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2 L British Afraid Youth of Land Wil Be Corrupted, rlim Bubtl;le:-oon as Menacc te Vaunted English Purity ? of Sneech. i London.—England is npprehens(ve lest the vocabularies of her youth be- come. corrupted through incursions of American frequency with which resort is made to “Yankee ‘talk” by British song and play writers seeklng to en- Hlven thelr productions. ' Bands and orchestras throughout the\ " country, when playing popular® muuc, play| Americéan selections, almost exclusives ly. ' American songs monopolize the ' English musical hall and m\lsical com- edy stage, It is the subtitle of the Amerlcnn moving-picture film which; 1t [s feared, constitutes the most ménacipg threat of .vaunted English purity- of’ speech. “The child at the pictures ‘is pick- ing ‘up ‘@ ‘new language from the slangy American films,” says a critic News headed “The Vulgar Tongue.” “I visited two picture . theaters to- day for the express purpose of col- —-_— R ey g dhrves. shd. of. botlelus A'LASKA oF FERS PUI-P the effect of the new language on the Forests Could Relieve Showtage, | ehild as well as on the adult. What the villnin said to the hero.when the Says Governor Righs. latter started to argue ‘with hMm was ‘Cut out that dope,’ and a hundred plping volces repeated the injunctjon. The comic man announced his mar- rage to the belle of Lumbertown by mying, ‘U'm hitched. g z “Of course, the American child can eomprehend these things ‘much bete ter than the British child, whe is quite unfamiliar with such. phrases. Imag- ine a child going home to ‘mother and asking the meaning of ‘fly cop.. We may admire the tersemess of the phrase ‘forget it but does ‘the sub- title “The Bun's Gone Dufly convey anything to a theater full of.cockneys? “In enother picture a man trafficked secretly with Indians, exchanging bot tles of.‘fire water’ for beaver skins was sub-titled ‘The Bootlegger.’” ({fm’ - TRIES ARTIFICIAL ARM' N Billions of Feet of Paper Waod' Avalis able for Manufacture Inte Newsprint. . Seattle—~Alaska wants -to: throw' open her millions of acres of mitional forests so that the bfllions of feet of reljeve the pulp and newsprint famine,. Gov. Thomas Riggs, Jr., of Alasks dé-- elared here recently. from - Juneau, eapital of Alaska,. to: ‘Waslrington:, where he expected'to help press pending legisiation intended to- remove. restrictions and allow: pulp manufxcturers to go into the Tongass: and Chugaeh reservations, the:mnerth-- ero territery's two great reserves. . Pulp and paper men are anxious-t g0 to Alaska and establish maflls a: great as. these operated in. Britishh) Columbia not far south of the Alaska: boundary line, the governor asserteds Under. the present laws the pwip mak--| 'lppramte!y 34,000 square mlles. ‘an: area nearly equal in size te.the state of Indiana, aeccording. tos estimases- made Dy government afficimls. Several hundred million feet of goed; pulp wood, including: western yellow pine, hemlock, Sitka sprace, white fir k- nnhdpp'o!epine,arecnthemrm reserves alone. The ‘ronpss reserve;:. in soukheast- ern Alaska, is especially ‘adapted: to, the manufacture_of pmlp afd: paper:. Private an\ late of the R. A, N, O, motor (razgport section, mvtl(‘lng du:- ging with hig artificinl ‘arm in the garden, of the prince of \Wales hospital Russets, sacked, $5. 30 to. $5.40. for limbk‘s: soldiers nt Cmdm RED HAIHED GIRLS ADMlRED Few. Old Maids Among” Titian Types, Saya Noted British ‘Anthro- pologiet. GRAIN AND HAY London.—“Huve you . noticed that Oats, bushel ., v....c.ods '.95¢-$1.00 cary v Barley, bushel. $1.30 there “nre very few red-| h.uh‘ed old Red e¥over, editiin, lb. a0 maids?” sald a noted anthropologist. Red clover, medium, 1b. 420.460 “Red-haired people are of a very high Popcorn. !;wnd i Y “8c10¢ order of mtelllgence Consequently Wheat., No. 1 red-haired girls have’ many admirers and marry young.” ; His opinion was eu-ressed relative 1o the statement of a cinema producet Rutabagas, per cwt... ‘1 00-31.50 that ~brunettes _ave._cleverer - than Carrots, per cwt........$1.60-$2.00 blondes. Several srientists - agreed 1$1.00.