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The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-08-14
Birds and Insects,


Within certain limits birds eat the
kind Of food that is most accessible,
especially when their natural food is
scarce or wanting. Thus they some
times tnjure the crops Of the farmer
who has unintentionally destroyed
their natural food in his improvement
Of swamp, or pasture. Most Of the dam
age done by birds and complained of
by farmers and fruit growers arises
from this very cause. The berry bear
ing shrubs and seed bearing weeds
have been cleared away, and the birds
have no recourse but to attack the cul-
tivated grain or fruit which have re-
placed their natural food supply The
great. majority Of land birds subsist
upon. insects during the period of nest
ing and molting and also feed their
young upon them during the first few
weeks. Many species live almost en-
Stirely upon insects, taking vegetable
food only when other subsistence fails.
1t is thus evident that in the course of
"a year birds. destroy an. incalculable
number of insects, and it is difficult
to. Overestimate the value of their serv-
ices in restraining the great tide of in.
sect life.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-08-14
MONEY IN. SEED
+ CORN THIS YEAR

I There will be money in seed corn
this year, .--... .srs
If you have a field that is well on,
better. developed than the average,
look. to, it we'll, and when the time
comes to- select, seed corn---Seed Corn
Week, which will be announced later
get in your, seed corn. :, It will be
in, demand, at high prices next spring.
The, fact that corn, is seriously be-
hind time this year should not lead
the farmer to think that there will
be no call for seed corn selection this
fall. The situation makes it all the
more urgent that seed corn should be
selected, if Minnesota is to grow corn
next year. Minnesota needs Mime
sota-grown seed corn, not seed corn
from southern state, for southern
grown seed corn does not mature
early enough to meet Minnesota con-
ditions.
The thing to do is to watch over
the patches that are most likely to
mature early enough to avoid frosts.
If extra pains in the way of added
cultivation will hasten development,
do not spare the pains. Cultivate,
Then get ready to select seed corn
Select seed corn from the best
areas. Make ready silo for the rest
that which is not likely to mature
before frost time''
If you have any of last falls sup
ply of seed corn left, save it for next
spring.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-08-14

Then it suddenly righted itself, and
the aviator, with a long graceful
glide, landed within ten feet of the
starting point
Other amusement features of value,
supplementing thevmany educational
attractions, will include, "a $24,50O
speed program for horses on the first
five days of the fair. The early clos
ing events have filled well, and the
St. Paul 2:13 pace and Minneapolis
2:16 trot, each for purse of $4,000,
will prove exceptionally good. Forty
eight horses are entered in the classic
St. Paul pace.
Original Teams.
Auto polo by the original Hankin.
SON teams that played so long at
Madison Square Garden, New York
city, will be staged before the grand
stand each day and evening. A spe-
cial automobile program for large
prizes will be held in which some Of
the worlds leading drivers will par
ticipate. Great interest is being talk
en- in this event. Three stages of
vaudeville before the grandstand
afternoon and ! evening will enforce
the other amusement features.
Each evening of the fair a great
scenic city will be attacked by every
instrument of death known to modern
warfare and completely, destroyed.
tThe War of Nations,' as it is called,
will occupy scenic setting $50 feet
long, embracing 10000 square feet of
canvas painted in Gil. Over 300 per-
sons will take part A Belgian city
will be represented.
.:E"s Defense Prepared.
In anticipation of an attack
trenches will be thrown up around
the beleaguered city, barb wire en-
tanglements made, mines laid,@ wire
less stations, erected, gun pits dug,
and high-power searchlights located,
all in full sight of the audience. Then
suddenly a fleet of aeroplanes and
Zeppelins will come hurtling out of
the darkness dropping bombs. The
roar of heavy guns, the binding
flashes from armored automobiles,
and the bursting of mines fill the air
with an unearthly, din. The city Is
completely destroyed. -.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-08-14
Prosperity On: the Flirt.


