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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-06-30
BOYS GROW CORN
NAY Be SLOGAN.
Confined from iirst pass).

might have been written in this
form:
WANTED: "A boy. in every corn
growing county Of the United States,
who can prove his ability as farm
er by several years of superior work
in the corn contests, to act for the
rest of his life as the official seed
corn grower and distributor in his
county for the government. Pleas
ant and profitable work. For further
information apply to Office Of Corn
Investigations, Department of Agri-
culture, Washington, D. G.
The name Of the new bulletin is:
"How to Grow An Acre of Corn" 1T
is corn growers textbook, written
in short, pithy paragraphs. each Civ
ing a suggestion on how to improve
corn.
':Boys have splendid opportunities
to produce better varieties than have
ever been produced" is the promise
held out. 81
1t is also pointed out that while
corn sells commercially for SO OTIS
cents per bushel, the successful corn
breeder can sell his corn to his neigh
ors for seed for 81 and So a bushel. A
boy who can grow 100 bushels Of this
sort of corn on an acre spends a very
profitable summer.
Every boy in town, village or the
country who has access to an acre
of ground ought to write to his con-
gresham for this bulletin and get
into the corn growing contest.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-06-30

Like most Of the early American
humorists, Josh Billings was a Jack
of-all-trades. He tried college life,
but gave it up before completing q
course at Hamilton College. He was
successfully farmerssteamboat cap
tain, real estate agent, and auction
[eer. This latter pllFsH he followed.
in Poughkeepsie, ork He was
born IN Lanesbor Massaeh,i--
sets, on April 2 4 8 Isl but his van
|derings carried him West and back
again, and finally he dtsd II Nom
terey. California, on Gs,eber
1856. Much Of his later wandering
was due to the fact that he took
Ito the lecture plat form and there
achieved consid erable alc Mark
Twain was one of his leeiates IN:
his featuring days.
In the quality of their hnnor.
Mark TYain q his earlier writings
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-06-30

FOR RENT-Rooms for light house,
keeping. Inquire 800 Minnesota
avenue.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-06-30

FOR RENT-Three furnished rooms
with use of bath. 703 Minnesota
avenue. @
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-06-30

It is said of Josh Billings that
his first writing did not win wide
attention, but that after he changed
his spelling the American public be
gan to take notice." and soon his
popularity as humorist was great.
When he was writing regularly for
the Century Magazine under the title
''Uncle Esek's WISDOM" DR.. J. c. Hol-
land, then editor. insisted upon
printing his epigrams in correct
fashion. Mr.. Shaw accepted the
mandate, but continued to compose
his contributions in his own peculiar
misspelled way -.-
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-06-30
!. 0. PETRIE BOOSTS
BEMDJI OR merry
(continusd from ilrst page).

into q position to loose lot more
than they are gaining. It is we'll
known fact that two or three years
ago the farmers were glad to sell
their butter at 16 and IS cents per
pound. Now since the creamery has
started. the price Of dairy butter has
advanced to such a place that cream
cry butter is bought and sold 5 to z
cents cheaper than dairy. There Is
only one conclusion to draw from
this condition-that is that If the
creamery should close at this date the
price that is being paid for dairy butt
ter would suddenly decline to its old
time price. It is a we'll known fact
also that the cost of manufacturing
5000 pounds of butter is but very
little heavier than manufacturing
1000 pounds as the wages of the but
termaker would be practically the
same the package would be little
heavier, ETC., but the overrun would
be so much greater that it would a
great deal more than offset these 9TH
er expenses and in case the creamery
is run on the cooperative basis this
extra profit reverts to the farmer
either in the form of higher prices or
dividends. But if we all patronize
the dairy butter trade or all patron
ize Duluth how is our creamery to
attain this end? &s@ y.
for one am in favor of patroniz-
ing the creamery so long as square
deal is given me. The present price,
paid by the creamery is fair enough,
considering the price of the best but
ter in New York. 49,. -. ?
Another argument in favor of the
creamery is the cash received for. the
cream. When the butter is made at
home it necessarily means lot of
hard work for the housewife, and
then when the butter is marketed it
is paid for in due bills. We all know
due bills can't pay our taxes or buy
great many of our necessities.
In some Of the better organized
communities the farmers have gone
SO far as to establish cooperative
laundries in connection with their
creameries to relieve their wifes of
the hardships of wash day. Chatfield,
MINI. is a good example of this.
Chadfield, Mimi, also has a co-opera-
tive bank, cooperative elevator, and
a cooperative store. Twelve years
ago the land in Wadena, Todd and
Grow Wing counties was selling at
SIS to $40 per acre and great many
farms were heavily mortgaged. To-
day there is not more wealthy ter
ritory to be found than can be found
near the creameries of these coun-
ties. Among the best of these are
the creameries at Wadena, Sebeka,
Menahga, Park Rapids, and Bertha.
The farmers tributary to these towns
had deposits in the banks of Todd
county to the amount of $4,000 10
years ago. In a publication from
there last summer it was stated that
the same class of deposits were in ex-
cess of $l,625, 10000, showing what
the creamery had done for them. The
country around Bertha is no better
than it is around Bemidji. In fact,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-06-30
III .

