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thp th rto IV K ^^v^^!fWf!K^!^S^m^^l w^Nl^jprw1^ vacanttMlots UBUSHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY THE BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. 0 1,, 0, R, CARSON, President 0. W. HARNWELL, Edito? Vrr" i_i. __J I pfe aU nertiniprdennLibrarr "V W%f rnummjMmjm'-- fin tiiMiyfllMi Wwi'"P" m** 1BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER TclapboM 922 stand the portoffice at BemidJI, Minnesota, cond-ctaM mtta*. under Act of Congress of March 8. 1879. No attention paid to anonymous contributions. Writer's bo known to the editor, but not necessarily for publication. Communica- tions for the Weekly Pioneer must reach this office not later than Tuesday of each week to insure publication in the current issue. SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Carries' One lew Six Months Three Months One Month One Week .$6.00 8.00 1.50 .55 .15 much to the beauty of the street and comfort of many we are speaking of seats, we would suggest to the Park Board that three seats in Library park is altogether too small a nura ber to accommodate park visitors, and that is all there were there Monday afternoon. On an evening such as btmday, when crowds sought fresh air of fifty seats wfould been j0y"KePwoutanddoors,bybetter breeze from the water? It is not always comfortable to walk! up and down the shore, many would prefer to sit. The ground. preciated addition to the attraction ot the park. W haveempty anotheenvelopes HONOR THE MEMORY OF OUR DEAD HEROES The Decorating Fund, to be used by the American Legion for the purpose of decorating the graves of army veterans ,in Greenwood cemetery, is growing, but not as fast as it should fie. The amount asked, $150.00, is not too much to spend on the graves of the. heroes of our country. It is not enough, but it is much better than has been customary to spend for some time. It is true, we do not measure our appreciation of these men's heroic deeds by money, but how better can we honor their memory than by decorating the resting place of all that is hu- man of them, and it is for this purpose thet contributions are asked. POTATO INDUSTRY FORGES AHEAD Notwithstanding the lower prices and the many hundred bushels of potatoes left on the producer's hands last year, it is interesting to note that an increased acreage is to be planted in Minnesota, the second largest potato producing state in the country, this year. Seed is cheaper, and labor is more plentiful and cheaper this year, which in all probalility accounts for the increased acreage More seed potato plots are being planted, which is intended to improve the quality of the seed and eventu- ally increase the yield per acre. A marked tendency to stand- ardize varieties is also another step being taken to raise and insure better marketing. o Governments are like people. If they persist in carrying chips on their shoulders some one is sure to knock them off. lMllllllllllliUiihiliiiiiifliTlHiiiitiimiii^iniiiiiiHmiii bVERMEARD BY EXCHANGE EDITOR "irmiii"T"TrH TT CORRECT FOR ONCE E. H. DENU, Sec and Ugt 0. WINTER, City Editor Br One Year Six Months Three Months TflE WEEKLY PIONEEBTwelve pages, published every Thursday and sent postage paid to any address for, in advance, 8Z.0U. ^FFICIAL COUNTY AND CITY PROCEEDINGS Maybe it's the CIVIC IMPROVEMENT SUGGESTIONS The Civic Improvement committee of the WT^^^SSSiS: and Community club is to be commended on their enort to turn!]in^ north of the postoffice into a park. These areua business career.s oithe iake moon.ightjdIhave the 2| i in Dark, where could one go than is about the only available seat to be found. Ifind out about. No that Thomansao. :feSays Dr. Simons, the German foreign minister, to the Reichstag: "The world believes we are underestimating our ability to pay." For once the German authority is accurate in its appraisal of world opinion. That is pre- cisely what the world believes- It believes Germany has a carefully pre- pared plan to escape, the liability it has incurred by a plea of national pov- erty. It does not believeand reports from various sections of the former empire support this incredulitythat Germany is the national bankrupt it- self, except in the matter of honor. Escaping from the war it provoked with a minimum, of the devastation and suffering of war, it would carry that es- cape still further and make the monetary penalty as light as possible. It would leave uriuttered no plea calculated to reduce the bill of reparations. St. Paul Dispatch. The Canadians, at least, express the opinion that the tariff game is something a.t which more than the United States can play.St. Cloud Times. The charoes' ate that Henry Ford would not make a very strong catidi- The drinking fountain and light post will be a greatly ap-i Edison has started*floodof academic ineuiuiMiig iyuuviu. Je i.i.a ot suggestion offer wit to tne throwing of antd wrappersh oregard the ground around1 the postoffice entrance. What would otherwise be a spot of beauty is marred by the thoughtlessness of people who deliberately throw paper on the steps and grounds there. Proper receptacles are placed in the postoffice for waste paper and, if letters must be opened outside, let us have a couple of waste Daper containers placed at the entrance in which the paper may be placed instead of on the ground. Let us have a little civicpride and keep things looking neat, for our own satis- faction, if we do not care to do it for our summer visitors. 