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Best Quality Goods
at Lowest Prices
jE Percales, best quality, 36 in. wide
1 light and dark colors, formerly
I sold for 45c yard, now
overshoes.
*_ *w..
15
flannels, best quality, 27 in.
wide, per yard
18
Ginghams and shirtings, formerly
45c yard, now
15
Apron Ginghams
per yard
10
20% discount on all shoes.
10%
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dining hall and the girls who prepared
that luncheon can cook their families
will not be living off delicatessen
stores.
The afternoon program was devot
ed to a discussion of the advertising
problem confronting the business
world today. Representatives from
the advertising departments of the
Great Northern, the Soo and Milwau
kee stated that the railroads are plan
ning to put on a big advertising cam
paign in the northwest. The railroads
were of course hopelessly jumbled dur
ing the war and have encountered all
sorts of labor difficulties. It will take
some years for them to get back on a
good sound business basis and they
realize this cannot be accomplished
without a good bit of publicity work.
Ray F. Speer, publicity man for the
Minnesota State fair, stated that last
year the association spent $38,000 in
advertising and $25,000 of this sum
went to newspapers. Each year the
advertising appropriation has been in.
creased and each year it is a smaller
percent of the gate receipts. He said
the sooner the county fair associations
realize the value of systematic adver
tising the faster they will develop.
Mr. Speer made one of the biggest hits
of the meeting by his response to a
representative of a Scandinavian news
paper who inquired why the fair asso
ciation placed so little of its advertis
ing in the papers published in a for
eign language. Mr. Speer's answer
discount on all rubbers and
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CROOKSTON MEETING
20%
came straight from the shoulder and
with considerable punch. He said
out of the $25,000 spent in newspaper
advertising only $400 went to papers
published in a foreign language be
cause the board of directors felt that
the day had passed in this northwest
territory for giving encouragement to
any papers other than those published
in the English language.
Advertising in the country papers
was discussed by Dan E. Weigcl, sec
retary of the St. Paul association of
wholesalers and jobbers, E. C. Helwig,
secretary of the Minneapolis associa
tion, Frank Gravel of Duluth, Edward
Baar of the Farmer, Harry Owen of
(the Farm, Stock and Homo, Herman
JRoe of the Northficld News, W. E.
Verity of the Wadena Pioneer Journal
and H. Z. Mitchell.
Friday evening a banquet was ten
tered the editors at the Elks club by
the Crookston Association of Public
Affairs. About 300 guests were pres
ent and W. E. McKenzie of the Crooks
ton Times was toastmaster. Crooks
ton simply outdid herself in entertain
ing the editors and she finished the
affair in fine style with the banquet
Friday evening. Frank Gravel
brought contributions from the Zenith
City in the form of candy for the la
dies and cigars for the men. Through
the columns of the Herald, Duluth also
extended greetings to the editors and
reminded them of the fact that they
are to be guests of that city at
the midsummer meeting of the asso
ciation. Duluth like other northern
Minnesota cities is ever hospitable to
her guests. Among the principal
Blankets
Cotton blankets formerly sold at
$2.75 and $3.75 to close out at
$2.35 and
$1.85
Wool nap blankets, large size,
formerly $6.00, now
$4.0 0
All sweaters going at 1-2 price.
discount on Ladies, Men's and
Childrens underwear.
One lot of children's heavy fleeced
shirts and drawers going at
25
Our whole line of Corsets to be closed
out at greatly reduced prices.
speakers of the evening were H. L.
Phillips of the Mahnomen Pioneer, G.
H. Sandberg, superintendent of the
Crookston schools and Dan Wigel of
St. Paul.
Much credit for the successful rec
ord of the association during the past
year is due the retiring president, H.
Z. Mitchell, of Bemidji. He has been
active in promoting the study of the
advertising problem and has worked
to secure co-operation between the
wholesalers, the national advertising
agencies and the newspapers. More
over he makes an excellent presiding
officer and has the knack of handling
a situation.
At the business session Saturday
morning Harry L. Phillips of the Mah
nomen Pioneer was elected president,
A. L. LaFremer of the Grand Rapids
Independent, vice-president and A. G.
Rutledge, Minneapolis, secretary.
Members of the executive committee
selected were: Martin Widstcn, War
road Pioneer, E. H. Denu, Bemidji
Pioneer and W. E. McKenzie, Crooks
ton Times. Resolutions were passed
as follows:
Condemning the practice of the
government departments asking for
free service in newspaper columns for
the conduct of official business and
asking congress to provide appropria
tions to pay for such publicity.
Approving farm bureau federation
system and the effort to secure more
efficient marketing organizations.
Indorsing single commissioner plan
for the Minnesota highway system.
Approving the distribution of state
aid to schools so as to provide relief
AnnualClearanc Sal
]j Beginning Saturday, January .29, and for 7 days, ending Saturday, February 5, we offer the public the oppor-
lj tunity to buy first class merchandise at lwer prices thaaa heard of for a long time. Remember we handle
i only first class goods.
\i-
Dry Goods
No charges or delivery at these prices. A strictly cash sale.
J. A.-NYBErRG
to the schools where tax rate is exces
sive and special aid needed.
Recommending to the legislature
ample appropriations for maintenance
and expansion of the agricultural
schools at Crookston, Duluth and
Grand Rapids.
Urging amendment to state primary
law permitting regularly elected dele
gates of each party to meet in conven
tion and adopt platforms and elect
their candidates.
Requesting state aid to promote live
stock industry in northern Minnesota.
Recommending the preservation of
the virgin timber along the shores of
the Mississippi and the passage of a
bill for the creation of the Lake Be
midji State park.
