Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 21, 1918, Page 4

PAGE FOUR GIRLS' CANTEEN LOCATED By MISS IRENE McINTYRE. Salvation Army “Doughgirl” in France. b (Written for The United Press.) With the American Troops.at the Front, Aug. 1.—(By Mail.)—We doughgirls get sudden orders for movement, too, sometimes, much the same as the doughboys do. Our most sudden one came a few days ago—or rather it was night. Most of the army movements are at night, and ours was a midnight one. Gladys and I had finished a long day’s work and were tired after mak- ing an unusually large batch of V doughnuts. So we turned in early, for the front. BEarly is about eleven o’clock. ‘We had no more than fallen asleep when our commanding officer arrived with several other Salvation Army workers. When we had awakened enough to dress and see him, the of- ficer informed us we would go in half an hour, and that the new arrivals would take our canteen over. We hustled to get out affairs to- gether, throwing them into our trunks. Then Gladys grabbed her dog and I caught my pet fox who was out in the bushes, and we were off. We rode almost all night, and about day- light came to the Salvation Army haaidqua.rters, where we rested for a while. Off for New Sector. By noon we were off again, bound for a new sector which had never had a Salvation Army hut. It was more than 100 miles down fhe line from headquarters. We rode in a Ford which was used for carrying supplies r INOLD SALOON BUILDING to the canteens. Seats were put in the box for us. By night we had our destination, and to ing at the front toe late to be able to get a place for that night we stopped in a small French town. It took a lot of skirmishing around to find ho- tel accommodations so near the front but we finally succeeded. ¥ Next morning bright and early, our party arrived in the new home, a lit- tle town of Lorraine, very near the lifie, and more than half in ruins as the result of the Boches' work when then invaded this area in 1914 and 1915. Our place was a store room, and the sign over it read ‘“‘Modern Bar.” So we made our canteen out of the bar room. We were in a new party of eight who were opening huts in this new hilly sector of Lorraine. We had not been at the ‘“Modern Bar” long when our commanding officer as- signed us to a little village nearer the front, where we had to begin a new hut. not arrived at avoid arriv- * Picking Out a House. We went out to pick out a house among those in ruins for a new home. Most all of the hquses were battered and many had holes in them. We finally chcse one which had not been used since the war started, except for a stable. It had a big loft and the roof leaked. It was terribly dirty. But we saw fine possibilities in it for a doughnut kitchen, a canteen for the boys, and a place for them to read. We put in a bid for it with the town major, and he soon’informed us he|. had leased it from the original owner for 99 years, for a pocket full of francs. He refused to take our money to pay the lease, saying the boys had heard of our coming, had taken up a collection to pay for it. We sus- TENSTRIKE RAISES $100 FOR RED CROSS WORK: SERVICE FLAG PRESENTED The auction sale and patriotic pro- gram given at Tenstrike, Aug. 10, for the benefit of the Red Cross was a grand success. The program opened by singing, “The Battle Hymn of the Republic,” and was followed ty: Toast to the American Flag—M. E. Knappen. o * Thrift Stamp Song—Children. Vocal solo—Mrs. F. D. McMartin. Duet—Miss Krohn and Mrs. Hal- uptzok. 1 Vocal solo—Mrs. E. E. Robedeau. Reading—Mrs. B. Carter. A specal feature of the evening was the presenting of the community ser- vice flag; by Mrs. E. E. Robideau. In appropriate remarks she paid honor to'the 23 boys who have answered the country’s call. A. B. Davis, acting as auctioneer, proved himself capable for the posi- tion. He succeeded in disposing of everything except a large snapping turtle, 4 The receipts of the sale were $99.30. The branch has just completed and sent to Bemidji, August 15, 10 chem- ises, 12 boots, six pairs of socks, 23 petticoats. The officers of the branch are: President, Mrs. B. Carter, Sr.; vice president, Mrs. Ketcham; secretary, gris. Roerick; treasurer, Mrs. W. H. eice. MOTOR CORPS COMPANY BEING ORGANIZED HERE Bemidji is to havy a motor corps company as an independent adjunct to the state Home Guard organiza- tion, units being organized in various cities throughout the state. And al- ready 35 of the leading car owners of Bemidji having signified their inten- tion of becoming members, while the limit is 48. It is also intended to have memberships in Blackduck, Kelliler, Tenstrike and other nearby points. The organization is purely a vol- untary one and under the direction of the adjutant general of the state, and its prime purpose is the moving of troops to desired points in case of emergency or call from the adju- tant general’s office; and is not in military service and has no connec- tion with the Home Guard organiza- tion of the state. Steps are now being taken toward t[le perfection of the unit for this city and part of the county and with- in a short time is expected