Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 21, 1920, Page 8

'THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER 'SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 21, 1820 WL i) et £ e I S Ot B, e e EHA AN P \ “ r ) 'S 8 Georgia Brown and Josephine Parker, | Cemetery. M. B. . Ibertson "‘h vin, : US‘T‘F'RAGMENT‘S OF EMPIRE one Mlnute MO‘VIe,, Plcture ' The Normal school orchestra furnish-charge “of .the services. Thé)pnlg— ” s s al fis A D ed music. % bearers were.D, M. Edwards, F. A.- Remance’ in Disappearance ‘of Red : ¢ . "~ ) ; B AR A ldarge number of visitors enjoyed | Derby, .George Fradenburg, George ! Dots From the Map of West- 5 gy T K w v renrated RO ¢ - |the program, and highly commended | Harrington, O.-A. Olson, all of ‘Moose - il ern Canad 9 - E=A=X= R W f-R-N-W_ KRN W—EAA-X I N w_ ARG v - ¥ =~ - the Normal school instructors for the|Creek, and W..R. Ray of Bemidji. ! r 4 } nada. : . 7 . 5 splendid work shown in the splendid : k K \ / : -\ |program presented. : A map of yestern Canada kept 1D b % TR, G .——-————l tbe offices of the Hudson Bay com- M’CULLOM FUNERAL HELD: \ i ( {pany in Winnipeg is sprinkled with ~IN MOOSE c'xné‘x TOWNSHIP Too LATE To mfl . tiny red dots. Two“centul‘ies and a .The funeral of Josn Henry McCol- The rate for want ads may Balf of romance and-history fogus in lum was held Thursday rom his|| pe found at heading of re E _‘llese little. red dots. home in Moose Creek township, Rev. ing 8- When the 'Hudsonn Bay company in Brownnell ofticiating. ular chs_smed depai'_hnent. A /1870 surrendered to Canada the vast fiMl‘r. M;Gollum leaves six children,{| Ads received later than 11 ‘territory granted to it by Charles II all of ‘whom were present with the|] o’clock a. m.\will appear un- fof England, it retained onetwentieth | exception ‘of Miss' Allice, of Devil'si}‘gep thig hesd\ in curll)'gnt issue ‘ {ef all the land in the “fertile belt” ot k:k:it::glioo‘:?fldgs;nr:cs;?:gg;g:? i ° | tend. 'The- others are -Harold, - of \ : Briti, lowa, Reginald, - of ‘Sheviin, | TOR SALE—120 acres, 25 actes hoy Mrs. Frank Wenzel of Devil's Lakep| )..4 ot .sehoolcrart river. $10.00 Katheryn' and Ruby, of Minneapolis. er acre. -Write Mrs. Wm Han< > He also ‘leaves 'two sisters, Mrs. son Bemidji rMi $ 1d2-21 Finch,of Minneapolis, and Mrs. White , Bemidji, Minn. o' SManitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta between the North Saskatchewan ‘river and the jinternational boundary. This opetwentieth was distributed throughout /eyery township'gnd each of these red dots on the map repre- ' ‘sents an'area of from 160 to ‘640 of Wisconsin, and a brother, L. J.|1,08T Pair of. eye slasses between ; acres. y P M‘figu‘;’;‘écgflfl?‘"“!" ct ; . 13th" st. and Beltrami avenue or g was born in Wis-| '“yg¢h st. and Irvine. Finder please 1 consin. May 15, 1862, and came to Moose Creek in 1891.. He was highly respécted and will be-missed by a large circle of ‘friends. Intermefit was made in ‘Mogse These lands are today.just as they were when the company’s first forts were ‘erected on Hudson bay. - They are just as they were when the buf- falo pastured upon them and Indians .and trappers snayed or shot fur-bear- ing animals in this domain half a eentury ago. Though now surrounded by farms, they have never been touched by & - plow. They are still islands of iprimeval "soil in the midst of rich farming districts. i The little red dots are disappearing _lone by one from the map. Each one .Ium disappears means that the land . ist represents has become a settler’s i!farm. Al the doty represent 3,000,- 000 acres. | + The company is rapidly disposing of gil its remaining land to settlers. ;When the last dot disappears from ‘the map, the t fragment of Hudson !Bay compuany’s old empire will have idisappeared from the North Amerl- .‘ean continent. “AMERICA'S FRUIT, THE APPLE 'People Are Beginning to Show It Propgr Appreciation, and Crop 3 Should Be Increased. 