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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-08-04

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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-08-04
1omhoY,

IOmUOy'
Verstegan gives the following origin
of the word "tomboy" as applied to
romping girls: "Tumbe, to dance; tum-
bod, danced; hereof we yet call a
wench that skippeth or leapeth lyke a
boy, tomboy; our name also of tum-
bling cOmeth from hense"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-08-04
Variable.

He-Do you believe that two can live
as cheaply as one? She-That depends
a good deal on the income and expend-
iture Of the one selected as the basis
Of Observation-Disclosures Times-Dis-
patch,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-08-04
HOW TO ANSWER BLIND ADS.

All ads signed with numbers, or
initials, care Pioneer must be an
swered by letter addressed to the
number given IN the ad. Pioneer en-.
ployes are not permitted to tell who
any advertiser is. Mail or send your
answer to Pioneer No. or Initial
and we forward It to the adj
veTtiser.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-08-04
Rich Ralationa.

Probably the worst thing about rich
relations Is the way they look down on
you because you are not rich enough
to look down on them.-Pittsburgh
Chronicle Telegraph. ~: .. Il
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-08-04

Ads to be classified prop
erly in the Pioneer want col
umn must be in before II
o'clock. Ads received later
will appear on another page
that day.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-08-04

The measure Of mans sin Is the
difference between what he is and
what he might be.-Jordan.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-08-04
Turkev Stone.

The turquoise, formerly known as
Turkey stone, derives its name from
the fact that the first specimens were
introduced through Turkey.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-06
CAMP HILLS CIVIC CLUB

-HERBVER you find a live,
W. energetic Civic club there
." also will You find a lively,
progressive town. In this
respect our little neighbor, Camp Hill,
is indeed fortunate. The Civic Club
of that pretty and growing suburb has
gotten so far along with its plans for
borough improvement as to be think
ing of a public library and a reading
room. Its committees are already
preparing to make Camp Hill a f1yless
town next summer and while the resi-
dence character of the borough is
such as to make unnecessary any
large contributions to charity, the club
is not asleep in this respect and has
appointed a standing committee of
three to see to it that nobody in Camp
Hill suffers for lack of food or cloth
ing.
The club called upon very we'll
Nersed and enthusiastic speaker
when it asked Miss Alice r. Eaton to
address it on the subject of public
libraries. Miss Eaton has done a
good work for Harrisburg and we pre-
dict success for Camp Hill il she is
interested In the enterprise:
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-06

NE simple John Tomkins once
said when the price of meat
~ made it impossible for him to
dine sumptuously as was his
wont on juicy steak or a prime
roast of beef-"For why should I
grumble and murmur he said; il I
cannot get meat L can surely get
bread"
One wonders what the optimistic
Mr.. Tomkins would add under present
conditions with meat high and still
soaring and the bakers threatening to
advance the price of bread.
One must pity the small baker, who
has been unable to take advantage of
the market and lay in sufficient
quantity of flour to insure him against
sharp and sudden increases in the
price of grain. He is, indeed between
''the devil and the deep blue sea-" He
has seen flour go up 50 a barrel in the
past few months and he has not been
able to increase his earnings by one
penny. Just what is going to become
of him in the present melee neither he
3
But one thing is certain, the Amer
ican people ought not to be taxed the
threatened additional one cent per loaf
in order that grain spectators may
send vast quantities of our foodstuffs
abroad. If Europe is willing to have
her men destroying each other in war;
fare instead of planting and sowing
and grinding and baking, why should
the United States encourage that sort
of thing by feeding the worse than
idle millions in camp and the trenches
The thing to do now is what we will
unquestionably come to at a later
period. We must lock the door before
the horse is stolen-if the animal is
not already on its way across the
ocean.
The government must declare an
embargo on wheat. European gov
ernments are absolutely Indifferent to
the interests of the United States, ex-
cept insofar as they balance with what
the rulers of the warning nations deem
to be for their own good. We owe
England nothing. We owe Germany
nothing. But we do owe our people
the reward of their own thrift and
enterprise. and we should see to it
that nothing stands between them and
the enjoyment of the bounty that ma
ture has given in the record-breaking
grain crops of last year. 1t is the
height of folly to starve our hard
working, peace-loving men and wo-
men at home in order that the soldiers
of Europe shall live on the fat of the
land and that spectators shall grow
rich with ill-gotten gains.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-06
SATURDAY EVENING,

