Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 23, 1917, Page 8

'DRAMATIC AND MUSICAL ~TREAT THE BURNING VOLCANO THE STORM AT SEA “THE HUMAN SACRIFICE THE ROYAL HAWAIIANS THE NATIVEHULA DANCERS 25cts, 50cts ~ SUBSCRIBE FOR PIONEER TODAY WE HAVE THE LOTS 3 What kind of a lot are you looking for? A good business site? A locn_tlon for g fine residence? Or just a place for a cozy ¥ litte home? EASY PAYMENTS Pick yours out. and call on 6151: ‘lucal agent, The Berman Agency. Markham Ho.tel Bldg., for prices and terms. BEMIDJI TOWNSITE COMPANY Capital Nat. Bank Bldg. St. Paul, Minn. PIG’'S BLADDERS AS DECOYS Buggestion They Would Be Mistaken for Chinese Heads in Water Won rize as Best ldea. . During the war between China and Japan in 1894 Viceroy Liu Kun-yi is- sued a proclamation offering a reward to any one who could suggest a plan for destroying the enemy fleet. The prize was won by an old literary gen- tleman’ who suggested that a large number .of pig's bladders should be procured and blown up tight. Then, when the wind Was blowing off shore towards the fleet, these should be put in.the water and the enemy would | mistake them for the heads of Chinese soldiers swimming out to attack, and would open fire with all their guns. When all their ammunition was fired away the Chinese could then go out in boats and secure possession of the vessels without loss. To the foreign mind it sounded very funny, but it was quite a classical scheme. During the Three Kingdom times the city of Hwangchow was being be< sleged by a hero who had clean run out of arrows. He thergupon manned a fleet of boats with etraw men, and sent them under the walls at night, when the defenders shot them full of In this way he replenished his own magazine and depleted that of his opponents, thus’ capturlng the Arrows, ity easily. HAULING CROPS TO MARKET Average Farmer Must Haul His Prod- ucts Six and One-Half Miles— Other Points. ,How far must the average farmer In the United States haul his crop to market? Exactly six and a half miles, it can be answered, for tiie bu- reau of crop estimates of the depart- ment of agriculture has completed an inguiry into the whole matter of farm hauling throughout the country. Ine cidentally, the results ‘of the inquiry show 'that if only one wagon were available to haul crops it would re- quire about 15,747,000 days for it to complete the job for only the mare keted portion of three most prominent farm products—wheat, corn and cot- ton. z *| each year because of poor roads, ac- Your Ammunition The investigation shoys that it re- quires about half a day for the aver- age farmer to make a round trip to market, and' about two-thirds of a day on the average for the farmers farth- est from market to make a similar trip. That market distances are grow- ing shorter is shown by the fact that in 1906 it required almost 50 per cent more time for the average round trip. One reason for the improved condi- tions, it is pointed out, is that since 1906 the steam railroad mileage in the United States has increased 15 per cent and that many new freight-car- rying electric lines have been built. Another point brought out by the inquiry is that there has been marked improvement in public roads since the PANIC AMONG BUFFALO HERD Dummy, Operated at Suggestion of Cartoonist McCutcheon, Causes Bisons to Flee Jungle. When John McCutcheon was hunt- ing in Africa he was almost as much _l_nterested in taking pictures of the game as in killing it. For a few days there was a large herd of buffaloes grazing near his camp, and he was keen to go out with his camera and try his luck, Mr. McCutcheéon had a wonderful fdea. If he and another man got in- side a buffalo’s hide -they coulz{ go among the herd and easily get dozens of valuable pictures. The day that they were to try this experiment McCutcheon had killed bis first lion and was ‘too tired to go out and play among the buffaloes. So an- other man was persuaded to take his place, a very tall man. He took tho hind part and the other man took the fore. The tall man was a little agitat- ed and when they got near where the buffiloes were grazing his emotlons increased. All went well until thgy were really among the beasts; then the gentleman in the hind legs forgot himself and kept raising his head. The buffaloes saw one of their brothers with a lively, undulating back. Panic seized them, They-fled to the jungle. $300,000,000 Lost Yearly. . The farmers of the United States have been allowing $300,000,000 in real money to escape from their pockets cording to the testimony of experts who made a survey of the effect