$1.25 generally that both jmen and women Beets, per cwt........1$1.00-31. of dark complexion arequick-witted| Cabbage, cwt. .+ .$5.00-36.00 and imaginative, “hlle the great ma- Onions, dry, cwt. . .$5.00-$6.0Q jority of fair people are more hard- Beans, cWt. ..... . .$6.00-$8.00 headed, but a llttle nlower in mental] Dairy butter, pound . B0e-52¢ response, A Butterfat «+.66¢ Eggs, fresh, dozen 50c-62¢ " The followmg prices were Chicago, March 3. —Potato to $3.75 per cwt. FARSRL LAY Tsasssssusew Leather Money ‘as Soles for Paper Shoes in Austria © GRAIN AND HAY . Vheat, No. 1 $2. 40-32.50 eat, No. 2. heat. No 3. g Fractional metal currency disappeared some -time ago in the Tyrol region of Austria and the authorities instructed a big leather factory to stamp out lit- tle pieces of scrap. leather for local requirements. - This served ‘business requirements in Mat- tighofen and other sections un- til the people discovered it was cheaper to use theleather mon- ey as soling for their paper shoes than to buy the leather 4 . L] 'l ‘ ’ ’ .31 20-31.24 +$1.44-81.46 w. arley W uckwheat per- lb 0. 2 timothy hny. 0. 1 clover mixed. ye straw .. orn ... NZZ Q VEGETABLES Beans, hand picked, navy, cwt. $5.01 Potatoes, per cwt fesssstalisriessssiienRRRRTRIRRGl ’ ’ ’ .value. of real nnd personal property in| Beets, per ewt. New York state"is s13155677813 ao Butterfat. .. dige Packing B\mer. s Ppaper wood of the northland can.help f Governer Riggs was here on ‘wly& 4 Vice. Admiral lmzens eomnunder ol’ the Aslatlc fleet, ur;d Lieut. G cen. Hunter Li b ggett, commander. of the west- in a contribution. to the London Daily|ern llepurlment. reviewing marines on the deck of the U' 88, Broukl;n. flagsfilpwfl the Asiatic fleet, at' San: Fran-| cisco, on the return of the Kreaklyn tmm five vears offorzfgm mvla' forestry offictinlsi Have' ported. Therc 18 plenty of water- po-.er, oeenn hor- hon open the: year: avound, timber : skirting the. water' and' weather sim- fiar-to that of’ther Puget sowndl [ The governorrintends: o ask Wash- ; fwgton to restore: tie: mumstoile ! natienal domain: orto: open -tilens 10, the pulp ind 3 SWINGING PILLAR IS FUURD T e Munters - Uncover MNenomenor in Green Mountain, Néan Qnm ; cuy. Ccul;. xnen’ b3, Coltr—butly: pwayiny to and' fro, & huge granite’ monofith | | forming- & wnique natural! menmument | | tain;, several miles north: of this. eivy - monument” in the world’ The ‘shaft 1s more - thian- ‘108" feet augm and' in the course M many earth formetion, except: at' the. base: | whichk is: abeut 12 féet wide.. Ih the| tor a width at the summit: mwtleam the same s at the base: - . Lee Hughitt, water commissioner of" Canen Crty, and A: W Hodgin, Fre- mont | cownty . commissioner; came acress the phemmemmnmfiy« whil on a husting trip. ‘Phey report that: the eufln shm moves, probably from: :twe; tp: tiiree feet at the apex, ‘and'themwinging is: éonstant under the: pressure: of' light Wwinds. The base: of the shaft, thex said, rests in a small' hollowm three feet In depth-and ‘the-eonti] granie formation;: Ims. bedm;: enthirelly Suhscribe for The Ploneer. 4 receipts today; 26, cars: Market | strong. NortBern Whites, sacked and bulk,, $4.80)t» 3& !daho Bemidji Potato Market—All vanflhes, bn!k, smail lots i $3.00 to $3.35 per ewt. . Carload lots, sacked smi: loaded, $3.25 BEMIDJI CASH MARKET QUOTATIONS. Geese, live, pound . cks, live, 1b. Hens, 4 1bs, and over . Springers, all weights, 1b. HIDBS Cow hides, No. 1, pound. Bull hides, No. 1, pound. Kip hides, No. 1, pound..... Calf skins, No. 1, pound. Deacons, each Horse hides;: lnrse. each Tallow, pound . Tgaes Wool, bright. Wool, semi bright. .. being paid . at Stillwater, an at time of going'to press of today.s Pioneer. : Ho, .$2.30-32.40}; Garlic. 19, . iv.4 s Parsnips, per cwt Squash, cwt.. ..