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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-11-05

The sun boils down pitilessly, or the
rains pour upon the place. There
doesn't seem to be anyone about, but
somewhere-in the shade of the little
house, or the shelter of dugout-
you will find the only human inhabi-
tants Of the knoll.
The queer little house is pigeon
cote. Three men are attached to
each cote. They train the pigeons,
see that the fighting unit to which
they are attached is kept supplied
with birds, watch for their charges
when they return from the front, and
then see that the message brought in
by the pigeon is promptly delivered.
Incidentally, it should not be, as
sumed that of this queer little settle
ment atop the knoll, only the pigeons
face the dangers of the front. The
'''pigeon men" will not trust the de-
livery of their birds to the front line
to anyone else. They put the pigeons
in a. wicker basket and dash over the
shell-swept roads in motorcycle
sidecar to the post command of their
unit, where the birds are turned over
to the men in the line. Then begins
the pigeons period of work. 1t lives
in the basket in which it is carried
to the front, known as the rest
basket. This basket is of open
wicker, and is some eight inches
deep, and from a foot and a half wide
to two feet long. Little water pans
are fixed in the basket, and food
turned over to the man who is to care
for the pigeons while they are in the
front line.
When patrol is ordered, or an
attack is being made, the pigeons are
taken from the rest basket and put
into smaller wicker basket. This
rests on a mans back, just between
the shoulders. 4 strap passes over
either shoulder, converging into a
single strap in front. forming a
simple sort of harness with the single
strap swapping to the soldiers belt
buckle. The basket is thus held
steady, and the pigeon rides forth to
battle. .s
Pigeons are furnished not only the
infantry, but to balloon observers and
cavalrymen. In the case of the bal
loon observers only the rest basket
Is used. The pigeons are carried up
III TIE spdllOOIl, anu SuOulQ the Op-
servers telephone connection with
the, ground become broken, one of
his pigeons is liberated, and bears the
message back to its cote. ~ >.
When with cavalry, the pigeons
ride in tiny net hammock A gal
Looping, or even walking horse,
would naturally injure the pigeons
If they were at liberty in their
wicker basket. Each basket is fitted
with separate "hammocks" for three
pigeons. The heavy net is cut SO
that it will just fit snugly about a
pigeons body when folded about the
bird t. is thIen fitted with eyeIets
and laces. The pigeons wings are
folded carefully in place, the pigeon
placed in the hammock" and then
laced in with its head and neck pro-
truding.5 The bird is then ready for
its ride. 1t rests in the hammock in
normal sitting position, and though
the motion of the horse may cause
the hammock to swing, the pigeon is
in no danger of being thrown against
the side of the basket but Is gently
rocked" on, its journey into battle
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-11-05
NOTICE

The First National bank of Be.
midi desires to notify its patrons
that the conversion privilege which
arose in consequence of the Az pei
cent bonds of the Third Liberty loan
will expire November 9th, 1918.
Holders of the second issue of Lib.
erty loan per cent bonds who de-
sire to convert them into AN pei
cent bonds, should have bonds in
our hands not later than one ~
o'clock p. m. November Sth, 1918
BY converting your bonds you profit
by drawing AZ per cent interest
from May Is, 1918.
First National Bank
ldll5 Bemidii. MINI
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-11-05
GRAND FORKS NIGHT
SCHOOL OPENS TONIGHT
lRx limited Press. !

Grand Forks, Nov. 5.--Ambitious
young men and women are offered
opportunities in the night school
which opens this, evening and re-
mains in session until March s. The
high school plant will be at the
service of the night school and the
teachers are all members of the reg
ular high school faculty and hold
professional certificates from the
state of Minnesota.
Last year eighty-two' pupils were
enrolled in the East Grand Forks
night school. These included nine
teen nationalities.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-11-05
Alpaca.

