Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 10, 1920, Page 2

MEXICO NEEDS SMALL COINS -Meney Changers Make Profits Because Mints Cannot Meet the Demand. IRUST MAKE YOUR OWN CHANGE Almost Impossible to Buy Merchandise in Small Quantitics Unless You ‘Have Exact Change—Taxicab System Is Well Regulated. Sea Antonio, Tex.—Money, taxicabs, fliowers, fruits, dirt and trade embar goes—these are certain to attract the -atteation of travelers from the United States in Mexico. . Mexioo 1s now on a wholly metallie basis, so far as money is concerned. ‘This condition has been forced through & long series of worthless issues of pa- per money by various revolutionary factions prior to the ipauguration of Ouarranza as president. and silver out of which to coin money. ot silver or gold. meet the demand has created a shorte all over the republic. Profit for Money Changers. It 18 almost impossible to buy mer- chandise in large or small quantities wnless you are able to make your own change. From 2 to 5 per cent is com- monly charged by money changers fer comverting 10 or 20 peso plebes into silver of small denominations. This shortage was made more acute about two years ago through the with- drawal from circulation of the wld Mex- fean silver peso. This was caused by the advance in the price eof silver, which made the peso worth approxi- mately 50 per cent more than its face value as bullion. The new Mexican sllver coins do not contain as high a percentage of silver as these old peso " pleces. It is bhard to conceive of a cigar store refusing to sell one cigar because one Bas not the exact change, but that is the case all over Mexico. One also en- counters difficulty in buying food while traveling, for the reason that food mer- chants at the stations are unable to make change readily. Often a meal may cost $2 beczuuse of this scarcity of change. We in the states might learn some- thing from the well-regulated taxicab system of Mexico City. I arrived in the capital at 3 a. m. My baggage was carried to a taxicab by a licensed and mumbered cargadore. These cargadores insist upon showing travelers thelr pumbers, in compliance with the law, and it Js wise for any stranger travel- Ang In Mexico to note the number care- - fully. Most of the cargadores. how- ..ever, can be relied upon to handle your baggage with care and perfect safety. Once your baggage is deposited in a taxicab, a policeman is on hand to mote the chauffeur’s license, the num- ber of pnssengers and destination. The policeman gives the passenger a slip with these facts recorded, which should be retained in case the service is found to be faulty. Taxicab rates are plainly posted in the cars. Fruits and Flowers Plentiful. Along the route to Mexico City 1 found tlie towns dirty, but the flower and froit stands sumptuously stocked. Prices for fruit and flowers are so ri- diculously low in comparison with prices in the states that one is tempted to lay in a ridiculous oversupply. One can buy a bouquet of roses as big around as a bushel basket for 50 cents American money. 1 found considerable dissatisfaction throughout Mexico with the embargo against Mexican citrus fruit. Large quantities of oranges, limes and lemons are raised in Mexico. The quality of this fruit is excellent. The exeuse for the embargzo is that the germ of a blight that is fatal to citrus fruits might he brought into the United States if markets were opened to the Mexi- cans. T am told. howerer, on reliable authority, that this danger Is more ifmaginary than real. I found strong sentiment everywhere for the lifting of the embargo and a similar embargo against cotton. IN ALMSHOUSE 76 YEARS Woman, 85, Public Charge in Dela~ ware Since She Was 9 Years old. Georgetown, Del.—An inmate of the Sussex county almshouse for seventy- six years, Martha Stanford, who was blind from childhood, has died at the age of 85 years. She was sent to the almshouse from the western part of the county when nine years old, and lived theré ever since until the time of her death. Despite her affliction and her poor condition, she kept cheerful, always ‘hoping that some time she Wwould be taken from the almshouse. She had no mear relatives. Tallest Recrult. San Francisco, Cal.