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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-15
Life I11sura11ce at Four Cents Per Week

life offices" he says. because limited payment policies. with premiums ceas- ing at 60. do not appear to be quoted by the industrial companies, as no de- mand for assurance of this kind seems to exist. Endowment assurance, ma turing at given age, or at previous death, are extremely popular. as are whole life policies. nominally subject to the payment of premiums for the whole of life. but with the cessation of premiums at age ID. provided the policy has been in force for 25 years It is conceivable that the saving or expense by the use of stamps might compensate for the drawback in con nection with investments, so far as in- thought it does not appear that this Is the case
 For policies of f5o or upward which can be obtained under the ordinary life rates at quarterly premiums, the post office system is entirely unattractivc as was foreseen by the committee whose opinion on this point. especially in connection with participating pol icics. ] have quoted above. The reason for this Is to be found chiefly. though not solely. in the limited choice of in- dustrial life assurance is concerned. vestments available to government department.
 If the scheme had been started at the commencement of this century. and the money invested in consols at present there would have beeen In tho course of 13 years fatally large amount of depreciation.
 "It js scarcely possible that there can be any two opinions as to the in- ferfority of the postoffice results to those of life insurance companies for policies of $50 or over. so long as the postoffice is limited even to parlia- mentary securities.
 "Another matter l have been won dering about Is how the postoffice pro- poses to deal with speculative policies and the question of insurable interest. If is scarcely to be expected that the ordinary postmaster can deal effect
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-15

ually with the difficult problems that arise in this aconnection and the pro- posal form contains nothing about the poin., or perhaps il would be more correct to say that il makes no pro- vision fo. ono person assuring the life of another where insurable interest ex- ists. The industrial companies have an abundance of trouble with this qucs- ton and it is not altogether easy to sec now tho postotfice can deal with it.
 "It ie not a picture that one easily calls to mind of a government depart ment telephoning to the local post master, when, say a mine accident occurs. to discover the beneficiaries un- der policies on the lives of tn ose killed and to pay the claims without questions asked within as few hours as can possibly be managed. yet this is the aormal practice of industrial conn ranies"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-15

they feel vissious and peeved and want to say nasty things and bawl evvery boddy and e,very thing out. For instnts: \ Washington correspondint gets telligram, rum his news Edditur, usuelly a persun without a conscience:
 "Cabbinet Meeting Today, to Discuss Mexico. Bryen aftur drinking grape iuuse with Mexican Minnistur will attind Cab binet Meeting Get a good storry.'
 Sed Washington correspondint chases up to the White House, and pasiently sticks around until the Cabbinet session is
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The Newspaper and
 the Politician