In spite Of attempts to introduce the
alpaca into countries away from it's ma
tive habitat, failure has attended
them. 1t is rarely found below an
altitude of 5000 feet. Its wool Ia
Of an exceedingly fine luster and quail
ity, and occasionally attains . lsaSth
Of esx tsaAA& II. -. ~.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-11-05
Want AID Dept ]

Advertisements IN this column
cost half cent word per issue, when
paid cash in advance. No ad will
be run for less than 10c per issue.
Ads charged on our books cost one
cent word per issue. No ads run
for less than Csc. 7 r. .
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-11-05

FOR SALE-Secondhan Buick car;
nice new tires and in good condi-
Il tion; cheaq If taken at once. In
quire 9th and Irvine Ave. Mrs.
Gilbert Sandland. 2t115
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Well, Sometimes.

Marriage makes one out of two; but
generally this comes through the
squelching Of the husband.-New York
World.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-11-05
Trade With French Oceania.

America sends French Oceanic more
than AZ per cent of it's imports, ana
receives in return a t1ife over SO per
cent OF it's exports.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-11-05

FOR SALE-Ten pure bred York
shire sows, between and S
months old. Fifteen dollars each.
Phone $40. 4t117
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-11-05

FOR SALE--4O-horse boiler, and 35-
horse power engine. All in first
class condition. Address w. F.,
care Pioneer. 10t117
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FOR SALE

FOR SALE-Quantity of household
furniture. 'r Inquire at 1404 MINI.
Ave. r.. 2t-116
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FOR RENT

FOR RENT-Seven room Bungalow,
furnished If desired. Call at1404,
Minnesota Ave. 0.s- lsag.~ 2t-116
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hear from owner of
good farm for sale. State cash
price, full description. D. r. Bush,
Minneapolis, Mimi. 1t112
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acknowledgement girl. Mrs. E..
w. johnson, 1918 Lake Blvd. Tele-
phone 11-R. 114tf
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FOR Rents room house, partly
modern, opposite postoffice. ]. P
Lair, Markham Hotel Bldg. 2t1 Is
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WANTED

WANTED-Wood cutters for good
jackpine timber at once. Inquire
Chas. F. Schroeder. Phone 41-F-4.
-, ..l-. .....tg.. n s~..r >.,., 5t119
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-11-05

with work or housekeeper. S21
Minnesota vac. "' =, 4t117
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-11-05

WANTED-Girl for general house.
work. Mrs. Phil Gill, COS Bemidji
Ave. Phone 1853. ..-.... = 112tf
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-11-05

FOR sALE-191S Ford Touring car
in good condition. B. I. Fred
erick. Bemidji, MINI. 2t116
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FOR SALE--Minneapolis steam en-
CINE, 20 h. p, return flue, in good
running order; straw or wood
burner; right thing for sawmill.
Bargain IL taken at once. Helmer
Bergh, Trail, MINI. @~. 4d118
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WHEN YOU SUFFER
FROM RHEUMATISM
Almost any man will tell you
that Sloan's Liniment
e. means relief

For practically every man has used
It who has suffered from rheumatic
aches, soreness of muscles, stiffness Of
joints, the results of weather exposure.
Women. too, by the hundreds Of
thousands, use it for relieving neuritis.
lame backs, neuralgia, sick headache.
Clean, refreshing, soothing, economical.
quickly effective. Say 'Sloan's Lini-
ment" to your druggist. Get it today.
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FOR Rents room house, in good
condition. AS Minnesota Ave.
Phone 148, Mrs. A, Thompson, 404
Minnesota Ave, Bemidji, Mimi. f.
Ill - SO 103Otf
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FOR HIRE-Ten teams of heavy
horses for logging, can ship any
time. Write or phone Goe. ],
,skeehan, Niagara, N. d. 9t117
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LOsTsAND FOUND

strange red cow with
p d brand ON right hip. This
cow has been at Birchmont farm
since october Is. Owner call and
pay for same. ~- 3t116
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FOR RENT--6 room house, 81 Be-
midji Ave. A. Klein. 3t116
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PIGEONS PLAYING GREAT ROLE:
r. ONE SAVES SOLDIERS LIFE