Isanti County Farm Bureau Meets.
The Isanti county Farm Bureau as
sociation will hold its third annual
meeting in the court house hall, Cam
bridge, Saturday, January 29. The
meeting is called at 1 p. m.. The
Great Northern Railway company has
agreed to stop the afternoon train
going north at Grandy and Stanchfield
to accommodate all those who wish to
attend the meeting in the afternoon,
so that they will be able to come down
on the noon train and return on the
5:31. The following program will be
presented:
Opening Remarks, J. G. Rystrom,
president.
The Farm Bureau, W. J. Corwin,
assistant county agent leader.
Solving Farm Problems, H. N. Ow
en, editor of Farm, Stock and Home.
Mr. Rystrom will discuss the local
K:
Men's Overalls
Extra heavy blue denim, formerly
sold at $3.50 per pair,
now going at
$1.4 5
Heavy Wool Socks
Regular $1.00 socks now.
Regular 75c socks now
Regular 60c socks now
Gloves
to
Extra heavy big size Boss gloves, for
merly 30c, now 20c
Regular 25c gloves, now 15c
All leather gloves and mittens going
at a discount of
20%
Farm Bureau association, its accom
plishments and aims. Mr. Corwin will
explain the relation between the local
association and the state and national
organizations. It is generally con
ceded that the farm bureau is the
strongest farmers' organization in the
world today. First comes the town
ship organization working with the in
dividual farmers, next the county as
sociation, then the state and, finally,
the national federation, -which takes
up matters of national and interna
tional importance to the farmers of
the United States.
The business session of the farm
bureau will begin at 2:30. A new
board of directors and officers will be
elected, the articles of incorporation
and by-laws will be changed to meet
the new conditions vit the enlarged
membership. The increased member
ship necessitates a larger board of
directors so that every township in the
county will be represented on the
board. A program of work for the
coming year will be outlined for ap
proval
Mr. Miescn, the Isanti county agent,
especially urges those farmers who
have been in a mood to criticise the
organization in the past, to be present
at the meeting Saturday and learn for
managed and controlled. He says the
books of the organization and the of
fice are open for inspection at any
time. As Mr. Miescn states, no or
ganization is perfect the directors can
run it only according to the ideas of
the majority and constructive criticism
is always welcome.
65c 50c 40c
flour.
A Plan for Road Maintenance.
Minnesota, under the good roads
amendment, is shortly to commence
the construction of highways necessi
tating the expenditure of millions. To
make those roads yield an adequate
return on the investment there must
be an efficient system of maintenance
The American way is to build a good
road and then neglect it until it Is
necessary to rebuild it at as grea^ a
cost as for the fir.st construction or
greater.
In this connection it might be well
to study the French system, considered
one of the finest in the world. The
roads are looked after by patrolmen,
generally service veterans. Each man
has four miles of road way for whose
condition he is held responsible. He is
required to cover his section daily,
carrying a supply of mending mate
rials sufficient for an ordinary break.
The slightest hole in the surface is
patched as soon as it appears. If
more serious trouble arises the patrol
man notifies a district inspector and
a repair gang comes to the rescue.
As a result of this stitch-in-time
plan of road maintenance France to
day is traveling over ihe very same
roadways that were laid down more
than a generation ago by Napoleon's
themselves how the local unit is being engineers. Some line roads have a
still longer history. In America it has
not been uncommon for paved roads to
be rebuilt before the amortization of
the original bonds. Thus millions of
road taxes have been wasted.
Moreover, in providing a healthful
outdoor livelihood for service men the
French system is advantageous.
Grocery Specials
Sugar, 5 pounds
Limit 5 pounds to a customer
Bulk oat meal, per pound
Fancy rice, per pound
Oatmeal, large package.
Oatmeal, small package
Yeast, per package
Rose Queen soap, per bar
Lenox soap, per bar
Sunbright cleanser 5C
Toilet soap, per bar 5C
Brown syrup, per gallon pail 60c
White syrup, per gallon pail. 65C
Corn, per can ..IOC
Peas, per can... 10c
Tomatoes, large can 15c
Peanuts, per pound
Good brooms, each. 45c
Ohio blue tip matches, per box 5c
We handle 100'7'
aaaaj
BestQualit Goods
at Lowes Prices
25c
4c 7c
25c
8c 5c
4c
4c
IBc
and Pillsbury Best
Wounded veterans who arc not fit for
the heavier manual labor could give
efficient services on our state high
ways as do their French service breth
ren. Perhaps the state could do as
France does and provide such men
each with a small house and lot con
venient to their stations.
The plan is feasible, for it could be
mrde to cut down the cost of road
maintenance and provide for many of
the state's war veterans.Minneap
olis Journal.
I LOCAL MARKET QUOTATIONS I
The quotations hereunder are those
prevailing on Thursday morning at the
time of going to press:
POTATOES
Triumphs $1.70 $1.80
Ohios 40c 50c
White Stock 70c 80c
Kings 50c 60c
GRAIN
WheatNo. 1 $1.46
WheatNo. 2 $1.42
WheatNo. 3 $1.34
WheatNo. 4 $1.26
WheatNo. 5 $1.14
Flax $1.40 $1.54,
Rye $1.34 $1.36
Oats 26c 30c
Barley 32c 42c
(These prices are subject to change
at any time.)
LIVESTOCK
Fat Beeves, per lb 3c 5c
Calves, per lb 5c 10c
Hogs, per cwt. $7.60 $8.00
.Hens, per lb 10c 16c
Sheep, per lb 6c 7c
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