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The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-12-09

Carter Cutter, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
S. A. Cutter of this city, arrived in
Benlidji last night from Norwich,
North Dakota, and will visit his par
ents until after the Christmas holi-
days. Mr.. Cutter is assistant cashier
of the state bank of Norwich.
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ELIMINATE MIDDLE
BOARD'sPLAN
Says That Such Condition Is Found
in Operation Of Government as
Well As in Private Business.
WOULD MEAN LESS EXPENSE
Also Adds to 1nefficiency is Conclusion
of Economy Commission Should
Follow Shortest Plan.
(By J. S. Pardee.

st. Paul, Dec. 3.-(Special to the
Pioneer. )-"Eliminate the middle
man."
That has a very attractive sound.
OF course that doesn't mean that all
the jobbers and retailers are going
to quit business. It would be alto
gether too much trouble for man
to drive out to the farm every time
he wanted peck Of potatoes or
make journey to the factory when
ever he wanted a pair of shoes. 1t
would be equally expensive for the
farmer or manufacturer to hunt up
his customers. It does mean that
business ought to proceed along the
most direct lines. Products should
follow the shortest road to market.
All commodities should follow the
shortest path from the market to the
consumer. That is the sensible
meaning of any talk about eliminat-
ing the middle man.
Is Attractive Cry.
1t is just as attractive a cry in
government as in business and it
means exactly the same thing. 1t
cannot mean that the governor will
sweep out and inspect retail stores,
and do the washing and ironing at
the institutions, and arrest frebugs,
and cruise the forests and do several
hundred other things that the state
is attending to. 1t will not mean
that the governor, himself, will over
see all these things. 1t does not
ernment should be direct and not in
terrupted 1t should not stop every
few steps to go around a bend.
All Referred to Him. =
The state has been referring every
thing to middle men. Every time
we set up something new we have
another middle man. We appoint a
board and put it where the people
could not reach it OF one side nor
the governor on thefother. We call
it taking tout Of politics." and
we have kept that up until we have
succeeded in A'divorcing> the govern
ment from the government.
The small boy was notSvery bright
when he cut hole in the barn door
for the old cat and a little hole for
the kittens. The state has far sur
passed him. The state has made
new door for each new kitten. We
have been welded to the government
by indirection We have been null
tiplying middle men in the state gov
ernment.
Adds to Expense.
In trade it is complained that the
superfuous middle man adds to ex-
pense and adds to inefticiency. In gov
ernment the superfluous middle man
makes any calculation of expense or
efficiency impossible.
The plan of the efficiency commits
sion is to eliminate the middle man
in government:
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-12-09
TO ASSIST CHARITIES.
Study Club Votes $25 for Its Use
Mrs. Battles Now Treasurer.

The Woman's study club at its
meeting Monday 80 afternoon voted
from it's funds $25 for the use of the
Associated Charities and Correction
society for the relief Of the city's
needy families. Mrs. C. E. Battles
was chosen as treasurer of the club
to succeed Mrs. B. W. Lakin, re-
signed. a
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-12-09
(American Press)

London, Dec. 9.-WarsaW, the cap
ital of Russian Poland, is now threat
ened from the north. German forces
from Mlawa are pushing fe-Vard
along the railroad le&ding through
Novo Georgievsk to the Polish cap
ital. Their lines extend twenty
miles east from wherefthey are now
engaged with the Russians.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-12-09
TO COST ABOUT ST, 100000

Northern Pacific Orders New Cars
and Coaches.
st. Paul, Dec. '9.-Prospects of in
creased business has resulted in the
Northern Pacific railroad contracting
with the Pullman company for cars
and coaches to cost ,S1,522,O0O.
The contract calls for delivery OF
the new cars by May l, 1915. They
will all be of the most modern type
and be used on, ten transcontinental
trains.
The order includes forty-seven day
coaches, seventeen baggage cars.
twenty-five mail and express cars, six
dining cars and tWenty-one sleepers.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-12-09

Paris, Dec 9.-Advancing along
the La Bassee canal, allied forces to-
day are endeavoring to push forward
in a general movement to gain con-
troll of an important highway from
Roulers to Lille Lens and Arras.
German resistance in this section is
reported as great weakened by heavy
Withdrawals of troops for other
points.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-12-09

Morris Lurie, of the Paris store,
returned to Bemidji this morning
from Brainerd, where similar store
was recently opened.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-12-09

Edwin A.. Merritt. Jr., representa-
tive in congress from the Thirty-first
New York district, died at his home
in Potsdam. He was. formerly speak
er of the state assembly and was one
of the best klewn &Repubicans in the
state, ~fs.s:l. :iSz# 81" = :
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-12-09

Miss Louise McCready was operat-
ed upon this afternoon at the st. An
thongs hospital for appendicitis.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-12-09

Ribbon feed and a hinged screen
for new laundry mangle prevents
injury to the fingers of operators.
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= * & 4 x x x x * x X x
GRAND FORKS BAY
BY Ruth Ldmibe.