Continued from Page One)
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FOR RENT-Partly modern 5 room
bungalow, 822 Irvine Ave. Mrs,
G.. Sandland. 2t115
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-18

believed her power absolute over the
body of the child, and she was practising
her way" Of teaching religion.
There never have been and never will
be enacted laws which will make hard
taskmasters and heartless men and
women kind; but the evil they do may
be minimized if it is made incumbent
on every citizen to report any case of
cruelty or neglect and if failure so to
do makes him, or her, an accessory to
the crime.
There is need for the appointment Of
a commission similar to the one ap-
pointed by the Governor of Minnesota
for the purpose of finding a way to
secure better protection for defective,
illegitimate, dependent, neglected and
delinquent children; to minimize offences
and change punitive laws regarding
them when the offender is child
either in gears or intellect; to obtain
better sanitation and better and more
food, that the link between body and
soul may be strengthened; to secure
more abundant supply of fresh air and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-18
Teaching Christianity
With Oaths and Blows

If the control of the welfare Of chill
dren is vested in certain body this fact
will constitute the greatest protection
to the little people. How else is case
like the following to be reached?
Every morning tenants in an old
rookery heard the seance between a
woman and an adopted child of six. The
woman's voice rumbled, then broke out
into shrill oaths, the sound Of blows and
a child's screams following. Finally a
social service worker who heard OF it
pushed open the door one morning and
found the woman holding a copy of the
Lords Prayer in one hand and long
switch in the other. On her knees be-
side her was the little girl The woman
would read a line of the prayer, mis-
pronouncing such lengthy words as
"transgression" and "hallowed" and
"trespasses (and if she had been made
to write a prayer for her own forgive
ness she would have started out by
spelling God with little "g"). But, &C.
cording to her information, the woman
was teaching the little girl her prayers.
She punctuated them with a volley Of
oaths and many blows. but she sincerely
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-18

to plead for the boy and call attention
to the fact it was the hottest July day
on record, and that possibly children,
even more than grown-ups, felt the aw-
full temperature.
She was told to mind her own affairs,
and He's my child and I can beat him
ter death if l wanter."
1t was neither the blow alone, nor
the threats, nor the dirt, nor the neg
lected stupidity of the child which called
for outside interference in that mothers
prerogative. But there was enough in
the aggregate to create the presumption
that the boy was sadly in need of some
sort of aid. The woman did not look
especially unkind. She simply did not
know any better. If the understanding
had been forced upon her that her son,
as future citizen, was ward of the
state and that his bodily and mental
welfare was the business of the state,
she would probably have treated him
better; for these persons with the might
lily prevalent idea that Hes my child
and I can beat him ter death if want
en-" have, usually, high regard for the
strong arm of the law as it relates to
their own safety.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-18

sunshine, which foster the good and
blight the bad in little folks as in flow
ers; to protect them from work as ap
prentices or slaves in the sweatshop and
factory and store and homes; preclude
the unfit from marriage and the passing
on of mental atrophy, physical defec..
and disease; to secure better education
al and vocational training, more play
grounds and generally more inclusive
and stable shelter in the law.
The state and the city take most ex
cellent care of public parks and pubic
school buildings and other public prop
erty, and 1t IS only necessary to put a
sign, Keep off the grass" on the lawn
OF any state reservation or city park to
cause people to walk carefully on the
highways. With the increasing need of
conserving the prospective man and
woman power of the state and the ma
ton, to-morrow's citizens should be
taken over" as the most valuable as
set in the land. They will constitute
the army, commercial and military, to
carry on
Minnesota is blazing the way. What
will the New Citizen of New York do
about it?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-18
ow Minnesota Have Revised Children

