Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 20, 1920, Page 8

"l‘o Studenu of - tlxe Bemidji : Buuneu Collo(e Fri- J-y Afternoon ..H Z. Mltchell editor ot the "Sen- 1, delivered the fitth number of the, lecture course ‘at: the Bemidji Business College on Friday afternoon. ‘His subject—'‘The Head and Hands n ‘Business’—held the close atten- tion,of the students. -Mr. Mitchell is a’ ‘fluent speaker and Bis talk proved,both entertaining and thstrictive. ..He said:, © ' #What the’ business man of.‘today wants when he-employs an ‘office as- sistant, or a stenographer, is one who pot onlycan Telieve his:hands, but can 'relieve his read, as well. . ‘An fdeal office assistant should he able - to take over office work and assist in nmng the: load.off.of the employer’s mind.” 'To accomplish this he should familiarize:himsélt with the work of thie' office. 'He should léarn and mas- ter the details, acquaint . himself ‘thoroughly with the technicalities of the dusiness in which he is engaged. He should conduct his employer’s cor- responidence intelligently:- and 'make his_employer’s interest his own. His manner should be such as to create the 'most favorable impression‘ pos-|. sible: He should be tactful in handl- ng callers and in using the telephone “The’ employee ~who -can . grasp things without being told repentedly 4s the one who will succ One should not go into office work expect {ng to find just one thing to do,” said Mr. Mitchell, “‘for tae work is varied and there are many detalls thnt m\mt be handled. BETTER LINE THAN CORSETS Saleswoman Had to Admit’ That Ao quaintance. Would Be Wrong te Make a Change. $ +“They 'were 1n. Pullman seats on'a | nl:ht train, both ‘making: up expense accounts. : One‘leaned. over lnd ldd' “Ever'pad it?” - #“I+~think’ not.: Do you?” “Surest ‘thing' you kuow. ' “All the money:’I spend I' make up in my ac- counts.” “"Then came:the: uiual question: “Say, what line are you,in?” The' rich 'society girl “who had of- fered her services to ralse money for the ' colossal : war ‘work campaign smiled, played the‘novlce and- parried the question’: i “What line are 'you Inf' 2 “I'm {n petticoats. But.if you mt to-make mopey go into:corsets. I.was in’/corsets of money, but you.get. tired of selling one line, and ‘so ¥ went: into:petticoats, Baut, -believe me, ‘if ‘you want to make money. ‘go ' into . corsets.”. Say, ' what town did you do.today?” ' ” ; “Did you make good?” “Yes, I'think I did fairly. well” “How much did you do?” ) 'About $50,000" (the actual amount pledxs;d to Misg Fer for the cam- paign The uleswoman. who had con:ld- ered a $200 day in: coueta good busi- ness, -gasped : “Heavens. don’t . go. into corsetx!" YOUR WATGH’A POWER' PLANT Really’ Enormous Amount of Encm L 1 Concentrated in That Luminous'' g Radium Dlll. hT ‘If you own a radium-dialed ‘watch e years and ‘made a plle | ' . *In every office there 13 somethins with luminous figures and hands, then’ ‘to do. I there is'nt anything to do,| yon are the possessor of a vast power | Cor find something—keep busy. - Read the| plant of no mean proportions, says the ¢ Chlcago, Mar. 20.—-Potato receipts today, 89 cars. Market strong. Northern Round*Whites, bulk and sacked, $5. 85 to $6. l!hho Russeta, sacked $6.35 to $6.50.- ‘Bemidji Potato Market—A!l vanet,\es, $3.76 to $4.25 per cwt. Carload lots, sacked and loaded $4.26 _|to $4. 50 per cwt BBMIDJI : - GRAIN 'AND ml ts, bushel . ey, bushe! Red Clover, medium; 1b. Popcorn, poand \Wheat, No. 1.... MABKET QUOT ATIONS 81 30--H . ..45c-48c| Dressed beef, pound “ +8¢-10¢| Turkeys, live, pound $2.40 | O1d Toms, live, pound . [ Geese, live, mmnd s § . Ducks, live, lb. ......... VEGETABLSS. - | Hens, 4 1bs. and over ... i Sprlngprs, al) weights, 1b. Rutabagas, percwt, ».%81 .00-31.50 Carrots, per oWt . 4 Beets, per cwt.... Cabbage, cwt. Onlona, dry. ow Baans, ewt. Diiry butter, lpo)n' Butterfat. . Wool, bright. ... Eggs, trash, dorn Wool, semi bright. : “The fol winz ‘prices 'were being paid. at Stillwater, Minn., at time of going to press of today S Pxoneer. GnAlN AND HAY 3 Wheat, No. 1 1$2.00-$2.60 Wheat, No. 2 +$2.45-$2.50 | Wheat, No. 3.1 -$2.35-$2.45 .82¢-85¢ DI Cow hldes. No. 1, pound... Bull hides, No. 1, pound. Kip hides, No.. 1, pound ¥ Calt skins, No. 1, pound. Deacons, each Horse hides, large, each 88 00- 89 00 Tallow, ponnd .00-$8.00 . 500—51c Mutron. b 10c-16c ' 14c-16c Beet, ‘dressed Lambs .. Garlic. 