demned outright or corrected to
bring them UP to standard. 1t has
been estimated by those familiar with
conditions that the loss to the consul
mer in these ways has been far in
excess during the average year of the
amount paid in school or road tax.
The dishonest dealer had been TAX
ing out of the pockets of his patrons
from a fraction of cent to as much
as two and three cents on every sale.
The total of such shortages when ap-
piled to any household grocery, butch
er or produce bill may readily be es-
timated.
The honest dealer has no complaint
to make. He realizes the Importance
of cooperating with the State in
this respect. With a vigilant sealer on
the job, he is no longer placed on un-
fair competition with the man who
has been cutting prices and quanti-
ties at the same time.
Anything that the Legislature may
do to promote the efficiency of the
Bureau Of Standards will be felt di-
rectly in beneficial way by the con-
sumers of the State.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-06
. STORY RITEN'
BY the Messenger Boy

Our boss is a good bit of humor-
lsk and | often wondered how he ken
so, with everyone botherin him every
two minutes with telefone calls or
rekwests for raises, or someone Jump
In him because somethin wasn't done
right the week before last. He don't
chew tobacco nor drink beer. and
only swears occasional, and I couldn't
fgger out how he was so good-natur
till the other day 1 hear him talkin
over the telefone.
Hello, is that you?" he sed, what
is it?-what l want for dinner to-
night?-well I dunno, aint had time
to diges my brekfust this mornin, and
haven't considered the kwestun of
dinner yet-what you say?-How
would I like a stuffed rib roast p
Hully-gee, that sounds good-Haw-
haw-haw- -hooray.-You're all right to
think of that-Yes, and be sure to
put the potates in the pan so they
get good and brown and-weIl you
know how"
After he hung up he was laf1in and
chucklin to hisself all day about that
stuffed rib roast he was to get at
dinner, till I wondered what there
was in the cookin of it that could
make a man think all day about it.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-06
SATURDAY EVENING, FEB. 9.
DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION

II, as intimated i'll the gossip that
travels up and down the corridors of
the State capitol, Governor Brum-
baugh has been asking questions
indicating that he has in mind an ef-
fort to work out the suggestion for a
department of conservation and should
be able to bring about, together
with his plan for agricultural prog
ress, ne will have done more than the
conservationists have asked of him.
Some people in Pennsylvania will not
agree to the idea that the Department
of Forestry which has built up the
millionaire reserve and established
the plans for systematic reforesta-
ton should sink it's identity in any
other department and the men fam
iliar with the work of the State Game,
Water Supply and Fisheries Commits
siona will probably feel the same way
about those energetic branches of the
State government.
Looking at the matter in business
like way, however, there is some merit
in the proposition to consolidate. 1t
would certainly reduce expense. The
merging of the field forces of the de-
partments would make the patrol
work more effective and if the State
police could be called upon by rangers
and wardens to aid in times of
emergency, so much the better.
Whether it will be practicable now,
when a couple of the departments
have on hand some great projects re-
quiring special skill to handle, is a
matter for thorough consideration and
study. Governor Brumbaugh is not
without high qualifications as an ad-
ministrator and will doubtless arrive
at his conclusions after he has had
time to make his survey and to prose-
cute inquiries as to the details of de-
partmenta1 business. The Governor is
not going to turn the whole State gov
ernment upside down or to curtail in
any way the notable conservation
work of the State. Instead, he means
TO further It all he can.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-06
A USEFUL ORGANIZATION

