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The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-08-01
THE w AR IN BRIEF

Our government did not declare
war on Germany. 1t declared that a
state of war existed, because Ger
many was already committing acts of
war on us.
Germany was sinking American
ships and drowning American citi-
zens, and declared her intention of
so continuing to do.
Property can be paid for. The
lives of peaceful and innocent people
cannot
Germany was paying agents to
burn and destroy American fac
tories.
Germany was trying to incite Mex
leo and Japan to fight us.
Germany was filling our country
even our government offices-with
spies and hostile agitators who "set
criminal intrigues everyw h e r e
afoot."
"Self-governed nations 60 not fill
their neighbor states with spies.'
The wrong against which we now
array ourselves are no common
wrongs; they cut to the very root Of
human life"
If we are beaten, what have we a
right to expect?
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-08-01
ANOTHER CANARD

Daily said
This
the
indicating
all the
conditions
could distinguish between the conditions of
a formal award. Come again, George!
journal not printed
the decision
gentle
decent people
would beauful mouth" Lillian
No n 8
office receipt long letter of advice economy in
editor
a censorship if will forbid
newspaper maxi o pckes.
they havet o
And
overpowering it there?
blocks wheels
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-08-01

What Germany has already in
flicted on conquered peoples.
Men driven into slavery.
Women driven into slavery worse
than slavery.
Huge indemnities that shall Grip
pie all industry and destroy the pos
sibility of happiness for every citi-
zen.
The loss of personal freedom.
In Germany the people exist for
the sake Of the military class.
In America the army exists for the
sake of the people.
The kaiser declared: "Onlv one
is master in Germany. I will tolerate
no other" Nothing more hence
forth may be settled in the world
without the Intervention Of Germany
and the German emperor"
Lincoln said: ga government of
the people, by the people, for the
people shall not perish from the
earth"
Wilson says: 1--WE must make the
world safe for democracy"
That is what this war means.
EVERY ONE MUST MAKE EV-
ERY NEEDED SACRIFICE. EVERY
ONE MUST GIVE ALL NEEDED
HELP.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-08-01
The Same in Crookston
Crookston Residents Speak Out for
the Welfare of the Public.

It is just the same in Crookston as
here in Bemidji; our friends there
speak out in the same glad, earnest
way as so many grateful Bemidji men
and women have spoken in these
columns for years past.
E. NJ. Hanson, $50 Hunter St.,
Crookston, Minn., says: II have used
Doan's Kidney Pills and have found
them very beneficial. I had a lame
back and it hurt me to stoop or lift.
I got Doan's Kidney Pills and after
using them a short time, I was re-
1ieved of the aches and palms."
Price 6Oc at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. Hanson had. Foster-Milburn
Co., Props, Buffalo, N. Y.-Adv. .
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-08-01

And never before has list of names been scanned
overpowerng interest. Was it there?
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-08-01

worthy has nothing fear from it's active foes
Stacker who blocks the wheels of progress.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-08-01
GEIER IS GONG AS HE CAME

P. to
daions could wish Since
IL as OF sterling
% his country soldier
al recommendations
to Uncle from Bemidt
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-08-01

We might with excellent results include congress in tt
y would have to obey orders and do something.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-08-01

In New York and Chicago branches principal
Ripley County democrat., 1917-05-11
Grow Navy Beans for
a War Crop.

Navy or field beans is one of
the easiest crops to grow in Mis-.
souri, and to the southwark.
Beans will make a good yield on
poorer soil than almost any other
farm crop; they may be planted
then on soil which would not pro-
duce a good corn crop. Even on
thin Missouri soils they will not
require fertilizers. They can be
planted late, after the spring rush
of. other crops is over. They will
demand only one-third The culti.
walton required for corn. In Mis-
souri, Q yield from 10 to % bush.
els may be expected in a favor.
able season and with average
care. These advantages together
with their high food value and
the ease with which they can be
stored make navy beans an ex.
cellent war crop.
Field beans should be planted
any time between June 10th and
the second week In July in Mis-
souri,. This gives time for pre-
Ivious plowipg the coil 10 turn
under weeds, frequent discing or
narrowing to Kill sproutlng weed
seed and permits settling the soil
and preparing fine seed bed be-
fore the beans are planted. II
the soil is handled in this manner
practically allthe weeds can be
killed and most Of the cultivation
completed before the beans are
planted.
The beans should be planted
20 pounds 10 the acre, inch deep
and about 8 inches apart in rows
20 to SO inches apart 10 admit
horse cultivation. Ifcorn culti.
vators are to be used, II is best to
make the bean rows the same
distance apart IS the corn 10
avoid changing the cultivstora.
AS soon as The beans are up,
they should Be thoroughly cult
waited to brvslsihe orust. Ifthe
soilis fine. this may be done with
|aspike tooth harrow with out kill
ing the plants, Only one or two
subsequent oultivatings vim be
needed unIess the land Il weedy.
Beans should he harvested
Ripley County democrat., 1917-05-11
For Potato Bugs Use
Arsenate Of Lead