Iz-I-s = = = = - - - y y y x x 4
Miss Delphine Anderson of Hal.
lock, Mimi, who has been the guest
Of Esther and Iva Westeen for the
past month, left for their home at
that place Monday afternoon.
W., H. Graf of Grand Forks spent
Sunday with his family at their cot
tage at the Bay.
Mr.. and Mrs. Adolph Buchanan OF
Calamoose, Iowa, are the guests Of
their son and daughter-in-law, Mr..
and Mrs. A.-W. Buckman at the Ha-
gen cottage = "
Miss Ada Nisbet and little niece,
Janette, Nisbet, came up Wednesday
from Grand Forks to sojourn awhile
at the Bay. -.
Mrs. b. Brechet, who has been
quite i'll for the past two days, is "a
pidly improving. -H ~.~= =.
. Mrs. Lena Hagen has had put in
a long flight of cement steps down
the hill, in front of her home the
workmanship Of which is a credit to
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Walker where he will argue several
motions before Judge C. w. Stanton

Walker where he will argue several
motions before Judge C. w. Stanton
today.
The class OF men who liv. from
hand to mouth are not the men who
are doing the things In business
way. Get into the thrifty class. Start
right by saving some money and hay-
ing it at interest with the Northern
National Bank.-Adv.
Miss Grace Baker of Detroit, Mich
lgan, who has been the guest of her
brother, George T. Baker, and wife,
for the past three weeks, left yes
terday afternoon for Aylesbury, Sas-
katchewan, Canada, where she will
visit her sister before returning to
her home
Mrs. Frank Lane entertained yes
terday afternoon in honor of her
daughter, Mrs Helen Smith of Jack
son, Michigan. The guests were
Mesdames Kruger, Montague and
Beckeley. Sweet peas and ferns
were used in decorating and dainty
lunch was served
The Hotel Radisson, Minneapolis,
shows an interest in your comfort
and welfare that extends beyond
merely providing a place to eat and
sleep and gives you better accom-
modations and service than any other
hotel in the twin cities. Popular
prices.-Adv.
Mrs. O. L. Dent and sister; Miss
Beryl Brown of Minneapolis, who
has been a guest at the Dent home
during the past month, will leave this
evening for Minneapolis During
the absence of Mrs Dent the cottage
at Grand Forks Bay will be occupied
by Mr.. and Mrs John Hedeen.
Miss Elizabeth Eberline of Bemidji
and Miss Jennie Moen, formerly of
this city, but now of Thief River
Falls, and Mrs. Joe McTaggart, also
of Bemidji, left yesterday morning
for Duluth, from which city they will
take the Great Lakes trip. They ex-
pect to return in about two weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred LaFavar, for
merly of this city, but who now re-
side in St. Paul. and R. O. McGrath
Of St. Paul, left this morning for
Itasca Park, where they will spend
several days before returning to St.
Paul. They arrived in Bemidji yes
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.erday morning, making the trip by

terday morning. making the trip by
machine.
Miss Clara Dicaire arrived today
from Grand Forks and attended the
funeral of Alfred Neumann. Miss
Dicaire was bridesmaid at the
Neumann-Begsley wedding three
months ago. She will return to
Grand Forks this evening where she
is cashier for the Red River Valley
Power company. D.
Mr.. and Mrs. Osmer Draper Of
Harvey, North Dakota, are visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Latimer Of Tur-
tie River. They will remain until
Monday and while here will enjoy
fishing in the lakes around Turtle
River. Mr.. Draper is an engineer
on the 500 Line. Mrs. Draper is a
niece of Mr.. and Mrs. Latimer.
The Eckles Farmers club was en-
tertained at Meadow Lake farm, the
home of J. C. McGhee, Wednesday.
The club is composed Of twelve IA
miles, each of which was represent
ed at this meeting. They are as fol-
lows: L. A. Gould, George Day,
Tom Brennan, George Brennan, Bar
ney Gibney, H. E. Bowers, William
Dandlicker, Lars CUMBERLAND, George
Wilson, George Dobson, J. A. Klung-
seth and J. C. McGhee The Onion
Growers association of Bemidji was
represented by ]. D. Lunn and v. M.
Owen Other guests were Ole Olson
of Bemidji, Mr.. and Mrs Ole Stor-
troen, and Charles Runyan of Wilton,
Miss Ellen Storlie of Iron River, Wis
consin, and Hiram, Bonnie and Alice
Grow of Bemidji Seventy-five peo-
pie partook of the picnic dinner,
which was spread on the tables at
the edge of the grove, facing the
lake. A bountiful repast, such as
the Eckles ladies know how to pre-
pare, was finished with course of
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he new contracting firm.