"HE Chamber of Commerce of the
United States in session at
Il Washington this week has set
before the country some very
decided views concerning the govern
ments relations to business. The only
trouble is that we have at the national
capital an administration not at all
responsible to public opinion SO eX-
pressed.
The purposes of the National Cham
ber of Commerce were very we'll set
forth some time since by John II.
Fahey, it's president, in an address at
Dayton, in which he defined the or
ganization as a clearing house for the
hundreds of local business organiZa-
tions throughout the country. AS vari-
Gus cities and towns developed trade
organizations which became more and
more useful, the need of controlling
body became more and more apparent.
The National Chamber was formed
through the efforts of President Taft
when he called a conference in WASH
ington, in April, 1912, of the represen-
laAiNGo Vi elll iOIoi vi
tons to give voice to the needs and
desires of the commercial organiza-
tions in all parts of the nation.
This Chamber is made up of men
who know the needs of the business
world through daily personal contact
with them. They are not given over
to the promotion of pet theories. They
are interested only in fair play for the
little merchant as well as the big
manufacturer, for the Chamber en-
braces all classes of commercial en-
terprise.
The broad and comprehensive scale
upon which those at the head of the
organization think and operate is evil
denced from the comprehensive, but
at the same time progressive and sane.
program outlined by the speakers at
Washington this week. How much bet
ter if the President and those who are
at his elbow would give ear intelli-
gently to the needs of our people thus
expressed, rather than to the follow
ing of will-of- f-the-wisps that lead but
to the mires of business depression in
stead of those utopian heights which
are in the vision of the theorists now
in charge of our national affairs.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-06
THE BUREAU OF STANDARDS
LEGISLATORS have very proper

T LEGISLATORS have very proper
ly advanced without opposition
- bill presented early in the
session designed to place the
State Bureau of Standards on a firm
and permanent footing. When this
Bureau was created Pennsylvania had
no standards of commodities to speak
of and the law prividing sealers of
weights and measures for cities and
counties was purely optional. Under
the administration of James Sweeney
the Bureau has been developed until
to-day there are about thirty inspec-
tors of weights and measures operat-
ing in the State and interest is grow
ing in the work continually.
At the instigation of Mr.. Sweeney a
net container law has been passed re-
quiring that all goods sold in pack
ages be distinctly marked with the
net quantity contained therein. The
savings thus affected alone would JUS
tify the maintenance of the depart
ment. Wherever communities have
established the Office of sealer it has
been found that hundreds of dealers
Intentionally or unintentionalIy were
giving their patrons light weight or
short measure, or both. Right here
PIN Harrisburg and Dauphin county
hundreds of sets of scales and scores
lof measures either have been con-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-06
WELL KNOWN PEoPu

Robert Swan, a director of public
works in Pittsburgh, is inspecting
Cleveland operations.
The Rev. r. NJ. Russell will leave
the presidency of Westminster Col
lege' to go to Chicago.
Judge M. b. Stephens of Cambria
county, is in favor of reducing IL
censes.
Park Snodgrass, OF Canonsburg,
has gone to Florida.
Senator Theodore c. Burton de-
nounced the ship bill as full of trou-
BILE, in a speech to Philadelphia hard
ware men.
-Bayard Henry has been elected
president of the Princeton club of
Philadelphia.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-06
Do Business
In a Daylight Way

The storekeeper who makes a
practice OF offering his patrons
something just as good" instead
of the advertised articles asked
for is doing business in the dark,
He is trying by subterfuge to
take advantage of the good will
created by some one else.
Nine cases out of ten the ar
ticles he offers to substitute is
inferior in quality.
1t does a positive injury to the
reputable manufacturer who was
building q reputable business in
reputable way.
1t is bad for the consumer
and in the end bad for the store
keeper
Deal with the storekeeper who
does business in an open and
above board way.
When you ask for an article
you saw advertised in the paper,
GET WHAT YOU ASK FOR"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-06
EVER TROUBLED THUsF
BY Wing Dinger

A friend of mine, who fixes ewes.
Told me to-day that he
Hears lots of funny things from folks
Who find it hard to see.
But probably the funniest
He's heard for quite a while
Is that which I'll pass on to you
I'm sure will bring smile.
1t seems chap went in to him
And said. "Say. Doc, you're wise,
Pray-tell me why I often see
Black spots before my eyes?"
Doc asked: when do you notice them
The most?" there was a hush
And then the answer came, when
Draw to diamond flush"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-06

