Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 19, 1920, Page 8

T | PAGE EIGHT TWENTY NATIONS AT MONEY CONGRESS IN NATIONAL CAPITAL Pan-American Financiers Are Holding a Five-Day Conference (By United Press) Washington, Jan. 19.—Leading Sinanciers of Latir-American coun- tries and the United States gathered here today for a five-day conference to discuss and adopt means to stim- ulate financial and trade relations between North and South America. Twenty Latin-American countries were represented by delegations com- posed of ministers of finance, bank- ers, jurists, merchants and shipown- ers. Secretary of the Treasury Glass officially represented the United States. The conference is the second Pan-American Financial Conference, which opened today and lasts until Friday. Addresses of welcome by Vice- President Marshall, Secretary of State Lansing, and John Barrett, di- rector-general of the Pan-American Union, featured today’s opening ses- sion. Following the response by Latin-Americans, the conference pro ceeded to the organization of group committees, each Latin-American de- Yegution being turned over to group committees, composed of America’s jeading millionaire bankers, export- ers and manufacturers. The conference is expected to dis- cuss many important problems, af- fecting business relations between the United States and Latin-America. Subjects to be considered include international finance, exchange rates, investment opportunities, improved facilities for transportation and com- munication, and removal of obstacles #n the way of trade. Twenty Latin-American republics were represented at the opening of the conference. The eight cabinet ministers attending were: Dr. Dom- ingo Salaberry of Argentina; Pom- ponio Guzman of Colombia; Dr. Luis Felipe Borja of Ecuador; M. Fleury Fequiere of Haiti; Dr. Eusebio Ayala of Paraguay; Fernando C. Fuchs of Peru; Jose Esperanza Suay of Salva- dor; and Dr. Ricardo Vecino of Uru- guay. Twenty group committee, compos- ed of such men as Frank A. Vander- lip, New York banker; H. E. Bryan, head of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul railroad; James A. Farrell, president of the United States Steel Corporation; Henry Ford, and Ed- ward S. Huxley, president of the United States Rubber Export Com- pany, will act as hosts to the Latin- Americans. Each committee has from ten to fifteen American business men on it, and will place themselves at the disposal of the visitors. Following the end of the confer- smce each delegation is to be taken or separate tours of the United Btates. Their itineraries will include visits Lo the coal and iron fields, cot- ¢on growing sections, railroad cen- iers, the grain belt and steel plants. » POLITICAL ECHO HEARD. $ 4By United Press.) St. Paul, Jan. 19—Daniel Moriarty, former Minneapolis saloonkeeper, in- dicted on charges in connection with the $20,000 Ramsey county treasury | shortage, was on trial here today be- fore Judge Dickson in district court. It iz understood that the state has mot a strong case agains Moriarty, who is aiding the county attorney’s office in unearthing stolen treasury ehecks. DOES WELL WITH ONE ARM Englishman Apparently Little Incon- wenienced by the Loss of His Right “Wing.” Apropos our recent photograph on feats performed by armless men, a con- tribator, who lost his right arm when ke was a youth, sends an interesting account of the ingenious manner in which he carries on In spite of his handicap. ~T get up,at seven o'clock,” he says, *wash, shave, scrub my finger-nails by botding a small nail-brush between my teeth, and dress myself without any Betp. To fill a pipe and strike a mmatch is an easy matter, while years ago I learned to write with my left hand. I often play whist, and can place my cards together as quickly as any- ome. But I find my chief delight and emjosment in playing the piano or or- gan. I love both. I do not play with my feft hand only, but play the lower motes with a stick in my mouth. ~E can open a boiled egg and eat it @8 quickly as anyone with their two hands, while in regard to wrapping up & parcel and securing the same with string, I challenge any grocer to do the job more neatly. “Peeling an apple is quite simple. I can open a penknife in an instant. ~No one need despair who has lost one of their arms. 1t Is awkard at first, but after a few weeks it is sur- prising what one can do for them- seives. So to all who have lost an am: I say: ‘Cheerio! It might have been worse!"