Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 23, 1920, Page 3

A LOT OF TROUBLE _Had- a Lot of Fun Besides; Neighbors’ Chickens Got Into War Gardens t ——— (International News Service) Philadelphia, Feb. 23.—The trials the fun in the job are told in a re- port filed here by one of the men who had charge of one of the country dis- tricts of the State. “Some people thought the Food Administration had charge of every- thing,” the report stated, ‘‘even to the keeping of chickens out of war gardens.” There were others who made dras- tic réquests upon the administration and.could not understand why they Wwere refuesd. - Among these the re. port ~mentioned ‘‘one- -person, who wanted 100 pounds of sugar for fif- tean:gallons of apple butter, another who had to have five pounds of sugar every month or she would die. The report tells of the rumors of sickness from eating substitute war bread, which went the rounds, and how one physician, a foreigner, was giving his patients a preseription <alling for pure flour. _ “The grocers asked me about it,” the report goes on, “®o I wrote to the physician. He wanted to know if he was to let his patients die for the ‘want of pure wheat bread. I told him to send them back to the old country, where they'd get no wheat bread at all, and they would get bet- ter without a doctor.” “On my first visit into a certain store,” the administrator said, *I told the keeper who I was and what was expected in regard to sales, etc. He took offense and ordered me out of his place. He told me he had béen in ‘business ten years, and he was not taking any orders how to 'run his business. - He grabbed me, and as 1 did not resist, out I went. He shook his fist at me and told me never to come- back. However, I went back four weeks later and to my astonish- ment I found the place vacant. Upon investigation I learned that the man ‘had found out that I was ‘the food man,” as he called me, and he got alarmed and sold his business.” There were a series of amusing ex- periences in one of his boroughs which resulted in $950 in fines being paid over to the Red Cross. The ad- . ‘ministrator was ‘“tipped”’ by a foreign grocer to the fact that his competitor across _the street was selling flour without substitutes. The competitor -was apprehended and paid a fine of $100. “If I pay, everybody ‘pays,” said the man, as he gave his check to the Red Cross, and from then on he :spied on every grocer in the place. His hardest task was to land the man . who “tipped” him, but finally he detected him ~seling potgtoes and -marking the bags ‘‘cornmeal.” SATISFIED WITH DOG'S MEAL ‘Westerner in New Yerk Preved He Knew a Good Thing When He Saw It A man and wife moved to New York from the West—a sane, conservative American man and wife, used to money and knowing the worth of it— and brought the family dog along, Paying $5 extra fare for the dog, by the way, on the train. They went to & large and gorgeous hotel and in the <due course of time the dog needed sus- . tenance. U “Ring for a waiter,” said the ‘hus- band, “and we'll get the dog some ‘scraps.” The floor waiter came and when asked to bring some food for the dog -explained with some hauteur that he was the floor waiter and not the dog . walter, but would inform the dog ‘waiter of the desires of the dog. The dog waiter arrived in coursc of time and the predicament of the dog was explained to him. The dog waiter wrote down the order carefully and departed. Presently he returned bear- ing a sllver tray on which were dis- played daintily various articles of food—some vegetables, some meat and a cracker or two. “What's that?’ asked. the husband, examining the contents of the tray with interest. “Thé service for the dog. sir,” the svaiter replied. “How miuch is it?” “One dollar, sir.” The husband took the' tray. “Get the dog a bone,” he said. “T'll eat this. It's the best-looking meal I have seen in the place, and the cheap- est."—Samuel G. Blythe; in Saturday Evening Post. E g & Brazil Seeks Experts. According to advice from Commer- cial Attache J. E. Phillipi, at Rio de Janerio, the government of the state of Minas Geraes, Brazil, has sent to the United States to contract for the services of one expert in the cultiva- tion and production of cotton; two ex- perts in fruit culture, including vin yards; three grain experts, one expert in tobacco culture, two live stock ex- perts, including one veterinarian, and one dairy expert. These inen will be employed 4s traveling teachers in the interior districts of the state of Minas Geraes. . Progress in Burma. There are two schools for the blind in Burma, one at Rangoon and one in Moulmein. The former, with fifteen pupils, of whom seven are girls, now enjoys the services of a blind Oxford , graduate. Subscribe for the Pioneer. HE SAYS IN REPORT| of the Food Administrator as well as|_ TO CONTINUE THEIR for Further Test Cases Before Supreme Court e (International News Service) Boston, Feb. 23.