Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 16, 1917, Page 4

WAS THIRSTING FOR BLOOD Had Woman Not Left Her Husband at Home There Would Certainly Have Been Murder. A gentleman—and apparently a ter rible-tempered one—sat quietly near the door of a Broadway surface car as it rounded the treacherous corner at Fourteenth street in New York. It might be well to qualify the descrip- tion of the gentleman by the state- ment that he was quiet when the car started to go around the curve mens tioned. Later on he was less 8o, Among the persons who got on the back platform when the car gtopped at the near side was a stout woman, who, with the combination of her build and bundles, had difficulty in wedging through the door. She got in at a time when the car was describing fancy figures over the curve, and in response to one of the lunges she stepped squarely upon the feet of the quiet gentleman. Apparently he had & corn, which connected directly with his soul. He screamed once and then sat looking straight ahead, very red and very angry. One of his shoes glis- tened and the other resembled a mud cookfe. The woman did not go her way, but stood wavering. bundles and all, look- Ing at her victim indignantly. He ig- nored her. “Why don't you get your old feet out of the aisle?” she inquired after a long stare. The man looked her straight in the eye, meanwhile clicking his lips speculatively. “Madame,” he sald, “if you had your husband with you I would kill him. Undoubtedly, I would kill him.” After which he limped- out to the platform and dropped off, apparently to be alone with his foot. HE WANTED HIS RING BACK And the Brute Got His Lawyer to Write a Letter Demanding Its Return. Dear Madam: We are always grieved to see young romance shats tered and irons placed upon the trem- bling wrists of the goddess Hymen, -but when unfortunate circumstances necessarily produce such a sad hap Ing, it 18 customary for the young lady SOME POSTSCRIPTS A Swiss rellroad has installed elec- tric locomotives powerful enough to haul 340-ton trains-up steep grades. An Illinols inventor’'s combination coat and vest has the usual fronts for those garments but only one back. A Mussachusetts woman is the pat- entee of an easlly handled mosquito net and suppe= to be placed over beds. millk cures some discases of .the mouth and gums heretofore difficult to com- bay Papers from home arrive at the American tr: tar behind the firing line. The arrival of mail marks Americun troops preparing for their term in the trenches. Paris Centists have found that sour ! g camp in France, not red-letter day for the AAAAAAAAAAAr There are ten joints in a New York inventor’s table which can e folded more compactly than most such de- vices, A patent his been granted for men's shoes with cuffs turned down at the ton to enable them to be pulled on easily. Folding vestibules for automobile doces have been invented to protect persons entering or leaving them from rain. ) The Dominicar Wepublic is harvest ing a record-making tobiceo crop that is expected to exc.ed 28,750,000 npounds. to return those mementoes of affec tion and high esteem which have been tte evidences of high regard and es- teem of the young man during more friendly moments. More so, it is customary for the young lady to return that pledge of the contract of engagement to enter Into the bonds which bind as one the possibility for the use of which has 80 unfortunately been destroyed. We therefore request, respectfully, that you return to this office the en- gagement ring 6f Mr, —, or we shall, although most reluctantly, be com- pelled to institute replevin proceed ngs for {ts return.—Docket. PROBLEM OF ROAD BUILDING Highway Official Tells How Great 8ystem Can Be Built—First Essential Equipment. Thanks to the pushful, pervasive motorcar, American road building has “got a move on” atlast. Therels every- where the cry for roads, for more roads and for better roads. The drawback has been that, as yet, there has been no co-ordination of these multitudinous enterprises. The president of the Na- tional Highway assoclation, Charles Henry Davis, in a recent paper stated that we spent last year $249,955,967, or more than two-thirds of the total of ded so far on the con- ing to the late dowager empress, has {noney) expen; been on a visit to the United States, struction of the Panama canal—for devoted chiefly to the study of Amerd- | FO! lmprovemcn!s' throughout the can soclal and educational customs, | €0UAtry. Mr. Davis' contention is that The princess has been a ploneer in the | £°¢d roads, roads that run for thou- advancement of women in the ancient | Surds of miles through state after and tradition-bound country of her |Btute are, properly, not the responsi- birth, and Is an author. She has writ. | PIIty of the state, but of the nation, ten, in a hook entitled “Two Years i | 54y8 Boston Transcript. He would the Forbldden City,” valuable impres have the federal government build a slons of Chinese imperial life, so diffi- cult of access for comwmon mortals i the old days of the erupire. She was educated in Paris while her father was Chinese minister te France, and has all the culture of the western woman In addition to the daintiness and ple turesqueness of the eastern. Chinese Princess in U. 8. Princess Der Ling, a brilllant Chi tese noblewoman and a lady-in-walt- Unramiliar Use of Molasses. Molasses is not only the most impor tant by-product of beet sugar manufac- ture from a financial standpoint, but is also of particular interest chemically und from the point of view of the va- rlety of ways In which it kas been atilized. Among these are cattle feed- Ing, alcohol production and extraction processes, In cattle feeding the molasses is mixed with alfalfa meal or beet pulp when available, as the molasses in its original state 18 too sticky for feeding, Alcohol and vinegar are also made from molasses in this country and abroad.