The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-08-09
PROSPERITY COMES
WITH 10y Atty TO
HOME COMMUNITY
G. h. Plattenburg, in chautauqua Ad-
dress, Says Residents Of Every City
Are Duty Bound to Join Boosters
TELLS OF MAIL ORDER DANGERS

AGAAo Ok NAIL O6UE6 UANfE6S
vawter System to Present Cour,e in
Bemidji Next Year supt. Kramer
Has Praise for City.
Bemidji's first summer chautauaua
has been held, and with success. So
much were the entertainments ap-
preciated that the business men of
the city have already signed q guar
antee for course to be presented
here next year.
Those who heard C. H. Platten-
burg. among them being many mer-
chants and professional men, who
spoke Saturday afternoon on Com
of Interest,"" are enthusiastic
in their comment, and refer to him
as splendid speaker with mes
sage for all citizens, whether resi-
dents of the city or country. His
address bore particularly upon the
relations of the rural district to the
home city but was not the dry issue
which characterizes the talks OF
many, being sufficiently seasoned with
wit to make it most interesting.
Those who failed to hear him missed
a treat.
Praise for Bemidji.
.In behalf of the management and
those connected with the 'chautauqua
I wish to thank the people OF Be
midi and express our thanks for the
support and cordial treatment we
have received while here,'' said
Charles Kramer, superintendent of
the Bemidji chautauqua, before leav-
ing to take charge of the Aitkfn
course. ss~-7-7-s=e
eve feel that we are powerless to
repay the people of Bemidji for the
debt we owe by merely expressing
thanks and gratitude and as our
general superintendent, H. A. Hedges.
said, You have. made forty new
boosters for Bemidji.' We do not
meet with the interest, co-operatten
and friendly feeling in every town
that we received in :Benid and ss-
pecial1y is this true of the 'BoosteFs.'
By Boosters we mean the folks who
make things a success, the live-wires
who get behind movement and push
for the good of the upbuildfng and
of community.
1--WE realize that these boosters have
been the means of bringing the chau-
tauqua to Bemidji, without thought
of financial gain, but only to under
take the task and wish that the town
may be benefited
.~ Loyalty a Necessity.
Mr.. Plattenburg commenced his
talk by preaching loyalty to the
home town and it's institutions, the
home county and the state. He said
that he came from the state Of Iowa.
the greatest state in the Union, and
next to Iowa was Minnesota.
Everybody in Bemidji," Mr. Plat
tenburg said, SHOULD be q booster.
If you do not believe in your town.
boost anyway and you may be able
to sell out and get away. There
are knockers everywhere. Every
one in a community, however, owes
duty to that community. There is
not business or professional man In
your city who does not owe COM
munity debt. We are all, Of neces-
city, our brothers keeper. Popula-
ton makes land values.
Land Values Higher.
"The larger and more prosperous
the town, the better its schools and
the higher the land values.
Bemidji should be as large as Its
trading territory, Dear down the
Chinese wall surrounding your city.
Stay at home and boost your own
town. Make it the best in the land.
If you have the wanderlust, II you
must answer the call to the Tar
said the speaker, "be sure
that the country to- which you are
going is better than the one you are
leaving. The same may be said Of
buying.
..Take your catalogue and make .
list of the goods you need, marking
the price after each article. compare
quality, and take into confederation
the freight or express. Go to your
local merchant and ninety times out
Of every hundred you can buy @
at home"
Pay Not One Cent.
Mr.. Plattenburg said that people
believed strangers before
friends and neighbors. ''The cata-
logue houses Of Minneapolis and Chi
cago pay not one cent toward the
Of your schools, your church
es, your library or your streets and
roads," he said. when you kill
your towns you do away with your
moral, educational, religious and so
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