Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 23, 1919, Page 7

. ,é,«’ Washington, WAR' EFFECT |DAMONDS 0 UP ONPOPULATION | ON EUROPE MART ISEXPECTEDTO - SHOW CHANGES Experts Puzzled, But Believe Westward Shift Halted by Industries GROWTH OF-INDUSTRIE 4 OFFSETS SITUATION Expected That Foreign Born Will Show Decline; Law Requires Census (By United Press.) Sept.. 23.—Striking chahges in the growth and-character of the population of the United States are expected to be shown by the 1920 census, preparations for which are under way: o - The shifting of population becaus of the war has upsetthe calculations of. cénsus” éxperts, who since 1917 . have considered it useless to attempt 1o éstimaté population of any other units than states. Before that, it was Dpoeaible to predict with a fair degree of ‘accuracy the number of persons in any. given locality. \ - Center of Population. The “center of population,” it is ed, has stopped its westward movement, - which was continuous frqm 1790 to 1910, when it ‘was lo- cated in: Bioomington, Ind, This is because industrial cities in the cen- tral_east, such as Cleveland and De- troit, have been growing at a great. 1y increased rate during recent years, as have manufacturing centers fur- ther - east. Formerly the Rocky Mountain and Pacific Coast states in- creased in population with twice the rapidity of eastern and central states. During this year, however, certain modifications of the unusual situation may be made.: The opening of re- clamation projects in the west, the resumption of immigration, and other causes, it is thought, will change the abnormal distribution. There will also-be a tendency to return to normal now that the war is ended. ; Changes Expected. “Pronounced -changes are expected ( AnsthaesSconstitution of the"pop -lation”—! males, the propor foreign -stock, and the age distribu- “""tion. - When ‘a city experiences a rapid growth due to ‘industrial and commercial activity, the gain in pop- ulation is largely made up of persons in 'the young and early middle ages. Among these persons there will be more men than women. For example, in:Oklahoma City, where the popu- lation grew nearly 500 per cent be- tween 1900 and 1910, the ratio of males to females in the latter was 126 -to 100, and 62-per cent of the population was between 15 and 45. Country to City. The coming census is also‘expected 1o show a continuation of the move- ment from the country to the city which has been going on for many decades. A further decrease in the proportion of negro population is expected. Tn 1900 negroes numbered 11.6 per cent and in 1910, 10.7 per cent. ‘It is expected that the percentage of foreign-born will show a marked \ decline, due to the discontinuation} of immigration. In-recent years the native-born population did not in- crease as rapidly as the foreign-born. Fewer -persons will. be found, it 18 predicted, ‘'who are unable to speak English.- 7 In 1910 this number was 22.8 per cent of the population. . : The law requires the census bureau to make .an actual count every 10 years, and an estimate for cities and states -every year by arithmetical progression. . Since 1917, however, the bureau has not estimated cities. A calculation of state population was made 7ecently, however. < ', ‘he silo's the thing. ‘ 2 * s @ ' The ‘early threshed barley usually fares best in the market. R *« 0 ANl of the vegetables raised in the garden should be u‘tilu’ed for food. L d . Sofls that have no crop on them, or the harvest flelds as soon as the grain fs off, will be better for a good disk- Ing. L 8 B ] Vegetables in the late summer gar- de: must be kept growing without check in order to obtain satisfactory resulta. ' . ® 0 ' ‘It takes care and attention to im- prove 16nd so that the crops may be larger each year the seasons are fa- vorable. L B B ] Shoveling sflage out of a silo 1s play compared with prying corn shocks out of frozen ground and Antwerp Clubs Reveal Efforts of Germans to Control Gem Trade. MONEY DEPRECIATION HELPS Men of Wealth, Nervous as to Finan. clal Outlook, Buy Diamonds In- stead of Securities Because the Safest Investment. Antwerp.—Antwerp 1s in the throes of a “dlamond fever” such as has never been known anywhere before. Not less than six “diamond clubs” have been opened in the last three months. These are “clubs” only. in name, for they have nothing of the usual -com- fortable accommodation generally -as- soclated in our minds with suchb in- stitations.- Their main feature {8 & large room filled' with rows of small card tables. The room looks for all the world like a card playlug estab- lishment. It is the guests, however, who pre- gent the strangest appearance. There are smart young men dressed in the latest styles, and important looking men bearlng the unmistakable mark of the stock eéxchange habltde and pe- culiar old men with long heards and sofled linen and ancient-Prince Albert suits all mingled together and driving bargains among themselves at figures that. would rejoice nny banker even in America. Handling Diamonds. Two by two theéy sit, opposite each other at the little green tables, care- lessly fingering handfuls of uncut dia- monds as if they were common poker chips. . ¢ The conversations are pretty much the same all over {he room: “How