4 Americdans are coming to treat ap- ples more as a food and less as 8 between-meals, superfluity jthan they leaye at Pioneer office. ~ '3d2-2a WANTED. ‘AT ONCE—Girl for gen- ~ eral house work.® Phone 16. 1d2-21_ j ; SN g S S S arkét Qiiofat’ions - The fine work of the Red Cross at Cass Lake, during the present epi: demic of influenza, is worthy of men- tion. ¢ The local president is Mrs. H. F. Parshall, and the headquarters of the Red Cross is the Episcopal - $uild House. Here.the president is on duty at al hours, and with a telephone-in connection, she s in touch with all details of the situation. - A nurse has been engaged, and when not visiting her !patients, may be found at the ‘Bemidji M Chicago, Feh. 21.—Potato-receipts today, 27 cars. Market|- steady. - Northern -Whites, sacked and, bulk, -$4.25 fo $4.60. Western Russets, $4.75 to $4.80. \No market Monday, Wash- ington’s birth anniversary, obs:e;'ved. ! ~ CHlCAGO‘BU'l'.l'ER’ MARKET FIRM TODAY. Chicago, Feb. - 21.—Butter receipts today, 4,763 tubs. A C/umg einlt 726 ; j ' .\cfatlzer‘" Market firm. Extra, 6536c; fair 57c to, 64c; seconds, 49¢ tof ), ) <. et Al WGP A e RE S : : : ; ( t be troubled any longer with your wooden officz equip 53¢; standard, 43%c;.packing stock, 30c to 35c. Weather ment, especially when_ éh);nghgg weathe); causes drawers t;q su":i used to do, vet when the north wind ; blows and the fireside glows they |Guild house. A notice has been post-| clement. No market Monday. X and warp. ‘ean't refrain from paying especial at- | ¢4 asking for outside helpers, an:’ the ] " 2 - s g i " o . e S \ S v tention to the question whether there | MOUROM of Cass Lake are responding CHICAGO EGG MARKET STEADY TODAY. The equipment preferred by progressive concerns is’ 5 ‘4s a plenty of them. This year, the | ""mpe nyrge, Mrs. LaBelle, makes as Chicago, Feb. 21.—Egg receipts today, 13,229 cases. Cr : GR ALLSTEEL - oA RO Market steady. Firts, 53c; held firsts, 44c to 50c; miscellaneous 50c to 52c; dirties, 40c to 44c; checks,’35¢ to 38¢c; refrigerator, 25c to 40c. Weather clear, .No market steady. ek farm reports tells us, there Is' not. There are, in the whole country, 1,091,000 barrels fewer than there ‘were in 1918, and almost the same shortage from the, crop of 1916, though we are considerably better off than we were in 1917. That is, w8’ ‘have 24,000,000 barrels this year. That’s about one for each family in ithe country, and each family, not each ‘member -thereof, might, if they were ‘evenly disttibuted, have one apple a @ay. ‘The'true ‘lover of apples. will never ldrplt this to be sufficient, and - he’should not. ' ¥ "It is not especially cheering to Jearn that the cbuntry's crop of ap- ples..does not tend to increase. Our ¥écerd crop was in 1912, but we had almost as many In 1896, and the crop n 1895 was greater. than that in .' efther of the, past four years. But the apple Is America's ¥riit, the most satisfactory, the most dependable, the most healthful fruit in the world.— _Hartford Times. many as fifty calls in a day, in many cases finding- whole families confined to their beds, and suffering would be severe, were it mot for "the relief brought by the workers. All workers - — X y o ;‘;:talfcig :Y‘:m‘}flynfi Oroes. 1;‘“‘;:; Bemidji Potato Market—All varteties, bulk, small lots, at Turtle River, were all sick. Pneu- $2.50 to $3.00 per cwt. C:arlgad._}yts, sacked and loaded, $3.00 monia had developed, 'causing the| to $3.50 per.cwt. & ‘ : e death of two members. ~Doctors’ ¢ 3 medicine had been rejected for the tum-tum of the drums. . Teams were-gent out and the fami- 1y brought a distance of twenty miles jnto Cass Lake, where they are now Oats, bushel....... being cared for and on’the. road to|Barley, bushel recovery. Once more—"Good, OldjRye. bushei........ Mother Red Cross.” Red clover, medium, Ib. .42c-46c Popcorn, pound ............3¢-10¢ JWheat, No. 1......ccoe.. .. 