Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 19, 1920, Page 3

" ., 'Monday, " CLEARBROOK CATTLE ~ WIN SIX PRIZES AT CROOKSTON SHOW ‘Arthur Lund Carries off Honors With His Fine Short Horn Exhibit (Special to the Pioneer) Clearbrook, Feb. 18.—Our weatl- «r is lessening and once more our sun finds time to smile upon us. 3 Arthur A. Lund returned a happy Yoy from the Crookston Crop Show with a basket full of ban- ners won on his fine stock and po- iatoes over there. He won six. prizes . ‘=with his Shorthorn cattle display, in ‘the beef type; one which included the second prize for the bul] at the head of his herd. While his herd won 3rd prize as a class represented by the ‘ herds on exhibition. This was a fine showing made by a new man in the business. Young in years and with- out the necessary ‘business training lacking because of long training, which in turn speak volumes for the future. On top of this victory, Ar- thur won three first prizes in the po- tato contest, as follows: Triumphs, ' Green Mountain and tHe Burbank, in competing with the whole of the Red River Valley and a good part of nor- ~thern Minnesota. Such a complete and magnificent victory is not with- out its deep and broader meaning, and especially to our section of the state in particular and Clearbrook and Clearwater county especially. Mr. Lund has demonstrated to all <concerned that our section of the istate is superior to any other section in the raising of the finest potatoes . that grow, apd more so by the fact that not only one variety captured first money and honors, but that the ‘three standard varieties won hands .down. Parties looking for homes and a place yhere‘they can make money, big money, and easy money, where lands can still be purchnsed‘ right, we say very re,asonahle, where poia- toes attain the finest qualifies in the world, and the clover grows like a weed, and produce seed of the finest grade and color in the states, and where milk, butter and honey are produced with ease and greater effi- ciency than most places, because of the magnificent growth of our nu- trious and natural grasses, clover and flowers. Andslast, but not least, be- cause of the location of one of the strongest co-operative creameries here at Clearbrook, with several more of ‘them doing business in our neighboring communities. These are points, conditions and facts which any man Or woman looking for a home, real home-builders should take jnto consideration when they pur- chase a farm upon which they intend to spend their days, or place their son or daughter upon. The above enumerated facts are only material advantages, while such matters ds roads, fine schools, splendid churches, telephone lines and rural routes cover the territory tributary to Clearbrook like a net work in every direction. The man or woman who wish ‘success and want prosper- ity always invest in the country which has proved its ability tg pro- duce the products which bring the coin, besides while reaping the bene- fit of the rise in price of the lands which they hold because they bought right. - Such are the conditions as they exist in this section today amd Jucky will be the men and women who will heed the call, take up the caues, come here and pick up the snaps, before it is tho late. Arthur A. Lund sold three of his fancy bred Shorthorn cows at Crook- .ston before returning home. He got a fancy price and hence could not withstand the temptation. Ingmar Thoreson came- here from Montana not very long ago and pur- chased 160 acres of land from Martin E. Willborg of Eddy township, locat- d in Section 34. Mr. Thoreson will erect a new set of farm buildings in ‘the spring, ‘as there is none on the present premises. . #Mr. and Mrs. John M, Anderson of Sindlair ‘were business visitors hére Monday. Staale Egeland, a pioneer resident of Pine Lake township passed away at his home Friday morning, at the ripe old age of 87 years, after two years of illness. Death was caused by the failure of the heart to perform its functions. e is survived by his wife, son Sigvart, Mrs. ‘Welander, ‘Mrs. Daniel Wangness and Mrs. A, L. Klippe, all. residing in the same township. . Mrs. Arrowood, formerly Miss Lydia Gunelius of International Falls, passed away Saturday from pneumonia. Her remains arrived here Monday evening. Her inter- ment took place at the Swedish ceme- tery, located one mrile west of town. Rev. Charles W. Erickson officiated. She leaves a husband and three -smal children to mourn her early de- mise. This is what Lincoln, one of our: , greatest presidents, has to say on ~property:” “Property is the fruit «of labor; property is desirable; is a positive good in the world. That . some should be ricn shows that oth- .ers may become rich, and hence is just encouragement to industry and enterprise. Let not him who is hotiseless pull down the house ofj .another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by -example assuring that .his own shall be safe from violence when built.”