Who said Prosperity was not flirt-
ing with Uncle Sam?
If you are a doubling Thomas, OF
a pessimist, or whatnot, just listen
to- this and then "buck up''-anG
work up.
Statistics just issued by the de-
partment of agriculture at Washing.
ton, state that the product of the
soil in the United States this veal
will beat all world records.
Here are just few Of the figures.
Wheat, 966,00O,000 bushels; corn
2,918, 8,000,000; oats, 1,402,000,00Oi
barley, 217,0oo,000; rye, 100000;
buckwheat, 100000; white. pota,
toes, 431,000,0O0; sweet potatoes
100000; tobacco (lbs.) 1888,
100000; hay (tons), 75,000,000; ap
pies; EOS, 5,000,000; peaches, 10000,
00O.
According, to- government. experts
bumper crops all along the line arr
expected, with the result that tht
United States will market this veal
the greatest yield Of foodstuffs II
all history.
And with Europe fighting instead
of producing it is easily to be seer
that it is only a matter of a few
weeks or months when the American
farmer will be literally rolling in
gold
Now cheer up, and smile again!
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-08-14
HOW OLD ARE YOU MENTALLY? =?

Berkeley, CAL, Aug. 14.-Never
question a woman's age.
Dr. Henry H. Goddard, professor
of psychology at the University of
California summer session, says we
all have two ages, a chronological age
and a mental age. They are not
always the case. One may be from
two to five years older mentally than
in actuality. In such a case one would
be known as abnormally. bright. Or,
on the other hand, if one is back
ward in school, it is probable that
he is younger in mentally than ac-
tually. An imbecile who has passed
twenty years in this vale of tears
may be only two years old mentally.
DR.. Goddard recently described
the Binet tests for mental detectives.
According to these tests, children are
asked certain questions and on the
basis of their answers, grade as to
mental. age. Questions are asked
which do not depend on instruction
but come within the common knoWl-
edge of every child. For instance,
a normal child of five should be able
to- copy square. If the child un-
der observation cannot do this it is
an indication that he is under five
years, mentally. Of course, the re-
suit of one question asked would not
be taken as final evidence of defect.
A, long. list of questions are gone
through, tests of touch, sight and
other senses made,> before the child
is definitely classed as defective or
feeble-minded.
Years of study by Binet, De Sane
tis and other scientists were neces-
sary to compile the tests. Many
hundreds of normal children had to
be examined before it could be de-
termined VIII at knowledge a child
Of any given age should have. The
system. as now perfected is in use in
most. of the modern schools of the
country.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-08-14

Art Smith, the boy aviator who is
proving such sensation at the Fris.
co Exposition, is to appear at the
Minnesota State Fair, Sept. 6 to II,
as one of its star amusement attrac-
tons. He will give performances
day and night throughout the entire
week.
Smith is the acknowledged King
of the Air. He has turned over
thirty loops in succession in. one
fight, a.. feat which has never been
approached by any other aviator.
Nor does he loop the loop in the GUS
tomary way. His. machine looks like
falling leaf when executing the
loops, and the last loop has been
executed as near as 300 feet from the
ground.
First Attempted.
The night performance given by
Smith has never been attempted by
any other aviator. Rising in the dark
he repeats his afternoon act, his move
ments in the air being indicated by
means Of a series of colored lights.
Green, red, and yellow lights predomi-
nate. Just before he turns his last
series of loops Smith releases fire
works display, and turns time after
time in the blaze of light which re-
Suits. - @-... .- e.
"On his opening day at Frisco says
an eyewitness, "Sn1ith eclipsed any
thing ever seen here. Looping the
loop was a small part of his act. Ris-
ing, he drove his bronze-colored bi-
plane into the teeth of a thirty-mile
gale far out over the Golden Gate.
Suddenly he seemed to lose control.
His machine tumbled over and over,
backward and forward. TWenty-one
times he looped the loop, The crowd
gasped. -. =. .....-..- .
Everyone Thrilled.
"Then he thrilled everyone in earn
est. He dropped his biplane to with
in 1000 feet Of the ground. Sudden
ly it caught it's side to the wind. A
gust caught it and the crowd groaned.
1T seemed that he was about; to meet
the fate Of Lincoln Beachey: His
machine tumbled about in. the wind
like a box kite with the string cut.
Over and, over it Topped and rolled.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-08-14
Dependency Due to Indigestion.