8250 'GF Alstees’ resists fire, it repels rats and vermin. It is not affected by b, . midity, climatic conditrons, or heating systems,_ [ It is always easy to operate, space-saving, wear-proof, and ;'pic-éndmn. i .'.A pearance—in full harmony with the dignity of your business. * Let us give you other facts soon. ‘Step in today. ‘ - 3 PIONEER STATIONERY STORE . . s BEMIP.", MINN. N = i hEHIDJI CASH MARKET QUOTATIONS. . GRAIN AND HAY R MEATR .. ...90c-95¢c | Mutton ... 3130 . $1.3 Old Toms, live, pound, . Geese; live, pound .. Ducks, live, 1b. ... . Hens, 4 1bs. aud over .... Springers, all weights, ‘1b. ......22c AGED COUPLE DIE WITHIN FEW HOURBS OF EACH OTHER (International Ne'ws;Service)' A Providence, R. 1., Feb, 21.—The Rutabagas, , per. ¢wt....$1.00-31.50 HIDES strain of watching by the bedside of |Carrots, per cwt... 7$1.50-$2.00 [Cow hides, No. 1, pound. ..22¢ her invalid husband so weakened |Beets, per cwt.. .$1.00-$1.26 { Bull hides, No. ¥, pound. 18e-20c Mrs. John H. Stafford, seventy-three,|Cabbage, cwt. . $5.00-86,00 {Kip hiaes, No. 1, pound.. 30e-32¢ that she died a few hours after her|Onions, dry, cwt. .. 5.00-$6.00 g:lt s::ns. N:, 1, pound......, .45¢ usband passed away. : T .00-$8: acons, each .........$2.50-$3.00. " Stafford was sevetny-eight years g:: s'b‘::tvt:r“.;l;: a 6 o:o,fsz‘: 'tiorse hides, large, each.$8.00-39.00 old and his wife, unable to find aly ttx Gt ponna; oo cfls' Tallow, pouna nurse, was obliged to sit by uis bed- MLLOEIAL o cuef doipie i bl “e .98t Wool, Lright . side day and night watching -and Eggs, fresh, dozen.....:...50c-65¢c!Wool, semi brig! ministering to her husband. The following prices were being paid at Stillwater, Miun., 720,000,000 <afety pins every year. at time of going to press of vcday’s Pioneer: ] The yvearly crop of ‘metal hairpins GRAIN AND HAY Garlic, I9....000e 8 a billion and a quarter. CONFINED TO INVALID CHAIR Wheat, No. 1.. .$2.75-32:80 | Parsoips, per ewt. : _ Needles of all kinds aggregate 235~ FOR THIRTY YEARS: CURED | Wheat, No, 2.. $2.70-32,75 | Sauash, ewt. .. $1.25 . @00000 every 12 months. The value Wheat, No. 3 $2.60-32.70| - ( i ; of this pitiiand needle crop is $13,- O8tS «oonnen ....78¢-80 —_—— 000,000 at:.the factory. Forty-nine Barley ..... 81.20-81?2: ; LIVE POULTR{ factories “gfe; ghgnged. in the \manu- Rye, No. 2.. ... T$1.48-31.51 Tul:‘:”!. faucy. dry picked, 8 ll:,se. .n‘clt\m‘a orbt&e artlt;l::.osl(;e total capi- Buckwheat, per ib. . .2%c | Turkeys, 9 168, 6. enneion n 340 tallzation heing $£2-,000. ‘ No. 2. timothy hay. $24,00 | No. 2 turkeys ... At Value In 1830 there were only four DIN |gurprise of his life recently when he|No. 1 clover mixed. $23.00 | Turkeys, oid toms .............38¢ faetories in the United States, hav-|awoke one morning and discovered Rye straw.. .$9.00 [ Turkeys, small and thin. ‘Img a combined capital of $164,000 |that he could walk. - |Corm ....... 00-31.10|Geese, 12 Ibs. up, and fal and o combined annual product of | Lehemyer takes great pride in his ~ ucks, dark .. 297,550 pins. It will thus be seen that [ new accomplishment and now takes Ducks, clean the .growth of this industry is some- |long walks, “just to get (batk in Ducks, white thing tremendous. . trim,” as he expresses it. ‘Hens; heavy, ; R T Springers,- live... . TFO 01 Hens, small.. VEGETAEL®SS. . ¢ Billions of Pins and Needles. Fourteen | :billion ~ordinary toilet pins are prddiaced by American fac- tories annually. American mothers _ alse find it necessary to purchase h ..85¢ (International News Seérvice) Greenleaf, Kan., Feb. 21.