-— Abraham Lincoln. In a letter received a few days ago from Sweden from C. J. Stockman tp +his family here. we learn that Mr. Stoekman has arrived dafe and sound <gver there” and is enjoying his visit very much. The old country as a whole, and Sweden is no exception to the rule, has undergone wondertul changes in the last few years, hence his old stamping grounds are not like they used to ‘be. Mr. Stockman left during the Christmas days. The gybernatorial question in Min- nesota has come to a complete stand still /while Wood, Lowden, Hoover Marshall, Bryan and Johnson chase presidential shadows, waiting for the lightning to strike. The big yard of the Clearbrook Box and Crate company is fast filling up with box wood material. It is clean material, and is‘bound to man- ufacture high grade stuff. They ex- pect to start sawing' in the' near future, and will' keep two crews wusy, in that they will put on a day and night shift. Sandeen” Bros. received a carload of the celebrated Dodge -automobiles here Monday afternoon. and were busy Tuesday unloading the same. They hold the exclusive akency for Clearwater county, and if you want a real good car, that wear and stand up with any make and then some, call at once and get one before they are gone. Thmug}l the efforts of a petition by the patrons of Rural Route No. 2 out from here the said route will make the road described as follows: Beginning at the northeast ‘corner of Section 35 in Greenwood township, and in place of going two miles due west, it will go north for the distance of . one-half mile, thence one mile west, and thence one and one-half miles south to the northeast corner of section three, and thence one mile west, where. it will intersect the orig- inal route and proceed on its regular course into Clearbrook. The change was effected by a petition presented by the parties effected by tlie change in the route, and acted upon by the Department in view of the claims presented by them. The change will take place Mdrch 1, and will increase the salary of its present carrier from $1,772 to $1,796. ALL THOUGHTS ON “CHOW” Matter of All-Absorbing Importance Among Members of the Ameris can ' Expeditionary Force. “One who observed the United - States army during the late fracas, both in ‘this country and in the A. E. F., frequently reached the conclusion that chow was king” writes James E. Darst in the American Legion Weekly. “A complete history of the war could be indited in the terms of tin willy, submarine turkey, slum, pommes de terre Francals and pot- age,” continues the Weekly. “‘When do we eat? “Remember that cry as the hom- mes-40-chevaux-8 boxcar stood pa: tiently for hours on a siding while hungry men longed to get to the bil- leting area and hot “coffee? Remem- ber that query in the trenches when Jerry had 'shelled the communication trench and held up the chow detall; or i the fox hole area when the kitchens hade’t been able to keep up? “Even way back in the wobden gun days of. the war chow was a maln objective in the day’s plan. I believe it is safe to say that every mam in the army or navy commented at some time in his letters home on the food, It was either, ‘The grub is flerce,’ or ‘They sure give a guy plenty to eat.’ \ “Those were the days early in the fall of 1917, when mess sergeants were new to thelr art—an, meéss oflicers, too, for that matter. The ‘bird’ who managed to hold his strategic position in the front end of the line was sure to get a mopu- mental helping;- whereas the unlucky individuals at the other end were apt to be told, ‘No more prunes; move on!’ or ‘Coffce all out; quit shoving! “That was the flercest battle for existence. You were on time or went I;unngy. ‘Dear Clarence, who must always be called three. 'times for sup- per at home, learned to be right there when the chow line fell in. “Some of the canny even learned 'to pack their mess kits with them to play it safe; on much the same theory that "some men carry their tooth- brushes with them, not knowing wher they will spend the night. - “A tale is told of a company in the depot brléade at a certain’ camp that was -eaught standing retreat holding their mess kits. Which held the prize until a .rooky in auot)/;er company of the.same battalion was observed standing retreat, wearing a dip, Rat and smoking a stogle.” 