In many places potato vines
are being eaten as fast as they.
appear above ground by The Col
orado Potato. beetle. While The.
plants are small and before any
eggs are laid, hand picking with
hold them in check, particularly.
in small patches.
Paris green is the most used
poison for this insect. II one does.
not have a spray pump, the dry.
paris-green may be mixed with.
90 times its weight OF air-slackeG:
lime and this mixture busted en-
the plants while they are wet
with dew. Paris green mixed
with water at the rate of 2 to g.
pounds to so gallons Of water will
liill not only all the young insects
but also the large beetles. The
addition OF an equal amount Of
quicklime reduces the danger Of
burning.
Rain will wash off the Paris
green, and II the mixture is not
kept thoroughly stirred, one is
apt TO not get an even application
with the result that some plants
are burned. An easier poison to
apply and one that will stay on
the plants longer Is arsenate OF
lead. This is mixed at the rate
'Sto 5 pound for the paste and
half as much for the dry powder.
to 30 gallons Of water. A second
application should be made At
the end of ten days.
Arsenate Of lead is one oi the
best poisons to use for all INSECTS
that eat. Sometimes it is dim
Quilt TO get either powder Or .
paste TO mix with water. II the
water IS added slowly and thoF-
|oughly stirred as added, no
Il.
Ripley County democrat., 1917-05-11
when tIis seeds are fuIly rEpe. d.

Whcu eic coouo ufo tuiiJ ripcs III
small areas the plants may be
pulled by hand. AS the stems
gel fully ripe, the roots rot suffi-
ciently that the plants frequently
may be gathered with horse
rake.
Small lots OF beans may be
threshed on q barn floor with q
fail or stick. II grown on a large
scale, special bean threshers are
best: the ordinary wheat thresh-
er is often used tho It is likely to
break some Of the seed. Skillfull
threshing machine men often
clamp a larger pulley on the cy.
Under to reduce the speed one
half, and remove one-half the
teeth from the concave.
II the beans are to be stored
after thrsshihg, weevil can be
kept ont during the entire winter
by fumigsting once with carbon
bIsulphide. II etored In large
quantity, 1 pound Of carbon biz
sulphide should be used for a
space 10 feet wide, 10 feet long,
and 10 feet high. The bin must
be tight to hold the fumes Of the
carbon bisulphide for "a hours.
Carbon bisulphide can be- poured
on top Of the beans. The fumes
are inflammabls, SO the work
should be done away from any
fire.
Ripley County democrat., 1917-05-11