the new contracting firm.
Miss Marie Miller Of Lima, Ohio,
IS expected UP Monday to spend her
vacation with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs J. H. Miller, who are camping
at Omach S.
Misses Esther Westeen. Ruth Lam
be, Iva Westeen and Ruth jennings.
We're party of young people who
spent Wednesday at Rock Point pic.
nicking. A good part of the way
down and back was made on foot
and the remainder Of the way was
made by auto. The afternoon was
spent at the Peterson cottage, and
towards evening a delicious supper
was enjoyed. The day was ideal for
a picnic, and the best breeze in the
country blew over Rocky Point all
day.
Mr.. and Mrs: JOS. Kennedy Of
Grand Forks are outing at their cot
tage for the month of August at the
Bay. Their son Lawrence is spend
ing few weeks enjoying the lake
'breezes with his parents. T.
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ice cream and cake. At the business
nesting I'D. Lunn and v. M. owen
explained the future plans of the
Onion Growers association and also
talked on cooperation Of the farm
.ers. The members agreed that the
farmers must form cooperative or
gan1zatlon, owned and controlled by
themselves, SO that they may receive
the highest possible cash price for
standard product in desirable mar
ket. IT. E. Bowers and l.. A. Gould
We're appointed committee to col
lect the clubs exhibit for the county
fair. The next meeting of the club
will be held at the home of Lars En-
berland, Wednesday, September 2.
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Miss Julia Brennan of Gully is
spending some time in Bemidji.
. For Wood Phone 129-Adv
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs
Doure of Thirteenth street, this
morning.
Mrs. D. L. Stanton spent today at
Glen garry, Walker, where she was
the guest of friends
Save money. Phone 553 for your
groceries, ADV.
Mes'iames John Guthrie and Geo.
Keiser of Turtle River spent yester-
day in Bemidji shopping.
Miss Edith Ryan is spending her
vacation on Star Island at Cass Lake,
with Miss Inez Buckland
The New Bemidji,' get one For
sale by All Dealers.-Ady
Mrs. NJ. P. Harrigus and two chill
dren of Turtle River were in the
city on business yesterday.
Miss Gertie Anger left this noon
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NO REASON FOR It
When Bemidi Citizens Show A Way

There can be no reason why any
reader of this who suffers the tor
lures of urinary disorders, the pains
and dangers of kidney ills will fail to
heed the words OF a neighbor who
has found relief. Read what a Benz
idji citizen says:
Mrs. P. Schoendeman. S14 Bemidji
Ave., Bemidji, Mimi, says: Zone of
the family had trouble from his
back and kidneys, caused by hard
work. He suffered badly from lame
ness across his loins Whenever he
stopped he could hardly get up
again. Two years ago, while living
in Brainerd, he was having so much
trouble that he knew he had to do
something. Doan's Kidney Pills were
recommended TO him as the best
remedy for kidney disorders and he
began taking them. In a short time
he was rid Of the trouble. Since then
he has taken Doan's Kidney Pills
occasionally and has always had
quick relief. We have great faith in
this remedy
Price soc, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy
get Doan's Kidney Pills-the same
that Mrs. Schoendeman recommends
Foster-M ilburn Co., Props, Buffalo,
". Y.-Adv.
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About The City

