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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-04-12
FOR WAR BREAD NOW.
Could Save 125,00o,o00 e'eusssIs }sAf
Wheat 4: Year, Says Nrooman., ~,

Could Save 125,ooo,ooo e'eushsIs gsaf
!, Wheat \: Year, says Nroonan., ~
A suggestion that American millers
might render great public service In
the campaign to, prevent "a war. short
age of food by converting into -four ia
greater percentage Of milled wheat was
made In an authorized statement by
Carl Vrooman.J assistant secretary OF
agriculture
mo step could do as much to in.
crease our food supply Immediately"
wrote Mr.. Vrooman, las to put the ma
ton on war bread basis"
He pointed out that, while the pres
ent milling standard in this country
converts only about y per cent Of the
wheat berry into -four, England has
adopted an 81 per cent standard, Italy
IS per cent, Switzerland 80 per cent
and France II per cent, and all of the
belligerents are making bread from
wheat flour mixed with rye, barley.
corn and potato flour.
"Now, before necessity ptnches us
these are facts which should be consid-
cred in all their possible practical bear.
ings," he said.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-04-12
What is Anuric?
The New Discovery for Kidneys.
Rheumatism and Back ache.

Send 10 cents with name of this paper,
gical Institute, Buffalo, N.Y., for a large
sample package of Anuric: 1t will con-
vince any one suffering from kidneys,
bladder, backache, that it is many times
more active than lithia, and dissolves
melts sugar; besides being absolutely
harmless, it preserves the kidneys IN a
healthy state by thoroughly cleansing
the uric acid which causes rheumatism,
govt, sciatica. Anuric is an insurance
agent against sudden death. Send to
Dr.. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y, for free
book on Diseases of Kidneys.
St. Paul, Minn-"For years I have
back ached terribly, also my head let
the papers of DR.. Pierce's Anuric Tab
lets, and having known of Dr.. Pierce
and some of his medicines I decided to
one box but have been greatly benefited
box to cure me, but know that the An
first box, as already my backache has
almost entirely disappeared. certainly
advise everyone suffering as l did to
take DR.. Pierce's Anuric Tablets
Mrs. F. F. MARSHALL, 1907 Gaultier St.
St. Paul, Mimi am taking DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription with the
best of results. A few months ago
suffered with dizzy spells and woman's
trouble. l studied up my case in the
Medical Adviser and decided to try the
'Favorite Prescription 1t gave me i'm;
mediate relief and has strengthened and
toned up my entire system. l can't say
enough in praise of this incidence
Mrs. Nick SMITH, 23O Granite Street.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-04-12

ance In his schools probably ~ per
cent or more, as was the Case in these
counties; when he realizes that i'm
proved roads will bring consolidated
schools resulting in better teaching Tor
his children; when he realizes that
good roads and motor transportation
enlarge lis community, promote neigh
borliness and make cooperation among
farmers more common and effective be-
cause farmers can come together more
often and more easily, he will approve
any substantial good roads program
that leaders may wish to propose.
He will not only approve it, but help
It along with his time and his money.
He must be shown, however, by facts
and figures where such a program
leads. He must assimilate these facts.
and time will make that not only pos
sible, but certain. When he has done
20 and is convinced the good roads pro-
gram will be on with no fear of letup
But can we then stop in our cam
paign Of education and expect things
to run US they should indefinitely?
Certainly not. Once the program Is on
We need to know how to conduct 1t.
We need to be convinced as people
that If 20 to 30 per cent Of the roads in
any county and in the state are made
permanent roads probably they will
handle effectively 80 to 80 per cent Of
the traffic. We will need to under
stand road building so as not to over
capitalize any stretch Of roads-in
other words, not to put more money
into the improvement of any strip Of
road than its ton mileage will warrant
We will need to know and to insist
that the location Of permanent roads
shall be determined by the traffic they
bear and may bear in the future and
not by the within or influence of some
property owner or owners with an Ak
to grind.
We will need to appreciate above ev.
srything else that when the initial i'm
provement has been made only the pre-
nminary steps have been taken and
that proper maintenance is absolutely
essential. We will need to know as
people that proper road building and
maintenance must be delegated to the
direction of men trained for the work
and that they must be given ample
authority to 60 ahead as their training
and judgment dictate.
Above all, we as farmers will need to
know that with the coming Of surfaced
roads and rapid and easy transporta-
ton the increase in potential value OF
the land will necessitate its more ef.
ficient utilization, which in turn will
make necessary a well educated, in.
dustrious and progressive citizenship.
An educational program for good
roads in the past has been an invalu-
able aid to the creation Of good roads
sentiment. It is rapidly bringing about
the capitalization of this sentiment
into a public opinion which will result
in action. It must 60 farther than that
and serve as a constant guide that our
acts may not be wrong or futile and
that the program We undertake may be
intensely practical and along such lines
~ win best serve our communities and
our state.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-04-12