: 'tAbout. three months ago when ]
was suffering from indigestion which
caused headache and dizzy spells and
made me feel tired and despondent, ]
began taking Chamberlain's Tablets u
writes Mrs. Geo. Hon, Macedon, N.
Y. "This medicine proved to- be the
very thing I needed, as one days
treatment relieved me greatly.
used two bottles of Chamberlain 8
Tablets and they rid. me of this
trouble" Obtainable everywhere
Adv.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-08-14
The Clerk Guaranteed It,

"A customer came into my store
the other day and said to one of my
clerks, have you anything that will
cure diarrhoea?, and my clerk went
and got him bottle Of Chamber
lain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy, and said to him.; If this does
not cure you, I will not charge you
a cent for it, So he took it home
and came back ein a day or two and
said he was cured" writes j. II.
Berry & Co., Salt Creek, Va. OBJ
tainable everywhere.- Adv.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-08-14
Our Slogan:
"Bemidji $4,000
Population
in 1928"

Mayors, bank presidents and other
men of prominence in the CONNER
cial and political world are taking a
course of military training at Platts-
burg. N. Y, and are serving as pri-
Yates in the ranks. It is one of the
new methods adopted by the govern
ment for the national defense in the
event of a foreign invasion, and
should appeal to every man who has
the slightest degree of reverence for
his flag and his country.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-08-14

money for personal expenses. His
expenses, including transportation
and costs up to the present time, are
less than 500. OF this amount a
part was used for a mileage book
which at this rate may last him for
several months. He seems not to be
courting. personal publicity but is
bent on being a governor Of the state
to which exalted position the people
have elected him.-Belgrade Tribune.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-08-14
si.si sstS'ti i.t's ~ ~ - 4ss4+S Si.Sfe /
! PAsTURIKa YOUNG CLOVER. !.

6 ~ go (
= Overpasturing during the fall !. !.
is a fruitful cause Of failure 5
the clover crop. Many. !.
farmers who have succeeded in {
getting a good growth Of young !.
s. !. clover cannot resist the tempta- !
- ton to turn their stock on to it /.
3. after harvest, allowing the ami
T mails to eat it down as close as :
+ they can. This is a great mis- .
+ take, as the young plants need
:. all their leaves at that time to :
:. gain strength for the next sea-
& sons growth and to protect
!. them from being winter killed. I
I. II there is any danger of the
3 clover becoming so far advanced :
= as to- form heads it would be !.
=. better to run moving MAJ. +.
+ chine over the field, setting it to :
I. cut as high as possible, so as
!: :. not to injure the crowns of the !:
= clover plants. By removing the !.
!. dividing board the clover will !.
+ not be left in punches, but will :
+ be spread evenly over the field. ,
Z. The ground is thus cleaned Of /:
- weeds which may have sprung .
:. up since cutting the grain, and a Z.
mulch is formed that will aid in I
+ protecting the young plants dur .
Z. in the winter. After the grain
= has been removed it pays to turn
+ in a few hogs or other stock for
!. "a week or ten days in order that /.
+ the waste grain may be cleaned !.
= and thus saved, but don't pas
= ture5sthet young clover continu- :.
=, ously from that time until late
= in the fall if good growth of.
+ clover is wanted the following :
q, spring.-1owa HOn, :: cad,
s, =. 4 ,s. 81 ,ss i, 4. 4, 4. 4, sf.j
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-08-14
Fo7HRENI.


FOR RENT-FuFnished modern ro0ul
with private sitting. room. 1923,
4 MfnnesOta Ave. Phone No. 317-R.
FOR RENT@Two ONCE rooms. Ap-
plyeWst q. s66hroedsrs5
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-08-14
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X EDITORIAL, EXPLOSIONS, X
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other ways of spelling Northern Min
nesota.-Northern Minnesota.

Andrew Fritz, state public exam
liner, is being afavorably mentioned as
q candidate for secretary of state on
the Republican ticket at the next
election. Mr.. Fritz; is: a resident of
st.. Cloud and has an extensive &C
quaintaneeS Throughout, the state. He
s=;populars and should he enter the
raceswould; become a formidable can
didate. Mora Times
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-08-14
HELP WANTED.

MANAGERS y Capable ambitious
/ young men wanted ass Travelling
and States Managers;7 $1,000 90
/. yearly salary, and expenses; or
cash, and commission. Also. local
representatives wanted; $l2,O9
weekly salary and :, commission.
Goodwear Hosiery Mills. q Dept u,
Trenton New Jersey. -
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-08-14

Whiles Minnesotans are enjoying
the sblessednessr ofa reposefulr sleep
att night the St. Louisan ( is not so
fortunate,z although he may be- ex-
periencing better corn weathers The
Globest DemoGrat5Eof that 9citya says:
''Thdse are the dog days once more;
and without breeze the night become
as<doggoned as thefs days. Little
Fails ssTranscrfptE -
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-08-14

WANTED -Haymakers, by the day,
. on shares or by the ton. Inquire
of A. P. Ritchie at the postof1ice
WANTED-Dinings room girl, good
wages Telephone Lumbermen's
Hotel5 ,Bena, Minnst
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-08-14