1%. 5 Parsnips, per cwt % Squash, cwt. .. LIVB POULTRY f” Turkeya. 9. Ibn g Buckwheat, per. b, No. 2 Timothy, hay No. 1 clover Mixed, Geese, 12 1bs, up, and’ ht Ducks, fat . ‘| Hens, heavy, 4 1bs.:znd over magazines or study catalogues of the business, or lnok up the price-lists. Do things withcat being told. Never be |/ fdle. The door of opportunity opens only to the one who is energetic It ‘WORKFIRST’SLOGAN OFADVHITISING (By United Press) " fndianapolis, March 20.—A new slogan has been found for the con- ventions. VIt is “business first” and will be strictly adhered to when:the conven- tion of: the ~Associated Adyertising Clubs of the World is held in Indiana- iis, June 6 to 10 in what, 1t is be- ved, will be one of the world’s greatest conventfons during this year. Brass bands will give way to brass tacks when the convention 1is held, umuon ‘board has " 111" 'be’' ‘no loud at the conyen- :gome ofllthe ‘tom’ conventions '$250 a m kers will have to-deliver g ul hasis,’! B, T, Mere- dith; secrefary o “rlcuunre and pre- sident “of ue Assoalated Adyertising Clabs; sald 1 & Mter to the conven- tion thrd OI"I"I(IRSCAHPIIAN ' WTBTBONUSI.AW March 2 .-——The question mer innesota service - men are‘entitfed to share in the state goldfers’ bonus for the time they serv- ed §n officers’ training camp wil be fought in the State Supreme court, Eugene 8. Bibb, attorney. for M. S. Robb, former service man, says. An application brought on behalf of Mr. Robb for a writ of mandamus to ‘compel payment of $45 soldier's bonus for-the time he served in an officers” training camp was dismissed by Judge Steele:in Hennepin county dfstrict court. An appeal will be tak- en to the State Supreme court in the near future, Mr. Robb said., “The case is not so much to re- cover the money, which Mr. Robb ibe- lieves i3 due him, but rather a test case to decide the merits of, the?issue | fteelf,”” Mr. Bibb said. “This action was decided at a meeting of the 337th Field - Artillery post. American Le- glon. HIGH SCHOOL HOOL CHANGES ~ TIME AFTER VACATION The schools of the city will close on Friday, the 26th, for & ten-day spring vacation. B After this vacation, the time sched- ule in the High school will be changed alightly, making the forsnoon session from 8:20 to 12, and the afternoon session from 1:30 to 3 o’clock. LIVE YOUNGSTERS 3 R 'WILLITS E. J. Willits, the landman, has a' . dunch: of iive boosters interested in lfilns him ‘in “his business. This 2 easual ‘observer might have mfly noticed a large ¢rowd of boys: fzes and ages on the street in mt of Mr. Willit's office, all anx- fous to secure the prizes offered. *<As xspecial {iducement, he has of- . dered marbles to the boy hoosters, and to those who are bringing ‘in results he has given -additiondl compensa- tion. . HUN SHIPS.FLY WHITE !’I.AG . London, ; March . 20.—Crews of g threoocnnn ships at Kiel have dis- poqod of ‘their ofticers.and raised the ' (e flag, it is reported.. . - A STRIKE ENDED i (By United Press) ‘concentrated ‘energy, ‘bu €N Electrical - Experimenter. - There "is .sufficlent radium on your watch dial to bhaul your traln -homeward, l!'l.t could be properly applied. ' - - - As the matter stands, the lnnomt- looking ‘radium’ dial ‘does not seem ‘to Beans, hnnd pickod,} Potato possess any- extraordinary -amount of |- this is only. lmrenuy the case, not actuslly for " the :reason lnmmt of actlvity ina ted by the radium’ paint on ‘the dial'is small, this effect ‘will‘keep up-for. 2,600 years, pro- vided-the zinc sulphide, with which:the radiuny 18 ‘miixed so 'as: to produce a glow,’held out that -loug. . “The sinc sulphide 'in‘ most ‘cases gives: out o about eight to ten years. : Now, it we could but find a way ‘to make the radiuns release all ‘its energy I n few. hours, instesd. of .spreading it over 2,500 years, it. would not. be ‘difficuit to. make .a motor that 1a ‘utilize’ this energy. 3 !-rbm nd Helm were spending lxdatmas: day. thoroughly :enjoying: the . gifts Santa: had left for them, Barbara, the older sister, had spent ‘the - previous: summer- in' the: ‘country, where - her - father, a 'doctor, had thought it advisable to -have her. Helen ‘showed herself partial to a big toy horse, upon ‘whom she had.contem- piated “bestowing ‘a name, when whe| tnrned to her 'sister with the remark: “1 wonder 1s-this a girl hom or l it while: the | ‘pointed. suthée. ; “Why,” .mun the! editor, 4in the blue wflh the cold."