The Bemidj; Pioneer Is anxious
to publish all the local and society
news possible and would appreciate
it very much If anyone having noW1
Of that character would phone %.
or mail the details to tho BemldU
Pioneer
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-04-12
RED CROSS FOR ANIMALS.
Society Organized to Care For Them
On Battlefield.

Society Organized to Care For Th0m
On Battlefield.
To do work for animals that the Red
Cross does for human beings is the
aim of the American Red Star Animal
Relief, which has been organized sunder
the auspices Of the American Humane
association by Mrs. James Speyer, Mrs.
Frederick W. Vanderbilt, Mrs. tOrme
Wilson and other society women of,
New York. In case of war the society
proposes to send nmbulances and sur
geons to the battleields to care for
wounded horses and dogs in the serv-
ice. 1t also plans civil relief where an.
imals are affected by plaques, famines
or epidemics.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-04-12
The price remains
the some!

Leading merchants the nation over are this week
featuring .Styleplus Clothes $l7. Today more
than ever before this price stands out to the
nation. The Style, and the Quality of these
clothes, and their Guarantee of Satisfaction
have, created new standard of value at $l7
from Maine to california;
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-12-05
PERIL IN HAIR DYES
Munitions Workers Use Explosive
to Get Auburn Tint.
British Official Issues Warning Against
Practice Which Is Fatal
to Health.

London.-An official of the explo-
slves department of the ministry Of
munitions has uttered warning
against the practice, disclosed In q
West London police court case. among
munition workers of using T. N. T.
powder to impart to their hair a
chestnut or auburn color. The par
ticular powder mentioned was tetryl,
variety of T. N. T.
"Oflicially, I am unaware Of the
practice" said the official, "but IL IL
does exist II is most dangerous
one. The familiar pigmentation Of
the skin. due To handling this explo-
sive is not. in itself, serious mat
ter, for 1t wears off after time. but
poison, and toxic jaundice and de-
Mathis may result. Those continually
doping the scalp and roots of the
hair with T. n. T. would lay them
selves open to this obstinate COM
plaint, but, apart from this. the eff
feet of the stuff on the hair cells and
Tissue is in no way persistent. A yell
loNiSn nue. Ildy ne Impaired, Dut
viewed purely as an ornament it Is in
effective.
''Picric acid, on the other hand,
which gives a deeper shade. is quite
harmless, and can be handled with i'm
punity: but di-nitrate-benZene and
tctrachlorethane (uscd for afrplane
wings and eliminating beetles from
Westminster halD Is much worse"
II canpot conceive any woman,
however vain, placing herself in the
position of acquiring disease by in
oculatlng the scalp with T. n. T." de-
clared a well known private analyt-
cal chemist. "She can, if she wishes,
chew IL without disaster, but to rub 1t
is fatal from health point Of view."
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-12-05
fATTENS men IN
NEUTRAL LANDS
Kaiser Sends Conscripts Abroad
Before Entering Into Ac.
tive Service.
CUT DOWN RA1IONs At HOME
Germans Take Food From Invaded
Territory and Export IL to Scan
dinavia to Keep Up Pretense
Of Shipping Food.