too little body, and attention was given
instead to the preparation Of bills for
presentation to the Legislature. to meet
the needs.
The first move was to give to the
state prime authority over her minors
by vesting in the already organized
State Board of Control full authority
for the protection of all defective, IL
legitimate, dependent, neglected and de-
linquent children, to cooperate to this
end with juvenile courts and all repu-
table childhelping and child placing
agencies of a public or private char
matters involving the interests Of such
children where adequate provision there
for has not already been made"
In the above paragraph lies the great
power to handle intelligently, with good
result, the problems of protection for
those who need it most in the State of
Minnesota.
Mrs. Virginia Blythe, the very COM
petent woman lawyer of Minneapolis,
says Of the work of the Board Of Con-
troll, since power was delegated to that
body to act in the interest of the chill
dren of the state: "To effectuate the
purpose Of the laws children's bureau
has been created by the Board of Con-
troll which, considering it's short life
since January of this year-has func-
toned most satisfactorily; but as might
be expected much of the time so far
has been consumed in organization. AL
though the code falls far short of being
ideal and fails to cover the entire
ground, we believe it means for Min
nesota great progress in the care Of
her children, and we hope to increase
its power by adding several new laws
at the coming session Of the Legisla-
ture."
Mrs. Blythe explains: "For conven-
fence the laws of the state touching
the lives and welfare Of children from
the social point of view rather than in
purely legal or business ways have been
colated, and this compilation is popu-
larly known as our 'children's code.
Perhaps one of the greatest
benefits derived is the public interest
aroused and stimulated in child welfare
from the press publicity given the work
Of the commission during the progress
Of it's work, but more especially from
the public meetings held by the commits
sion, preparatory TO recommending pro-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-18

" the New York Bar. Author Of "The
Laao and the Womun," "Maids, Wives
and WidoOs," Etc
TWO years ago Minnesota took the
lead among the states of the ma
ton in efforts to secure adequate
egai protection for to-morrow's citizens
men the Governor appointed a COM
Mission to revise and codify the laws
relative TO children" and, as result of
the commissions suggestions, secured
through subsequent sessions of the
minnesota Legislature the passage Of
many laws relevant to child welfare.
1t seems not enough for women, in
new Of their equal enfranchisement in
new York, to study the laws and legal
leeds affecting women and children in
.heir own state. If 81 neighboring state
mas found remedies for oppression, evil
Vt injustice, it becomes duty, without
Dy~yonr-leave, to borrow them for CON
s'aeration, and If they may be adapted
% needs at home TO adapt them with a
hank you"
The commission appointed by the
GOVERNOR Of Minnesota found the max
! 'ns over Of already enacted laws Of the
esse case OF too much patchwork on
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-18

If Paul Chapman is sent to a reforma-
tory, this is, in part, what will hap
pen:
very ordinary man will take him to
the institution, and on the way this very
ordinary man will make Paul realize
that he considers him a little criminal.
Possibly he will be Of the opinion that
Paul should have been electrocuted. He
will let Paul know insidously how he
feels, and Paul will secretly hate him.
Paul will then probably be examined at
the reformatory by inferior men, be-
cause the vast majority Of reformatory
officials are inferior men, holding down
these jobs only until they can get better
ones. The tendency on the part of all
the reformatory officials will be to let
Paul know that they consider him little
criminal of the worst type, and Paul
will develop hatred for them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-18
Many Abuses Not
Covered by Law