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Phone 3 l about it. -sa. =.
Band concert every Friday night at
the city dock.
The fall term of court for this
county begins September 8.
The great Minnesota state fair will
be held September to IL.
The Red Lake Indian fair will be
held on September 3, and 5.
The next meeting of the county
commissioners will be held on Tues
day, August IS.
That the state meeting of the Uni
ted Charities association will be held
here Sept. 26, 81, % and 20. The
state commissioners will meet here
at the same time.
The adjourned meeting of the
General Conference of Chippewa In
dams of Minnesota will be held in
Bemidji August IL. Twelve thous-
and Chippewas will be represented.
That the 1914 fair of the Beltrami
County Agricultural association will
be given Sep; ember 16, II and 19.
Many features have been secured and
the exhibition is certain to be a
greater success than ever before.
Realizing the value of bright and
interesting local columns in making
paper welcome in the homes of it's
subscribers, the Pioneer asks it's
readers to assist by phoning all
news items to 81. Favors of this
kind are appreciated by the publish
ers.
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Under thu management Of Fred Brinkman
TONIGHT

The Colorado Motion Picture Co. presents Josephine
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Artificial rubber as by-product OF
the manufacture of steel may be
possibility as English scientists are
experimenting with is production
from coke oven gases.
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ADDITIONAL WANTS