parties,
control
machine
his influence
passed
without great difficulty
Clerk Court the members the Railroad Commission
This latter board had been made elective before na the peop
commissioners hidden forty
generation devoted themselves
the people apply
adopting local charters suited
Within under this right the county
Angeles adopted cut
drected activity and neciency provided that
real control the machinery
the commission plan cities
Short Ballot Ohio
that
year, Municipal
including Secretary
State Treasurer Auditor Attorney Dairy
other progressive proposals When however was brought to VOTE was
proposition Their 1T will give
Th ~ the measure ds.nnoed the nen and last fall all three
platforms
proposition
written pledges And
The Short Ballot bills will be put before the people by initiative
similar
pie the heads the State The
tivesho however, it.
that cnze much officials
both those office and those who letting
Well, the that is light u8~
rrHn END &
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-06-30

It is somewhat similar. Land IS now
$50 to $40 Per acre,
only wish that more farmers raal-1
lied what the value Of the true CO..
operative creamery Is to the COM
munity
=. @. PETRIE.
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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-06-30
WOODROW WILSON and THE SHORT BALLOT
The PROGRESS Of the Short Ballot Movement

One Of the earlier articles in this series told how
quickly the people caught up with Woodrow Wilson's
doctrine that real democracy in America is just ques
ton of getting simple and workable instruments. OF
course the really difficult task is to this idea enacted
into laws This phase of the IL retarded BY
two great obstructons State constitutions and
those politicians who are quite couteed with the pres
ent arrangements. s
The lightning struck first in California, where the
bipartisan railroad machine had just been overthrown
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and Josh : Billings had much in
common. Extravaganza of statement
and radical absurdity of ideas were
the chief constituents of their out
put. 81 am too old and too respek-
table to be Sphol ennymore," said
Josh. And the American public of
his day placed confidence in his con-,
sistent extravaganza. of assertion and
gladly refused to believe him!
Many of the humorists of the war
time period resorted to the trick, Of
queer spelling and as we translate
their writings into ordinary speech
today we are likely to find little left
that amuses u.s. But Josh Billings
can stand translation. His epigrams
are always good, and there is vein
of philosophy underlying his humor
that is true to- any age. In this he
often reminds us of that first Ameri-
can humorist, Benjamin Franklin,
and, like Franklin, Billings created
an almanac that ran for several
years and was crowded with fun and
philosophy SO thoroughly mixed that
the reader could not tell where one,
left off and the other began. Listen
to his description of laughter:
.Anatomikally lkonsidered, laffing IL
the sensation ov pheeling good all
over, and showing it principally in
one spot. Morally konsidered, it il
the next best thing tew the 10 COM
Imandments Theoretically konsider-
ed, it kan out-argy all the logik In
existence. Pyroteknikally konsider-2
ed, it is the fireworks of the soul.
But ! don't intend this essa for laff-
ing in the lump, but for laffing on
the half-shell. : T.
Every day q different human inter
est story will appear in The Pioneer.
You can get beautiful intaglo
reproduction Of this picture, with
five others, equally attractive, = 8 "
Inches IN size, with this weeks
s. Mentor. IA The Mentor, well.
known authority covers the subject.
Of the pictures and stories Of the.
week. Readers ofs The Ioneer and
THE Mentor Will know Art, Litera-
ture, History Science. and Travel,
mud own exquisite pictures. On sale;
&c the Aberc 9. Book Store.
Price Ten Cents. lrftes today to The
Pioneer for booklet explaining The
Asuocia Newspapsr hool plan
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-02-03