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Apetition has been circulated
at Sikeston asking the school
board to employ no teachers ex-
cept those who will pledge them-
selves not to attend nor take part
in any dances.
| A drainage district comprising
$4,000 acres has been organized
in Mercer and Harrison counties
and the surveys are virtually
made for the shortening Of a go
mile stretch Of Grand river
through these two counties. \
After an attempt to .revive' II,
the Scott County Kicker, organ
Of the Socialist party in Scott
county published by the late Phil
Hafner for several years, has
been permanently discontinued
land the plant offered for sale.
Monday, Tom Rose, a promi-
nent farmer near here, took q
purchase Of sulphate of lead for
spraying purposes home, and his
wife mistaking it for soda, took
some as soda water, and made
bread ofit with this result that
she and the family we're made
violently ill.--Dexter Statesman.
Three weeks ago Cape Girar-
deau county decided to vote a 1
million dollar road bond issue
upon the county for road purpo-
SEES. The election was ordered
to take effect for some date In
May. The election has now been
Withdrawn from the fact that the
sentiment Of the people is decide
edly against such amount, for
road purposes.
The Carter county road drag
ing outfit has been delivered and
is to be given a try-out on the
Fremont and Alton road. The
tractorls q Taylor and Aultman
5000 machine and the grader. is
a Austin- Western and is o large
and very heavy machine. The
tractor weighs over 10000 pounds
and the entire outfit cost Carter
County 81. .12b.o0.
A Ford touring car, in which
Mrs. Walter Williams, Of Ad-
vance, was q passenger, turned
completely over on q turn In the
road leading from Advance to
Bloomfield. She sustained two
broken ribs and other injuries.
Johnny Thorp also Of Advance
was driving the car and was
pretty badly shook up. Evident-
ly fast driving was the cause Of
the accident.
The Frisco railroad and the
express companies operating
thereon are said to have come to |
decision hot TO provide trans-
portation for Intoxicating liquors
into dry counties Of the state any
loneer,--that is, counties which
have voted local option, And
this means practically sll iryl
counties, Carter county being the
only one which is dry without
having voted At local option ell
cotton,
I A jury In Kansas City awarded
an artificial limb maker 4 iudce-
Ripley County democrat., 1917-05-11
ROUND ABOUT THE STATE
Cleaned from Exchanges--Made by the Shears,
the Pencil and the Paste Pot--Some Origi-
nal. Some Credited. and Some Stolen.
but Nearly All Interesting Reading.

1SsSSsxSSSessS$$SssSsSASS
The SCOTT county wheat crop is
now estimated at76 per cent Of
normal.
Fredericktown officials are ma
king raids on resorts conducted
by disreputabls people.
Butler county farmers haye
J already applied for $4,000 in
loans from The Federal Loan
Bank.
A calf club has been formed In
Butler county, near Poplar Bluff
and nearly fifty Holstsins have
been ordered.
Shelby county has only $4,000
Inhabitants. but they are road
boosters, having contributed over
S5, 900 In cash, road material and
labor the past year.
Mr.. Farmhouse OF Ironton is
now Pure Food and Drug Com
missioner, vice Mr., Fricke, who
resigned. G. B. Cook OF Freder.
icktown has been re-appointed
Hs deputy.
The theatre at Pleasant Hill
built twenty years ago at q cost
of 5000 has been bought by
the Methodists for half that sum
and will be remodeled and used
for q church.
During the last fifteen years A..
C. Deaver, a county official OF
Monroe county, has paid out for
rent on q 1870 acre farm $50, 900,
This is said to be q record hreak.
or for a renter,
Many people complain that the,
< mail order seed houses fail to ship
X seed as ordered and refuse to ev-
en- return tho money. Moral, buy
your seeds at home from the
home merchant.
"A Springfield man has received
amoney order for 7 pounds, 10
ahillings, and 8 pence, amount-
Ing to $3.50, the amount Of pay
that was due his son who was
killed in the European war.
A man at Olean, Mo-, recently
sold walnut tree for $1,000. The
tree grew from q walnut which
was picked up on the lawn ef Mt.
Vernon, washington's home on
the Potomac. A house and an
acrs Of land was thrown In" on
the deal.
The Board OF Education Of the
Moorehouse school, has awarded
the contract Of building q new
s33, ,760 school Mouse II J. W.
Gerhardt Of Cape Cirardeau. II
Il estimated that the advance in
building material will cost the
district anywhere from 5000 to
$4,000 more than II would . year
ago.
No more conv;cta will be leased
Ia the Missouri penitentisry to
manufacturing firms with facto-
ries inside the prison walls. The
state ia getting rsady to take over
y ths plants. Many reforms are
being inaugurated In the prison.
and Missouri ia going to have the
model penal institution al the
4 world, ss...
The County Court of Wavne
Ripley County democrat., 1917-05-11