to be per- fected. SPIDORA IS PUZZLING CARNIVAL VISITORS It seems that one of the greatest unsolved mysteries that Bemidji has is Spidora, “the bodyless girl” with the Little Giant shows, now exhibit- lng at the baseball park under the au- spices of the Twenty-first Home Guard battalion band. Visitors “to the shows who have seen this feature have even slipped into the Pioneer office and asked “how it is dome,” and similar questions. Spidora is quite attractive of face, but as to the rest of her anatomy it remains a mystery. The shows are proving magnets and the monkey speedway is a popu- lar feature, All of the shows are good, the Southern Plantation hav- ing genuine colored people who sing and dance in true cotton belt style. The merry-go-round and the Ferris wheel are being well patronized and everything connected with the shows is worthwhile. PR R MORE SUGAR FOR CANNING INDICATED St. Paul, Aug. 21—Minnesota housewives will get an additjonal al- lowance of sugar for canmning pur- poses in September, about the 10 pounds per capita allowed for that purpose up to Aug. 31, a food admin- istration statement indicates. F. S. Pool, head of the sugar divi- sion of the administration, urged people of the state to buy their full allowance of 10 pounds per capita at this time, and use it for canning and preserving only. “One of the first purposes of the sugar administration,” spid 'A. D. ‘Wilson, - state : food- administrator; “has been to ‘make ‘sugaravailable for canning purposes and prevent any loss in perishable fruits. What is put up with the 10 pounds per capita allowance, and with' the further allowance that is to be obtained in September, should: insure’that -Minn- esota people’ ‘will‘be weir:supplied with food of this kind through the winter, and that the whole supply of perishables will be saved.” SPQONER SAWMILL TO BE GREATLY ENLARGED Spooner, Aug. 21.—According to present plans, Spooner will be a busy place next winter. As soon as the mill closes for the season a great deal of other work will be begun at the plant. All the company houses will be moved from the Engler location up the river to this village and the pres- ent mill office will be moved to the site of the former tennis court on the Baudette river bank. When this is done the present dry shed and all platforms will be in- closed, as well as the site now occu- pied by the office of the mill com- pany. All this will be used for a crating factory, a box factory and bolting factory. It is planned to in- stall about twenty-five machines in the proposed new building. This will give employment through out the year to some hundred addi- tional men, as it is expected to keep the planer and other plants con- tinuously busy. A special effort will be made by the mill company to secure a large number of men with families. Extra inducements are now offerea them to settle here, so that the labor question might be solved. ) PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL PAYS BEMIDJI BRIEF CALL S. W. Frazier of St. Paul, organiza- tion agent of the Minnesota Public Safety commission, was in Bemidji Tuesday, on a tour of the northern part of the state looking over the food problem. While in Bemidji he called upon President Molander and Secre- tary Denu of the Beltrami commis- sion and Chairman Reynolds of the county food administration. Mr. Frazier took a slant at the wood proposition for this part of the state in relatdon to its cost and the relative shortage of coal. He ‘eX- pressed himself as much pleased with Bemidji and its war activities and praised the hearty co-operation with the state authorities and Public Safe- ty commission for their efforts to maintain the high standard through- out the state during the trying times now confronting the nation. 2.969 YOUNG MEN TO REGISTER THROUGHOUT STATE Advised estimates give Minnesota 3,968 young men who have reached 21 years since June 5, 1918, who will be required to register next Saturday in the precincts designated. If is also estimated that about half of the registry throughout the country will go into class one, and it “is further estimated the total registry will be 158,011, pect he had a lot to @o with it. Next day we came back, and the officers assigned us details to clean up the place. It was a big job to under- take, but the boys went to work, and the place soon began to look respect- able, ‘Some whitewash and curtains,) and lots of scrubbing added to its ap- pearance. : ‘We are glad to have the new place open and running now, and we take|. a lot of pride in having made it our- selves, ‘or rather having directed the work that made it. You have a sort of pioneer’s feeling after you create a workshop for doughnut making out of an old Lorraine ruin. WANT AD DEPT. Advertisements in this column cost half cent a word per issue, when paid cash in advance. No ad will be run for less than 10c per issue. Ads charged on’ our /books cost one cent a word per issue. No ads run for less than 26c. g FOR SALE PO o scrcthoocmc MO RSB EL FOR SALE—Studebaker truck for sale or trade for wood. J. J. Dor: an, 402 Minn. avenue. 