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®Ow SNOW NOURISHES SoIL uh Manure Because of Its, Can senic Aell, So Necessary for inlullxlng‘thc Edrth. In = llnndml of snow there’ mlgh'f e ZMA0: crystals, and no two of them Wi Be alike, Sheet Is snow which, In Its passage " o e earth, has passed through a lay- eref wn.tmer air, and become partially mmelitnil. ' Suww is early or-late, according to wihetiier the summer was . short and MEn awep or. extended to the autumn. A sihamt, early suminer, means that the amatth cools more quickly. @mund which is covered with snow weny narely falls below freezing point, alfbaugh the alr may be fifteen to twen- ty degrees colder This is because -_mow i a Lzry \bad conductor of* heat —it nlids: the heat in the ground and sthopss it radiation, \ TWhe veference in the Psalms: “He giweth snow- ke wool,” 18 mot to the factt tiiat: snow and 4vool are alike in ml' but to. the warmth of aach. Suew {5 wasm because air is held in s mibmte: crystal interstices. No heat emeages: from. anything covered with % mmew. Snow Is, literally, a valuable mamwe, and nourishes the earth with Sis anbonic acid, which penetrates sllowily into the soll nnd is thus fully sbsantied. FARM |ANIMALS VERMIN ON HOGS EXPENSIVE|" One Cent Por Pound Is Addcd to Cost of Producing Pork by Presence of Insects. i(l~spared’ by tha United Statps~Depart- ment of Agriculture.) Lice add a cent a pound:to the cost. of - producing pork. This" has been found 4n tests just completed at the experiment farm of the United Stat .department of agriculture at Bel ville, * Md. Twenty-four lousy hogs were secured. and" divided into two lots as nearly equal as to quality of animals as possible. The two lots ere managed and fed the same way with the exception that one' lot was treated to prevent lice. The animals were weighed at regular intervals and at the end of the fattening perlod it was found that the hogs infested with Fhmily, snow is ruinous to shoe |_ Bemtther, because it warms the leather, epens iy, and then penetrates. DUMB CURED BY SUGGESTION Eaglislh Specialist in Nervous Dls- eams Claims to Have Achieved Some Remarkable Results. Cm @ dumb man be mude to speak -dts' by being told ‘that he must -mulbh though it mny seem, omes Bavp been effected by this mems. . + Lieut.-Colonel ' Sir' Frederick Mott, eme of the fovemost speclalists in meeweus: diseases, claims 'to have cured eewersl dumb soldiers by suggestion. Five men who were mutes were et to him after they had been treat- el prexiously, and it had beer sug- gestedl to them that they were not geleg to get well. He took the flit ‘mmm {nto~a voom and told him that Be mewer left a patient until he had oured him, “even if it took him- a of hours.” ‘ The doctor had recourse to a little geitvanism on the man’s throat, and selkeil Dim: to count ten. At first he SadBieated that he could not, bnt affer esghing his lips began to move. Then be wis asked to name, the days of the waek and sing “God Save the King.” Ewextually he spoke; and the other Semr were also cured by.this mer.hod. —ZLamion Tit-Bits. Toigy o, — s 4 Fneum:tle Chisel. Kaedo Taft, a Chicago sculptor. it 1- statied}, has installed inhis, studio “ mpoeumatie chisel, by means of which e wonis of outlining marble statues’ #s greatly simplified. The old method of awrving with mallet and- chisel Is mst onlly. lpborlous, but rather awk- waard flor, the sculptor, since ‘only one Bamil iis left free to guides the chisel. En the case of the, pnenmaflc chisel beith hands may be ‘used for this pur- pese. The pneumatic chisel Ig driven By @mpressed air, at a pressure of 77 peamds per. square inch, operutlngl fraough & flexible tube, the air ‘being ulmlms!efl in a large tank by means of = electric motor. The, air pass- g thwough the tube has the effect of driving the chisel back and forth : mgaiso the stone, just as If it were - Mt by @& mallet. The chisel, of osurse. Is used only to outline the sty roughly, the fintshing work all ®ellng done by hand. i Fwenfy States Mined Gold. Twenty states and the territory of [|Rye straw Champion Berkshire Barrow Free of ; Lice. - lice cost a cent a pound more to fatten than those which were free of the. trou- blesome pest. The officlals. who -had charge of this