0 FIRST BARGAIN DAY A SUCCESS The success of the first market day in Bemidji should be encouragement to the local merchant's to make the venture a permanent custom. If a town can draw fifty new customers to its stores by putting on a special Market Day and offering spe- cial inducements, it is well worth while. Reports indicate there were many more than that at Bemidji's first. Market Day. It is not so much the increase in .the amount of business done as the fact that new territory is being added to Bemidji's trade zone, for a new, satisfied customer means many additional purchases each year and that is what counts rather than a spasmodic burst afad then a settlement back to former lines. From the opinion gathered, it would seem that a day in the middle of the week would be better than Saturday, as that day is usually a busy one under normal conditions.* It would mean two busy days in the.week instead of one. From the advertising angle, every advertisement should carry a bargain on some article of general use. There would be little use for instance irt advertising a special price on shav- ing mugs or corn removers. Their use is limited to a small num- ber. The more general the demand for the article advertised the better bargain it is. Taking everything into consideration, Bemidji's first bar- gain day was a huge success. Let's have more of them. I WF? .Sf.OO 2.60 1.29 New York. May 24.The. road commission, or whoever it is of Oyster Bajy, knows something about the psy chology of advertising, as well as of !the prosaic matter of making roads. Motorists on the north shore of Long i Island meet with many kind of signs giving warning of steep hills or sharp turns. This is especially true of the Shore road, which traces the coast line of the Sound. But it is a sign near Oyster Bay that really makes the speeding motorist think and hesitate. j"Slow down,' 1'it says, "dangerous hill Neares hospital nine miles awa 'Lydig Hoyt and her plunge into the movies which has spurred her sister, Mrs. Van Rensselaer C. King^ equal- Mr Kin caU -The prince flfwe? beds and seats here would addjthe Towcn and Country Secretariat,|a badge and authority and everything While *nc"' wh fe of th "Mil* qu*stion3 boar of th .i, 'questions abroad the land, the Y. .g goin 3mKmm'se*mmimim *$- wmmX '.**SWKSJK srvr .I, if? LucgJeannf Price example of Mrs. elAnyway,rnishe enterp sa naed dailv by hundreds of peo-lhas just established a firm know on the side of being a policeman with proposes a Place qualified persons in that particular "set" of so ciety to which they are best adapted. When the particular social luminary has "arrived" Mrs. King's headquar ters wil^ advise her steps as she path of social sue- tread th maz cegs. S^S nati c. A.his goinog se cidedl A nones.*tfPersonal i0cverdicto a Hs ra a i opin ion, notp thcet historians geography, will be what's wantede_af replies. A convention resolution was adopted by the board recently for the studying of the place and signifi cance of work in the life of woman and thenhere's the particularly practical notefor the promotion of the necessary instruction. The ques tionnaire being compiled will ask for a definition of work, and including that disputed question noted above, anent marriage. Then it will ask why the questioned person works. For necessities? A desire for self-expres sion? Among the other questions al ready framed are: What is the value POTATO SEED INSPECTION AND SEED CERTIFICATION Seed Potato Plots. Every potato grower who expects to grow certified potatoes is required to matntafn a special seed plot each year, or if he doe3 not wish to do this to obtain seed .potatoes from a grower who doe3 maintain one. (Di- rections for growing a. Seed plot can be obtained from the County Agri cultural agent.) In order to faoilitate the market ing of certified seed potatoes it is strongly urged that the growers in a given community grow no(t more than three of the standard varieties recommended for Minnesota. Application for Inspection, Time limit. All applications for inspection must be made to the chief inspector by July 1st of the year in which inspection is desired on blanks which will be supplied on re quest from the chief inspector's of fice at University