—Howard Gray, secretary of the Brewers’ association of Massachusetts, says that John Bar- leycorn may be down and out, but he is very much alive. Perhaps he is afflicted with the sleeping sickness. Gray says that the liquor question has not been settled for all time. The battle is still on. ‘“The liquor inter- ests have not played their last cards in their fight to bring back the saloon with light beer and ales,” he asserts. «Persons who believe that the issue has been decided once and for all are not familiar with the facts,” Gray says. “The country is today being governed by constitutional as well as war-time prohibition. The so- called Volstead Act provides for the enforcing of prohibition. “The vital question at stake now is just what the word ‘intoxicating,’ as applied to liquor, means in the eyes of Congress and possibly the Supreme Court. The Amendment to the Constitution does not define what ‘intoxicating liquor’ means. The Volstad Act provides that beer in excess of one-half of 1 per cent alcoholic content shall not ‘be manufactured, sold, ete. E “The Supreme Court has not de- cided ‘what - ‘intoxicating liquor’ is. What it has decided is that the Vol- stead Act is constitutional. The next Congress might determine that 2.13 per cent js the maximum.” g The liquor interests expect to mnie They will attempt |/ test cases later. to prove that 2.75 per cent beer is not intoxicating. The New York case, which will be entered by Elihu Root, and possibly others, will, no doubt, go up to the United States Supreme Court. Several bills have been filed in the Massachusetts Legislature to permit the manufacture of 2.75 per cent and in some cases 4 per cent beer. Those measures, however, are entirely de- pendent upon what the Federal au- thorities fix as a maximum. Gray took the occasion to point to the sweeping victories. for liquor in recent Massachusetts elections as an indication of what the people as a whole demand. KNIFE ENDED ALL SQUAWKING Pets of Clemenceau No Longer Cre- _ ated Disturbance, After Undergo- ing a Slight Operation. M. Clemenceau's love of pets, of which much has appeared in the press since his recent visit to London, once involved him neighbors. Twelve years ago, durlng his first term as premier, he had a number of peacocks and storks in- stalled In the gardens attached to the ministry of the interior. There are no 2rees in these gardens, only lawn and flower beds, which in M. Clemenceau’s opinion lack animation—hence the peacocks. But other people living in the Place Beauvan complained that these birds were too animated, their cries belng so persistent as to render sleep impossible. 3 Things reached such a pass that the prefect of police was asked to indlict his official superior for disturbing the peace of his neighbors, who were all the more indignant because M. Cle- menceau went home every night to sleep at his flat in the Rue Franklin, far out of the range of the peacocks’ cries. However a scandal was averted by the premier allowing a slight oper- ation to be performed on the vocal chords of his pets, which, without oth- erwise injuring them, rendered them incapable of squawking. —_— The Way of It. “pre you in good odor with her fa- ther?” «well, as far as he is concerned, 1 am afraid ours would be & centless marriage.” fmproves With Age. Hewltt—There’s no fool like an !-id i fool. Jewett—Of course not. The longer vou are a fool the better fool you get to be. FIGHT ON DRY LAW Mamchusett; Brewers. Plan Eighteenth | like in' trouble with his|! _The photograph And Still Eggs Are High! The hens need a walking delegate. Grinding the beaks of the poor unpro- tected fowls seems to be the modern poulterer’s long suit. modern working day of an unhappy hen on an up-to-date chicken farm, where as many as 18,000 eggs are hatched at one time. Electric light has done fit. The lights burn steadily until 10 p. m. At 4 a. m. they are turned on gradually until their full glare wakes the hens. The poultry then sit up and rub their eyes and think. “How short the nights are getting! Yet it’s certainly daylight. Well—just one darned day after another!” Nights are short. The touching innocence of the hen vietim- izes it to the extent of getting only six ‘hours’ sleep a night. Eight-hour day? Why, the chicken works as long as the farmer !—The Nation’s Business. 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