pounds. are handled entirely by the
railroads and do not pass through the
bands of the postal officials ut all. even
the collections and deliveries being per.
formed by the railroad employees. A
tax OF 10 centimes e cents) is put on
all such matter by the postoftice.
The volume of mail matter handled
by the French postal department.
while much smaller than that in the
United States. Is yet enormous. In
1911 it amounted to a total Of 3,412,-
100000 pieces. classified as follows:
Letters. l.oO3.50O.OOO: newspapers and
other printed matter. S3S,5OO,O00; par
cells not exceeding 500 grams. 71,15O,-
600.
The last investigation of the French
railway mail service by an American
was in 1898 by V. }. Bradley, then su-
perintendent of the United States rail-
way mail service Of New York city.
found Mr. Bradley we'll and pleasantly
remembered by both the British and
French officials. who took pleasure in
pointing out the growth Of their serv-
ices since his visit.
Nj. Ferriere. chief of the bureau of
transportation. ministre des posts and
telegraphs. pointed out that there are
now 176 travelling postotfices against
100 in 1898. arranged in eight divi-
railway postal clerks and 1896 mes
sengers: total. 6.391. as compared with
2.O39 clerks and S13 messengers; total.
1852. in 1898.
In that year there were but two
types OF postal cars, one twenty-five
feet and the other twenty-three feet
six inches: total number of cars. 46S.
Today there are sixteen types Of pos
tai carriages. varying in length from
I'll meters (about twenty feet TO eight
cen meters about sixty feet, and
there are in daily use 6S1 carriages.
an increase of 213. am informed
that there are now in construction cars
seventy.fve feet in length, but these
will probably not be placed in service
for Il year or more.
These cars viii. exceed anything in
the mail service in the United States.
A total of about l03,17S kilometers
(abOut 10000 miles) is covered by the
French railway mail service daily. 1t
is true these figures are comparatively
insignificant in comparison with the
5.2S3 postal cars in use in the United
States, but it must be remembered
that the longest mail run in France
and England is only 400 miles and
that either could be tucked away in a
corner Of the United States.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-02-03

up for week. If it had been the edge
he would have been cut in two. One
mans hand was slashed Off and sew
eral others cut more or less seriously
before the Moros were killed.
Very Crowded Zen Seconds.
Il don't suppose the whole thing
lasted ten seconds, but l never want
to see another ten like them. saw
one Moro's head opened up like a
cracked egg shell from pistol bullet.
This is one of the many sights crowd
ed into those ten seconds"
According to the reports furnished
by Captain George L. Bryan. Sixth
cavalry. the officer commanding the
troops in the fight, Lieutenants Miller.
Wilson and Kennedy and Sergeant
Henderson rushed ahead Of the line
and engaged in a hand to hand fight
with Jikiri and his seven followers. 1t
was by reason Of their jumping the
Moro chief and his men that the latter
were all killed. none getting away. 1t
was during this hand to hand fight,
sabre against barong. that the three
officers and Henderson We're seriously
wounded.
Captain Gaujot won his spurs much
nearer home. He was commanding
troops on the Mexican border when
firing in the battle of Aqua Prieta
threatened lives and property Of many
Americans in Douglas. AriZ. Seeing
the havoc wrought by the Mexican
bullets. Captain Gaujot boldly walked
across the boundary through the fire
Of both federal and rebel forces. first
to the commander Of the federal army
md then to the rebel commander and
induced them to lay down their arrIa
A Musical Miss.
ais she musicale Yes. She has a
natural voice, sharp tongue ana
fat nose"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-02-03