Farm, or- from the county agent, Dvoracek. The application iblank properly filled out should contain the follow ing information: varieties grown acreage history of the per formance of the seed1 sourcseed of seed was seed treated? how? approxi mate yield of field from which seed was obtained percentage of diseases In the field from wMch seed was ob tained growing conditions in the field from which the seed was ob tained crop history of field, intended for certification aproximate date of planting. Fee3. Applications for certifica tion must be accompanied by an in itial fee of fifty cents per acre for the number of acres for which appli cation for inspection is made. A flat fee of $5 which includes both initial and final fees will be charged for the Inspection of all fields up to and in cludling three acres. This fee Is pay able at the time application for in spection is made. ^'y-^yi- Instructions. Object. The following information must be available before sed can be certified: stand general constitution al vigor freedom from disease vaiii etal purity truenes(inspections1 to type. XumiberThree1 w,iM be made at the following times: flow ering time when the vines are ripe, but before they have died) digging time or when the potatoes are in storage. Note. If bin inspection is made be fore the potatoes have been graded and they comply with all other re quirements, the inspector shall sort out one-'hal'f bushel to show the grow er how the potatoes must be graded to be sold as certified. This half bushel together with one-half (bushel of the ungraded stock must be sent to the office of the chief inspector. If the potatoes have -already been graded when the final Inspection is made, only one-half bushel need be sent. Certificates of certification tags will not be sent to any grower untill a sample of the stock grown has been received at the chief inspec tor's office. r^ Heauirements for Eligibility.'"' Varieties. Only the varieties now adopted or which may be adopted in the future iby the Minnesota Potato Growers' association as standard va- V^W THE BEMiDJ! DAILY PIONEER of work? Why is having to work sometimes regarded as undesirable? If you were married, would you work? What .reward does a married woman receive for caring for her home? Does ia home-maker have to spend as much money as before she was married? FromVthe replies to these queriesand mauy morethe Y. W. classes will be planned to meet as best they can whafrseem to be the chief demands for vocational train ing. Gone are the days when prestige and flash of uniform holds the heart. "I don't like this game there's no* money in it," said Policeman Alvin M. Gehrke, the other day as he walk ed up to Lieut. Fleming, took off his shield and handed it to the lieutenant. "I quit." Pressed for a reason, Gehr- ke explained that he was going to drive a pie-wagon. It paid better., And none of the advantages urged compared, in Gehrke's mind with theI pay and the joy from driving pies about the city streets. One can see almost anything in New York. And frequently does. For instance: tha other day from a trajn on the Sixth avenue elevated, I looked into the windows of a loft on Christo pher street, right at a nice live goat, munching away on a bunch .of hay./ Why a goat was kept there and how and all the rest of the story, I can't imagine and shall probably never know. But it was there. It certainly was interesting the other night at the annual art models' ball' held at Tammany hall. It was intriguingly called "a true village car nival," but that wasn't the particular ly interesting thing about it. Picking out the girls |rou had seen pictured in your favorite brand of hosiery and talcum powder and pretty nearly ev erything else you buythat was the thing that held you long after the hour when you were expected safe within the walls of your own apart ment. They really DO look like their pictures- Probably especially so be cause a good many of them cam* dressed as they are in the adswith in reason, of course. rieties for Minnesota will be eligible for certification. The initial list is as follows: Early Ohios Bliss Tri umphs. .Irish.Cobblers Rural New Yorker Green Mountain Burbank Burbahk Russet King (Spaulding Rose.) **A"* Other varieties which belong to" any of the aibove g/dups will.be cer tified under the name of-the group to which the variety belongs. VarietaiPurity. Fields containing any varietal mixtures at the ti.me of the first inspection will not be eligible for certification unless all foreign varieties are removed by the grower under th direction of an inspector. A field containiing more than two per cent varietal mixtures will not be eligible for certification under any circumstances. Constitutional jVigor. Potatoes will not be eligible for certification if the field contains more than 5 per cert of weak plants. Type. The tubers must conform LAWYERS EMPLOY GIRL GRADUATES McKenzie & Leslie. Attys. of Forman, N. D., have engaged Gen- oraJohnson as stenographer. Arty. James Withero\y, Moorhead, Minn., employed Miss H, Ployhar. Both are graduates of Dakota Bus iness College, Fargo, N. D:v^r Because of their accurate work* D. B. C. sfenos are preferred in law, offices and courts. The U. S. District Court, N. D. Supreme Court,' Cass County Court, etc., have employed them. "Follow the $ucceSSful" at D. B. C. Summer School., Graduate sooner.. Write F. L. Watkiris, Pres., 806 Front St., Fargo, N. D. A good idea Jar your htad THE materiaKare carefully \fi: selected from thebest foreign Jr^ and domestic weaves. ?s?'v See this new summer shape.hf:kzi fe?o."j. LAQUA:?