—Boasting a helght of six feet three inches in his stocking feet and wearing a pair of purple chaps and a revolver on each hip, Leo Cunningham of Oklahoma City, Okla., arrived here the other day to join the army. He was the tall- “est recrult in the history of the serv- ice here, the army recruiting offi:e re- Jported. a—— There is an abundanece of native gold | All coins above 10-centavo pleces are |: Inability of mints te age of change. This shortage has been | taken advantage of by money changers |; ‘be-one of the Lest dressed women in New York, of being ome of the first two New m i‘ufik Case, acknowledged to has won the distinction York women to make the flight from London to Paris in French company airplanes. Mrs. Case narrowly es- caped infury several times during her work as a Y. M. C. A, worker. TO RESTORE LENS MINES Pits Not Expected to Produce Any * Coal Before 1921, Survey Shows. Paris.—Although all possible efforts to reconstruct the war-shattered mines of Lens have been and are being made, there is now no hope that a single ton of coal will he extracted before 1921 In fact, the task of bringing back Lens to its former prosperity is so immense that 1t is not expected the town and the mines will return to anything like their former state before 1928 or 1929 Provided that the work can be car- ried on without interruption, it will take all 1920 to clear the underground workings of the debris with which they were choked by the Germans. Most of the workings, and all the deeper ones, ate flooded. A _plan for drawing off the water has been arranged. The reconstruc- tion and repair of the tubbing will be carried out by German workmen, and. the cement for the purpose will be brought from Germany. 7The pump- ing out of the mines Is expected ta take at least three years. It is hoped that by next year it will be possible to extract coal from the first galleries, which are only 600 feet deep. but it Is not expected that the water will be pumped out of the lower workings, which run down to 2,250 yards, until 1923 or even 1924. - The rallways In the Lens district will not be completely repaired till 1921. Of the 800 workingmen's dwell- ings belonging to the miners’ soclety, not a hundred can be repaired. T Ancient Eccentric Had Spent Life Outdoors St. Louis.—St. Louis has just lost a singular character in “Old Dad” Merton at the age ot seventy-one. He had always scorned the habits of humans such as sleeping in beds, wear- ing underclothing, or using a toothbrush, yet could display an unblemished set of teeth. One of the chief amusements of the children in his neighbor- hood was to watch “Dad” bite through heavy glass and table- ware or chunks of wood. Inthe summer time he slept in Forest park and in the winter wherever he could find shelter. He bathed dally when the weather was propitious in a suburban creek. Every fall he took a long walk to the Ozarks, which he referred to as his constitutional. He 81101000018 §481151 81500018 800 scorned sugar, cream or fresh bread, preferring hard crusts and the simplest fare. Possibly he would have lived many years longer had not a fall downstalirs at the home of a friend resulted in his death, Millions on Lake Bottom, Superior, Wis.—Enough pea coal to make those who might sal- vage it wealthy lles buried in the sands on the bottom of Portage bay, according to a dispatch from Hough- ton, Mich. Employees of a Houghton fuel company recently dropped a large clam shell to the lake bottom and the contents of the clam shell was found to be three-fourths pea coal and the remainder sand. Some years ago pea coal was not considered valuable for fuel, and it was dumped into the lake at this point to make room for larger and more valuable coal. No estimate of the amount of coal on the lake bot- tom can be obtsined, but its value is said to mount 1oto the millions. e ——— . S REMARKABLE RACE BY HORSE Castor, Morgan Gelding, Finishes Long Endurance Contest With Clean Speed Record. (Prepared by the United States Depart- ment of Agriculture.) In a 300-mile endurance contest with horses of the purest Arabian breeding, “Castor,” a Morgan gelding bred by the United States department of agricultyre at ite Middlebury, Vt., Morgan horse farm, was the only horse with a clean speed record at the end of the fourth day of the grueling contest. “Castor” won third place for speed at the end of the con- test, notwithstanding the fact that he fell in the deep sand on a bad bit of road, injured his nose, and made the last five miles in a walk. This achievement is an indication of what has been accomplished by the depart- ment of agriculturc in the rehabilita- ‘| tion of the Morgan breed during the few years %ince the work was under- taken. . The race was from Fort Ethan Al- len, Vt, to Canip