Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 20, 1912, Page 5

| — ! | | | | - | { PS [ | | T | | . T 12 'S > - » r | — ' | 4 i ! ¥ | | ! | - ONE ON THE TOWN PROBER firs. Hill's WellLaid Plans Did Not Afiord Her the Satisfaction She Expected. The neighbors were in an uprosr. Miss Joy, the beautiful and charming mocial light, had suddenly crawied im- %o her shell. Not only had she ab- wented herself from dinners, tons. and bridges, but she had not eoven appeared on the streets. In- quiries at her home disproved the general opinion that she was ill. The mystery deepened, Miss Joy had sim- Ply became a recluse. “I can’t understand ft,” said one of the more curious. “She has never gone to the woods like 'this before. | She doesn’t even drive ‘any more.” “Probably there is something awful behind it” replied another, with a glimmer of keen enjoyment in her eyes. Still the belle failed to put in her appearance. Gossip became intense, until finally Mrs. Hill, the town-prober, decided with grim determination to find out the real cause of the retire- ment. friends with zest. “I will issue invitations to a tea to- morrow afternoon and will send one to Miss Joy Later 1 will call her over | the telephone, insisting that she at- tend. She will refuse, and then I shall demand to know the reason.” “A perfect idea!” assented the oth- ers in chorus. ~“Of course, I won’t have the tea” continued Mrs. Hill. “That will be un- derstood among all of us.” *“Oh, certainly,” came the disap- pointed response. ‘“We only want to ‘find out the truth.” The invitations were issued, and Mre. Hill immediately opened tele- phonic mommunication. “Helo, is this Miss Joy?’ she be- ‘gAD. “Yes.” “*This ie Mrs. Hill. I supposed yon weceived my invitation to the Now, I won‘t take any excuse. Yon ‘moust come.” *“No need of excuse,” sweetly chirp- od Miss Joy. “T shall be more than delighted to be present.” Reward of the Politician. When Ollie James, now junior United States senator from Kentucky, first broke into politics in his native county of Crittenden he had eccasion to try a case before a rural magis- trate. When the trial was ended, says the Saturday Evening Post, the mag- istrate invited the young lawyer to go home to dinner with him. As they #at down at the tabie the old man said: “Ollie, it pains me mightily to see you messin’ in with politics.” “Why s0? '1nquired James. “Ollie. my son,” said the magistrate. “politics ain’t a fittin’ pursuit for any Young man. Look at me! I started 4n politice when I was young and ‘bopetul, jest like you are now. I have ‘held all the positions of trust in the : gift of the people of my home dis— trict—I have been school trustee, road ‘ supervisor and constable, and justice of the peace. But now, as an old man. all I've got to show for my years of eeaseless political activity 18 a lot of ‘warm enemies and cold friends.” As Good as a Gold Mine. Professor White estimates that no fewer than 400,000,000 gas mantles are used every year, and as these gas mantles cannot be manufactured with- out a substance named thorium, the necessity for obtaining a large sup- Pply is obvious. Some time ago the manufacturers were. indeed, at a loss to discover sufficient for their pur- pose. Their anxiety was removed quite unexpectedly when a stranger ‘walked into the office of one of the great incandescent companies and offered to show where an unlimited supply could be obtained. He demanded £100,000 for the in- | formation, and this sum the campany | readily undertook to pay. The di-| rectors were, however, doubtful of his abllity to carry out his promise, but after obtaining a contract he took a representative of the company to Bn- «il, where huge deposits of t.horlum ‘were discovered. From this place most of the thorium now in use is obtain- «d. The stranger had discovered the ! find quite accidentally. Smoke-Cured. To be strictly accurate, it was not 8 smoking compartment, but the youth was puffing away at a chubby briar, despite the pained expression ou the old lady’s face. By and by the old lady, who was the only other occupant of the carriage, began to get excited. “Young man,” she barked, as far as ber coughing would permit her, “do you know that it's wrong to smoke?* “Well,” replied the lad as he en-| veloped the old party in a wreath of | pungent smoke, ‘4 use tobacco for my health.” “Health!” ejaculated the victim, im spluttering tones. ‘“Nonsense! Yuu never heard of any one being cured | by smoking.” “Yes, I have® declared the youth, | still puffing away like & furnace chim- ney; “that’s the way they cure pigs.” | “Then smoke away,” cried the heroine of the story; “there may be hope for you yet.” Wane of Motherhood. Ellen Key, writing in one of the Inagazines, deplores the —wane of motherhood, a constantly increasing disinclination to assume its responsi bilities, she says, being everywhers apparent. The disinclination is not oconfined to0 any one class, she says, bat the work-worn*druge and the idle ' creature of luxury are both averss to it Demon of ‘Niger. The natives inhabiting the country ear the source of the Niger believe t a devil lives in the rock whence the river springs. They are very super~ ‘To some men popularity is always suspicious. Enjoying none themselves, they are prone to suspect the validity One of the oldest newspapers tn the world is Les Petites Affiches, of those