'LIFE’S PARTNER EASILY WON How Business of Courtship and Mar- riage Is Practiced Among Un. civilized Peoples. The Azandi, a tribe living in the northeast of the Belgian Congo, sell wives aniazingly cheap. A knife, cost- ing about 75 cents, will procure an in- tending bridegroom a life’s partner. Another “marriage market” thrives in the mountainous district of thé Ma- falees, in New Guinea. The price of each girl is one pig, augmented with dogs™ teeth necklaces, and so on, fc- cording to the wealth of the girl’s par- ents. The proposal is usually made by proxy, the boy sending a female rel- ative to the lady of his choice. The preliminaries to courtship among the Mafalees are rather ple- turesque. When a young man, wish- ing to marry, goes out to seek his “ojande” (literally, his flower), he will light a fire on a still day, in a bush or in an open space outside his vil- lage, and wait till a slight breeze car- ries the flame or smoke in one direc- tion or another. He then takes that point of the compass s» an indication and walks to the next village to find his “flower.” o3, 1 LIVED UP TO THEIR NAME Few Able to l.’enetrate ti;e quuln'ofl the “Mystery” Ships During the Great War. The mystery ships were so effec- tively disguised that even the st experienced eyes could not discover their real characler. For weeks they could lie in dock, the dockmen nevez suspdcting that they were armed to the teeth. Even the pilots who went aboard to take them into harbor never discovered that they were mot the merchant ships which they pre- tended to be. Captain Hanrahan, who commanded the American mys- tery ship Santes, based on Queens- town, once entertained on board an Irishman from Cork. The conver- sation which took place betaveen this American naval officer—who, in his disguise, was indistinguishable from a tramp skipper of many years’ ex- perience—disclosed the complete ig- norance of the guests concerning the true character of the boat. “How do you like these Ameri- cans ?” 'CXptajn Hanrahan innocent~ ly asked. ' “They are eating us out of house and home!” the indignant Irishman remarked. The information was a little inaccurate, since all our food supplies were brought from the United States, but the remark was reassuring as proving that the ship’s disguise had not been penetrated.— Admiral Sims, in World’s Work. FLYERS IN DOUBLE DANGER Wild Beasts Added to Ordinary Perils of the Air in Service in East Africa. In East Africa it was almost im- possible to find any open ground suitable for an airdrome, and space had to be cleared in the dense bush sufficient to allow a skillfully piloted machine to rise and land, writes Maj. W. T. Blake in the Wide World Magazine. Frequently the airmen were away from headquarters for weeks at a time, dropping their re- ports in message bags at headquar- ters afhd then returning to their lairs in the bush. Lions and leopards at- tacked the camps and waited for anyone who dared to move far from the tents at night; on at least ons occasion elephants charged down upon an airdrome and did tre- mendous damage. A forced landing in the bush meant almost certain’ death, for even if pilot and observer survived the crash it was highly probable that they would lose themselves in their efforts to return, or be killed by wild beasts during the journey. CALF’S FATAL MISTAKE. Thomas Gerloch, farmer, near Redding, Cal., is grieving over the death of what he asserts was the most valuable calf in California. The calf was permitted to roam at will over the farm because it protected the chickens against hawks, says Gerloch. Every time a hawk would flash down from the sky to grab off a chicken, the calf was on the job, ready to give battle and frequently there were fierce fights between calf and hawks. One day lately Lieutenant Good- rich from San Francisco was flying over the farm in an'airplane when his engine went dead, and he was forced to land. The calf had been watching the great plane, apparent- ly believing it some new sort of ‘hawk, bent on a hen raid. As the plane landed the calf dashed up. The propeller still was | spinning.” Before Lieutenant Good- rich could leap to the ground and chase the animal away the calf had butted the machine in the nose.. SHORTEST NAME IN ARMY. Hawaii has the distinetion of hav- ing provided the United States army during the war with the sol- dier with the shortest family name. The name is “Ii,” not unusual there, but so interesting to the war rigk insurance bureau at Washington that a publicity story is sent out about it. 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