Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 14, 1918, Page 4

MICHIGAN YOUTHS IN CRIME PACT !_nspired by Lurid Pictureé of Ex- {ortion Scenes Seen in -"the “Movies.” Me¢. Pleasant, Mich.—Six schoolboys,. ranging in age from fiftcen to seven:: leen years, and members of prominent families here, are belleved to be the members of the gang of blackmallers pperating under the direful title of the ‘ ¥Black Four,” with the object of ob- taining, through threats of death, money from business men and other well-to-do citizens. 4 It is believed the daring youths were led into a life of crime through”wit- nessing the many “vampire” and “un- flerground” plictures shown in' the | WE DO hereby PROMIZE T0 bE LOYAL T0 OUR GANG & Ri2¥ - TELLS ABOUT MERINO SHEEP Writer ' Accounts for Thick Folds in Fleece, Not to Be Found in Other Popular ‘Breeds. Just about every so often I get to .| feeling sheepish, as it were, and have to write something to show my famil- larity with those animals, says Strick- land Gillilan in Farm Life. The other day I saw my wife cook- ing a leg of lamb. Now and then she would open the door-of the oven and filp some water over the meat. Thus I learned how, when we start to roast somebody, we may'be said to be giving him a lamb-basting. i You have often heard of sheepfolds, haven’t you? Well, if you want to 'see a gheepfold look at any merino sheep, which -accounts for the way the folds show on them. When meriino sheep werd made, hide was_cheaper than mutton and wool was a drug on thte market. So'a wee bitiof sheep was wrapped in'severa) sheepskins, necessitating a lot cf over- laps: It seems easier to shir'a sheep than to shear one. 3 There is an old rhyme which'speaks of ‘the “folded flock.” Those must have been metinos. '« It I8 some nifty stunt to de-wool a merino ‘and leave on more of the hide than of the wonl. It Is the only accordion plaited sheep in the solar system. If merinos had been washed In green persimmon juice all their lives they couldn’t have been puckereder. Evidently their mammas didn’t use “(that kind of) soap. The Southdown, Oxforddown, Shrop- "shlre-down. etc., are sheep ‘with clean 't dresses and dirty hands and faces. The only sheep that ‘wear bustles ‘,;nre the fat rumped sheep ‘mow being 'raised at the state ‘college at' Brook- YThe Boys Called Themaselves “The Black Four.” “movies.” The names of the school- boys have not been made public and no arrests have taken place. . The boys are said to have confessed to threatening George H. MacGillivay, p druggist of Mt. Pleasant, with de- struction of property In case he refused to hand over $500. A letter containing the threat was found under MacGilll- vay’s drug store door. The boys called themselves the “Black Four.” Only four boys were at first members of the band, which was organized some ‘months ago. Two :more were admit- ted later. ¢ John 8. Weidman, president’ of''a' ' gtate bank and one of the wealthiest men in the county, recelved a letter “thieatening -himgelf and family with ~-death if he-did-not leave $30,000 buried in a certain place. The charter of the “Black Four” is In the hands of the sheriff and reads as follows: “We do hereby promise to be loyal to our gang and risk even death for its honor and glory, and to the traltor, death.” HOLDS DOWRY, LOSES HUBBY Wife Charges That New York Attor. ney Demanded $10,000 or a Divorce. New York—“Your father got the best of me. He promised me $10,000 to marry you, and he didn’t give me a cent. I don’t care whether he gave you the money or not. The money belongs to me. You are responsible.” This declaration, according to the complaint filed by Mrs. Selma Levin- son, in a suit for separation from Isaac Levinson, a lawyer, was made by the defendant just one month and two days after their marriage. The plaintiff alleges the defendant told her he would get the money. It not in an agreeable way—in one that would be disagreeable. “If you don't give me that $10,000, then I want to get a divorce,” the plain- tiff says she was told. 3 According to Mrs. Levinson, she re- ceived $10,000 as her dowry, but the defendant did not get it nor was he promised {t. MAN STUMBLES ON FORTUNE Janitor Picks Up Paper and Finde He's Heir to Half of $600,000 Estate. Greensburg, Pa.—C. B. Ellsworth, Janitor at the public school building, swept out the rooms as usual the oth- er night. A bit of paper caught .is eye and he read that he was heir to half an estate of $600,000. 