—London Tit-Bits. Air Travel de Luxe. The airship “R 33" has been making a tour of the French battlefields, says the London Sphere, and it carried a FARGO GRAND JURORS | RECONVENE TOMORROW AFTER HOLIDAY RECESS Rumors That There May Be Some Sensational Arrests of Profiteers (By United Press) Fargo, N. D., Jan. 19.—There are rumors that there may be some sen- sational arrests as a result of the probe of profiteering by the grand jury which opens its sessions again tomorrow following the holiday re- cess. It was reported that business men from many towns of the state were before the jury. That the investiga- tion was not then completed is evi- dent from jury “findings” filed with the clerk of court stating “That we feel this matter should be further considered at the reconvening of this jury in January.’ In this report the grand jury stat- ed that it “appeared evident that wholesalers represented territorial rights, reducing competition to the minimum; that a uniformity of prices to the retailer is generally adhered to, and that the wholesaler apparent- ly occupied the position of exacting from thelretailer an arbitrary price.” The grand jury further reported that after investigating retailers it found “there is a tendency to de- mand unwarranted prices on certain commodities, and not within the scope of prices or formulated by the bureau of justice and fair prices.” SOLDIERS LIKED THE PRINCE Heir to British Throne Fond of Min- gling With the Fighters, When He Was Permitted. In the front lines a Canadian soldier was building a fire one cold night of late autumn. Out of the night behind him came a footstep. He turned, and became doubly alert when he saw that the man was not an officer of his regi- ment. The visitor approached the blaze, held his hands out over it and sald: “This fire certalnly looks good to me.” The tone was pleasant enough, and suspicion was almost unarmed when the voice went on: “Have you wood enough? If you haven't I’ll get you some more.” The fire builder felt some regret that any suspicion whatever remained, but there had been a special warning against strangers not of one’s own regiment. In response to it he was about to question thegmewcomer close- 1y, when an officer w he did know came within the firelit circle and ad- dressed the stranger : “Your royal highness, it is best that you return to the automobile at once.” And the prince of Wales reluctantly left the fire and returned to the place where he officially belonged. It was not the first time he had left that place of his own accord and gone forward among the men.’ The Canadian who tells the story learned afterward that the prince’s staff had its hands full to keep him from breaking away from the official circle prescribed for him and mingling with the men on their own ground. UP-TO-DATE SUMMER HOUSES Colony Plan of Housing Poultry May Be Adopted to Advantage on a Great Number of Farms. (Preparel by the United States Depart- ment of Agriculture.) The curtain-front or partial open- front house is conceded to be the best type for most sections. The colony plan of housing poultry may be adopted to advantage on many farms. This system does away with the dan- ger of tainted soil. The roosts should be built on the same level, 3 feet from the floor, with a dropping board about 6 inches be- low them. Good roosts may be made of 2 by 2 inch material with the upper edges rounded. The nests may be placed on the side walls or under the dropping boards. It is best to have them dark- ened, as the hens prefer a secluded place in which to lay. Let the hens help themselves to a dry mash. & * * ® Market white-shelled and brown- shelled eggs in separate packages. * * = Ship or deliver eggs at least twice or three times weekly. * & » Cull the flock so as to eliminate the early molters and other unprofitable producers. = * = Infertile eggs will withstand mar- keting conditions much better than fertile eggs. * & @ Market hens which you do not wish to carry longer as soon as they stop laying and begin to molt in the late chef and gave its passengers French cooking, and real beds, with sheets. “On September 15, says the same pa- per, “during a flight from Amsterdam to England. this lunch was served on = passenger airplane: Salmon mayon- nsaise, cold chicken, fruit salad and wine."—From the Outleok. summer or fall. Better Start It. Under scientific and machine opera- tlon it Iy said the annual yield ¢f the Ameriean farm eould amount to 2,000, Oo0.060 bhushels of wheat and 5,000,000,- 000 bushels of ecorn. —— N N O —— [ a mighty good citizen.—Omaha World- lmeet often results in an empty mid- - THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEE ’ Bemidji Market Quotations ll Chicago, Jan. 19.