attainments which command | ¥2ich ' consists mainly of announce r.uodam‘lnn. ERAATILD By NN BREWING 9. SPDER R FOOD A0 BRCES ACTANE25™ 1996 stitious and greatly fear this devil, | {t—George Henry Lewes, Who is supposed to kill any person who dares to look at the souree. Whenever the natives are showing a Uncle Pennywise Says. ments of forced sales of property and other legal notices. This paper has appeared in Paris for 301 years, and for over a century was published sev- Bfly MEREWING t’a stranger the spot, they .cover up their faces and walk backward in the direo- tion of the spring, pointing toward it with outstretched hand behind the back. Seaweed In Commerce. It s always known that seaweed contained a large quantity of iodine, but today it 18 used in the manufac- ture of a certain kind of cloth, while | certain species are eaten under the wnames of “dulse,” “stoke” and “cur rageen.” Kelp is burned seaweed, and Devonshire seaweed is used for 8 large number of purposes; there- fore, the seaweed gatherers of today are in a better position than ever before, answer for any of our troubles. days. | Stick t® the One Thing. | There’s no chance for you unless you spend all your time in the com- pany of one job. Dumas. Fine. A good impulseis a good thing, but l the disposition to act upon it is even | faer, A politician is always ready to, dis+| 2 days a week. . ocuss questions, but he seldom has an | BVer, when a weekly day of rest was made compulsory for all French work- wmen, it has ceased to appear on Mon- | One advantage of indulging in day | dreams is that your pipe never goes | It doesn’t require a musical educar tio to blow an automobile horn. Nomaninahmtohhownmé Since 1907, how- One Advantage. c\lt.—.hxdge. ! Daily Thought, \\\ All true wisdom is contained fn | | these two words—wait and hope.— | Toot! Toot! The Tasre Tewes ' Sounds Bad. READ THE PIONEER WANT ADS She outlined her plans to her ===0====0===fi The Crookston Lumber Co The Pride of Bemidji's Industries i R P A THE CROOKSTON MILL—IN WHICH THE LOGS BECOME LU%BER % Just What The Crookston Lumber Co. Has Done Perhaps no other industry has done so much for any one community as has the lumbering industry for this section of the country, and per- baps uo other single concern has done more for a city as has The Crookston Lumber company for Be- I" midji. Always read yto boost and push any new enterprise coming into Bemidji, always in the lead with any donations to further a good cause, al- ways there with good wholesome suggestions and advice, this com- pany has won its way into hearts of the residents and business men of this city. The men who have been at the lLead of the local management of this institution are men of ability and character, and have always shown a disposition to first consider the wel- fare of the city in their endeavors to build up the business and reputa- tion of their company's interests. Not only have they made advances along mv:tdermnn(r the logging and I" Tumber manufacturing lumup« but have also extended th(*m&e]\ es in pre- paring the way for the de‘elopment of .i"n(ulture and dairying in this, the greatest natural dalrv country in the world. fl ] | | | I] ll | | | [I | Just what the Crookston Lumber company has done along this line may best be seen and understood by reciting the following facts. During the past twelve months alone it has sold nearly 50,000 acres of cut over farm land to 450 people, of which more than one half are now on the land and two-thirds of the remaining half will take possession early next spring. Can any other city boast of a single concern which has done as much for the upbuilding of a com- munity? Another much appreciated depart- ment that is being maintained by this company is the public reading rooms in the Masonic building on Beltrami avenue. It was originally for employes exclusively, but of late years it has been used by the public in general. The expense connected with the upkeep of this reading room is by no means a small item. During the past years the em- ployes of the company in this city and logging camps numbered more than 1,500 yearly. When the mill is Public Has Faith in The Crookston Com'y In many instances the public gen- erally is taught to oppose the cor- m poration doing business in their local m community, but not so in Bemidji. Bemidji people have learned to know the Crookston Lumber company, have learned to know the men at the head of the company locally and ex- tend to them a most cordial welcome in operation about 500 men are em- ployed and their payroll amounts to practically $1,000 per day, which is payed at intervals of two weeks. No, they have not discontinued in their efforts to further developments in the agricultural and dairying business and will place on the mar- ket practically all their lands as soon as the big timber is cut. The land that is being cleared this winter will be ready for buyers next spring, and as they will continue logging opera- tions all summer there will be sal- able farm lands ready for the mar- ket almost continually. L===fi== in social and business circles. Fur- ther than this, no concern can boast of a finer set of office employes and mill hands than can the big mill, which has become the pride of Be- midji’s industrial world. YARDS OF THE CROOKSTON LUMBER CO. Showing Stock Piles of Rough Lumber fl | | | Al , 1 ol - -