experiment give an in- teresting side light in connection with securing the lousy anlmnls They communicated with some of thede- partment’l field men, asking them to locate lousy hogs. It was some time before a reply was received to this surprising order. After the lousy hogs were purchased -the’ owner learned why, and he immediately built a dip- ping vat and began to treat the an- imals to prevent lice, IF KIDNEYS AND ~ BLADDER BOTHER T‘ke Salts to Flush Kldneya and Neutralize Irritat- ing Acids Kidney and Bladder weakness re- sult from uric acid, says a-noted au- thority. The kxdneys filter this acid from the blood and pass it ‘on to the bladder, where it oYften remains to irritate and inflame, ‘causing a burn- ing, scalding sensation, or setting up an irritation at the neck of the blad- der, obliging you to seek relief two or three times during the night. The sufferer is in constant dread, the water passes some times with a sca]d- mg sensation and is very profuse; agam, there is dlfl‘:culty in avoid- ing it. Bladder weakness, most folks call it, because they can’t control urina- tion. While it is éxtremely annoy- ing and some times very painful, this is really one of the most simple ail- ments to overcome Get about four ounces of Jad -Salts from your phar- macist and take a tablespoonful in a Admsitn produced gold in 1919, as shown P , By the geological survey. The big preductions came from the Rocky 7. memiain states and the Paclfic coast, Bt = little gold was rhined in New Baglnd|, a little in the South and a Wtfle in the Mississippl valley. Maine, Milwouri and South Carolina go in the mewnd by Yielding five ounces each. ‘Wemmnat found ten ounces, Georgia smdl Xorth Cayolina forty-eight ounces, Temns: fifty-three ounces and Wyoming Sbwen. California led with an output &f 8758 ounces. Colorado came sec- end with 470,990 and Alaska was a diase third with 437,181, South Dakott came fourth with 254,820, _ Truth Is ‘Convincing. Bt % hard to personate and act a pantt Jong; for where trutb is not at Whe Battom;, nature will always be en-, @aswering' to return, and will peep.-out smd Betray “herself one time or an- /-utfiher. Therefore if any man think it «cmavenient to seem good, let him be so Smdeedi ‘and then his goodness will ap- | o to everybody’s satistaction; for | M i# convincing and carries its own ' Mgt and evidence with it, and will not anly @ommend u$ to every ‘man’s con- ssfimee,. but, which is much more,-to ' @ell, wio searcheth and seeth our ' mmmnts; 8o, that, upon all accounts, -mtu Is the true wisdom.—Tillot- -n S Economicat. 'Wite—The mekw the gown for-less-than $125, so X w3 him to go ahead. EaB—Why in the world dldn‘t m {emmmalt. me first? Wi—] didn’t want to spend & thtfor satd- he couldn’t fle’ THE BEMIDJ1 DAILY PIONEER I-Bemldll Market Quotationé Chlcago, March 1 —Potato receipts today, 47 carssMarket steady. Northern Whites, sacked, $4.60 to $4.75; bulk $4 70 to 54 80. Idaho Russets $56 to 5525 ) -‘-—_'—-_- Bemidji Potsto Market—All varieties; bulk, small lots 0 $3.76' per cwt ‘ ?3 .00 to $3.35 per cwt. Carload lots, sacked and loaded - $3. 25 BEMIDJI CAASH MARKET QUO‘I'ATIONS. 956-81.00 .. $1.30 46¢-50 .42c-46¢c .8c-10¢ .$2.40 Oats, bushel Barley, bushel Red clover, me , 1b Red clover, medium, 1b... Popoorn, ponnd Wheat, No. 1... : vnan'mt.ws Hutahagaa, per cwt:...$1. 00-;1 50 Carrots; per cWt. oy s e.$1. 50-$2.00 Beets, per cwt. .. 5+.$1.00-31.25 Cnbbaxe, oWt. o .. +$5.00-$6.00 omou. &y, cwt. - .$6.00-38.00 Beans, cwt. Dairy butter, pound Butterfpt Eggs, ‘tresh, dozen. .... .. .66¢ 500-521: 1$6.00-38,00. Mutton . Hogs, Ib. . Drfiased beef pound...... Turkeys, 1ive, pound. . 0ld. Toms, llve, pound.. Geese, live, pound .. Ducks, live, Ib. Hens, 4.1bs. aud Over ........ 22c ‘Rnr!nge‘n, ell . Weights, o o | ] Hn HIDES Cow: hides, No. 1, pound. ‘Bull hides, No. 1 pound. Kip: hides, No.|1, pound. Calt skins, No. 1, pound. Deacons, Horse hides, lsr;e, each.$ 00-3 .00 Tallow, pouna .. .. 10c-12¢ Wool, Jright .. Wool,. semi brlgh ~ .. The followmg prices’were being paid at Stxllwater, Minn., at time of going to press of todays Pxoneer- GRAIN AND HAY Wheat, No. 1 $2.40-82.50 Wheat, No. 2.. .+ $2.30-$2.40 Wheat, No, 3 ; .$2.20-$2.30 Oats ... eeid. e, T6C-T8¢C Barley Ve .