WANTED-Boarders and roomers,
gentlemen preferred; at 1110 Be-
midji Ave.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-08-14

WANTED Kitchen girl at the Mark
ham hotel. Apply at once.
WANTED-Girl.sf for: general house,
work. 612 America Ave..
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-08-14

How the maild carriers whoat use
bicycles and motorcycles will love
the postmaster general. He has ore
dered the discontinuance of all the
above machines, whichanumber4Rbout
5000, because he says they will not
carry sufficient quantity of mail,
nor is the same protected from rain.
Strange. 5he-;has just discovered this.
All the recent orders by the postof1ice
department will have the effect of
making the Wilson administration
strong--ni It = saltwater Gazette.
- 49,
Governor Hammond has been in
office NEARLY half year and during
that time he haseproven to the 3peo-
plas sofcMinnesota thatvher isaa stay
atehomsagovernor,r an official who is
constantly on the job. Furthermore
he is spending little of the states
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-08-14

WOMEN- Young or middle aged,
] wanted as special represent tatives
in9homes'town;t $1,000 weekly sal
/ ary and commission. Also State
and Travelling Managers wanted;
+. $1,000 yearly salary and expenses,
] or cash and commission: Goodwear
Hosiery Mills, Deptss7, Trenton,
/ New Jersey"
Smyrna times., 1915-08-11
HANDED DOWN FROM PAST
Queer Legaeies That Remain TO Re
mind Mankind Of His Savage
Ancestors.

Run your forefnger round the rim OF
each ear. You are almost sure TO find
in one OF them. and quite possibly in
both, a tiny hard lump.
II is only a relic Of the days when,
inrDlmerable hundreds Of centuries
ago. man was only one Of the animals
Of the wild. and had a pointed ear.
like a VOLTS or dogs.
What good is the little furrow that
runs down from the nose TO the middle
Of the upper lip? None. But II. too,
has a history. It is legacy from the
time when the human upper lip was in
two parts-a hare-lip. like that Of the
rat tribe. The split has healed up long
ago, but the new skin is so recent In
the history Of the race that hair re-
fuses to grow on that furrow. a writer
In the Philadelphia North American
observes.
When a fy settles on you anywhere
can you serenely twitch that patch OF
skin and shake him on? Probably not;
but once these old skin muscles, now
almost dead after centuries OF clothes
/ wearing. we're as active as those OF a
horse. A few-a very few people-can
twitch their ears like a dog. and do so
instinctively when startled, and cases
do occasionally occur In which the
scalp can be moved at will.
In one very interesting case mem
toned In medical books the man could
hurl books a couple of yards away
simply by twitching the muscles on
the top Of his head. But. generally
speaking. our skin muscles are even
more dead nowadays than our ear
muscles. We've neglected them. The
only set still in use are those we en-
ploy when we want to raise our eye
brows
The appendix Is another thing we
could do quite well without II is a
relic from old vegetarian days II has
been workless ever since mankind
started meat eating and is apt to gel
In the way.
The large intestine. too. Is a thing
we really don't need nowadays. The
many coils Of this lcng tube are kind
to the doctors, but are quite unneces
sary, now mankind has become I
hesh-eating animal. and merely pro
! vide a resting place for germs W.
don't really need TO carry a great In
. testine about with Us.
Another thing we don't need mucl
| nowadays is the instinct TO walk Of
} hands and feet together. You thinl
} walking upright the only natural wa,
| for mani II isn't. II ever you hav
/ 10 make your way along some narro'
plank or some narrow, dizzy mountaii
? ledge. you win find the old instinc
strong In you.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1915-02-18
MaSiker Stories Tell of Lost Barber

Dick Turpin, the barber who was
lately lost for hours out among the
hills of Morrow county is not the fret
one to wander among the canyons in
eastern Oregon, as in Carson Masiker s
story of the pioneers of the Cos he tells
of Portland barber who was sent out
INTO that country to look after the
effects of man who was murdered
while driving pack train from Can
yon City to The Dalles, says the Opti-
mist of that city. Mr.. Masiker is now
a resident of the Odell district.
The barber mentioned had transacted
business and started home on horse.
back with the mail carrier. Sometime
between the John Day and Deschutes
he stopped to tighten his saddle girth,
the mail carrier went on over the hill
and the barber couldn't find the trail
and wandered for four days bnt did not
strike road. He killed his horse but
couldn't cook the meat and could not
eat it raw; he wandered a day afoot,
then concluded he could eat raw horse
and wandered two more days trying to
find the horse. On the seventh day he
struck a trail and found food and
shelter.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1915-02-18
NEAR BY SCENIC
HIGHWAY POINTS

