Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 20, 1919, Page 4

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"with’ hogs ‘and potz. toes ‘with u market’ value ‘of $82,450. It consisted of 18 cars of fat hogs from . the u:nie Vista sections, .slx - mo; }. & % acrs of hogs’ brought :in by the s n'~ T 3 42 - Weltens : n.lmwgghfintw Luls Cebtral;;: s . MHiterates Wil BD ‘ ) toes. ~ The hogs_ were - orr.h a nt { ! 4 » | uooo a carload, and the potatoes $550 - tally as WO“ as m‘- : open ed in’ fransportation’ costs when 4 y ng shells and machine gun =% on‘“the shattered nerves ot mmnr P ISk REWARD | B s SR u!lell shock. . /The authorities say. that many lwor Forrie’ Dmhflmt lmnon shell-shock, vietims who had vir- ll lhm 8:Cente Per Ton Per Mile Can Be Saved. e u cunp Upton Furnishes luh '| ¢ tually recovered have had to re S ‘New Actlvlty-lplu-dld : turn to hospitals as the - result 3 Semifte Afréady :Shown. . of ‘the -sudden ‘“pop-pop” of'as < motorcycle ‘engine behlnd them. 4 “lliterate and non-Engitsh mlken s ito be turned to account in the recruit- ‘ingof a pelco-thne army. By direction of the war dmrhnnt there s ‘being established here ‘the first “recruit educational center.” for | San Francisco—A dew uen In the , “That! We May Ridein F Comfort” i San Francisco Womarr Saye Her Hus- “band s Membar of ‘the Sun ¢ cun. . which 60 barracks and other bulld-|early hours of the morning may be The adJuStment baSIS On Angs have been eet aside, and it will | spirjtually uplifting,’ but- Mrs. Cora’ E z (4 “N E w be conducted on the lines followed by | Belie Rensted presented her objections = "'Ma). Ralph Hall Ferris when he made | to it as a part of her husband's pro- such a success of development -bat- gram in Superior Judge - Van Nos- . tallon No. 6, which went out of being.| trand’s court. - when the armistice was signed.| She is defendant in a sult’ tor divorce: Major Ferris is retiring as .camp brqught by her husband, Oarl Rensted, | morale officer to become commander |a disciple of- Mazdaznanm; a ‘suh‘’cult. of the center, which s the oum'mnh One of her allegations is that Rensted- of his own Di wanted: to -buy & place at Stoekton. Brigadier Genenl Nicholson, cmp where hecould indulge in dew baths. commander, recelved within a few| Mrs. Rensted says the baths are take days the order to establish the center, | en’about three o'clock in' the morning. and recruiting has begun throughout | She is not sure whether they are | uuun||||ui|uifii|1|nn|im|§||inlfiim . Summer’s /| warm weather - has - miade Bathing _the: favonfe recreation. We - are uhowmg many very, Ill_llmllllll G S cnrds Bufi{rmles the eastern and' northeastern: depart- | colamunity ceremony;or a prlut- and £ i B T T . ments of thé army. mdjvidual rite. ki ' 3 A]so our” personal gua.r- : &l:la::;nx styles ‘and : Wil Be Taught English. - el Pt - £l % i An flliterate or non-English-speak- | *Alton, Mo—“Uncle” Carl Miller, th » antee of tlsfact]on. .Mens, . ing recruit who enlists under the.new | popular mail carrier betweén this city . = .. & plan will be taught to speak Engliah, | and Thomasville, is’a firm: ;disbeliever: $1.75 to “-50 will recelve thorough American train-'|:in the Osler theory that a mian is‘no ing from officers born here, and will |'good after forty. He Is. eighty-three Women S S in addition get citisenship papers | now; and has just ‘been ‘awarded a- sl 50 to ’6 50 when his enlistment term of three| four-year contract- by Uncle Sam t y years has expired. ! Under the draft act 249 per cent of the men enlisted, or practically one- quarter of them, were unable to read a newspaper or write a letter home. - There were 1,600 such mey sent here and they were put in Major Ferris' development battalion. His method of training and educating them at- | tracted attention in Washington. In the notificatton sent to General Nich- olson by Maj. Gen. Henry Jervey, as- sistant chlef of staff, he sald: “Your camp has been selected not only * because it s centrally located |Ji but also because of the excel- |HH lent results {n connection with the || teaching of English that have been | obtained in development battalion No. 6, Camp Upton.” . SR On At t 21, 191 o Sixth devels . ommt"m b oa‘- t6d cand_ all - White kid exfords, just in|" rookles who were Thiterdte or did not [{J}} by expreds. . All sizes, fiA to speak Knglish, ‘except & few who had “‘Best_. washabl physical: defects,” wer#”. trinaferred to o § it. The teachers sele were pri- vates or noncommissioned officers who held university degre or who were £ o+ ‘teachers In civil life. Race was not [ ennsldered in the choosing of officers. 