London.-New information of high
German food supplies has been obtain
ed. Submarine crews are now the best
fed of any of the fighting men in the
whole German service. This has been
ordered to attract men to it.
At the same time 1t is Gcrmany's
intention to do most of its submarine
recruiting among the men of its mer-
chant marine service because of the
high mortality in the undersea work
and the necessity of saving the regular
naval officers and men for the high
seas fleet.
Food camouflage.
In order to send per cent of Ger
many's foodstuifs to Denmark and
Sweden, this amount, it is stated, is
being withdrawn from persons in occu-
pied territories. 1t Is considered vital
ly necessary as propaganda that Ger
many should be able to make Il pre-
tense of sending food outside.
To help counterbalance this expor-
tation, 1t is known that in recent
months Germany has been sending a
considerable number of conscripts into
neutral countries to fatten up, prelim-
mary to active service.
The shortage in food in many big
manufacturing centers has led to the
return home of many highly skilled
Dutch and Scandinavian workmen, de-
spite high wages offered. Others Pc
riodically go home to put in few
weeks on better rations, returning
again to obtain the higher wages.
The latest food statistics from Ger
many, which cover a period from Au-
gust to the present time, indicate that
new flour was placed In market in
Berlin during August, whereas a year
ago 1t wasn't done until November.
This was imperative because of the
shortness of the potato crop in some
sections. Seven pounds weekly is the
flour ration now, as compared with
ten and half pounds last year.
There has been heavy increase
in the price of condensed milk through
out Germany since August.
Causing Night Blindness.
The dearth Of fodder Is the most
dangerous aspect of the food situa-
ton because Germany is trying to
maintain a large amount of live stock.
The ration has now been reduced from
go grams to 200 and 100.
Germany's leading medical men are
now more frank than ever before in
statements that malnutrition, il con-
tinued long, will mean the elimination
of the weakest and explain that night
blindness is the disease now spreading
in the fatherland just as it did in
the wake Of the famine in early Pc
RODS of history.
Neutral doctors testify to the in
crease in cases Of pcrforation of the
intestines as result of the lack Of
food. A report just issued by insur-
ance companies declares malnutrition
is exceeded only by military service rs
the cause Of the greatest number of
deaths.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-12-05
SWISS TO GET LESS BREAD
Plea to Economic Accompanies Gov.
eminent Notice of Reduced
Ration.

Berne, SwitZerland.-Notic Of the
reduction in the bread ration for
Switzerland from go to 225 grammes
daily, beginning December /, has been
accompanied by an urgent plea from
the government To the people To econo-
mlze on two pounds n month from the
card allowance. This saving would
amount to 30 carloads of flour each
month, or enough to stretch the avail
able supply of flour in Switzerland
from February To March.
The Swiss are urged, above all, not
TO follow the example set in the first
month of the card regime when on the
last day oil the leftover tickets were
utilized to hoard flour.
The present allowance of $50 grams
Of bread is based ON all the supplies
on hand and on the probable Swiss
harvest. A still further reduction be-
low 225 grams is probable unless the
Swiss answer the governments appeal
to save bread until flour supplies ar
rive from America.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-12-05
JOFFRE LIKES SHORT POEMS
Hero of the Marine Carries Them With
Him to Read in the
Train.

Punishable that the Immortals may
elect Marshal Jolfre member of the
institute has evoked many stories of
the great soldiers appreciation OF liter
AZURE. One of the best concerns n
young poet who, on the eve of the
marshal's departure for America, pre-
scented him with q slender sheaf of his
poems.
Joffre, who is fond Of souvenirs and
who brought back hundreds from
Misunderstanding cards of invitation
and banquet mcnus-took- the manu-
script. Then desiring to express his
appreciation, he looked at it and said:
Poems? oh, yes, like them" Then
after a pause: "rhey are just the right
size to slip In ones pocket to read In
the train"
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-12-05
CAMOUFLAeE IS ANCIENT ART
Expert Tells Artists Trojan Horse Was
an Early EXample-Used
in Civil War.

New York.-Camoutlage is ages old
Macmillan Toch, adviser to the United
States government in the art, told 4
meeting of artists and architects here
at SaY its birth in the day of the an,
cientS." he said.
''You all know how the Greeks cap.
turcd Troy by the strategy of conceal
ing warriors in the wooden horse.
shakespeare wrote of camouflacc
too, in Macbeth Confederate sol.
dlcrs in the Civil war We're camou'
tagged by their uniforms of gray that
blended with the dust of highways "
Mr.. Toch explained.
The artist explained that he and q
staff of fellow-workers have been max,
ing visible objects as nearly invisible
MS possible. He said one important
center was camouilaged only after &C
experienced men had worked four
weeks.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-12-05
WHITE PLAGUE FIGHT is ON
Red Cross to Care for French
Women and Children In
France.