ovver notwithstanding the fact ;hat he could have verry pleasantly spent that time down at the Press Club playing Kelly Pool. The meeting finely brakes mp aftur it has spoiled a hole aftuInoon for sed correspcn- dint. The Secretary of State cums out looking bland, bleell and blank, sed cor respondint tackles sed Secretary; tue Sec retery obsurves that Git is a n;se day" The coirespondint admits it, and enquiries of him if the ''Mexican Crisis is about reddy to be punctured9" The Socreary fixes him with bold glare, frnm his left eye, while with his rite eye he signals his carriage to approach, and remarks that 1t mite snow tonorrer." In desperation the correspondint grabs him by the top button of his coat, and bluntly asks him if the Cabbinet discussed the Mexican situasio1, then in the most confidensial mannur the Secreterv will ask him ''what is the Mexi- can situation?" and will add probabully. We only talked of rowteen matturs.' On actuel count the Cabbinet cents the Mexi- can sitaaeion has becum so accute, has de- voted nine thousend fore hundred and forty two hours to discussion of "row- teen matturs'' Theere must be sumthing doing in 'rowteen matturs' of startling interest to the country, whatever they air.
 What is this correspondint to do? The news Edditur is a cold and unfeeling pur- sun nienny miles away, whose bump of sympathy would make the beef trust look charr;tabull. The Correspondint knows tbat unless he kicks in a good story on the Mexican situasion that his prospects of evver paying an incum tax will be re dused about six dollars a week. He pro- IN {o .t of interest. He declares that the Cabinet aftur three hours of heeted discussion ad iourned with grave fases and a burning thirst He seys armed inturvenson in Mexico will cum, in the event sumthinS don happen to prevent 1t, and he thinks it probabull that sumthing will.
 lie draws inspiraslon hum his im- maginasion and Book Beer and indtes a Mexican story. that raises the hair on the heds of his reeders. He drags in the War Department, and declares that man "high in offisial sircles' was seen polish ing up the well known tocksn of War for innidiatc use. He invites the country to beIeeNe that dipplomatic relasons air strained, and that the two countries air getting 1eddy to lay aside diploming for the sword and skattur gun. But he cums cleen with the News Edditur and the pub lie don't beleev him enny how, so whats the use!
 Now who is to blame for that storryg Sertainiy the leest to blame is the man who rote it. If the Cabinet offiser hald told hm the facts-he would have ritten them cents he didn't he rote 'em enny how and tllen next day gets flat denya from scd Cabinet offiser, and thus gets two stories.
 But the public in the end gets the facts, and gets them thro the newspapurs. A newspapur man can cum neerer riting the reel facts in a situasion like the Mexi- can affair, without having a single one before him, than the average Cabinet offiser can tell them enny how I've tried 1t, Yours trooly, BILL VINES.
 Washington, D. C.
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n 0lSTlR EDDlTUR: Far be 1t k!x1 frum me to rite or indite enny
 S&Y thing that would cast emulsion upon the nobull profession of which I am such brite and shining lite. would not do so if could, and l could not do so if would. Besides that nobody would beleeve it, for the gennerel publick air moor and moor evvery day getting to the point where they "don't beleeve enny thing they see in the papurs." Still they continew to reed the papurs, and absorb the job lot of misinfurmasion contained therein, and al tbo' they will assure you that they don't beleeve wurd of it, they form all there opinnions frum what they reed, they get all there infurmasion by what they reed, they don't know enny thing, except what they reed, and they will argur till the cows cum home in defense of an idear formed frum reeding the newspapurs-nun of which they beleeve.
 If newspapur sings the praises of a polytisian. the sed plytisian, with a genniel smile, while casually admitting that he is a grate statesman, will entur into long and involved statement of the nobull wurk and the grate responsibility of the Press. With teers in his eyes, and in burning and elloquint turns he will feelingly demand f"What would becum of the country weer 1t not for the self sacrificing and patryotic men who devote theer time moulding pub lie opinnion-for fifteen bones a week" He will in butiful turns and mattafors obsurve that the Press must not be ham, pured or embarrassed, but must be ac- corded the fullest libburty.'' "Our sacred institusions," he will yelp, lowe theer phase ill the affectsions of the grate plain peepul of the country to the patryotism and the freedum of the grate American ; Press.''
 When ub-reportur furst -heers sone of our gTate statesmen pay a tribute to the press, sed cub-reportur swells up with pride and uther forrain substanse consist ing of evvery thing else but food. He feels that ill sed statesman he has a frend for life, and one frum whom he can bol1y mummy
 But put the shoe on the uther foot. Suppose the newspapur aforesed should happen in a cassuel way to mension that sum grate statesman would perhaps be gratur success in the plumming bizness. than ir attempting to pass laws for a free peepul, and otherwise refur to him as a fas-hed. Sed statesman instintly forgets all about that bunk about the fredum of the Press, and the responsibility to the public stuff, and begins to bite the furni- ture. Indignantly rising in his phase, he will obsurve in supercural tones, joking with emmosion and uther brands of intem- nerinse: "Mistur Speaker, rise to point of pursunnel privilege; I hold in my hand a coppy of that skurrilus and disrepputa- bull sheet--the Pikeville Bellus, which rum the Edditur to the Devil air the big gest bunch of the most abandunned lyers and polytical assassins evver permitted to pange at large in this country" Boiling with indignation and a grouch, he will demand to know, "What is the country Cumming to, Mr. Speaker, if public men,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-15

tisian The provvinse of the man who rites things for the paper is naturally to tell the things that reely air, and reely happen, if he can. and if he cant, to tell them enny how. The average newspapur man IS Boostur, becawse it pays to boost. If you mock polytisian, you shut off q news supply-for he gets cold and ire sponsive On the uther hand if you praise him he gets the swell-hed, and in ordur to keep him in a good humur you have to feed him on the same kind of dope stuff evvery day. But newspapur men air human, just like polytisian. Theere air times when
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-15

