The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-03-13

The .above, picked at random from
many, have been the texts from
which Will Wilke Of Gray Eagle
falEed -scc tliS Ctyd,andaferci sclub. and
many not members, following the
annual get together" luncheon Of
the club held in Odd Fellows hall,
Tuesday evening. Mr.. Wilke is a
newspaper editor and banker. an ex-
tensive land owner and business
man, and one of the rarest speei-
mens OF humanity In captivity, one
OF his distinctions being a news
paperman and president of bank.
= ~, Another Distinction,
Mr.. .Wilke has another ,dSstinc-
ton, He ID in big demand from
Commercial organizations, civic
bodies and kindred associations to
diagnose: their ailments and pre-
scribe. And he is always willing
Id ccomnlodate them. The peculiar
thing eb0ilt him is.. that. he knows
what he 10 talking about, has a
chractsristiG Way OF Telling it to
an and ad1ninistefing the hypo-
dSrmic injection III the most :'ap-
proved manner: And when: his hear
ers "come, to- they discover that
while it.. was painless. yet effective,
and they are ready to admit that
the, diagnosis was correct and saye
the doc" u testimonial to that ef~
feet. ~ 7Ts sff $fs+1s'' $f+'' 80 - 9s2Sz T. y
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4 s1Elsi III Eis: no stranE to. Be
mid 1sslu asEs
wheti ifssss .hodster s4or slay
Eagle 4ser ths metropolis Of Beltramf
county But tos Eet him started, he
can tell :on9 a1fofe interesting things
abSut' Gray Eagle. and. Todd county
than would iii a large volume. Mr..
Wilke is for everybody and every
thing and knows Minnesota from
the north to the south boundary and
from east to west. And he's. tor
MINNESOTA aud all the Gophers And
Viii. tesas,; why Y Z. ah'' all like "S''' :.
I I; Worked for Normal
When 'thef fate Of the Bemtdji
Normal was decidedly uncertain, 1t
was MI. Wilke who was called up
on to help Hemidji. He went after
hia representative, and to use one
Of his expansions "camped on his
sh6es until one o'clock in the morn
ln2 !" until heconvinced him that the
proper thing to do was to vote for
Normal appropriation.
And he did.
In his address to the Commercial
club, Mr. Wiike spoke for about an
hour and a half. He drove home to
his hearers the spirit Of community
work, the love of fellow men, pa
triotism for ones home city, cited in
cident after incident and gave verbal
:, to make his points
clear. He Just naturally talked
straight to his auditors, his effer-
vescent humor cropping out at In
only to dissolve into serious
thought. H..
Well Known Editor.
Mr.. Wilke, has spoken in various
parts of the state and the large cities
Of Canada. He is president of the
N. M. Editorial association and
carries a wide acquaintance in the
state and among the National Edit
orial association members, for he Is
one Of that Organizations officials.
He is an ardent exponent OF get
and he is as full OF wis
dom along that line as an oyster is
full of meat, and his presence here
lnstilled better feeling ana a diff
ferent view of what Is before Be-
midi In the coming year and the
handling of her problems.
And" he interjected, "Tm COM
ing back one of these days and see
how you are doing"
President Harnwell Of tho Com
mercial club acted as toastmaster.
Around the tables were members OF
the club, members Of the city council
and visitors. An oyster supper was
served by members of the club.
Active Year Ahead.
After the serving, the club MEM
bers adjourned to their quarters and
held their annual meeting. Reports
showed that the organization has
been unusually busy the past year.
It has been the center Of civic &C
tivities and devoted much time and
hard work to the war as called for
by the government. Apd the COM
ing year will find much hard work
to perform, not losing sight of the
of Remidji In her progress.
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