much did you pay for this lot?” : “Two hundred thousand erowns.” “A11 right; I'll buy it with 8 per cent profit for you.” i “Done.” And the money is handed over at once in cash. Then the seller looks around and having nothing better to do, leans over the shoulder of an ac- quaintance at another table, driving another bargain. And the gambler fever gets him again and he feels sorry he has sold. So he buys an- other lot and sometimes he buys back the very one he has sold. Thus the prices are pushed up in this = extramordinary = “diamond ex- change” of the world. . ‘One of-dhe -oldest-frms has:glyen ‘the. folGwing figures. concerning. dla- mond nricas: “Before _the war the uncut stone cost $23 a karat and $32 after cutting. Immediately after the declaration of war the price slumped to $23 and re- mained that low as long as 1915, when the Germans, beginning to get nerv- ous about the value of paper money, started buying all the diamonds they could find on the market. France, Switzerland, Italy and Eng- 1and followed suit, and the price went up by-leaps and bounds. On-the eve of the armistice the karat was worth $70 and fell again to $34 within a few weeks of the cessation ef hostil- ities. Since the beginning of the year the diamond market lLas boomed, owing| to the general depreciation of Euro- pean money, the difficulty of exchange and the embargo on export 0f curren- cles. from one to another European country. 2 . Demand Is Heavy. Today a karat of uncit stone finis i an easy market at $150. Merchants " need no longer seek customers. Cred- it is no_longer given. . As S0OD &R & new consignment arrives’ from Loo: don the @amond Clubs are filled to overflowing -and the bidding starts| with unheard of zest. Many accountg are settled in' America, and even there mercharits prefer to be pald Inj) kind rather than in money. It seems: certain that the price of "dlamonds will continue to rise unti the economic condition of the world is better balanced than st present. In every country there is an: aston- ishing number of rich.men who are still very nervous as to the financial outlook, especially In relation to pos- sible labor troubles. These men do not buy securities and do not keep large bank balances. They buy dfa- monds because they know they are the safest investment and the easfest to transport. The fact that Germans have been the heaviest purchasers of cut and uncut stones since 1915 is beginning to worry the allies who find In it the explanation of the apparent optimism shown In Germany as to the economic future of the country. It is said that the greatest supply of diamonds in the world is now safely stored by Ger- mans who, when they chaose, are in a position to command the market. —_— Young Joyrider. Sharon, Pa—“Billy” Burns, three years of age, can lay claim to being one of the country’s youngest joyrid- ers. A machine drove up in front ot the Burns home recently and little Billy got aboard the running board and clung on to the extra tire. When the dfiver started away he fafled to notice the child and carried him five miles. Meanwhile the Burns family had the police hunting for & supposed kid- naper. Attempt to Be Cave Man Leads to Arrest Portland, . Ore,—John Law I8 always spoiling romance. Just when Ernest Fix tried to pull a caveman stunt and fix it up for him and Miss Polly En. gle to wed the bride-to-be went and had him arrested. “He used to sit on my porch with & gun and threaten to kill me unless I married him,” she told the ~court. Then Ernest, who 1s seventeen years old, was held under $2,000 for investiga- tion by the grand jury. SUE FOR INDIAN OIL LANDS Property Worth 300 Million Dollars ls Sought by United States Dis- trict “Attorney. Oklahoma City.—Suit wili’be filed in the United States district court on be- half of the Indian owners by John A. Fain, United States district attorney, for fifteen sections of Indian oil lands extending south to the old bank of the Red river, said to be valued at 800 million dollars, and involving some of the_richest ofl lands in the country. The move was decided at a conference in Washingtcea at which Attorney Gen- eral Palmer, Mr. Fain and a Texas rep- resentative were present. Phe suit involves the determination of the old river bed which was the Texas-Oklahoma border. ~ There are thirty-two -Indian properties ~on - the land, extending for sixteen miles, Fain says. It is opposite the best. fleld in the Burkburnett field. HICKORY NUTS ON GRAPEVINE Missouri Farmer Produces a Wonder of Vegetable Life That.Would As- tonish Luther Burbank. Kennett, Mo.—According to. W. T. Romine, recorder of deeds of Dunklin county, Luther Burbank has been out- done on.the farm of F. M. McNell, where a wild grapevine, growing around a -hickory tree, hus produced hickory nuts in the place of grapes for two consecutive seasons. The vine was also seen by J. P. Nations and A. W. Winters, who ac- ecompanied Recorder Romine on & search for peaches. It is not claimed that the hickory nuts grow in clusters the same as grapes, but many people in the neighborhood will testify to the authenticity of the story, as it seems to be one of the peculfarities of nature caused by the “crossiig” of the vine and tree. —_— SARAJEVO MONUMENT RAZED 8lavs Tear Down Shaft Marking Spot Where Archduke Ferdinand and Wife Were Killed. Sarajevo, Bosnia.