shall take at price. That scheme
will not bear analysis. This is one of
the main issues in this election. /
am unalterably opposed to the city sell
ing its water system or allowing any
private person, company or corpora
ton the right to furnish the city with
water. / am in favor of Aberdeen,
Hoquiam, Cosmopolis and Montesano
uniting and building a permanent wat
er system from the big canyon of the
Wynooche river that will supply all
of them with pure water, which system
will make it possible to establish a
line of factories on both sides of the
Chehalis river, from MontesanO down
west of Hoquiam and Cosmopolis, thus
preparing the way for a great city.
"Lengthen your cords and establish
your stakes
City Government
Upon the mayor and council rest
the responsibility of governing the city
as prescribed by law and ordinances.
The appointive officers of the city are
helpers; therefore, believe the mayor
and council should consult together
and use great care in the selection
and appointment of city officers, eX-
acting efficiency, honor and integrity,
and if an appointee fails to make good
he should be removed at once. l am
in favor of an honest price paid for
city labor and honest work given in
return. / am opposed to shirks and
dead heads on the city payroll. / am
in favor of an economical administra-
ton but not to such an extent as to
retard the city's growth. l am in ia
vor of free bridges; toll bridges are
out of date in a growing city like
ours. If the people want business
administration they should elect bust
ness councilmen; for the city council,
under the law, is the business head of
the city government and the mayor
is the executive head. Both should
work together keeping their ears open
to the voice of the people, thereby
letting the people rule.
J. C. PEARSON.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-02-03

| FiIipinos Came Out Of Their Cave At
Full Speed With 6aronss Swinging
and Made For Uncle Sans Boys.
Captains Bravery on the Border.
TRESIDENT TAFT bestowed the
~ highest honor that can be
shown to an American soldier
when he presented the medal
of honor to four officers and one enlist
ed man of the regular army. They are
Captain Archie Miller. Lieutenants
Arthur II. Wilson and John T. Ken
needy and Sergeant Joseph Henderson
of the Sixth United States cavalry and
| Captain Julien e. Gaujot of the First
United States cavalry. says the New
York Herald.
! All except Captain Gaujot went to
I Washington from the preside at San
Francisco to receive the medals. They
made their records in the Philippines
on the Island of Patian in 1909, when
a pearl pirate band, led by Jikiri. who
for years had terrorized the Philippine
coast. was completely wiped out.
Letter Told Of Brave Deed.
A letter from young lieutenant.
which found it's way to the war de-
partment and later to the president
was the direct instrument in obtaining
the rewards for these four heroes.
Jikiri, with band Of about forty, all
we'll armed. filed to a cave, where for
several hours they We're besieged by
the troopers. After couple of days
waiting the attack on the stronghold
was made. About it the letter says:
Eight Moros came rushing out.
swinging barongs right and left. will
never forget it as long as live.
Every jump. it seemed to me. they
went three feet in the air and covered
about ten feet. first to one side and
then the other. and with each jump
the barong would come down with all
a mans weight behind 1T. Wilson was
right beside the door and caught the
first slash in the back of the neck. I'M
der the jaw and down to the back.
John Kennedy got the neXt-a slanting
blow across the back of the head and
neck Miller caught the flat of ba-
rOnp on the kidneys, which laid him
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-02-03
PedrSOn'S Platform
TO THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY
On AnEnDIcE,Ar HQILcrINC.