$1.20-$1.24 Rye, Nop2:.our.o .$1.44-$1.46 Buckwheat, per lb. . ||No. 2 timothy ‘hay... No: 1 clover mixed. Corn ;.. vmomumlne b % Beans, ‘hand Dpicked, navy, cwt. 35 00 Potatoes, per cwt. Beans, brown cvrt. Beets, per.cwt. oaeen Carrots, per cwt. Onions, dry, per cwt Eggs, per dogzen Cabbage, ton Rutabagas, per cwt Butterfat . : Packing Bu glass of water before breakfnst con- tinue this for two or three days. will \neutralize the acids in the urine so it no longer is a source of irritation to. the bladder and urinary organs which then act normally agnin. Jad’Salts is:inexpensivé; harmless, and is- made from the acid of grapes and lemon juice, combined’with lithia, and is used by thousands of folks who are_ subject to urinary disorders caused by uric acid irritation. Jad Salts is splendid ‘for kidneys and causes no bad effects whatever. Here you have a pleasaft, efferves- cent lithia-water drink, which qulckly relieves bladder trouble. GOAL MINED BEYOND NORMAL. Bituminous Pits In Pennsyivania Reach .High Mark in Month of Janul/ry. 3 4 Phllu(lelphla Pa.—Production of ah- thracite coal in Pennsylvania in. 1919 was the /lowest in seven years. ‘There were mimed < 86,200,000 - tons, . com- pared wlth 98,826,000 tons 'in 1918. Bituminous coal = production reached the lowest level since 1915, wlth 458, | 063,000 tons, nearly 21,000?00 tons less than last year. _‘The soft coal mines in the first week of January reached first time since the miners retufned te work after the strike agreement, Pro- duction was 107 per cent of normal. ame BARKER on the label of your prescnptlons insures safety nght from the start. It stands for protection of the contents of every bottle or package'your doctor orders. That feeling of satisfaction is worth so much when you know that the medicine you give to your sick is put . up just as your doctor prescribed. This feeling of ab- solute knowledge that such is the case, can always pre-- vail when "the Barker Label s on your prescnptxoxr\ busmess, and invites your deve“lopmg_ /it to the fullest: Thls store makes a lpeclalty of the prescnptxon favor and co-operation in extent. \ % i - \ Barkars Drug & Jowelry smrs THIRD STREET BEMIDJI 5| Tuskeys, small and thln. - |Bu]l hides, No. 1. #% (7700 LATE T0 CLASSIFY. normal " for ‘the’ Mutton. b . <o 030c-16c Hogs ... Veal Beef, dressed Lambs ..... Garlic, IY. ... Parsnips,, per cwt. Squa!h cewt. IJVE !'OULTR! s ‘Turkeys, 9 Ibs. up. ...24c .At Value ...... 18¢c 20¢ 26¢ 24c Geese, 12 Ibs. up,.and fat. Hens, heavy, 4 1bs. and over. Springers, live Hens, 5.1bs. up, fat Dressed poultry . 3c. per- pound over llve stock LS ——— B HIDES Cowhid'es, No. 1..... Gl Sog Kips, No. 1 Calf-skins, No. 1. Deacohs . Tallow - Horse hides Wool, bright .. ‘Wool, seml.bylght '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 appesr un- der this head in current issue WANTED—-Good: girl or woman'*for general house work; two in family. Good wages.. Mrs. W. J. McCarthy, 715 Lake Boulevard. 3d3-3 FOR §ALE—One lath mill. - Bolter and lash machine. Can be seen at . Bagley, Minn.. See or write F. B. ' Getchell, Bemidji, Minp., or Larsy deahl, Bagley, Minn. 5 Gd{G Announcement' : T-IIS is to announce that Wllham Chsh' has' assoclated himself ° w1th D. D, Mlller in the Northern Minnesota Insur- ance Agency, which will enable us to serve .. this territory better than ever before. We solicit your business. and can 1nsure‘an¥- ‘thing anywhere. ‘We write all forms of - automoblle msurance at 10 per cent below : . cqnference rates : \(ope Northern Minnesota Agency Northern National Bank Bu1ld1ng, BemldJr Telephone 131 ! i 3 Do you realize that the value of build- mgs, stock and" personal: property has in-- creased from 75 to 200 per cent? The amount required to replace prop- erty acquired a few years ago, is'so much greater now than the original cost that every: property owner should check up h1s insurance policies, and see if he is not in - need of add1t10na1 protectlon. el Your addltlonal insurance can be writ- ten without dlsturbmg the old pohcles : Grant us an mterv1ew and we w111 be pleased to quote rates and- talk the matter : over: 4 : -~ Tlll BERMAN AGENCY 3 Markham Hatel Bldg Telephone 19 —forget the Date and Place for: the HARMONICK GLEE - (LUB CONCEKT « Nalasiliia