Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 22, 1919, Page 3

THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 22, 1919 w3 An American $2 Bill Did This \ Motherless, fatherless, homeless. nameless, bungry and clad only in rags, the pathetic little three-year-old shown at the left wandered Into @& Near East Relief orphanage in Ar- menia. Another photograph of the same child, shown at the right, was taken a week later, this time showing him happy, well clothed and well fed. Somewhere in America is the happy man or woman who contributed the $2 bill which wrought this miracle. More than a quarter million other helpless i/ L] A THE UNIVERSAL CAR - Simple Logl 5 An Irishmian was brought before a magistrate on a charge of vagrancy, and questioned. “What trade are you in?’ “Your honor, a sallor.” “You in the seafaring line? I ques- tion whether you have ever been to sea In your life.” “Shure, now, and does your honor think I came over from Ireland in a ‘waggin’?'—Blighty (London). * She Didn’t Find All. “T found a letter in your coat pocket ¢hat you had not mailed.” “Is that -all you found in my pocket?” “That;is all there was in it.” i . “Oh, no, it's not.” “What else, I'd like to know?” “A ‘rip under the- sleeve, but, of i¥" <ourse, you .were not looking for any- ' thing ke that.” e Couldn’t Expect Morw, “Phat fortune teller told me I was e come into a’fertune of §5,000.” “Is that all?” “Well, I only gave her a quarter.”— ‘Boston Evening Transcript, The Place to Do It. He—I am going to put my foet dewn .on the next purchase made for this “house, : She—All right, you can put it dewn .on a-new carpet, - 4 Looks It. - 4 Bess—Has she been the making of 4im? BEFORE. little victims ef Turkish cruelty and oppression are knocking at the doors of the Near East Relief orphanages in Western Asia, Many more American $2 bills are needed now to let them in and to care for them until they can care for themselves. AFTER. Tribute to Shakespeare. Only Shakespeare was endowed with that healthy equilibrium of nature whose range was elliptical, dominating all zones of human thought and.action —that power of veri-similar concep- tion which could take away Richard. I from history, and -Ulysses from Homer—and that creative faculty whose equal touch is alike vivifying in Shallew and Lear.—Lowell. Scored a Success. My four-year-old nephew was per fectly delighted with his grandfa- ther's car and always cranked all his toys, and even himself, when sent on errands. He is particularly interest- ed in anything mechanical and never misses any such conversation. day he cranked the cat's tail, and was delighted when it turned and spat at him, for, he said, *“There,’ I got an explosion that time.”—Chicago Ameri- can. X —_—— vepenas on tne Kesult. “Don’t you admire determination in a man's character?” s “That depends. If it brings success One | Well-Preserved Water Pipes. ‘Wooden water pipes that were used from the time of the Revolution untll the fire of 1872 to carry water into Boston have lately been unearthed and are found to be In a good state of preservation. A coin of the date 1803 in an almost perfect condition was found near one of the pipes, establish- ing, it would seem, the date at which the pipe was laid. - ——e One Car to 24 Persons. There is & motor vehicle in the United States for every 24 persons; in .Canada the ‘proportion is probably one to each 50; in England, one to 200; in Denmark, one to 300, and in France, Belgium, Holland, Switzer- land and Germany about one to every 400, says the Compressed Air Maga- zine, New York. In 1917 it was esti- mated that Italy had one car to each 1,000 of population; Portugal to each 1,690, Spain to each 1,900, Austria- Hungary, to each 2,650, and Russia to each 5,000. In Australia there was one for each 140 of population, and in South America, as a whole, one for each 1,430. WHETHER COTTER PIN OR COMPLETE OVERHAUL You can get it in our Sales and Service Station. We are Authorized Ford Dealers. In our stockroom, we carry every part that goes into a ’ Ford car or Ford truck. They’re genuine Ford parts too—each made of the same tough, durable Vanadium steel as its counterpart in the Ford car. Our special Ford repair shop is thoroughly equipped with specially designed tools and up-to-the-minute machinery so that repairs, adjustments, or complete overhauls for Ford cars can be handled promptly and efficiently: Our mechanics who will do the work on your Ford cars, or trucks, understand the Ford mechanism and know the right way to tune it up. And for the work you will pay only the reasonable Ford prices. We are a part of the Big Ford Family and not only repair Fords but sell them as well. We have more than a passing interest in the gervice we give you. Drive to our garage when your Ford needs re- pairing. For safety’s sake have the Authorized Ford dealer do it. C. W. Jewett Company, Inc. AUTHORIZED FORD SALI-'.S‘ AND SERVICE Insist on Genuine Ford Parts 418.22 Beltrami Avenue Telephone 474 Bemidji, Minnesota Belle—I guess so; he 1ooks llke a «cross between a soft cushion and a -dolly. I praise it as splendid perseverance, if tailure, I denounce it as confounded obstinacy.”—Boston Transcript. Many a minor city in the United States has more cars than the wbole of China or Japan. IF YOU WANT TO RENT. BUY. SELL OR TRADE. ADVERTISE IN PIONEER WANT COLUMN %ll_lllIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIII!IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII|IIIIIIIIIIIIII|II|II|IIII|IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIlI||II|IIIIIIII|IIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII]lII|I||II|IIIIIIII|lII||||IlIlI||IIIIII|||IlII|||||IIIIIIII|IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII|IIIIIIII|IIIIIIlIIIIIIllIIIIIllllilllg IFresh Cut F lowers Open Monday, .Tuesday_and ‘Wednesday Evenings Before Christmas Fleik Cik Flowers e Furniture Trfily Expresses the Spirit of Christmas This year people are turning to the giving of things that bring permanent joy and genuine appreciation. . 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