Parls.-The bureau Of tuberculosis
of the American Red Cross in Paris
is comforting with the French authori'
ties concerning the care of women and
children In France affected with tu'
berculosis. 1t Is expected that the
American tuberculosis bureau shortly
will begin work on special institu'
ton, where 1t will take care Of a GER
tain number of these cases.
The Edith Wharton Sanitarium for
tuberculosis Patients, which is sep
arate institution, will be ready for
patients November 10.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-12-05
TICK EDICT IS LIFTED
North as Well as South Profits
From Release
Quarantine Against Cattle Fever 10
Raised From Great Section
In the South.

Washington, d. Can order signed
by Secretary Of Agriculture d. F.
Houston lifted on December 1 from
65.520 square miles in the Southern
states the federal quarantine against
movement Of Southern cattle. II Is
Of great Importance to cattle raisers
and dealers of Northern states, as wen
rs those Of the South.
In regions infested by the cattle
tick IL has not been held safe to i'm
port better stock for the Improvement
In Southern herds because cattle
freshly brought in from regions where
the tick Is not prevalent are espe-
cially prone to sicken and die from
the fever germs carried by the blood
sucking parasite. The federal quar-
antine against the cattle tick, on the
other hand, has prevented the ship
ment of cattle from infested sections
for use as stockers and feeders in free
territory and permits their shipment
into free territory only under quar-
antine restrictions and for immedi-
ate slaughter.
The release of December 1 is the
largest amount of territory ever liber-
ated at one time since the federal
campaign against the cattle tick was
started in 1906, and, added to 5,23i
square miles freed in March and Sep
TENDER, will make 1917 by far the
greatest year so far in the annihila-
ton of the tick.
Nine Southern states benefited by
the release order. The largest benefl-
ciary was Mississippi, which was en-
tirely freed from quarantine and OPEN
cd broad avenue of tick-free ter
rltOry from the Northern states to the
Gulf of Mexico.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-12-05
C00TIE TRENCH SHIRT HERE
Vermin-Proof Garment to Be Made by
Hundreds in New York
Factory.

New York.-A model of the latest
thing in trench fashions-the vermin-
proof "cootie shirt"-has just been re-
ceived here, and the American fund
for French wounded is planning to
turn them out by hundreds at its fac
tory in New York. The. "cootie shirt"
which is said to enjoy great popularity
among the men in the trenches, Is
made of cheesecloth and is dipped in
creosote and other germicldal solu-
tons. Owing to the texture of the
fabric the shirt can be made only by
hand.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-12-05
FIXES PRICE OF ALE
British Food Controller Takes
Drastic Action.
Also Raises the Standard Of Beverage,
Which Cuts the Brewers
Profit.

acknowledgements "beer" in fu-
ture must be up to standard. Up to
the present date any weak or washy
compound that could possibly be vend-
ed has been described by the vendors
as government ale" with the result
that the words government ale" We're
being used by the public as form
of wit.
Since the limitation of brewing to
100000 barrels year many brewer
les have been making larger profits
than for many years past. The stand
plies than the brews they had been
supplying. One of the big London
brewery firms at the end of last year
paid a deferred dividend for the first
time in ten years.
The food controller has now fixed n
maximum price for ale of eight cents Il
pint for light brews Of an original
gravity of 1896 degrees and ten cents
for brews between 1896 and 1852 de-
grees. Beers of the ten-cent quality
are permitted TO be sold as govern
ment ale" but the lower grades are
no longer to be sold under that title.
Brewers must mark the heads of
the casks distinctly with the price at
which the contents are to be sold. Pro-
vidcd that brewer agrees to brew 30
per cent. of his ale below the orig
inal gravity of 1912 degrees he will
be permitted to brew 20 per cent more
beer during the current quarter, and If
brewing for munition areas slightly
larger amount.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-12-05
TWO "FORTY-NINERS" LIVE
All There Is Left of a Party of GOLD
Seekers That Included $50
Men.