He was in such a extra good humer
that he give me couple of messages
to q place where they always give a
tip to the messenger boy.
There is lots of women don't bother
to call up their husbens in the middle
of the mornin to asst what they want
for dinner in the evenin, but they jist
hash up any old thing that's easy TO
get. Lots of men don't care whether
they gets home on time for dinner or
not.
1t must be pretty nice to have
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-06
A. w1sBMAN. M. ID.

someone at home that knows list
what you like and trys to fix things
up the way you want EN-, so you feel
anxious to get home in the evenin,
and find your slippers ready to put
on, and hear her singin in the
kitchen while the kettle is a boilin
on the fire.
1 wisht | was 21 and had my job
reportin at four a week-Fd go and
get Sally Jane that lives across the
street and elope to Philadelphy or
somewhere.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-06
OH!

Johnnie: M a
told Pa you've
had that red nose
ever since t h Q
Civil War.
Uncle Bob: Yes,
I was. half shot.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-06
do YOU KNOW
That Harrisburg is one of the
big distributing centers of the
grocery trade in Pennsylvania?
SONG

She's somewhere in the sunlight
strong,
Her tears are in the falling rain,
She calls me in the winds soft song.
And with the flowers she comes
again.
Yon bird is but her messenger,
The moon is but her silver car;
Yea! Sun and moon are sent by her,
And every wistful, waiting star.
Richard LIE Gallienne.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-06
OUR DAILY LAUGH
WHAT'S THE
USE.

oh, Ethel, why
don't you use
your finger bowl?
What's the use
o. wastin' this
good jam, moth
er, when I can
lick my fingers.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-06
EVENING THOUGHT

The best way to keep good acts
in memeory is to refresh them
with new.-Cato.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-06
NE%Saf Saf R4lPSSFESAR

tFrom the Telegraph, Feb. 6. 1861
Big Artillery Duel
washington, Feb. GA heavy ar
uliery duel took place near the Ap-
pomatoX.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-06
Capture GuerriII

Capture Guerrilla Chief
cumberland, Feb. 6.--General Harry
Gilmore, another Guerrilla chief, was
captured to-day.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-06

Sherman Moving
Charleston, Feb. fisherman is
moving against Branchville.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-06
EVEN THEN.

My wife criti-
cizes everything I
do except when I
give her money.
My wife criti-
cizes me even
then for not giv-
ing her enough.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-06
MIHkAEE IHkAEEF5ESEyKS EgI KIS6155N

lFrom the Telegraph, Feb. 6. 1861
Chief Justice Here
Hon. Joseph Casey, chief Justice of
tne United states Court of Claims, was
in the city to-day.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-06

BegSars in Evidence
The Mayor has given warnings
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-06
Planting Shade Trno

, A large number of shade trees have
the citizens.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-06
THE FIVE CENT LOAF

s. :: ~: IS: : g: s: s.: ::': e :: 4:
dina s1Innntunnalv oe yas hi.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-27
WHEAT SETBACK FOLLOWS
VARIED PRICE OPENING
Domestic Crop Conditions More Than
Offset Strong Cables From Liv-
erpool at Chicago.

CHICAGO. April 37.-Nearly perfect
than offset in the wheat ma rket toda Y
strong cables from Liverpool. Reports
from Kansas In particular were that
the present outlook even surpassed In
some places that of last year. On the
other hand. word Of big decreases in
the acreage of Russia and France fall
ed apparently to bring about any
notable buying.
Opening prices which varied from u
Off to Y up, were followed by decided
setback all around.
Corn Yields to Selling.
Corn gave way under general selling.
Slowness of cash demand and the
weakness of wheat formed the chief
reason. After opening at Y decline
to II advance, the market suffered a
material sag throughout.
Commission houses. led by promi
nent elevator concern. took to the bear
side of the oats market. Field advices
counted against the bulls.
Firmness in the hog market tended
to lift provisions Demands, however,
was only moderate.
Foreign demand for future deliveries
here was less urgent than has recently
been the case, and there we're late bear
ish advices from Rome and the Darda-
nelles. The close was nervous, at / y
to 2A under last night
that gave promise of increasing corn
receipts prevented any important rally.
The close was steady, at IN to liza
1 * net decline.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-27
Building Permits.