—-Metallurgical and Chemicdl Engineering. The Best Way. “There’'s one sure way of getting promoted.” “What is 1t?” “To do your work so well that the firm can't afford to keep a man of your abllity in an inconspicuous place.” Bituminous Macadam Road. system of national roads joining the West with the East, the North and the South, connecting every part of the country, as is the case with the na- tional highways of Europe, and, as history shows, such as was the essen- tial equipment of every first-class pow- er of the past. How would such an enormous con- struction be paid for and kept up? “Suppose,” asks this eminent engi- oeer, “the government built 100,000 miles of properly planned roads, and at the same time purchased, say, 300 feet of land on elther side. This land would so continually increase in value and in demand for leasing on long rental, that the cost of the road and the land purchase would soon be paid. A rental rate of $6.66 per acre would pay the interest on the cost of con- struction. But such would rent at vastly higher rates in cities and towns, high enough to give the nation an in- come equal to its total annual ex- penditure,” from these national high. ways alone! Appropriate. “So you came near being torpedoed on your voyage. What was your feel- ing when you saw the periscope of the submarine?” “It was chiefly that sinking feek lng.” The Same Thing. “That fortune-teller called me & com» plete simp.” “What impudencel”- “Well, she didn't say it in just those words, but she told me I would be man ried three *imes””—Judge. Most Delightful Place. Make good roads, and the country will be the most delightful place in the world to live, Sure Enough. “Politiclans of all nations make the claim.” “What claim?” “That business follows the flag.” “It follows an auction flag, all right Money Wasted. Thousands of dollars are wasted every year through the purchase of cheap woven wire fence. Only‘the best should be purchased. BTN RS b S s LGRS TR i IMMENSE COST OF BAD ROADS Farmers Allow $300,000,000 to Escape Each Year Because of Poor and Unimproved Highways. The farmers of the United States have been allowed $300,000,000 in real money to escape from their pockets each year because of poor roads, ac- cording to the testimony of experts who made a survey of the effect of bad roads upon markets for the de- partment of agriculture. Just when the farmer has the opportunity to mare ket his crops at top prices, bad weath- er closes the roads to heavy hauling and he must wait until another season. To the loss of the farmers must be added an economic loss equally large suffered by the nation. If the rural roads could be used for traffic the year round, Uncle Sam would save more than half a billion dollars. This is & typleal bad-road blockade which exists for weeks and often months in rural district.—Scientific American. * Duty of Every Farmer. Every farmer should feel his depend- ence upon good roads. Whether or not one lives on a public highway he should take an interest in the nearest one to his farm or the road he must use to market his farm, orchard and garden products. California’s Highways. The state of California has voted $15,000,000 to be spent in perfecting the state highway system and not a single county failed to give the emy powering measure & majority. ROAD SYSTEMS IN NEW YORK Total Designated Mileage Placed at 11,988 Miles—Work Hindered by Scarcity of Labor. The total designated mileage of state and county highway systems in New York state at the present time i® 11,988, of which 59268 miles had beer completed and accepted on January 1, while contracts in force at that time covered 1,185 miles. This with the contracts awarded during the year 1916, leaves a balance of designated mileage not yet cared for of 4,210\ Highway construction during the past two years has been gravely hindered because of the fact that surplus labor has been largely absorbed in munition making and other abnormal industrial uctivities. In New York state during 1916 it was impossible to secure even at largely increased cosf, more than a quarter of the labor actually required for highway work. rughways In Connecticut. The construction of concrete high- ways is going on in 22 cities and towns in Connecticut, and when these con- tracts have been completed there will be about 70 miles of concrete surfaced payment in that state. The highways are 18 feet wide and cost $15,000 a mile. Good Roads Indispensable. The time has come when we must gonsider the roads an asset, indis pensable to the well-being of the farm- er and his family. This being true, is it not every man’s duty to do all he can to keep the roads in good condl tion? .. Liberty Bonds are as marketablesas wheat. You " In‘'this issue all purchases of $5000 or less are tax i THORWALD LUNDE CHIROPRACTOR Acute and Chronic Diseases han- lded with great success First National Bank Building Bemidji, Minn. Hours 10-12 a. m.; 2-56 7-8 p. m.. " THE Germans should win this war, the fate of your home would be the fate of those of Belgium. You would have no choice as to what would be done with your money. It would be taken from you by force. Today your boy, who is prepared to give his life to save your home, is looking to you for the money which will buy the bullets with which he will make his:fight. Buying a Liberty Bond is not givingimoney to the ' Government. It is loaning money, every cent of which will be returned to you with interest. 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