Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 9, 1919, Page 3

B ULLLLULLLLLLLLL UL LU U S b A PHOSPHATE IN FEN LANDS Discovery Made During ‘the\War Wase of Immense Value to Britain—Sub- stance Urgently Needed. The war was responsible for the discovery of a positive Eldorado of phosphates in England, located in the fen land of Kast Anglia. The value of this mimeral was quoted at $450 a ton during the war, and the value was, greatly enhanced, due to the fact that it was practically un- procurable in England. There was an urgent demand for it to be used in the manufacture of high explo- sive shells. Then it was that scien- tists turned to the fen lands, which -had at one time been a popular play- ground of the lumbering ichthyo- caurian mammoths, and they dis- covered a fossil bed of chalk cover- ing thousands of acres. The site of the beds is at Trumpington, near Lambridge, and soon after the dis- covery a village of wooden huts was erected and the most modern ma- chinery was installed to produce the mineral. Huge furrows were driven across the land 20 to 30 feet deep, until a fossil bed was located, and when a furrow was worked out it was covered up and another dug. In this way, after 16 months’ work the fossil beds produced thousands of tons of fossil phosphates at a cost -of from $40 to $50 a ton. With the end of the war the exploitation of the fossil beds, believed to be the largest in Europe, was discontinued.’ DICKENS’ RELICS IN DEMAND “Grip,” the Raven, 8old for $600, While Sundial and Column Fetched . More Than $500, - I notice that “Grip,” the raven immortalized by Dickens in “Barna- iy Rudge,” is to be sold by auction. It is more than thirty years since it was previously sold under the ham- mer, and in that period Dickens relics have appreciated in value, so that the bird may fetch more than the £120 for which the late Alder- man Nottage obtained it. It is astonishing to anyone who is not a Dickensian, to note the prices paid for mementoes of the novelist. Here are a few: An old sundial and colunn, formed of one of the balusters of ©0ld Rochester bridge, and used by - Dickens in his garden, once fetched Aifty-guineas; “Boz’s” writing:slope, the intrinsic value of which was ~perhaps five shillings, brought.100 guineas at a sale, and at another auction the table, chair and looking glass used by him while editing “All the Year Round,” brought £85. No less than £95 was once paid for the petty cash book which he kept when he was a boy of sixteen in a lawyer’s office.—Westminster Ga- zeite. PREHISTORIC ESKIMO VILLAGE. .~ A whole village of Eskimos of a prehistoric tribe, buried in the ever- lasting ice of latitude 75 degrees, has been discovered by a scientist +who, for almost two years, has been excavating in the vicinity of Barrow Point, on the north shore of Alaska. The bodies of 80 inhabitants of the ancient settlement were unearthed, and several have been sent to the museum of an Eastern university. That the period ofs their life corre- sponded with the “stone age” s demonstrated by the shape of their heads.—Popular Mechanics. DANGEROUS FINGER RING. According to the Seattle .repre- sentative of the shipping board, fin- ger rings constitute a fruitful source of accidents to shipyard work- " ers. “If you wish to avoid accidents,” says this authority, “leave them off when you go to work. Within the last 30 days two men have lost fin- gers as a result of accidents for which their rings were responsible, and more than 20 less serious mis- haps have been reported which were due to the same cause.—Scientific American. THAT WAS FATAL. “I once thought I was going te marry that girl.” “What happened 7 “My proposal fizzled.” “Why ?” “She asked for time to think.” NEW TRANSPORTATION IDEA. An English company plans to transport merchandise through a hydraulic tube, something like the pneumatic tube, except that the car- tiers are moved along with a stream af water. ’ TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 9, 1919 | S IRy , Ly ‘ Three Cities ! EW YORK.—The honor of possessing the community Cinderella is claimed today by Chicago, San Francisco and Atlanta. Inquiry among shoe dealers in many principal cities revealed that the average woman of those i ‘ THE BEMIbJI DAILY PIONEER three communities possesses the small- est foot in the country—size 4%4. Atlanta dealers said their sales were about equally divided among the intermediate sizes from 3% to 5%, while in Chicago, and San Francisco the average size was definitely fixed at 414. At the same time it was indi- cated that St. Paul owns the largest community foot—size 6. As regards styles and colors, brown and tan laced boots apparently are the most popular just at present, altheugh many cities evince a decidedly cosmopolitan taste, particularly New York, which is to be expected when the character of the population is con- The announcement was made in New York and Milwaukee that women's feet gre growing bigger. ers’ feet are becoming longer and narrower, which they regarded as com= mendable. The reports by cities include the following: St. Louis—Average, 4% to 5%. Brown boots of medium height and censervative style most popular. Detroit—Average 4% to 5. High top military heel favorite. Indianapolis—Average, 5%C to 6C; smallest 1AA, largest 1035AA, Milwaukee—Average, 5%. Brown, gray and black equally popular. Nine- inch lace boot with French heel favorite. One dealer said “women’s feet seem to be growing larger every year. Only a few years back 3% to 4 were the popular sizes; now 5 to 6 are in demand, with 5% leading. We frequently sell sizes up to 11.” ! Dealers in New York explained that their custom- The Price of Pork Chopsand Bacon Here are reasons why the fine, fresh pork tenderloins and pork chops, or savory ham, or crinkly bacon, which you enjoy for break- fast, cost much more per pound than'the market quotation on live hogs which you read in the newspaper: i An average hog weighs 220 pounds. Of this, only 70 per cent (154 pounds) is meat and lard. So, when we pay 15¢ a pound for live hogs, we are really paying more than 21¢ a pound for the meat which we will get from these animals, even after taking into account the value of the by-products. o But people show a preference for only one-third of the whole—the pork chops, fancy bacon, and choice cuts from juicy hams. F : This means that when we are sefl- ing Premium bacon at 43Y2¢ per pound wholesale and Premium hams at 30¥, there are other parts for which we get as low as 67 or 8¢ per pound. The net result is an average profit to us of less than 1¢ « pound. The choice cuts are higher because of 4 demand for them. Another thing: Only 35 pounds of the entire hog—or about 1/6 th—is usually marketed at once. The rest must be pickled, cured, or smoked. This takes months, and adds to the costs which must be met. Swift & Company, U.S.A. AN OLD RECIPE Sage Tea and Sulphur Turns Gray, Faded Hair Dark and Glossy She Almost everyone knows that Sage Tea and Sulphur, properly com- pounded, brings back the natural Subscribe for The Ploueer. color and lustre to the hair when DRY CLEANING TO DARKEN HAIR/|| octothes creaners for aen, women and Children RX;CLEANING HOUSE ‘SOéffisnw BROS PROPS DR. J. W. DIEDRICH DENTIST X ffiee—O'Leary-Bowser B! DR. EINER JOHNSON : Physician and Surgeon = Bemidji, Minn. Ol 3 Phones—Oftice 376-W. Res. 37¢-R faded, streaked or gray. Years ago the only way to get this mixture was to.make it at home, which is mussy and troublesome. . 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