4 It was’ soon proven ' that sguads and i 9 . platoons composed of dlfl%t nation- 1 8 alities. recelvéd their military, instruc- ! “tion as easily.as If raclal groups had- carry the mall - between these two: Chlldren gL 50c to $3 also’ a’ very - pleasi assortment of - bat! ~ing caps. 2&: to: . Bathing- shoes . Shppers Silk Poplin sklrts These skirts ‘must (000K 4 20 Bl towns. This: is the seventh time he:|: has tuken the contract, having jnn completed 24 vears of servi - We have _just re- | celved the Clark’ ‘and "Newport~ Jer- sey:Silk gloves- whlch we. are feat= ) Every summer: has taxed the pro-- - duction of real | - good white. wash; . skirts. We arein a | position ‘this seas-' i 8 been ‘organized for the. purposb Only - ; § . English'. was permitted . to be poken O 7 p . 5 1 in the mess halls, ‘military férmations on to offer_ you and general ‘gatherings of the' men. } Instruction except In.the elementary classes was given in English. - ‘Made Good Progress. ; Within thre¢ months imen who could 3 ; speak little or no English when they entered the battalion became suffi- clently proficient in military Bnglish @ to fulfill the ordinary - functions of it soldiers both in -organization and on| i separate ‘missions. In.addition prac-| h tically all of therécruits proved their [} . spirit of Americanism by becomlu citizens. The recruits upon being accepted for the new center will be classified | according to their knowledge of Eng: Y b lish and assigned to battalions accord- i 0 -_507 5 4 = R (Gies. . <N * ingly. A !c)pol of instruction of the . v B lliterate and non-English-speaking re- 1 cruits |is belng established. The: course of Instructiqn. fvm be normally . four months, or six months in excep- tional cases, The men will be classed s o m e ‘wonderful values. “'Prices $l 25 to $5. 98 : _ii‘or_ M‘efi »an'ci‘Wo-'**’ . Biack’satif pumps - PR L . We will ofi"er for Saturday only a spec- 1a1 reduction on all sprmg Coats and: - -Suits. - Which will mean. areal saving for those who take advantage of thls spee-t 1al offer. - Shoe Department "Same in ; medlum whlbe covered hee unmmmmmniinunmmunn‘m|||mu||mmum||mmmmuunlj'lmnmmumm lnlllmlnpulmmllng|||||nm1 mmmmlfllmmmmn_nn | White satin pu}npa’ r ’1-, Never has there been suc 'a demand for- fow shges, a at present we’ )uve 'y vory complete lme. but the de- : .| mand is-such that it is very 5 qnestmnnble whether moré} can be had, as many dealers - in groups of 15 to 20 and will be grad- i * ed accofding’to the progress shown. i A board of examiners will examine the recruits for classification and pre-, 1 pare sultable tests to determine the: '8 rate of progress -especlally of slow. 4 learning men and the reasons for their backwarduess. When the recruits; have developed sufficiently for asslgn< ment Major Ferris will. report them #-to fhie adjutant gemeral of the army' for dlsposltlon - :;* IIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIilInllIIIIIIIII m é;rvfimar'y %flbah‘heél ; AAA to C Wldth Per Also many pleasmg styles of Oxfords m hlte, brown and black, with either low or igh heels y 3 ;2.00 t0 $9.00 | TROPPMAN ’S §; W hite Nile cloth colonm high or me‘h‘fm heel. -, - o, .1 Low heel, canvas s oxfords, | "4 white leathér sole and heel = §250 medmm round toe, rubber heel, very comfortable. /4 E demmd Buy now, | . - Has Grand .Little’ sehom.. ey : Kenosha, Wis.—To make sure that: . his wife was not away from homg’ ; with some one else, Fasmus Gedved;: street car conductor, is said to have compelled her to ride miles and mil on his car. That was not so bad, b . * when hé locked her up In the hou +; 'and marked the bottoms of her aho 3 ,thlt ‘he would be able ‘to tell £ e left the place, she olg)eci L_i@pdved was given a decree when &l 3 - Yol her troubles'in the divorce.c o | e I R g “-"2 " White washable kid boots, high or mili-~’ Wlnte caav;uq —boots. high heel..... tary heel A B, C widths. ..., .. $1280 | * Same— médiam heel, . .$300 and $3.50 $ Just a Little Late. - New York.—“Just heard 'lbo\lt~ -war and I want to enlist,” sld pnn Kresney, dashing up to a mariné; ... Xecruiting office, He was quite shocked : g ‘when told -he was too late, the wil : \ i 4 FOR BETTER SHOES AND SERVICE llllllllllIIIIIIIIII|IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIflIIIllIIIllIIIIIII!IIIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllfi %IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII Nalsndum

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