lSouk udu tufneu Out W bvuiu tuo
child who was croseing the road
when the boy, after gettingin the
middle Of the road, started to res
trace his way, and Cook was too
near then to avoid hitting him,
although he went into the ditch
to avoid suoh, The boys neck,
was broken and he died before
aid could be obtained. Witness
es exonerate Mr.. Cook Of any
blame in the accident.--Dexte
Statesman.
AT the close OF business for
April Monday, State Treas
urer Middelkamp filed o state
ment with Governor Gardner
showing that March 81 there was
a balance Of S7,087.785.71. Re-
ceipts for April were So, ,459, 1886. 4
OF, the disbursements So, lii, ,682.-
so, leaving the balance on hand
April 80, 81, ,4s2,0 ,037.92. The ball
ance in the general revenue fund
is SO, ,013, ,744.07 and in the Slate
school moneys 81, 1853, ,726.43.
There isa balance Of S29,9S4.76
in the game protection fund and
a balance OF S731, 1855 in the
Capitol building fund. The big
general balance and the balance
in the revenue fund will be ma
teriaily cut down in May by dis
bursements under the approp.
Ration bills recently enacted.
Maiden Merit; A miraculous
escape from q horriiyins acci-
dent happened at Melba, five
miles from here, on the Maiden.
Cairo line Of the Cotton Belt,
Tuesday morning, as the morning
passenger train to Cairo was ap-
preaching that station. A little
child Of Mr.. Post, probably two
or three years OF age, was crawl
ing across the tracks when obser-
we'd by the engineer, John WAL
lace, and the fireman, j. H. Da.
ton. Mr.. Wallace Immediately
reversed his engine, willie Mr..
Deaton hurled himself from the
cab In desperate effort to reach
the child and snatch itout Of dan.
ger. The locomotive, however
struck the child and ran half It's
length before STOPPING. To the
amazement Of all the little fellow,
a boy, was absolutely uninjured.
The heel Of his little shoe was
crushed off, but there was not u
mark Of any kind on the child.
Sikeston Herald: Thlrty-sev en-
thousand bales Of straw, enough
for $50 freight car loads, are be-
ing eaten uP-by fire at the south
edge OF Sikeston. Five immense
piles Of baled straw have been
piled up near the Frisco railroad
at this place since last August
awaiting cars for transportation
to Terre Haute, Ind, Thisstraw|
was bought from local farmers|
by Davis and Campbell for the
Terre Haute Paper Co., and was
to be used by the latter in the
manufacture Of straw board. AL
together Messrs. Davis and Cam.
pbell have over 900 car loads Of
staw piled at various places In
| the Sikeston district. About four
O'Clock Wednesday afternoon fire
was discovered in one Of thsI
straw piles here and an alarm was
sounded. Although the fire de-
partment quickly responded, thel
straw was too far away from
water connections to reach II.
With al the availcble hose inl
use, the department could got the |
water no closer than 1000 feet Of
the burning straw. Fortunately,
| the wind was from thenorth when
the FIRE started and carried the
flames away from nearby build-
|ines. The fire Is now burning
slowly, but steadily, without
rs 117 VA n In 4 z, 4 a W. 55f as /. /. 81 s.
Ripley County democrat., 1917-05-11

Mrs. Tom Baldwin OF Brown-
wood, Stoddard county, has been
awarded s51.500 in Circuit Court
at Poplar Bluff for 2,1e0 acres Of
land used by the Little River,
Drainage District for rightoi way
overflow basin. etc. She owns
from seven 10 ten thousand acres
more which viii be benefited BY
the drainage work and which will
be worth 800 to $40 an acre after
Il is completed, it is aaid.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-24

gallon, under average touring condi-
tions. No owner reported less than
twelve miles.
"A still more remarkable feature of
the information handed in by the
Campbell Saxon Company is the fact
that, so far as can be learned, not one
of the Waterloo district Peerless own
ers of the Model 56 has sustained any
tire expense caused by blow-outs or
worn out castings. In spite of many rec
ords of from 5000 to 10000 miles, it
is stated that all of the owners still
have their original Model 90 tires in
good serviceable condition.
The Campbell-SaXo Company reI
port is only one of many tributes we
have received recently concerning the
economical performance of the Med
ell Sc Peerless Eight" says Robert ].
Schmunk, sales manager of the Peer
less Motor Car Company. '1n all of
my automobile experience l have
never known of II so-called small.
lightcar showing betteF records than
those of the Model Sc for either gaso-
line or tire economy, Snd the Peer
less Model sc is in no sense what is
,opularly known as the small light
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-24
Postmasters Know Which
Is Most Beautiful Car