Building permits were issued today
to the following:
Walter L. Redrow. to build garage
in rear of 1888 18th street northwest:
architect, NJ. r. Lamar: estimated cost.
$3.50.
Randall II. Hagner. to build dwell
ing at 2132 r street northwest: archi-
tect, Clarke Waggaman; builder. s II.
Edmonston Company, estimated cost,
s14.259.
4o06-1O New Hampshire avenue: archi-
tect and contractor, Charles E. Wire;
estimated cost. $500.
n Rout, to repair dwelling at 351l
14th street northwest: estimated cost,
5000.
NJ. E. Patten, to repair dwelling at
a1o1 Massachusetts avenue; estimated
cost, $3.50. ,.,; l.,
s. ]. Masters. to repair dwelling In
rear of 1918 Newton street: estimated
cost. $1,000.
Rose L. Easily. to repair dwelling at
a. Defrees street northwest: estimated
Robert c. King. to repair dwelling at
1908 Gallatin street northwest; esti-
mated cost, SIS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-27
WAR CAPT|VES ABUSED,
LORD KITCHENER SAYS

LONDON, April %, 5:22 p.m-War
Secretary Kitchener told the house of
lords today that British prisoners had
been insulted, maItreated and even
shot down by their German captors.
He made a statement to the house on
this subject in which he said, in part:
1T have been forced with reluctance
to accept as indisputably true the NAL
treatment by the German army of
British prisoners. The Hague conven-
tion has been fagrantly disregarded
by German officers. Our prisoners have
been stripped and maltreated in va
rious ways. and in some cases the evil
dence goes to prove that they have
been shot in cold blood. Our officers,
even when wounded, have been wan
tonly insulted and frequently struck"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-27
LONDON DECIDEDLY QU1ETER.
War News Restricts Dealings, Causes
Sag-Americans Close Easy.

LONDON, April 27.-Money and dis
count rates were steady today. The
stock market was decidedly quieter
The overnight war news restricted
dealings and caused a slight sagging
in most directions The war loan de-
clined a fraction, but the leading oil
shares were firm, and Japanese and
Brazilian bonds were frequently
marked.
American securities failed to hold
Yesterdays improvement, and closed
easy. A moderate amount of business
was done, with Atchison. Topeka and
Santa Fe and Canadian Pacific .he
most active shares.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-27

Warm weather prevails generally
east of the Rocky mountains, except
IN Maine. and Monday records for high
were equaled or broken at a number
o. points In the upper lake region, the
Ohio valley. the middle Atlantic states
ana southern New England. Moderate
temperatures prevail over the Rocky
mountain region and on the Pacific
slope.
There were local rains within the
last twenty-four hours in northern
New England. the upper Mississippi
and middle Missouri valleys. the west
gulf states and on the California coast
Fair weather prevailed elsewhere.
The indications are that the weather
VIII be generally fair and continued
warm tonight and Wednesday east Of
the Mississippi river, except that
showers and somewhat lower tempera-
lures are proba BILE in the upper lake
region.
Tide Tables.
Today-Low tide. 1896 am high tide
$50 am. and 6.e1 pm.
Iomorrow-L.ow tide, 1913 am. and
1.27 pm; high tide, SAP am and lib
pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose. 500 am; sun sets.
SAC pm
Tomorrow-sun rises. sos am; sun
sets. $40 pm.
Moon sets, 3.37 am
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
The following were the readings of the
thermometer and barometer at the wealth
er bureau for the twenty-four hours be-
ginning at pm. yesterday:
Thermometer-Yest erday, pm, IS; 8
pm, so; IL midnight. "a; today. 4 am.
81: am, 6S; - noon, 90; 2 pm. 90
Maximum. 95. at 1880 pm. today: min
imum. SO. at $50 am today.
Temperature same date last year
Maximum, 10 minimum, 81
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, pm.. 2ae4.
pm, 1898; IL midnight, 29.9S: today,
: am. 1884; am, 1896; 10 noon,
1892: pm, 1856
Weather in Various Cities,