—Potato receipts today, 45 cars. Market steady. Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin Round and Long Whites, sacked and bulk, $4.60 to $4.75. Idaho Russets, sacked, $5.50 to $6. d Bemidji Potato Market—All varieties, bulk, small lots, $2.20 to $3.00 per cwt. Carload lots, sacked and loaded, $2.75 to $3.50 per cwt, BEMIDJI CASH MARKET QUOTATIONS. GRAIN AND HAY MEATS Oats, bushel Mutton . ....... Hogs, ... v ek Dressed beef, pound Turkeys, live, pound Old Toms, live, pound Geese, live, pound . Ducks, live, 1b. ceee Hens, 4 lbs. and over ... Springers, all weights, 1b. .....22¢ ...12¢ ..18c-19¢ ..11lc-18¢ . .40c-46¢ . .26c-30¢ .256c30c Barley, bushel . Rye, bushel......... Red clover, medium, 1b. . Popcorn, pound Wheat No. 1...... VEGETABLAJZS. Rutabagas, per cwt. . Carrots, per cwt. .. Beets, per cwt. . Cabbage, cwt. .... Onions, dry, cwt. . Beans, cwt. ......... Dairy butter, pound.... HIDES Cow hides, No. 1, pound....22c-23¢c Bull hides, No. 1, pound....18c-19¢ Kip hides, No. 1, pound..... 30c-32¢ Calf skins, No. 1, pound....45c-48c Deacons, each ......... $2.50-$3.00 650-60 Horse hides, large, each.$8.00-$Y.00 Biittertat -09¢-60¢ 3110w, pouna ..10c-12¢ JEses - --60¢| Wool, bright 40c-46¢ Eggs, fresh, dozen..... ++...55¢-60c Wool, semi bright ..30¢ ) The follqwing prices were being paid at Stillwater, Minn., at time of going to press of today’s Pioneer: GRAIN AND HAY Parsnips, per ewt...... Wheat, No. 1. $3.00-3.05 | Sauash, cwt. ... Wheat, No. 2. $2.92-$3.02 .$1.00 c...31.50 2o 831,00 .$4.00-54.50 .$5.00-56.00 $6.00-$8.00 LIVE FOULTRY Wheat, No. 3. $2.88-$2.99 Oats*..... «....76c-79¢|Turkeys, fancy dry picked, 8 Ibs. Barley $1.20-51.40 P . venen b€ Rye, No. 2 $1.69-51.70 | Turkeys, 9 lbs. up i ..24c Buckwheat, per 1 «+e...2%%c|No. 2 turkeys ..... .At Value No. 2 f:lmothy hay. +..$23.00 | Turkeys, old toms ............. 38¢c N. 1 clover mixed. +..$22.00 | Turkeys, small and thin .At Value Rye straw . . .4-$9.60|Geese, 12 lbs. up, ana tat ..23¢c Corn ........ +..$1.10-31.15 | Ducks, dark ............ 21c . gucl!:s, clean .... 27¢ ucks, white .............. 23¢ VEGETABLES Hens, heavy, 4 1bs. and over. Beans, hand picked, navy, cwt. $5.50 ;Springers, live...:...... Potatoes ............ 2 Geese, tiin and sma Hens, small Ducks, No. 2 .... 3 Geese. bright and fat. Hens, 4 1bs. up, fat. Hens, small and thin . Springers. dressed. . Beans, brown, cwt Beets, per cwt. .. Carrots, per cwt.. " Onions, dry, per cwt. Eggs, per dozen.. Cabbage, cwt.... Rutabagas, per cwt. Butterfat Packing Butter. .. HIDES Cow hides, No. 1...... MEATS Bull hides, No. 1. Mutwon, 1b ... «+ee..10¢-16¢ | Kips, No. 1...... Hogs ..... 14c-163%c|Calf skins No. 1.. Veal ....... Beef, dressed.. ..Te-14c Lambs ......... ..12%c-18¢ Cucumbers, hot house, doz. .§$2.00 Garlic, 1b...... 35 «os.18C BIRD’S SONG IDENTIFIES .|T| Once Heard, One Is Not Apt to Forget the Trill of the Beautifu} af Dickcissel. As far as we are informed, there is but one American bird whose song can be heard above the roar and rattie of a swiftly moving train, when the re; celving end is on the said train. You may be “Jazzihg” along at sixty| poR SALE—One bull calf half Jer- cr seventy miles an hour in your eom~ sey and halt Guerensy, one week fortable Pullman seat. and over theé{ old. Phone 226 or write P. O. tremendous bum and racket of the Box 126. 3d1-21 steel caravan will come to you from the little feathered fellow on the tele-| WANTED—Family and Commercial graph wire outside the fncessant song washing. 6d1-24 of hot-weather joy. “Dick! Dick! Dickcissel!” Or. if you prefer another analysis: “Chip! Chip! Chee-chee-chee!™ So the Dickcissel has a distinct stunt of his own—something that no other bird can imitate or rival. Some- times we think Dick IS a bit proud of It, too, for he lines the railway right of way clear across the middle west- ern and plains states in such numbers his song is ever in our ears while you are traveling. The Dickeissel was formerly called T00 LATE TO CLASSIFY The rate for want ads may be found at heading of reg- ular classified department. Ads received later than 11 o’clock a. m. will appear un- der this head in current issue WANTED—Second hand cash regis- ter. Phone 226 or write P. O. Box 126, Bemidji Minn. 3d1-21 Novel Foot Rest. A satisfactory foot rest or accelera- tor extension may be made from an ordinary strap hinge. One-half of the hinge Is fastened to the ftoor boards while the other rests on the accelera- tor. All that is necessary to operate the accelerator is a slight pressure on any part of the free half of the hinge. MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 19, 1920 Chinese Leather Novelties. The finest and most expensive leath- er goods are produced at Chan-Chan- Foo, in China. The leather is made from lizard, shark, dolphin and snake gkins, which are very strong and dur- able. Snake skins are used for numer- ous articles, such as canes, pipes, purses, pocketbooks. etc. Books. Some books are edifices to stand as they are built; some are hewn stones ready to form a part of future edi- fices; some are quarries from which stones are to be split for shaping and atfer use.