5 The estate is that of Robert 1. Elis- worth, aged eighty-eight, who died 18 months ago at his home in Washing- ton and left his entire fortune to his nephew in Greensburg and his sister, Mrs. Elvina Bindon of Washington. The nephew here had lost all trace of his uncle, neither having seen nor heard from him for more than forty years. Soon after he recelved notice’| of his fortune fram an attornav. . Lawns that are patchy or spottea may have bad spots filled with new soil and sown or planted with sod taken from elsewhere and well fitted and battered down. The latter is the better way. If the lawn is to be made anew, please remember it cannot be too heavily stirred, too heavily fertil- ized nor can the fertilizer be too thor- oughly mixed with the soil. Then set- tle thoroughly with water before seelis ing to make it smootb. ings, S. D. They carry a traller, something like a locomotive, only there 1sn’t a tender behind, except for eating ‘purposes. GOLDFISH MARKET OF JAPAN Koriyama and “ Tokyo 'Are Leading Centers of Industry From Which Good Returns-Are Galned. Korlyama is known throughout Japan as the great gold-fish: market, the city of Tokyo ranking next in im- portance, says a correspondent. The waters around the former city seem particularly suitable for the culture of the many kinds of gold fish. Generally speaking the gold fish lay eggs in April, the eggs being hatched in four or five days. No food is given the yotinglings for three days, but they are then fed finely ground yolks of cggs mixed with water, the yolks bee | fng first boiled then strained through silk cloth. This diet 1s later changed to the larvae of mosquitoes. The most valuable fish is called the “Lion Head,” which gets its name from the crests or head fins that have the appearance df a lon's ‘mane. Three-year-old fish of this variety com- mand prices ranging from $5 to $20. It is the usual custom to keep the fish in glass bowls, although the fish cannot fully develop under such cir- cumstances. ~ Flat boxes made of wood free from lye or shallow cement ponds are considered ideal for keeping the fish, GUARD AGAINST ROSE SLUG Good Idea Now to Devise Means foi Combating Deadly Enemy of Suc- cessful Flower Garden. One of the greatest drawbacks to & successful garden is the ravages of the rose slug, which renders an entire bush unsightly in a short time. But this enemy may generally be combated if the work is begun in time. If given, early in the season, a good spraying once a week for several weeks in succession with the full force of the spray from the garden hose, this pest can easily be kept down. If you do not have a hose make up the following solution and use it full strength from the ordinary watering can: To one bucketful of boiling water use a good- sized cake of whale-oll soap and one teaspoonful of nicotine. Apply this mixture four nights in succession. Commence to combat all garden ene- mies early in the season, before they have rendered the plants unsightly. Climbing roses grow luxuriantly in almost any sunny situation. They are strong feeders and care should be taken that thelr growth is not inter fered with by being planted in too close proximity to the roots of trees or strong shrubbery. While many varies tles are very hardy, yet they will flow- er longer if planted where they can bd protected from strong winds. owitzerlana’s water Power. There are no coal mines in Switzer land, but there is “white coal” or wa- ter power in fibundance that can be transformed into light, heat and pow- er. An electric railway climbs a tun- nel inside the Jungfrau mountain. Halfway on the journey a good hot luncheon is served at the restaurant, in a station hollowed out from the rocks. The temperature of the tunnel in this snow-covered mountain is but little above the freezing point, even in summer, but the trains are lighted, heated and driven up the mountain, and the cooking and heating at the restaurant are all accomplished by the utilization of the icy cold water run- ning down the mountain side as water power to generate electricity. Few countries in the world are so well supplied with potential water power as Switzerland, and with this power fully developed she need never again see her industries at the mercy of a mneighbor who might become at any time an allen enemy, THREE AND SEVEN ARE: LUCKY Mystic Numbers, According to Popular Superstition, Bring Forth Good and Bad Luck. There 1s sald to be luck In odd num- bers, and there are prudent farmers' wives who are careful to put an’odd number of eggs under a hen for hatch- ing. Of course the fatal thirteen is an exception to the rule, 3 Three 1is considered. .. especially lucky, but there are:superstitions .of bad luck connected with it. For In- stance: Break one dish and you will break three. Three times a’ brides- maid, never a bride. There is a bellef in certain’ sections that when a fire occurs there will be two others, mak- ing three inside of 24 hours. It Is sald if a dream occurs three times In succession it will come true. An ex- ception to the rule that even numbers. are not - lucky is the common beliet that the finding of a four-leaved ‘clov- er will bring good fortune. Seven is one. of the luckiest of num- bers. The seventh son is considered a natural healer, while the seventh son of a sevénth son has almost'un- limited power to work wonders.- Keep a thing seven years and you will have a use for it. If you are the sev- enth person having your fare rung ‘up after a street car has started on its trip you will have good luck all day. 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