*ii to the accepted type for the variety .in- shape, color, size and characteris tic markings.' (Allowance will be "made for'minor'variations' flue to lo-' cal condition of soil and climate. Size. The size must be fairly uni form. Ideal seed potatoes should .weigh from 2 to 8 ounces. Potatoes will not be certified if more than 5 pe c*nt of the tubers weigh less than 2 ounces or over 10 ounces in the case of early varieties and 12 ounces in the case of late .varieties. The diameter of the potatoes! of the round varieties shall not be less than one and seven-eights inches and of potatoes of long varieties one and three-fourths inches. This is the same size as Minnesota Grade No. 1. In order to obtain the above size the following screen sizes are recom mended: Round mesh. Screen mesh of the same size as the minimum for the grade. Square mesh. Screen mesh one eighth inch smaller than grade size minimum. Intermediate mesh. (Between' square arid! round.) Screen mesh one-sixteenth inch smaller than grade size minimum. "./\".oFreedom From Disease. The, following percentage of .dis ease will disqualify seed stock froo certification: Vin Diseases1: ce Tota 5 per cent of the. following: Leaf Roll Curley dwarf mosaic. iMore than 1 per cent of hills af fected with Blackleg at the time of first inspection. More than- 2 per cent of Fusarium wilt at the time of first inspection. A field containing more than a total of 5 per cent of all the above diseases comltCned will not be consid ered for certification. In order that fields may become eligible for final certification all diseased plants must be removed before the second inspec tion. Late blight inspection disqualified potatoes for certification. Tuber diseases: More than 5 per ^^arlet^istiTbro^Tvinl a^ ^:s': rf-Zi prosperity for everyone. Presence of powdery scatb shall dis qualify. More than 10 per cent of common scab, moderateInfection?*'-*2:'- """"pWraiKie"ttf More than 10 per cei\t of Rhitzoc tonia, moderate infection. ,j Presence of late blight?Jrbt shall' dtTsqualify. All bin rots and cuts must be re moved. A total of more than 10 per cent of all tuber diseases will disqualify Presence of black wart shall dis qualify. Grades of Certified Seed. Certified seed potatoes are divided imto three grades, according to pro ductiveness, conformallty to the ac cepted type and quality. These grades are designated as follows: XXX, XX, and X. Grade potatoes have just met the certification re- LET US HELP IF YOU ARE CONSIDERING BUILpING A HOME WE WANT YOU TO COME IN AND TALK IT OVER WITH MR.AMADON .,.v-.:i- W build modern Bungalows of any design you may select and sell them on the install ment planif you wish. TO BE HELD ON THE FARM OF THOS. PORTE7 MILES NORTH OF BEMIDJI 9 14 BATTLES BLOCK MAY Program at 10 O'clock i? Basket Lunch at 11:30 '^W.^BUming on an Acre of Stumps at 12:00 The Pathe News Weekly S tures of touch the button that will Wow an acre of stumps in one blast *f! Every resident of Beltrami County should be inter ested in this big Land Clearingprojectif' you are a farmer or notmore land'^f::: ~I Bring a basket lunch for the whole ^mily-enjoy^ ^y the good speechesse'e an acre qf ground made tillable in the twinkle of-an eye ^There will be an afternoon meeting at Blackduck when Gov. Preus will again speakand another acre ef stumps wil be touched off. $m quirements while only those showing exceptional superiority will bo desig^ujt nated Grade XXX. Owing to the ira- ^ffrt1WmWr^Bffl)ence***- involving the above factors, the ralni-.v i^uiu,fctfffofcrd!foriah ^a^r^stf necessarily be fixed* ea'ch yeuf. !v| ,-nj AGREEMENT PREDICTED ON*|^ YAP SITUATION SOQrij I (By United Press)-Ti-"t&"/'s'.= Washington, May 24.Develop- ments recently in" the Yap situation have led administration officials to believe that an agreement will be reached by the United States and Japan and the other allies on this question, it was learned Monday. Rnbacrlbe for The Daily Pioneer, Call in Any Time and Let Talk It Over BEMIDJI ribME BUILDING CO. ARE INVITED AND EXPECTED TO ATTEND THE 'JirIM:.^^Prem-vPicg/.:MovinentakotdintenDemonstratioeth ::h- 0M^W: cleared means greater \i:v\fc- 'fe" P. v:.'- V"^: f-