—Holmes, Newly Painted Windows. To prevent newly-painted windows from sticking, open and run them ‘up and down two or three times a day for three or four days. Unless this 18 done the windows are almost bound to stick. Always paint them as early as possible In the day so as to give them a chance to dry before you fast- en them at night. Slick Article. . #A profiteer,” says the Garment News, “is a man that can take your hat and coat and explain it so nicely that you give him your watch anrd chain,”—Boston Transcript. e Are You Prepared? Now is the time to look over your implements and see what you will need in the line of repairs, and place your order for them, now. That will insure you having your tools in shape when the busy season is upon you. At the present time it would be advisable for you to check over your machinery and see what you will need new, as it looks like it will be a hard matter to get everything just when you will need it. We have purchased a good stock for spring trade and are expecting it in a few weeks. Call on us now and ‘be insured against loss by having to go without whgt you need. Mr. Farmer: John Deere paper, regularly? Are you receiving the “Furrow,” the If not, drop us a card or let us know the next time you are in town and we will see that you are put on the list. rator. . DeLaval Seperators Why ndt save that flood of gold? Yes, you can surely call “butter fat” gold. But why let some of it go to waste when it is so valuable? There is one way to save it, and that is by using the DeLaval Sepa- If you have no separator you would be doubly repaid in profits, and also get away from the disagree- able way of handling milk. If you have a separator already, you will be surprised at the extra saving a DeLaval will bring you. These are not mere words, but we are ready to put one in your kitchen or milk house for a trial. If you are not convinced, it costs you nothing. Ask for a trial. DeLAVALS SOLD ON EASY MONTHLY PAYMENTS BUILDING - Are you contemplating building this spring? We are now in a position to insure you a supply of roofing, building papers, nails, builder’s hardware, paints and varnishes, barn ‘equipment. Do not put off too long - or it may delay your operations when you want to start. Call in and talk it over with us. Given Hardware Go. Phone 57 316-318 Minnesota Avenue the black-throated bunting and is a very beautiful creature as well as very useful. He is mostly of a rich yellow hue, with a black throat—but nobody need identify him by his dress, for his song is inimitable. In our experience we never heard any of the mocking birds attempt to imitate the “Chip! Chip! Chee-chee-chee!” of the hot- weather friend. He is really a salamander of thie air, too, for he is late in arriving and early In departing, and does his best vocal stunts when you and I are gasp- ing beneath an electric fan. He eats lots of bugs and weed seeds and is Herald. Poison Gas to Fight Squirrels. Experiments in the use of poison gas in exterminating grain-eating ground squirrels are under way, according to a report of the county horticultural com-, mission to the Los Angeles board of supervisors. 4t the same time it was announced that Los Angeles county has sold its surplus stock of saccharine and strych- nine to Orange county in order that the neighboring county can join in the campaign being waged against the de- structive ground squirrels. According to Hortlcultural Commis- sioner Ryan, the use of poison gas is necessary at this time because the squirrels, which have been practically eliminated from the worst affected re- gions in the coynty by the use of poi- sons during the past few months, fail to eat the poison at this time, pre- ferring the new vegetable growth. [ <ot a i At Lunch Time. The struggle to make both ends dle.—Boston Transcripty Ve eaiA The Last Week Of . Troppman’s Economy Sale S R S e e e S e T Our Entire Stock is on Sale during this week. less of cost 10 to 25 per cent Discount on some lines regard-~ SALE POSITIVELY ends SATURDAY ' TROPPMAN'S DEPT. STORE Defective