of bad roads upon markets for the depart- ment of agriculture. Building Plank Road. Concrete Road, in Mississippi. For the sake of economy and con- venience, a plank road constructed in portable parts is being laid across the California desert. yfifl CAN DEPEND JUPON IT 2’:.;;; bureau’s investigations in 1908, for the size of the average load hauled has nearly doubled since then. A day's haul of wheat in 1906 was 56 bushels; now it is 112 bushels. In 1906 1,709 pounds of cotton was hauled in a day; ncw the average daily haul is 8,000 pounds. The inquiry developed the fact that the loads hauled in the cotton country are the smallest but the most valu- Thus the average value of a st 3 able. Whep lt&fl load of cotton was. found to be $183, repaire d. wheat $43 and corn $28. The longest hauls were found to be in the Rocky mountain _states, where Nevada holds the record with an average haul for all farmers of 18 miles. The shortest hauls were shown to be in the middle West, Ohlo at the bottom of the list with four miles. BIG GOOD ROADS DIVIDENDS Motorists. of Massachusetts Spent $25,- 000,000 Last Season, as Result of Good Roads. THEBEMIDJIJEWELR YCO. 210 3rd Street, - - Phone 488 | You need ammunition for the Battle of Life. A good, healthy body is essential for the campaign. There’s one sure way to secure this healthy body. | Pure Groceries Motorists spent $25,000,000 in Massa- chusetts last season, largely as a re- sult of the good roads of that state. Rather a fine dividend! Great progress has been made in im- proving the roads in Minnesota, but there are communities which as yet, apparently, see but one side to the good roads question, and that is, cap- ftal going out and no dividends com- fng back. While the returns from motor travel are indirect, neverthe- less they are certain. It is obvious We'd like to sell Groceries cheap, but we can’t do it. NOBODY CAN. But we can and will sell you THE BEST, and at prices as low as some people charge for the other kind. y Make your dollar do a dollar’s work by bringing it to us. Don’t put inferior ammunition into the body if you would have it do its best work. Meats, Dry Goods, Shoes that any town is at least indirectly benefited by having such good roads that motorists delight in making it an objective on their week-end tours. Any district that has bad roads be- comes just as well known, but of course adversely. Unfortunately, too many specific cases might be given.— Minneapolis Journal. % LA Greatly Improve Road. Py keeping a road drag and drag- ging the road along one's land after heavy rains the road may be greatly improved. It is an easy matter to have an agreement ‘so each farmer will drag the road in front of his ! Bemidii, | Minn, | i 'W. G. Schroeder farm. This would maintain the road [ till the regular hands could be called Iout at stated intervals or till the com- missioner could make the repairs. ' Phone | 65 Sixteen-Foot Roatway. Maintain at least a 16-foot roads way. b Another Big Attraction The Janson Line v of Celebrated Chocolates The first time this celebrated line ' 3 t: has been in Bemidji MADE IN BALTIMORE Sold at Netzer's SATURDAY SPECIALS Fflals bushel basket ° . i $1.50 Jonathan Apples "> 1.75 Home Canned Pears & e 20c Best Mince Meat “for 2cto¢es 25¢ ONE WEEK SPECIAL: 5o Monarch Guffee R '95¢ Cedensencanas eressseses Troppman’s Dept. Store Subscribe for the Pioneer BFFCE o Plans for Any Building Made fo Order FREE | War conditions make every possible economy an absolute necessity. And sometimes you must spend money to save it. ¥ —Getting along with the old house that is too small and isn’t comfortable or convenient ISN'T economy. Building a REAL home is economy. —Getting along with an old worn out-barn that is too small, is poorly arranged, poorly lighted and poorly ventilated ISN'P economy. Building a modern barn to fit your needs IS economy. —Expecting your hogs and chickens to do well and make money for you in their old quarters ISNT economy. Providing them with the most modern housing IS economy. Fortunately for you war conditions have not as yet sent building material to the price level of cattle, hogs, corn and wheat. The price of one cow or one hog or one bushel or wheat or corn will do as much building today as two cows, two hogs or two bushels of corn or wheat would three years ago. How long this condition in the building material market will last we can’t say—the condition is in your favor NOW— use it. Come and tell us what you need or want in new building and let us put your ideas on paper in plan form. 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