plain peepul air to be the vicktims of an irresponsihull and vissious newspapur, which is nuthing moor than the hired tool of the vested and sinnistur Interests, eli- gagged in poisoning the minds of the Deer Peepuf against me, theere trew frends''
 He forgets all about that line of talk he handed out about the "freedum and indepindinse' of the Press.
 Mistnr Edditur, this story is not eether Nock or defense of the Press, nor eether in rebuke, or praise of the poly
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-15

right, 1914, by Curtis Brown.) ONDON, March 13.-(Special.)
 Ideal socialism would take no
 account of life insurance, for
 in state whore all were pro-
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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-10-03
FALL FLOWING A SAVING.

Thousands Of Dollars Can Be Saved by
Destroying White Grubs.
IF farmers will plow, as soon as pos
sible, the fields upon which they intend
to raise next year corn or other crops.
which are grown in hills, they very
likely will save thousands of dollars"
This is the appeal which James G..
Sanders, entomolgist for the Univer-
sity of Wisconsin agricultural expert
ment station, is making to the farmers
of the state.
The saving will come from the de-
structon Of millions of white grubs,
the worm stage of the June beetle.
which are now in the ground and
which, unless killed, will do untold
damage to young crops next spring.
Mr.. Sanders predicts that, unless
control measures are soon adopted, the
loss by these pests next season will be
exceedingly heavy.
"As June beetles these pests, says
Mr.. Sanders, do but very little harm.
but next spring, as full grown grubs,
they will be capable Of doing untold
damage, feeding almost entirely on
living roots, preferably corn. timothy,
potatoes and stra wberries." ..s-s-
While fall blowing and deep disking
are Of great value in destroying the
grubs. Mr.. Sanders does not recon-
mend them as, entirely satisfactory
means Of graduating these pests. In
addition to this precaution. farmers
should carefully plan their rotation for
next year so as to plant only those
crops which are least susceptible to the
grubs. such as small grains. clover,
vetch, ETC., on land that was covered
with heavy vegetation last spring.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-10-03
Was a Great Success.

At least 100000 bushels of seed
corn were selected during Seed Corn
Week this year and stored for plant
ing next year.
The success of Seed Corn Week
was brought about by various agen-
cies. Credit must first be given the
crop-growers themselves, or to those
of them who saw the wisdom of the
Seed Corn Week plan and selected
their seed corn according to that
plan. Next it goes to the press of
the state-to the daily and weekly
newspapers and to the agricultural
journals. These great agencies
spread the gospel of good seed corn
far and wide.
But consider the list of other
agencies that helped to see that no
one was allowed to forget the week:
The governor with a proclamation,
nearly score and half Of live
county agents, close to $50 high
school agriculturists, county superin-
tendents Of schools, school teachers
by the thousand, farmers clubs by
the hundreds, the State Bankers as
ISOLATION membership, the wholesale
merchants of the cities with cards
sent out in letters to their. patrons,
commercial clubs all over the state,
progressive churches and Sunday
school men, telephone companies
calling up their farmer patrons and
reminding them of the significance of
the week, railroads and business men
everywhere, and as matter Of
course, the Minnesota College of Ag-
riculture.
All this was superb team work"
1t was the kind Of pulling together
that gives a state a. star place on the
big maps. To see such a, campaign
carried through to success, to the ac-
tual and complete achievement of
the end sought, by the voluntary CO.
operation of such agencies is to be
filled with pride for. Minnesota.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-10-03
Two comets are visible nightly iI

Two comets are visible nightly in
the sky in this vicinity, Campbell's
Wanderer at about 10 p. m. and Del
vas at about a. m. Campbell's
comet can be seen with the naked eye
about 20 degrees above the horizon,
directly south. The early morning
celestial visitor hardly is worth an
early rising to see, according to uni
versity astronomers. It is located in
the northeast about 80 degrees above
the horizon, but is not prominent
enough to be visible easily to the lay
mans eye. A small telescope is
necessary to make satisfactory OBJ
servation.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-10-03

small number as eight out of fifty
six, with no trouble at all, in the fol.
lowing way:
Make hole "a, B, G, d. in the fence
OF the sorting yard large. enough for
the largest hog to- go through, Then
take board. E. and nail it on up and
down, as shown in the sketch. You
may havesto experiment aulittle to- get
it just right, but in the end your small.
era hogs will all go out and you will
ind all your large hogs left In the
pen.r The next time you will know
just the right size to make the. open.
ing.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-10-03
In One Minute Your Stuffy Nose and
Head Clears, Sneezing and Nose
Running Cease, Dull Headache
Goes.
Try "Ely,s Cream Balm.a