824 FOR SALE—Good three-room house in Nymore, near box factory, $650. Easy terms. Inquire Geo. Voltz, Mill Park. 6t821 FOR SALE OR TRADE—One 1918 Ford and one Grand Six, both in good condition, cheap if taken at once or will trade for stock. Phone 656W 1-821 FOR SALE—One woodstock typewri- ter for $76.00 cash. If desired on time will ‘sell for $90, $16 down and balance in $5.00 monthly pay- ments. Enquire Pioneer- Station- + ery House, former postoffice quar- ters. 6d 824 FOR SALE—S80A clay, well drained, 18 miles from city; 60A brush, some timber, and improvements, | will take Ford or Maxwell car as part payment. Interested write R. M., care of Pioneer. 6t824 FOR SALE /AT A.BARGAIN—Our “ home at 1012 Doud avenue, eight rooms, modern except heat. New- 1y painted, newly shingled, garage, fenced, shade trees, screen porch, screen windows and doors through- out. New cellar. Will leave near- ly new. Universal range and base burner with the house if desired. The first $2,000 takes this comfor- table home; $700.00 down, balance terms. Inquire of Mrs. Martin Longballa, Littlefork, Minn. G FOR SALE—Smith Form-a-truck Good condition. Cheap for quirk sale.’ Koors Bros. 810tt FOR:SALE—-Hand made stake wagon. Wil sellitight. * Kaors Bros:s o = : 810tf A A A A A A A A A At e o WENTED [, - L WANTED—Maid for general house- wadrk.«Apply: 121% Bemidji-avenue. ¥ ‘Phone 755:W“ ; T +821tf WANTED—Girls * in the Bemidji Steam Laundry. 2-822 PN e s T S o ol WANTED—Girl at Vickers' hotel 2t822 o - WANTED—Engineer at Lake Julia sanatorium. Address Dr. C. E. Da- vis, Puposky, Minn. 5t824 WANTED—Position in private fam- ily to do general housework. Ad- dress Y, care P'oneer. 3t822 WANTED—Work by the hour, wash- ing, ironing or housework. In- quire at Wagner’s store, Mill Park, Mrs. Bertha A. .doore. 6t827 WANTED—Lady cook. Svea htel. S §14tf WANTED—Kitchen girl. Eriékson hotel. .3-821 WANTED—Woman to work nights. Jefferson hotel. 813tf st ey i RNk T8 PO R WANTED—Maid and cleaning “girl. Markham hotel. 819tf s e e o WANTED—Rooms for light house- keeping. Inquire Pioneer office. 711 tf 'WANTED—Modern house with heat before Sept 15, telephone 29 or 290 6d823 WANTED—Modern house with heat before Sept. 15. Telephone 29 or 290. 6d823 WANTED—Married couple, résidents of Bemidji, desire warm room in private modern residence for the winter. Desirable locality only. “Room,” care Pioneer. 821tf WANTED TO TRADE—Modern 10- room house for unimproved farm lands. Address Lock Box 471 5-823 o~ FOR RENT FOR RENT—Several steam heated apartments. Kaplan. 6821 LOST AND FOUND LOST—Child’s blue sailor coat, be- tween Bemidji and Birchmon.t Re- turn to Birchmont for reward. 817t WANTED TO BUY. WANTED—To buy for cash one heavy team work horse, with har- ness. Emory Jarvis, Margie, Minn. 13t828 WANTED—To hear from owner of good farm for sale. State cash price, full description. D. F. Bush, Minneapolis, Minn. d83 A A A A A A Want bids by bushel for digging (between Sept. 20th and Oct. 20th), about eighty acres of potatoes in the Lavinia and Bass Lake district. Will accept bids for five acres up. Bid scparate on digging. Bid separate on picking and if desired will let hauling to same party. J. J. Opsahl. 6t821 SWAGGER STICKS MAKE HIT WITH BOYS OF THE REANKS By Frank J. Taylor (United Press Staff Correspondent.) With ' the American Armies in France, Aug. 4.—(By Mail.)— Swagger sticks are the latest in doughiboy social circles. Not canes, but swagger sticks, He may not have the *‘foxiest duds,”’ his shoes may be unpolishable, and his hat hasn’t the “snap’’ that’s in a derby, but that dosen’t keep the doughboy from being the dude of the army if he so desires. The doughboys never took to canes. They werg monopolized by aviators and ambutance drivers in Burope. Swagger sticks are different. They add” poise to a man’s strut, and if anyone has earned the right to strut 4n Uncle Sam’s army, it is the dough- ‘boy. To do it right, he’s adopted the swagger stick. — N. L. HAKKERUP PHOTOGRAPHER Photos Day and Night Third St. Bemidijl WANT TO BUY AT ONCE FOR CASH LIVE DUCKS call BEMIDJI HARDWARE CO. T0 WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. Whereas, my wife, Bertha left me on Aug. 16, 1918. I therefor forbid all persons harboring or trusting her on my account, as I will pay no more bills of her transacting. FRANK E. MOORE. 3t822 = Yol quite worth the time and trouble just to see them. JUST A FEW SUMMER BARGAINS LEFT, WHICH MUST BE CLOSED OUT WITHOUT DELAY? NO MATTER WHAT THE SACRIFICE. L'FONTISEE MILLINERY FOURTH STREET Read This i It may be a little early, but we are already beginning to recejve . our select stock of fall millinery. Every woman knows that the ear‘ly shopper gets the choicest creations, hence we suggest that you come in most any day and look our latest styles over. to make your selection just now, but they are so unique in design it is You may not be ready Truly American ! They save sugar and wheat! Crisp, golden brown flakes deliciously flavored -~ and toasted ‘“‘just right.” ARMOUR’S CORN FLAKES Trade supplied by the Armour Grain Co., Chicago Remember, Armour’s Oats cook in 10 to 15 minutes Are @ Woman BEMIDJI, MINN. 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