Devens, Mass., large- 1y over unimproved roads. The pur- pose was to stimulate interest in the breeding of cavalry mounts through- out the United States. A majority of the horses eatered were Arabians. Qne was a crossbreed that had seen overseas service and was the first horse to pass successfully through quarantine at Newport News. Two were Morgans, bred at the _depart- ment’s farm. The veteran of overseas service, “Bob,” owned and ridden by Colonel George, led the fleld at the beginning of the race, but was taken out before the finish. The two Arab- Castor, the United States Department of Agriculture Morgan Gelding Which Recently Made Such a Re- markable Record in a Long: Dis- tance Race. {ans to finish ahead of the Morgan af- ter his accldent were Rustem Bey and Ramia. Ma)j. C. A. Benton (retired) was one of the judges, acting as the represen- tative of the bureau of animal indue- try. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE DAILY PIONEER SBTATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF BELTRAMI COUNTY STATE BANK, TENSTRIKE, MINN. At the close of business on February 28, 1920. Bank No. 764. Resources. Loans and discounts... ..$ 68,343.14 Overdrafts . 313.40 U. S. bonds and other U. S. obligations ............... 2,100.00 Banking house, furniture and fixtures 2,760.00 Other real estate 7,000.00 Checks and drafts 112.44 Due from other banks .......... $ 4,019.83 Cash on hand....6 1,104.84 5,124.67 194.59 Total .$85,938.24 Liabilities. Capital stock .. ..$ 10,000.00 Surplus fund . X .00 Undivided profits, net.... 702.55 ‘| Deposits subject to check $ 48,717.45 Certified checks 55.560 Cashier’s checks 2,784.58 Total immediate li- abilities ........ $ 51,657.563 Time certificates .. 21,678.16 Total deposits ....$ 73,235.69 73,235.69 Total ......... . 86,938.24 Amount of reserve hi .$5,124.67 Amount of reserve required law . 1,270.80 State of Minnesota, County of Bel- trami, ss. We, P. Sheldon, president, and J. F. Hermann, cashier, of the above named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of our knowledge and belief. F. P. SHELDON, President. J. F. HERMANN, Cashier. Correct attest (two directors): F. P. Sheldon, A. G. Wedge, Jr. Subscribed and sworm to before me this 9th day of March, 1920. H. R. HENDERSON, (Seal) Notary Public, Beltrami County, Minn. My commission expires Aug. 20, 1924. 143-10 —_——————— STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF SOLWAY STATE BANK, SOLWAY, MINNESOTA. At close of business on February 28, 1920. Bank No. 1256. Resources. Loans and discounts ..$ 56,757.23 Overdrafts .. 6594.88 U. S. bonds and other U. S. obligations 7,350.00 6,285.58 14285 |* Total ........iiiiiiinnnnns $ 81,772.22 Due from other banks .... ..$ 8,870.66 Cash on hand .o 1,461.09 Cur. 00 Gold 10.00 Silver 526.20 Other 1654.89 Total cash assets ........... 10,331.75 Paid out for expenses, et ISR SRS RS R RS S R0 0 S 22222222 2 2 8 8 2 2 Mrs. William Gerlinger is expecte:l to take a trip to New York city au | Hudson river towns to visit her .- ther and other relatives. New Yoik is Mrs. Gerlinger’s home state. Religious services were held at the WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 10, 1926 school house Sunday. About every family in this vicinity has just recovered from the “flu.” William Gerlinger is suffering from a bruise on his chest. He was injur- ed while handling some wood. Master “Jimmie’’ Stepp has recov- ered from a slight illness. - SPUR Subscribe for the Pioneer. excess of earnings ........ 39.93 Liabilities. Capital stock ... $ 10,000.00 Surplus fund ... 2,000.00 Notes rediscounte s payable (including certifi- cates for money borrowed). 5,000.00 Deposits subject to check Cashijer’s checks. .. $ 31,797.45 246.03 Total immediate 1i abilities ... $ 32,043.48 | Savings deposits ,635.42 Time certificates 30,093.32 Total deposits ....$5 64,772,22 64,772.22 .................... 81,772.22 Amount of reserve on hand...$10,331.75 Amount of reserve required b; law .. 5,131.56 State of Minnesota, ty of Bel- trami, ss. We, F. W. Manthey, president, and Frank S. Smith, cashier, of the above named bank, do solemnly swear that the above slatement is true to the best of our knowledge and belief. F. W. MANTHEY, President. FRANK S. SMITH, Cashier. Correct attest (two directors): Edith M. Smith, H. K. Robinson. Subscribed and sworn_to before me this 6th day of March, 1920. H. K. ROBINSON, Notary Public, Beltrami County, Minn. 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