Get small bottle anyway, just to
try it-Apply little in the nostrils
and instantly your clogged nose and
stopped-up air passages Of the head
will open; you will breathe freely !;
dullness and headache disappear. By
morning! the catarrh, cold-in-head
or catarrhal sore throat will be gone.
End such misery now! Get the
small bottle of "Ely's Cream Balm"
at any drug store. This sweet,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-10-03
X X X X X X X X X X X xxx 4 !
X EDITORIAL, EXPLOSIONS :
X X X X X * kk<.kA X

= = = - y - = - = Mn, - = - y
The Mexicans claim to be civil
lied, although they are 800 years be-
hind Europe in ability to kill each
other OBLIGATION County Vidette
A man should be loyal to the party
to which he belongs, but he owes his
highest allegiance to his honest con-
viction. A man must retain his self
respect The law of party shall not
supplant the law of conscience.
Whatever is morally wrong can not
be politically right.-Hanley Falls
Press.
Amendment No. is also coming
before the people with claims of re-
cognition at the November election,
and it provides for the setting aside
Of fund amounting to $250,O00 to
be used in building roads and fire.
breaks on, around and through state
land. Northern Minnesota is inter-
ested in this ndment.-Brainerd
Dispatch.
If a few years ago Red Lake
county farmer had purchased corn
harvesting machinery he would have
been taken before the probate court
for examination as to his sanity. But
4, a change has come, in almost so brief
a time as to be called suddenly. Dur
ing the past few seasons lit has been
conclusively demonstrated that Red
Lake county lisa fine corn country
Red Lake Falls, Gazette
-0rl
Patrick H. McGarry, genial ire
pressible and optimistic, was inItown
for few days last weeks Pat" is a
candidate for the state senate in the
district composed of Itasca and Cass
counties and was in the enemies .
country" to see what the chances are
for garnering few votes. Mr.. Me-
Garry is some hustler and even with
candidate of its own in the field
it is likely that Itasca county will
give him good vote Grand Rapids
Herald-Review.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-10-03
Good WAY to Sort Hoes.

Nearly every farmer has difficulty
in sorting bunch of uneven hogs for
market, writes w. B. Ellsworth in the
Farm and Fireside. and have had
my own troubles in this line. Last
year hit on a plan by which my hogs
sort themselves. have cut out as
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-10-03
.CLOGGED NOsTRnS OPEN At ONCE,
HEAD COLDS AND CATARRH VANISH

fragrant balm dissoives BY the heat
Of the nostrils; penetratee and heais
the infamed, swollen membrane
which lines the nose, head and
throat clears the air passages stops
nasty discharges and feeling Of
leansing, soothing relief comes Inn
mediately.
Don't lay awake tonight strug-
Cling for breath, with head stuffed;
nostrlls closed, hawking and blowing:
Catarrh or cold, with it's running
nose, foul mucous dropping into the
throat, and raw dryness is distress
ing but truly needless.
Put your faith - just once in
"Ely's Cream Balm" and your cold
or catarrh will surely disappear.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-10-03
FARMS FOR SALE.
The Markets
Duluth Wheat and-FIax.

F Duluth, Oct. 2-Wheat-On track
and to arrive, Mo- hard, $1.0711; No.
1 Northern, $1.O6k; No. Northern,
$1.O31a. Flax-On track and to arrive,
$1.43h.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-10-03
Chicago Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, Oct. .-Wheat-Dec., 81
FO61k; May, $1.131s. Corn-Dec., SEC;
May, 69Ac. Oats-Dec., 477sc; May,
501ac. Pork-Oct., $3.50; jan, 49,
90. Butter-Cr eameries, 29c. Eggs
1S@21c. Poultry - Springs, 137sc;'
[9fOWls; 14c.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-10-03
South ST. Paat Live stock:

South st. Paul. Oct 2.-Cattie-
Steers, $5O0@9.00; cows and aheifers.t
$4.6O@7.50; calves, $6.50@9.75; stock
ers and feeders, $4.75@7.25. Hogs
$78O@8.10. Sheep-Lambs, $4,000
7.25; wethers, s4.0O@5.25; ewes, $3.50
OATS.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-10-03

Avoid Sedative, Cough Medicines.
II you want to contribute directly
to the occurrence of capillary bron-
chitis and pneumonia use cough med
icines that contain iodine, morphine,
heroin and other sedatives when you
have cough or cold. An expector-
ant like Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edyg is what is needed That cleans
out the culture beds or breeding
places for the germs of pneumonia
and other germ diseases. That is.
why pneumonia never results from
a cold when Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy is used. It has world
wide reputation for. it's cures. It
contains no morphine or other seda-s
tive. For sale by All Dealers.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-10-03

FOR SALE-Typewriter ribbons for
every make of typewriter Oh the
market at So cents and Is cent?
each. Every ribbon sold for Is
cents guaranteed. Phone orders
promptly filed Mail. orders given
theBame careful attention a. when
you appear In person. Pohne 81
The Bemid1f Pioneer Office Suppl,
Store.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-10-03
FOR aE1Et

FOR S6LE
FOR SALE have the following
farm machinery to exchange for
i've stock, one two horse corn cul-
fivatofr, one, one horse corn cult
yator, one potatoe sprayer. Two
farm wagons, Two one horse bug
gies, one garden drill, one, two
hofse Kentucky single disk harrow
and OTTER Farm machinery. w. 9
Schroeder. i
FOR SALE OR RENT-A beautiful
! home on 18th St. Full city block,
{ all fenced. Eight large rooms
suitable for two families; 2 acres
ready for fine truck gardening.
Rent, $4,000 month. Price $4,000,
small payment down, balance at s
per cent, long time. w. L. Brooks,
owner.
FOR SALE-A 6-cyinder AZ H. P,
7-passenger FRANKLIN automo-
bile, run comparatively few miles
good condition Price $4,000
/ cash. Address &C." clio Pioneer.
FOR SALE-House and lot, 1928
Mimi. Ave. 100000 This is 9
snap. Terms. Martin Longballa.
FOR SAL.EOak water barrels It
! cents each delivered to your home
Model Mfg. Co.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-10-03
HELP WANTED

HELP WANTED
AGENTS WANTED-Te work in.
farming districts. Highest cash
paid weekly with part expenses
Experience unnecessary FfdeE sup
pies. THE HAWKS NURSERY
CO., Wauwatosa, Wis.
WANTED TRAVELLER Age ~ to
so. Experience unnecessary. Sal-
airy, Commission and expense al
lowed to right man. J. E. MeBrady,
Chicago.
Wanted--Hi school girl to work
for her board and room and go to
school. Apply 500 Irvine Ave-
Adv.
WANTED-Ndan to conduct logging
proposition. Call 1928 Irvine. w.
A. Olesen.
Girl to wait counter at
+ the Union Restaurant. 302 End ST.,
Bemidji
WANTED Dishwasher at Meyers
Dairy Lunch.
WANTED = Dishwasher, Pilsener
Hotel
FOR RENT
FOR RENT-Two rooms furnished
or unfinished. Centrally located.
.315 7th St. Phone 510-J.
FOR RENT-Furnished rooms for
roomers or suitable for light house
keeping. Phone S51-W.
FOR RENT-Five-room house and
barn at SO per month. 1913
Park Ave.
FOR RENT-Furnished rooms. Mrs
A. E. Henderson, 600 Bemidji Ave
FOR RENT-Furnished room. sea
Beltrami Ave.
WANTED.
lWANTED-To hear from owner OF
good farm for sale. Send cash
price and description. D. F.
Bush, Minneapolis, Mimi
WANTED-Green Norway pine
closed cones. Price $1.20 pei
cwt At w. G.. Schroeder's store
WANTED-Second hand household
+ goods. M. e. Ibertson.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-10-03

Wanted 9Th school girl to work
for her board and room and go to,
school. Apply 500 Irvine Ave
Adv.
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y y X y y = - ~NElT - p - y
The Mexicans claim to be civil
lied, although they are 800 years be-
hind Europe in ability to kill each
other off.-Carlton County Vidette.-
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-10-03

WANTED-Man to conduct logging
proposition Call 1928 Irvine. w.
A. Olesen.