\ y| Turkeys, 9 1bs. up. Tuckeys, small and thin Ge_ e, 112 1bs. up, andfa gers,live . [Sp: Hers, -6 lbs ufl, tst :|Cowhides, fio. 1 Bull hides, No. ‘of the Starssundi Wripe«. He adds; “om Has: been adiseovered:' on: Greens mown | 13: belleved to be the only “swl imot do tbati. Ele must le fa the tHek It 1n: bejtey! e DLy o hfiifl‘“ it. His pkysical picsence ini the Real joy givers see the funny slde of life. Folks with overdoses of ‘dy: peptic religion.look asksnce at laugh- ter-provoking amusements. They think the devil has a. mortgage om eyery- thing that gives people thrifls. That's not #o. Men are made to‘enjoy certain diversions that stir the nature and when thest 'are denied they will do something else uu?r cover. You must learn 1o make people enjoy your pres. ence §f you are to help them, There is no reason that your uncle can see- why. religion und good times can’t be on. good terms. = The right kind of pleasures help. people to find whole some joy in 'ife.~—Grit. ‘sal : individual it to wear out one or .91 bis boots more quickly . “There are all ‘lm‘ right foot, for fins ‘thie left boot 18 going to be ‘more heavi- ly worn. I have known ‘cases .where one boot will be Wworn ot two months before the other shows any signs of the well-known theory of a difference in length between the right and left . leg. The habit of stepping off meving trains and tramcars also bears hndly on_the left foot. 3 Get The Klddles A Bubble Book stories. 5 Adimira¥f Canniot Go Fishirny: During: a: maval engzzement: an ads mirgl!iip thie' navy i i somewlat @if- iferent'msltin_m from a general' in the | % - land' brunicl of ow mifitary estihilshs e ment. in' thiat, genk of =i good saiters: and soMiers—an esgagersent Withi the ¥i. “R IS morale ovat wins: bet- ‘tles, not: guns. armoy_ «r speed,) and' without! itt viegony Bas mlways- Beem: and ; abvaye will Be smobtainable;” writes~ g mvall offieer, in ‘the Héme Sector; tlie: exvswillers' - magazine -eon~ ducted by tHe furner ‘editorial coumetd and «third Book. graph in each book. the - dity: of7 Yeiltw ¢ is -sald Marshek Oyamn wass fisMing: rev tront. 't & | mountaii: stream. severat mile:. fhom. : bis headiwertorss: v is ‘doubfolk: £} many men: woullll Rave quite: that amount of nerve: Am :dmiral could: - ~Dalton Block ~ 200 Third Street . fleet is i.nperutive.” Sudsartbe for The Ping-ar. We show this week and specidlly for, Saturday next, dozens amnd dozems: of strictly hand-made: MONOGRAM PAT- TERN HATS, and other makes. from, . * Chicago ‘and New: York: markets. i .We give style, quahty, workmansh_tp, Just in, the very latest songs and‘ 3 The Happy Go Lucky. : The Pet and Animal Book—lst 2nd These are the books that sing.. Three records that will play on any disc. phono- Also the words that explain the story ‘ Put the record on the phonograph and_ it will sing it for you. . T. BAKER & (0. The HALLMARK Store Phone 16 . Bemidji,' Minn. . everythmg—except prices-we gwe you % | low prlces, not high.’ : 4 SPECIAL SHOWING SATURDAY Ladies’ Ready-to-Wear Hats, No Two Alike $4.98 $6.98 : $8.50 W We clalm that at these prices you save a nice margin. Hats, 98e to $3.98. Ladies’ Untrimmed Shapes, 98c to $6.50, at all prices. Children’s and Misses” New Tnmmmgs, 25c¢ to $3.00.- We have hundreds of satlsfied customers thdt buy heve " exclusively. Better join with them. DO NOT MISS THE MANY GOOD VALUES IN OUR 3-IN.0NE "SALE F OR BALANCE OF THIS WEEK: SWEATERS for everyone.. HOSIERY for everyone... CURTAIN MATERIALS. for every | home. ; NEW LACES AND EMBROIDERIFS—Splendld values and all the new patterns-and . kinds 5c7c,9c.10cto35eaynrd\|p LADIES’ UNDERGARMENTS—Gowns, Cheml.ses, Pethcoabu Bloomers; fine cotton, nainsook, silk, from And we assure you this store' will save you money and show you large and care- ’ * fully selected stock bought from eastern mnrkets NEW SPRING WAISTINGS AND DRESS GOODS — Again we are showmg many new items and ‘splendid va.lues from... ...49¢, 69c,’73c, 98¢ up ' 'leS STORE IS CHUCK FULL OF NEW SPRING DRY GOODS of every kind. You suffer no embarrassment in this store. " SPECIAL SATURDAY—Clothes Baskets, at three cut prices Worth 98c¢-$1:15, $1.48:and $1.69. Clothes Hampers Come, look to your heart’s desire, 79c, $1.19, $1.39 $1.69, $1.89 Worth $2.48; $2. 98-—and special prices on all other baskets. SPECIAL SATURDAY ONLY—Ladies’ Wash Waists, made’ of voile and organdy, ; gizes 38 to” 44 special at......ccooeeeno i Sy ........................................ 98¢ STORE OF BBMIDJ l