-lmu %R ! Soie uylo. i “Somebody says a baby in th houn «Is a wellspring of m" . “Don’t .you_believe it. l‘rom the -muemnt standpolat,-s . h.by fa the house is a screaming farce.” orse : \Vlth an’ lndlfl'erent nhrug ot the shoulders Barbara said: *“1 don't know.” Helen’s ‘rejolnder came promptly: “Youn ought to know ; you were in the country.long enough last summer.”’ Just then the children’s father came .Into the room, and Barbara suggested they “ask daddy.” To: this Helen haught.lly replied: Touring $575 F. O. B. Factory “He aln't noghiorse doctor; he's a per- i ‘son dector."" 8wutnou of Revenge, Timothy. Erown was a commercial traveler and a valuable asset to his employers.’ On'one of his p!flodlcll rounds he included in his-list of calls a certain ‘yarn merchant, Jonas Perk{ns by name: —a crotchety,: ill-natured Individual— who invariably treated Timothy with || the greatest' of discourtesy,: and ,who on more thun one occasion had torn his card “up . in his presence and thrown it on the floor. As becomes a good . dommercial - traveler, however, Timothy was undaunted and vowed to be revenged. In due course he called on his friend again and-presented his card. “Halloa !” shouted old Perkins, giv- | ing the card the usual wrench. “What. the—" But here he interrupted b leltwlthlyellotpdn.lccompml ‘by a minfature war dance. Timothy’s card was made of enam- el-d tin!—London Tit-Bits. { Pmr of Suggestien. “I thought Crimson Gulch had given ‘up.all its wild ways!” exciaimed the “It Lins,” sald “Then -what is ludown!.homutl” “You mean in.the savings h‘lk! That was a bright {dea of: to ‘encourage. thrift. ‘It makes it seem easier-and ‘more natural for the boys to ‘come in:-and -leave - their money, though it’s ‘kind o' hard to convince 'mtheyelnmltuekwhnhc they .call for it.” (o ] " Turn Out Miles mm m 40,000,000 pa.:xa and for lh!plmnt. nchduhtnehcmattheuum Springers, live Hens, k3 Ibu up, tat Cowhides, No. 1: ull-hides, No. 1 ‘the “lht Ml!llllll M m‘l" ? |‘the rapid-fire restaurant. “What makes you think. sel” ‘re- ‘turned Claudine of the same establish- ment. *He never says anything about #t, does he?” "No-muyguh.homtctufly ~ look dignied while eating spaghettil” bulk,. small lots \;.ANTED—Two Py SATURDAY' EVENING, MARCH 20, 1920 WANTED-—Roll top office ' desk; must be cheap for cash, Tolophona 145, Kaliher-DeLeuil Co, 2d3-22 T00 LATE TO CLASSIFY 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 appear un- der this head in current issue R \LE—Improved farm near Be- midji. - Thirty-five acres under 'culuvnion Elght ..acres second blrn, garag® a .. F. Giubons. FOR SALE—Acre lots. Also hous Good wages. | ~ and lot. John F. Gibbons. . Apply at Hakkerup s studio. 3t3. 23 | M‘ FOREIGN EXCHANGE AND BONDS Interest in ‘our plan of handling investments in the franc, pound, kroner and mark has heen. so great. that we have, had printed a second edition of our booklet, . “The Possibilitiés of Foreign Exchange” This booklet answ: practically all questions relative to investments in foreign currency, describes our excep-- tional plan, and cszefully analyzes the currency situation in all _“the pripcipal countries of Europe. We will gladly sénd you our booklet free upon receipt of this form. ' Descriptive foreign bond clrculars nlso aent upon request. Name. ’ Forclln Department, Desk 'S Private : E. H. DUTCHER & CO. Wire Service' 237 Plymouth Building, Mi " St. Paul 'F.O.B.Factory [fl - ELECTRIC STARTER $75.00 EXTRA ' Four million Ford cars have been sold to customers. Demand blgger today than ever. * M., Buyer, isn’t that. convmcmg proof of what car to buy" New 1920 Ford Wlth electric starter and hghts All the car that anyone could w1sh for, or want ) Llsten please. Semce, that is what counts. Repalr parts at every cross-roads. Some Blg questlon now is QELJVERY -times a piece that costs 50 cents will lay a car up for fifty days. The: demand for Fords is gredter: than ever. Place' your order for immediate delivery. Seeusat once. Come in and have a visit. We haVe somethmg of 1mportance to say. 2 Authorized F 'ord Sales & Semce Bemldn, Minnesota : "“Yondon, March - 20.—~The Berlin | States bureau of printing and engrav- strike has ended, the government} ing would wake a stamp chain long ! 'granting workers’ demands, snys a| emough to cover more than 700 miles. dimteh todgr NDafarctiva