the threatened rail strike on top of‘.“ the .usual summer dullness, chain stores and ‘local - merchants.ties;, Most of ' these merchandising The later must advertise' more than companies should do well: for the ever if he is to adopt the “self help” next few years. Mail order con- system. 1 am not a merchant,cerns will also prosper, but I pre- merely a statistician, Statistics, lict :that even stores like A & P will however, clearly indicate that if thesome day cnange over to a ‘“self | local merchant continues as atpres-help” system. They will be forced ent he will ‘be eliminated from -A-to-in order to survive. When the merican industry to’make way forchange is made’ their securities will more modern machinery of distri-become “self helpU securities. 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