TOO LATE TG CLASSIFY
FOR SALE Six-year-o1d mare, new
buggy and harness. Inquire
Chas. Billadeau, Nymore.
FOR SALE---Tailor shop, doing good
business. Also line of shoes to sell
on commission. The only tailor
shop in town. Also does big PAM
torium business. Reason for selling
poor health; much change climate.
Address C. M, care Pioneer.
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ILLUSTRATIONS TROn PHOTOGRAPHS
OF THE STAGE PRODUCTION
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a simple, unpretentious life, with the
neighbors dropping in for a word or
two, exchanging recipes for mullins
and debating the proper way to sea-
son stew.
There was neither charm nor COM
fort for her in the vista of rooms open
ing out from the spacious library. The
brocaded chairs were straight and
didn't rock. They were high-posted
and stilted compared to her own low
seated little rocker in the cottage.
When she sat back in them, stifly
and awkwardly, her feet didn't even
reach the floor, but dangled restlessly
above the priceless rug that was one
of her husbands newest purchases.
All big crises in life are the re-
suits of trifles. 1t took the merest
incident to crystalline SHADES thought
into action. Mary had picked up
portion of the paper after it had
dropped from her husbands hands.
She started to read the printed page
with all the serious Importance of
little child trying to do something
very big and grown-up.
Suddenly her eyes lighted with
pleasure and a tender smile of pride
and delight Illuminated her features.
In turning the pages she had sud-
denly discovered picture Of her hus-
band, under which she read a simple
but significant line:
Daniel s. Slade, Possible Cover
nor"
"Oh. Dan." she cried, happily. isn't
this a fine picture of you. could
almost imagine it was going to speak
to me-"
Then she paused a little wistfully
and doubtfully before she asked:
"But do you really want to be gov
ernor?"
Want to be-"
Slade caught his breath as he re-
peated her question.
Want to be-when every aim and
ambition the last few years had been
made in the one direction, toward
the one longed-for goal-political
| power! Want to be-when years be
| fore he had turned his eyes on the
governors chair and had been bat
ting grim1y, silently, persistently
| toward that end ever since! Want to
| be-when that was his one ambition,
the one thing he had yet to achieve!
He sighed YEARLY to himself. That
Mary could ask that question was the
best proof of how irrevocably they
had drifted apart. Living in the same
house with him, eating at the same
table, day ;after day at his side, the
little woman knew no more of his
real self or his ambitions than the
merest stranger.
tits nice story about yer, Dan,
Mary went on. all unconscious of the
struggle going on just few feet away
| from her-the struggle between the
heart of man that calls out to the
companion of his youth. the sharer Of
his joys and struggles and the brain
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Tin-Horn footing Writing"
middle Of the road" he continued.
land I'm making up my mind to
change things"
Suddenly Mary's lips quivered and
a hurt look showed in her eyes behind
the misty tears as she realized that
whatever she did irritated her hus-
band. She started to speak, but was
interrupted by the entrance of serv-
ant, who announced that Senator
Strickland and his daughter had just
phoned to say that he and his daugh-
ter would call on their way to the
opera.
SHADES face flushed and paled at the
thought-fiushed at the pleasurable
surprise at this unlooked-for attention
from the senator, and paled as he
thought of the senator's stunningly
gowned daughter arriving to find his
wife in cheap, ill-fitting dress that
would have looked badly even for
morning wear.
MARY. you look like steerage pas
senger," he exclaimed suddenly, turn
was aghast at the very thought of a
call from the senator and his daugh-
ter 60 upstairs and dress. I'll
make excuses and hold them till you
come down."
Il can't" she gasped, Il amt got
time, anyway, and 1 haven't anything
to 60 to the opera in"
Slade leaned forward and struck
the table with his clenched fist Don't
you understand? You must see these
people. Tonight's paper names me for
governor. Strickland's influence is
more necessary to me than any other
mans in the whole state. He controls
the party. He's bringing his daugh-
ter to my house. You're meeting them
socially. Come on, now, come on
he became persuasive-"puto on a nice
little gown and come along and show
them you can do something, Wen
hold a reception here and it'll be a
direct answer to Wesley Merritt's slur
on you in tonight's paper"
Go to the opera with Katherine
Strickland-with a women who had
just returned from Europe-the wom-
an who had dined with a queen and
been feted all over the continent Hold
a reception-hostees in this house
where she felt, save for her Dan, a
stranger Meet people who spoke in
what to her was a strange and alto
gether unmanageable fashion-with
an accent she did not recognize az be-
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longing to her own plain western
speech.
Mary caught her breath with SOB
of dismay. The very thought pAsG
lyzed her. Il can't, Dam" she hnaA0
managed to blurt out I'D do 49,
thing else for you-but not this"
III not ask you again." replied
Slade, ominously, and poor Mary. too
excited to interpret the threat. picked
up her sewing and her newspapefs
and made for the door.
Tell them" she exclaimed breath
leaslY. tell them had . heAdAcheE
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TO entertain here. You'd hive me sit
back and take it easy and-rust."
You deserve everything you've got,
Dan." answered Mrs. Slade, incense
quentially. entirely losing the point
of his TRADE. You struggled like q
dog. Nobody knows, only you and
me. We've been through it together"
Well" demanded Slade eagerly
and hopefully. why don't you march
along with me then, Nary"
His wife turned to him earnestly.
For a moment Dan Slade thought the
woman he loved was about to rise to
the occasion.
rDan," she said, I'll tell you some
thing. These expensive laundries ruin
your shirts right OF. and when
washed 'em they lasted a whole year.
They amt ironed right. either"
"Oh, my God!" groaned Slade, help
lessly. plying her lack of understand
ing rather than being angry with her.
Il wish you'd forget, Mary, that l
had to let you wash and scrub once.
We're up now. Let us kick the lad
der out from under US and stay up
forget how we got here"
But / don't want to forget" remon-
strated the little wisp of a woman OPP
posite him. Il was perfectly content
ed those days. / amt now. I hate
this house. / hate 1t. It's too big.
The help scare me, SO many of 'em.
I'd like jest one hired girl and my old
sitting-room set" She stopped medi-
tatively. her thoughts wandering back
to the early days when her husband
took his pick and dinner pail and
tramped on to the mines, and she
sang as she bent over the washtub
and busted herself at the kitchen
stove
Her husband sat with face averted,
his imagination carrying him far into
the future-a vision of honor as chief
executive of the state and power in
keeping with the untold riches he had
accumulated.
That's it," he finally exclaimed, 81
want to go ahead and you want to
stick over your washtubs. 1 need the
support of big people-got to mix with
'em, and be one Of 'em. And you
won't"
mo. l don't have to-" replied Mary,
II needn't"
you don't see the necessity of join
ing me?" he asked, testify.
II don't know how"
do you want to know how?" he
persisted.
NO." came the provokingly indiffer
ent answer.
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Open daily except Sunday from 3
TO 5 p. m. Board of Trade rooms,
Ocala House block.
Louise e. Gamsby. Librarian
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tnars q fashionable enough excuse
anyway" And, terrified. she fed 90
of the room as Katherine Strickland
and her father were announced.
Continued Tomorrow
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of. man that demands the glory Of
power and the fulflment of ambition.
But, Dan." questioned Mary's
gentle little voice, who's The Cover
nor's Lady?''
His wife, of course" snapped Slade.
What does it say about your"
He reached over and took the paper
from her hands. leaned forward ca
gerly toward the light and frowned
as he read:
Should Daniel S. Slade, the ex-
miner, ex-town marshal, ex-sheriff, .ex-
United States marshal, ex-land boomer
and multimillionaire, arrive, 1t will be
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The story is direct narrative
Of a fancied incompatibility be-
tween a self-made, iron-willed man
and the humble, home-lovin0
wife Of his early struggles.
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oCALA PUBLIC LIBRARY

Continued Tomorrow