Danville, Ill.-With the death Of
William Glvens at Center Point, Ind,
recently, S. z. White of Paris an.
nounces that only he and Rollie f,
Wilhoit of Stockton, ca. remain of
the original $50 men Who left this
county In 1919 for the gold fields of
California. The party known as the
"Forty-niners,' left late In 1S49, soon
after the discovery Of gold. The trip
was made In prairie schooners, and
a number of the party died before the
plains were crossed. Several remained
In the far West, some Of them win.
ming fortunes, but the greater num-
Der returned to their former homes.
having failed In the enterprise.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-12-05
THIS "ENEMY AlIEN'
WANTS TO SERVE U. S.

Camp Dodge, Ia. - Fred
= Adams, private of the 350th in
fantry, is looking forward with
regret to the day when he will be
discharged from the service of
the United States. He is a Ger
man by birth, and just two days
before he was called to the col
ors in the draft received his first
naturalization papers.
However, he has been adjudg-
ed an alien under the terms of
the law by officials of the war
department, and has been or
dcred discharged. He spent two
years in the German army.
When the men in camp were
soliciting for Liberty bonds,
Fritz listened and then shouted:
Boys, l won't be with you
here long. / want to dig in with
the rest. Lieutenant, put me
down for a 500 bond. Here's
the money"
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-12-05
TREE CLIMBING TANKS
DON'T AST0NlSH DANIEL

Washington. - Secretary Jo-
sephus Daniels of the navy de-
partment is nothing If not blnse.
Recently, when he was in
spectlng the marine corps camp
Mt Quantico, Va, enthusiastic
officers demonstrated some new
tank style gun tractors for him.
They ran the machines on the
level. then up grades and over
obstacles. Secretary Daniels en-
joyed the demonstration, but did
not burst forth into expressions
of great wonder.
Then the officers volunteered
to run q machine down into n
trench, up the side and out
again. Another said he could
make his machine climb Il wall,
but Secretary Daniels led his
party on to inspect something
else.
"T've heard they've got ma
chimes in France that will climb
trees" he said.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-12-05
GERMAN BUTTER RATION CUT
About One Ounce a Week Is Limit,
Per Person, Says Copenhagen
Dispatch.

Copenhagen.-The butter ration In
greater Berlin has been reduced for
the winter to thirty grams, approx
mately one ounce, weekly. Fifty
grams of margarine are also granted,
but the newspapers point out that war
margarine is principally water and has
slight nutritive value.
Food Administrator Won Waldow
has announced that a special depart
ment would be organized to enlighten
the people on the food situation. This
announcement evoked the comment
from one newspaper that "the stom-
ach cannot read"
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-12-05
BORROWS MONEY TO
BUY LIBERTY BONDS

Albany, Ore.-C. M. Giddings
of this city was so anxious to
own some Liberty bonds of the
second issue that he borrowed
$1,000 for q year at 6 per cent
interest. As he will receive only
4 per cent interest on the bonds
it will cost him 2 per cent a
year to own the bonds. Gid
dings has plenty of real estate
here, but had no cash with
which to purchase the bonds.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-12-05
SEE NEED FOR 2la CENT COIN
New Piece Said to Be Wanted to Help
Meet Upward Price
Jumps.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for coinage
Of pa cent piece has been renewed
by the recent rapid upward movement
of prices caused partly by new wan
taxes, and bill probably will be
pressed at the next session of congress
to authorize the mintage Of such a
coin.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-12-05
Kills Bio Chicken Hawk.

Toledo. Wash.-Emmet Koontz, who
lives on Salmon creek road, killed a
chicken hawk recently measuring four
feet two inches from tip to tip. The
hawk has been an annoyance for the
last two or three years and when killed
had a mouth full of Chinese pheasant
meat. which proved that 1t had been
preying upon game birds as well as
upon poultry yards.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-12-05
Sees Smoke Sc Miles.

Portland, Ore.-On the lookout sta
ton ut the top of Mount Hood. over
1000 feet high. Elijah Goldman re-
mains during the fire season. With
his glasses he covers an enormous
area of forest. Some forest service
men SO miles away burned the boughs
on which they had slept and goldman
ut once reported the smoke.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-12-05
Keeps Corn so Years.

Hoboken, Ga.-David Carter, a vet
eran Of the Civil war, has an ear OF
corn that has eight small ears. Car
ter picked up this freak ear just fifty
years ago. The corn Is still In good
state Of preservation.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1917-12-12
JOSEPH S. FREY

Service Dealer and distributor.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1917-12-12
TERMS OF SALE.

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