Between Benson Point and the city
of Hood River are some of the most
beautiful points to be seen along the
Columbia highway between Hood River
and Portland. Benson Point, itself, is
a boulder-msde promoutory jutting
from the Columbia canyon just at the
top of Ruthton bill. Ii is here that
some form o. testimonial to ). Benson
is proposed. Already the point is used
as turn around. and many visitors
from the city drive this far and stop
for the excellent view before returning
to the city.
At Benson Point the sightseer gets
an unexcelled view of the Columbia
river. The Morton place, leased by the
Purity Dairy, lies directly beneath, the
rows of growing crops and meadows,
the willow skirted sloughs of the Co.
lumbia and the green water of the
pools, the barns and houses of the dairy
farm. all form a pleasing picture
viewed from this eyrie point. The
Point. itself, with a wind tossed and
battered pine tree at the very verge,
and with its sides covered with deep
green moss, seems the product of some
giant landscape artist.
Just east of Benson Point is the home
of W. 7. Price-Cliffside. Mr.. Price
has cleared the canyon top in front of
his residence. thus getting the benefit
OF the view Of the river. At the edge
of the canyon he has built little ru
tic house, where the weary pedestrian
may sit and look at pastoral scenes of
the dairy farm or the broad sweep of
the majestic river. Just east of Mr..
Prices place is the home of j. W. Hin
richs. In front of MIR. Hinrich's resi-
dence is point that for the view it
offers, both up and down the river, is
unsurpassed.
Passing on to the east one comes to
the lookout point of the Wau-Guin-Guin
tract, the house built there held in
place by cables, for the winter wind, if
the house we're not anchored, would
soon sweep into the river level below.
-Guin-Guin, itself, and the falls Of
Phelps creek there, have been so often
described that every one in the county
knows of them. Most of the people of
the valley have visited the scenic spot,
which has been beautified by Robert
Rand, its owner.
East of Wau.Guin-G Guin is the DeHart
place, now in charge of E. j. Copper.
The DeHarts have summer home on
the very edge of the perpendicular
cliffs of the Columbia. The site of this
home cannot be surpassed on the noted
Hudson or the Rhine.
The road leading out to Benson Point
is SO little used by the people of the
county that it is really not appreciated
at its full worth. That is, the scenes
that it affords the man travelling for
pleasure are no appreciated. After the
winters thaw the highway now could
not be travelled by any one with very
much appreciation. But soon it will
become part of the Columbia high
way. and bids fair to become one of the
most popular stretches in Hood River
county.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1915-02-18
A Personal Statement.

There are so-called "honey and tar"
preparations that cost the dealer half as
much but sell at the came price as the
original and genuine Foley's honey and
Tar Compound We never offer these
limitations and substitutes. We know
you will buy Foley's whenever you need
a cough syrup if you once use it. People
come long distances for the true Foley's
over thirty years the leading remedy
for coughs, colds, Group, whooping cough
bronchial and la grippe coughs. For
sale by Chas. n. Clarke.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1915-02-18
Apple of the Garden of Eden
(Atchison Globe)

II is our theory that the apple which
,aused the upset in the Garden of Eden
was a Ben Davis.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1915-02-18
Of Local Interest
Some People We Know, and We VIII
Profit by Hearing About Them

This is purely local event.
1t took place in Hood River.
Not in some faraway place.
You are asked to investigate it.
Asked to believe citizens word.
To conform citizens statement.
Any article that is endorsed at home
Is more worthy Of confidence
Than one you know nothing about,
Endorsed by unknown people.
81 suffered from gravel for four or FIVE
months from backache," says Mrs. A.
of 1910 Seventh St., Hood River.
"When | heard of a neighbor having
used Doan's Kidney Pills with good re-
suits, gave them a trial. Less than
one box fixed me up all right and have
not had any trouble since. | am glad
to confirm what said about Doan's Kid
ney Pills, when | recommended them
some years ago"
Price Soc, at all dealers. Don't simply
ask for kidney remedy-get Doan 8
Kidney Pills--the same that Mrs. Samuel
had. Foster-Milburn Co., Props, Buff
fslo, New York.