—The Slavs have torn down ‘the beautiful monument’ of granite. and bronze which ' the Aus- _trians erected to the memories —of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophia, duchess of ‘Hohenberg, which stood at a corner of the bridge hete where -their assassination by Prinzip furnished the spark that set off ‘the world war, It bore a bronze plaque showing the figures of both Ferdinand.and .Sophia. Sarajevo seems’ almost to have for- gotten the assassination and is well on its way toward making “business as usual”’ As a demobilized soldier sald, “We're ell sick of the war business!” FIND BONES OF DWARF Raut 8quaw Creek Mesa Near Grand Can. yon Burial Place of An- cient Tribe, Prescott, Ariz.—That the Squaw creek mesa, 15 miles east of Grand canyon, was the burial ground of an anclent tribe of dwarfs, I8 the opinion of H. L. Loomis, prospector, who says he recently uncovered portions of 19 skeletons there. 2 In the old graves the prospector found a cupful of tnquolse and small pleces of anclent pottery, some of which have been sent to the University of: Arizona und the remainder to the Smithsonian Institution. All the bones found were those of a diminutive rare. Laomis said . Poisoned Barley for Rodents. Los Angeles>—Four tons of 'strych- nine-coated ~ barley were recelved recently by County Horticultural com- migsioner Ryan to be.used in a war upon rodents, especially of the squir- rel variety. The campaign against the rodents will begin at once, the district between Los Angeles and Long Beach being attacked first. Polson will then be spread over the grain and fruit growing sections from the Sun .Ga- briel river to San Bernardino county lines. P NOTICE OP EXPIRATION OF TIME OF REDEMPTION. No. 356 y Office of county auditor, County of Beltrami, State of Minnesota. ss. To J. A. Radtschweit. (1) You are hereby notified that the following piece or parcel of land situat- ed in the County of Beltrami, State of Minnesoia, and known and described as follows, to-wit lot 13, block 7, Tenstrike Center, is now assesed in your name. (2)° That on the 13th day of May 1905, at a sale of land pursuant to the real estate tax judgment duly given and made . in and by the district court in County of Beltrami on the 21st day of March, 1906 in proceedings to enforce the payment of taxes delin- quent upon real estate for the year 1903 for said County of Beltrami the above described plece or parcel of land was of- fered for sale, and no one bidding upon sald offer, sald piece or parcel, was bid in for the State of Minnesota for the ($26.34), twenty-six & 84-100 dollars. (3) That thereafter, and on the 11th day of August, 19819, the sald. piece or parcel not then having been redeemed from. sald sale,-was sold and conveyed at_public sale by the county auditor-of sald county pursuant to_ the order. and direction ‘of the state auditor of Minne- sota, and pursuant to the statute, to an actual purchaser for the sum of thirty- five dollars and no cents. (4) That the amount required to re- deem said plece or parcel of land from u‘lxd sale, ex(t:}\;slve of the costs to ac- crue upon this notice, is the sum ($35.00), thirty-five dollars and no cents and interest at .the rate of 12 per cent per annum on. ($36.00), thirty-five dol- lars, and no cents from said 11th day of August 1919, to the day such redemption B & Yhat the ¢ e tax certificate of sale issued to sald purchaser has been pre- sented to me by the holder thereof, and this notice requested. (6) That the time for the redemp- tion of said piece or parcel of land from said tax sale will expire (60) days after the service of this notice, and the filing of proof of such service in my office. this 285 aay of Auguss, 19750 "ot of August, . (Ofticial Sean) © A. D. JOHNSON, Auditor Beltrami County, Minnes Approved Feb. m 16, i ol LYNDON A. SMITH, Attorney General. 912-103 By H. W. Alsop, Deputy. . Bank No. 1265 STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF SBOLWAY STATE At the close of business on Septem- ber 12, 1919. Resources. Loans and discount $§ 45,442.64 Overdrafts 207.99 U. S. bonds and other U. B. obligations ........ eesnas 4,910.00 Banking house, furniture and fixtures ....... Ciereesaies 4,462.07 Due from other ki $ 10,471.94 1,917.48 ..+ +$1,666. . 22265 ‘ther 128.88 Total cash assets.......... .. 12,389.42 Paid out for expenses, etc., in excess of earnings ....... 890.46 S5 Total - ..oovayeeraerasss..§ 68,392.68 \ Lisbilities. ; Capital stock . ...$ 10,000.00 fund . 2,000.00 $ 28,110.63 Certified 2.20 Cashier’'s checks 1,480.14 Total immedidte 1i- abilities ....... . Savings deposita . ,144.4 Time certificates ,605. Total deposits . 66,292.68 68,208.68 $13,389.42 law vheesreniseens. 4,882,680 State of Minnesota, County of Bel- trami, ss. We, F. W. Manthey, president, and Frank 8. Smith, cashier, of the above named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of our knowledge and belief. F. W. MANTHEY, President. FRANK 8. SMITH, Cashier. Correct attest, two directors: John G. Walace, H. K. Robinson. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 17th day of September, 1919. H. K. ROBINSON, (Seal) Notary Public, Beltrami County, Minn. 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