—After being contined to an invalid chair for more than thirty years as a result of rheumatism, - August Lohemeyer, a farmer living near here, received the IN making a selection for ybuf busi ness stationery be sure that the paper measures up to the standard of yoursuccess. The superior qualityof BERKSHIRE TYPEWRITER " PAPERS = is' immediately evident to all who They will lend to your business L O aors snocnax||lcOTTESPOndence that quict dignity A puriotic prosram was given in ||| ywhich goes with assured success. the 'Normal school auditorium \at R 2t - [10:30 o'clock this morning, by the - - 8 m‘ mmm $ children of the elementary depart- ASK YOUR DEAL Among those registered at ‘the ment, assistadnby t&heliNormal schol:)l - L i Markham_on Friday are H. J. C.|orchestra. A flag drill .was given by : 5 < iza s B ¥ Hirschmati; J.- A. Corcoran, S. W.ithe Intermediate department. under ” If He Doe? Not Have't in : Schibsby, ‘W. H. Wood, L. W. Smith, |the direction of Miss Dunigan,. agsist- Have Him Telephone 799-J: L. McNarlen, A, S. Jensen, M. R.|ed by Mrs. Bernhard ‘and Mrs. Mull. PIONEER ST ATIONERY HOUS Allen, A. R. Place, N. I. Carlson, W.|Another splendid feature was a Moth~ VEGETABLES Beans, hand picked, navy, cwt. $5.60 Potatoes, per cwt... o Beans, brown, cwt. Beets;, per cwt.. ! Carrots, per ewt.............$1.80 Onions, dry, per ewt. ... .$3.50-54.25 .+.$3.60 | Ducks, No. 2 .....c. ++.+$1.26 | Geesa, bright and fat Hens, 4 1bs. up, fat.. Heas, small and thin . 'USANDS OF STARVING CHILDREN IN MEXICO CITY A Place for Everybody. “Yes” proudly announced the ex- captain who is now manager of the . LAtV new $10,000,000 hotel, “all our em- Chicago, Feb. 21.-—Every day of ) ; pleyees are former service men—every [ the year 50,000 homeless, starving Eggs, per dozen ... .48¢|Springérs, dresaed........... children roam the streets of Mexico|Cabbage, ton....... $75.00 ] . HIDES Cow hides, NO. 1.....y. Bull hides, No. 1.... Kips, No. 1. ....... Calf skins/No. 1.. Deacons .. ome of them. The desk clerk is an old ¢ i top kicker, the floor clerks have all City)sand’ this 'tragedy exists on: a|Rutabagas, per cwt been noncoms in charge of quarters smaller scale in every city in Mexico, | Butterfat ...:... wieed ' the chef was mess sergeant thu' it was declared by Dr. William if.|Packing Butter...............37c SLa sergeant, the |meoter, director of the Childhood Con- . ;'waiters were all permanent K. P’8 |sorvation League in Mexico, at a lun- the house doctor was a base hospital | cheon here. - * ; surgeon, the house detective was am One morning recently, he said, tatelligence - policeman, the bell-hopa |sixty bodies of children who had died ‘weere dog-robbers.” in the streets during the night were o “And have you any former M. P’s?" | picked up and carried away. he was asked, . “America must go into Mexico and “Yes,? he replied. “When there's & kelp these children,” Dr. Teeter:de- good stift bl clared. “They will either starve or a8, oust:idew:&do:w?vis:eers“sfinmt‘l: grow up as criminals. with bandits eighteenth floor.” as their heroes.” Mutton. W .. Hogs . ool Veal ....... Beef, dressed.... Wool, bright. . Woel, ' semi-brigh 3 Z § - Sneen of Duluth, Thomas W:-Bastyn and..S. H. Scott of St. Paul;, and M. Van Winkle of Canton, S. D. Bemidji , Newsy Notes Ancient Grains Do-Not Germinate. 1 The United . States department of ‘mgricuttural gives a hard knock to the !Ms about the .germination of jwheat and other cereals found jwrapped with anclent Egyptian mumn- mies. Ifisavs that close investigation ‘proves all such reports to be fictitious. . Fwench tests show that grain more than a few vears old will not germi- * | 'mate.. Tests indicate that when seéds ‘ame kept under ideal conditions, wheat, m B i i X 2 Taylor and“T. J. Wieland of Minne-|er Goose party, in costume, given by . _beriey and oats may germinate up to apolis, Frances Lapham and Edna the members :)t» the Kindergarten BEMIDJI, MINN. ¥ y Murphy of Grand Rapids, L. N. Gid-’ Primary department, under the direc- Wholesalers . e &lght or ten years, but few if any grains are ail_ye after 20 years. dings, J. D.' McDonald and N. A. tion of Miss Hahn, assisted by Miss : ol ' ] e I ‘ ‘ | Defective