When the Paige-Detroit Motor Car
Company announced it's new models
under the caption 1.-THE Most Beauti
full Car in America" President Harry
NJ. Jewett declared that the slogan had
been presented to the Paige by the
public. How well justified Mr.. Jewett
was in this statement seems to be
proved by an innocent little postal
card, that arrived at the Paige fac
tory the other day. The card was
mailed from the small town of
Charleston, West Virginia, on Feb
ruary 12. 1t was addressed simply:
Foreign Sales Manager
The Most Beautiful Car in America"
L. S. A.
There was no individuals name. no
company name, no town. no state. vet
the card was delivered at the Paige
factory February Is.
First the postmaster in the little
town of Charleston had recognized
the meaning of the address and sent
the card on it's way to Detroit. Again.
the postal officials in Detroit had rec
ognized it and sent it on its way to the
Paige factory.
If that is not evidence that the slo-
gan is known and that it's application
is understood, Mr.. Jewett. wants to
know what is.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-24

f. A. MOSHER
f. a. Mosher, local manager of the
Fisk Rubber Company branch, has
just returned to the city after a week
or so spent in conference at the Fisk
Rubber Company's plant located at
Chicopee Falls, Mass.
Representatives of every State in
the Union were among the $50 branch
and district managers who attended
this sales conference. An elaborate
four-day program extending from
February - to 16, kept the visitors
busy every hour of each day. A trip
through the immense thirty-acre
plant of this big tire mandatory was
enjoyed by every conference delegate
and the process of tire making was
observed first hand through every
step from the crude rubber to the
finished product.
The daily sessions of the conference
were crowded with excellent address,
es by the various department heads.
These served to acquaint the field or
ganization not only with the men
themselves who are at the head of
departments but also brought every
visitor into better understanding of
the work of each unit of the vast
Fisk organization.
Sales and advertising plans for
1917 were carefully gone over and
other pertinent subjects We're taken
up such as manufacturing, insurance
and banking, system, credits and COL
lections, all applied in their relation
to the betterment of Fisk service and
the broadening of the Fisk plans for
even greater distribution of the Fisk
product than is enjoyed at present
One important subject brought up
in the addresses and in the informal
discussions of this conference was
that of ways and means to improve
and expand the Fisk free service
policy which is now available at every
one of the 127 Fisk branches located
throughout the United States. Fisk
free service is already in a class by
itself, for 1t really means what it is
called-free service. 1t means that at
any Fisk branch in the country, any
auto1st, no matter where he is from,
nor what make of car he drives, nor
what tire he uses may drive in and
have his tires and tubes changed, re-
assembled, inflated or inspected en-
tirely free of charge.
Mr.. MoSher states that this Fisk
conference was by far the best arrang-
ed and the most complete of any he
has ever attended. While all the con-
ference delegates enjoyed the expert
ence of meeting together once more
there was also a highly instructive
value to the conference which will un-
doubtedly help in the boosting of Fisk
sales throughout 1917 and improving
the already popular Fisk free serv-
ice.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-24
Women Autoists to Aid
In Event of German War


To take care of women and children
first in the event of an invasion. Gov
ernor Mccall, of Massachusetts. has
been offered the use of 1000 light au-
tomobiles and the services of a large
corps of trained women drivers. The
formation of this auxiliary brigade
was undertaken by prominent mo-
torist at the suggestion of women
drivers and is the direct outcome of
the motor car mobilization in the East
last spring and summer during the
preparedness campaign.
As soon as rupture with Germany
became a certainty, offers of cars and
drivers began coming in to c. :. Hen
shaw, Dodge Brothers dealer in Bos-
ton, and owing to the number or
women drivers who volunteered, 1t
was decided after conference with the
authorities that the most useful serV-
ice to which a reserve corps might be
turned would be the removal of wom-
en- and children from any threatened
area, practically every other branch
of activity having been covered in
plans already made.
1t is tie purpose of this reserve
corps to work in connection with the
women's organizations now preparing
for active service and it is expected
that in the course of the next few days
several hundred more women will be
enrolled.
Some of these women are already
expert enough TO act as emergency
mechanicians with the women's divi-
sion, thus releasing for actual military
service a number of men drivers who
would otherwise be unavailable.
Although only 1000 Dodge Broth
ers cars were offered to the Governor
Mr.. Henshaw states that from infor-
nation already at hand he would be
able to supply two or three times that
number of cars and drivers if called
upon. Mr.. Henshaw was the leading
spirit in the previous motor car mo-
bilizations.