TO THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY
OF ABERDEEN, Greetings:
|. the undersigned, have filed with
the city clerk my candidacy for the
nomination of mayor of the city of
Aberdeen, subject to your approval at
the city primaries, to be held March
10, 1913, and l herewith present you
my platform.
/ believe in the enforcement of the
ordinances of the city and the Jaws
of the state applicable to good city
government. A laxity in the en-
forcement of law leads to contempt of
law, which breeds anarchy, which
means chaos and the destruction OF
the government ! do not pose as a
scrapper. but if any person or per-
sons, individually or collectively.
violate the law, be they high or low,
rich or poor; if l am mayor l will be
there with the goods and enforce the
law.
Saloons are legalized by law; if
they obey it, they have the same right
to protection as any other lawful
business. The social evil is proihb-
tied by law, but it has existed in de-
fiance of law so long that the men,
ory of man runneth not to the con-
tary and l believe it always will eX-
list until the dawn of the millennium.
believe the best way to cope with
the evil is to place these unfortunates
in a restricted district, under strict
surveillance, instead of scattering
them all over the city.
Aberdeen Water Plant
Twice in the past, efforts have been
made by private parties to purchase
the city water plant, but strenuous
objections by the people prevented
it's sale. Now new schemes are pro-
posed. One is that if the city has not
the money to put in permanent
water system, private parties or cor
poration will do it and furnish water
o. tho CITY limits which water the city
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-02-03
Years Of Service Prove the
System a Great Success
In Europe.
4 REPORT by Harry J. Staley in
N the New York Evening Post on
the parcel post in England and


~ the New York Evening Post on
the parcel post in England and
France Is as follows:
The British and French postal au
thOrities are watching the installation
Of parcel post in the United States with
great interest With them 1t has been
q matter of slow growth. and they are
amazed at the audacious undertaking
which contemplates the establishment
Of parcel post on 100000 miles Of rail-
way, not to mention rural routes, star
routes and steamship lines with only
five months of preparation and an in
significant initial appropriation of only
e75O,OOO.
For purposes of comparisons some
facts and figures on the British parcel
post obtained through the courtesy Of
w. c. G. kirkwood. in charge Of the
railway mail service of Great Britain.
may be of interest to Americans.
1t was in 1882 that England through
IN act Of parliament first began to re-
ceive the benefits of a parcel post sys-
TEN. This came about as the result of
q postal conference held in Paris in
1880, but it was not until 1883 that the
inland and International parcel post
were linked together.
AT this time an arrangement with
the railway clearing house" of Eng
land was entered into by the British
pOst0tiice under which the various rail-
way companies were to receive eleven
twentieths of the postage collected
upon all parcels carried by the rail
ways.
A maximum of seven pounds in
weight and three and half feet in
length was allowed. The rates of post
age on this class of mail were fixed at
cents for parcels not exceeding one
pound, ranging upward to "a cents for
seven pounds.
Was Instantly Successful.
The success of the British parcel
post was instantaneous. For the first
nine months of what was then an eX-
pertinent in postal service total Of
100000 parcels Of various weights
were carried, and in the year 1SS4-5 the
number reached nearly 23,00O.O0O.
From 1880 England began extending
this service to her colonies and at the
same time increasing the number Of
foreign countries with which parcel
post ARRANGEMENTS were made. the
rates of postage being governed by the
expense attending their conveyance
and the number of countries through
which they passed. This was the con-
dition twenty seven years ago.
Since then Il process of gradual re-
duction III postage rates as well as an
increase in the maximum weight al.
lowed has gone on until today a parcel
weighing eleven pounds may be sent
by mail to any part of the British isles
for - cents
The benefits of the parcel post may
be gagged by its growth. From 23,0OO.-
600 parcels in lSS1-5, the average num-
Der of parcels now passing through
the inland post of the United Kingdom
reaches O436,000 In addition, ola
coo foreign and colonial parcels were
delivered in the United Kingdom last
yoar md total of 9721 O0n foroicn
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-02-03
COUNCILMAN, FIFTH WARD.

l hereby announce myself a candi-
date for, the office of councilman from
the Fifth ward of the City of Aberdeen.
subject to the approval Of the voters
OF the ward, at the primaries, to be
held March 10, 1913.
e. w. eeimfohr.