1t is intended to provide farreaching
protection to children from those in au-
thority who are cruel yet who wisely
sidestep the general laws made for man
and beast. There are so many cases of
cruelty other than battering children.
For instance:
The other day in railroad waiting
room woman stacked a bundle and
baby on bench seat, and at her heels
traipsed a small boy carrying suitcase
which, if appended, would have been
taller than himself He swung his bur-
den from one hand to the other to dig
a free and very dirty fist into vacant
eyes that trickled tears through per-
spiration. He blubbered in that hope
less, helpless, resistanceless fashion pc
culiar TO the mentally deficient Almost
any layman would have pronounced him
mot bright" yet there was no ground
to call him deficient except surface in
dications of which the layman is not per-
mitted to judge and there is no legally
organized body to whom he might have
been reported as being in need of inves-
tigation and protection.
Suddenly the woman wheeled and
snatched at the suitcase. The boy was
used to lodging. He ducked his head
further down into the calico collar from
the edge of which showed a crop of
prickly heat which must have been mad
dening in the itching hurt of it. He let
go the suitcase and, following the law
of gravity, it dropped; but because it
dropped on the toes of the woman it
spelled tragedy for the lad. He, being
very small, could neither argue nor de-
fend himself, and only plead II did not
mean to-"
The open palm of the woman de-
scended with force born of much ex-
ercise, and her bony fingers left streaks
Of deeper red across his crimson and
grimy cheek. Then for ten minutes she
proceeded to terrorize the boy with
fiendish ingenuity.
wait til git yuh home; I'm most
goin' ter skin yuh erlve You remem-
Der the hidin l give yuh fer swimmin',
huh? Well, that warn't nothin' ter what
yuh'll git. I'm gon' ter cowhide you
till the blood runs inter your sho es,"
and so on-until an old lady interfered
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-18

unjust, ignorant, brutal men in charge
of these institutions. Among them are
found some very fine people here and
there, but there are very few of them
and they don't stay long. They are not
wanted in the average reformatory be-
cause they demand enough money to en-
able them to live decently and be-
cause they are too intelligent. and sym
pathetic to allow certain practices to go
on without protest.
The reformatory superintendent is
usually much more interested in keeping
down the payroll than in the reformation
of his charges. know of one institution
where the superintendent has but two
reasons for distinguishing down ex-
penses and raising money. The people
who work in such institutions usually
accept their positions as a temporary
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-18
This Child Stole
A Bone

There do eS not seem TO be need IN
New York for ways to reach really VIC
lent infractions of written laws. Re-
Gently in Brooklyn court a woman
was convicted of throwing boiling water,
a tub IF it, over little niece who lived
with her. In mid-winter a small girl
tainted in front of bakery, and it was
assumed from her very evident half
starved condition the display Of cakes
and Christmas goodies loved by children
had been too much for her resistance.
But when she was removed to a hospital
her body was found covered with con-
tusions and abrasions, and one arm was
broken. She was induced to explain
her condition, and as result her step
mother was placed under arrest.
On trial the woman admitted beating
the child and causing the bruises, but
said she was not responsible for the
broken arm, declaring she had tied the
arms of the child behind her and had
thrown her into bed and that the eff
forts of the child to wriggle loose made
her fall to the floor; and it was thus her
arm was broken! She said she had pun
ished her Cor being a thief. Pressed to
tell what the child had stolen, she testi
fed that the little girl had taken ham
bone from the woman's kitchen, and in
the middle of the night was gnawing 1t.
in bed.
To the credit Of the judge who heard
the case the woman was given long
term in the workhouse on BlackwelPs
Island. There is ample power given the
courts here to reach cases where chill
dren are badly scalded, or their limbs
broken, or they are mauled until they
need attention in a hospital. But ono
of the thirty-five bills passed by the Min
nesota Legislature as result of the
suggestions of the commission provides
specifically for the conviction of persons
who "inflict cruel and unusual punish
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-18
Refor1natories Are
Schools of Crime

To those who have made a study Of
criminal institutions, reformatories es-
pecially, this charge will rot be new
or seem an exaggeration. The average
reformatory not only fails to reform the
bad boys sent to it, but in many cases
deforms good boys who have fallen into
it's care. There is nothing very startling
in this statement. / have said it before.
l have heard it said by others. Yet
have never witnessed an indignant rush
to the rescue of these unfortunate boys.
We are too likely to get over our indig
nation quickly and go back to minding
our own affairs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-18

posed law, which were held alternately
in the two largest cities of the state, at
which the opinion of every one present
was welcomed and sought. These meet
ings were always crowded, people COM
ing from all parts Of the state. Prac-
tically every citizen, therefore, feels that
he either directly or indirectly had a
part in forming these laws, and their en-
forcement is thereby made comparative
" easy"