Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 22, 1920, Page 2

PUBLISKED SVERY ATTEANOON EXCEPT SUNDAY TEE BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISKING C©O. @, B. CARSON, Pres. E. H. DENU, Bec. and Mgr. G. W. HARNWELL, Editor Telophone 918 Entered at the postoffice at Bemidsi, Minn, as second- olase matter under Act of Congress of March 8, 1870. ——————— No attention paid to anonymous contributions. Writer's name must be known to the editor, but not AT > oneer must reac! ‘!‘ngfll’y of each week to insure publication in the eurrent issue. . Oarrier g o One Year .... Month: Stx Months .. 45 13 Month 9“0‘. Woek ..ocvceeee .'3'"'“’ Thursday '.nfi"?.’f;?‘p?&"-'o"ma to uvm:fidruq. for, in advance, OFFICIAY. COUNTY AND OITY PROCERDINGS fi THE COUNTRY NEWSPAPER. (By E. B. Moon.) Nearly all the big newspapers have space regu- larly devoted to jests on the little country news- papers. Perhaps to city readers it matters little whether Tom Jones visited Dave Smith and his wife last Sunday—or whether Tim Howe built a new barn—and perhaps Tim Howe’s barn is not as imposing’ as some of the big structures in the big cities, but all the same, these little personal men- tions tell a story of vital interest to the community. People in the country are interested in each other’s doings, and the people mentioned as a rule are of the substantial sort, and very few of them have their names in the newspapers in connection with scandal or divorce. o But to one who does not know country life these personal mentions sound funny. After all, the little country paper in reporting these simple things and clean, wholesome life about, is doing that which is worth while, for the real America is outside of the big city. It is in the quiet country place and in the small towns where the strength of the nation is rooted, where its wealth is created, and where its most important and precious ideals are cherished. i These .country papers must be true to country life, of which they are an important part, if they are to live and do work of the highest value. Their continued effort in behalf of community better- ment is of more worth to the nation thap all the efforts of the big city papers that are devoted to the building up of great cities. Someone has said, “God made the country, and man made the town,” and if that be true, then God must certainly look Three Months .... PRESS COMMENTS-THAT'S ALL (By BXOEANGE RDITOR) We met a motorist friend of ours the other day who is making up a little party to visit his house early next week. His idea is to get a good, strong capable bunch_together to put up a one-man top.— Exchange. » When we read in the news .columns that the government was preparing a few hundred tons of bran and syrup for the western grasshoppers we almost wished that we were a grasshopper—that is, if they wouldn’t put the arsemic in it.—Winnipeg Press. —o - “No pay—no teach”; “a camel lives on his hump, a teacher has none’”; “don’t say it with flow- ers”; placarded 100 teachers’ troubles in a meeting at Kansas City which climaxed their long fight for increased salaries. Resolutions were overwhelm- ingly adopted for a flat increase of $650 a year to each teacher beyond the normal increase due; also a partially retroative application of the in- crease.—Daily Free Press. PRSIESER Boss Townley has purchased an airplane, and will fly high while keeping political appointments. A man who can make several thousand men dig up $18 per, to keep him in campaign funds, and who can hold them in line when he hands them out handpicked candidates, is working along original lines, and is certainly doing some political stunts. —Journal Press. 0— You can flatter anybody by telling them that they do not look their age. It is an old stunt and is ————————————————————— NEWS OF THE THEATRES TWO BIG SCENES A careless helmsman, flirting with the serving girl, wrecks a yachting party on a desert tropical island in “Male and Female,” which appears last times tonmight at the Elko the- atre. Moreover, it’s a real yacht and a real rock that comes together. It’s only one of the big scenes where lives and a large amount of money were risked for the sake of realism in this production, which is a screen version of Sir James M. Barrie’s great play, “The Admirable Crichton.” Ancient Babylon in all its prodigal magnificence is one of the settings in the course of the story, Crichton, the sublimated butler. Dreams of the days “when I was a king in Babylon ..."”, as he sits amid the ruins of a prehistoric court on a desert isle, The bebut in street. comedy, " making rather than deeds. Success, he believes, and faithful wife, work vies with that of her sereen “Everywoman.” mount-Arteraft promises more pic- tures with Miss Heming as the star. Varied as the task of Miss Heming in “The Cost”—heralded as romance of love, college, society and Wall Polly Gardner marries a|at, young rounder of guestionable char- acter hoping to reform him. days of youth and romance Miss Heming is delightful. Added features on the Elko pro- gram are Mack Semnet’s very latest “The Gingham Girl”—in which Louise Fazenda appears and the music by the Elko orehestra on Sunday evening. CONSTANCE TALMADGE IN kindly on the country pspers which are devoted to the work of community betterment in the country and the small towns. v —_— GOVERNMENT BY SPEECH-MAKING. One of the closest students of national life is Samuel G. Blythe, the magazine writer. Mr. Blythe has made a discovery, and it is a wonder someone hasn’t mentioned it before. He says that Wash- ington is governed by the spoken word—by speech- has been measured by oratory snd the manuer of remedying evils has been to dictate a speech on the issue, to deliver it, and after giving it the widest publicity to let it go at that. There are thousands of politicians in the country whose achievements could be scheduled under the above heading of “assets.” The country itself is about due to make its ap- praisement of its public servants, for this is election year. And the probabilities are that “the spoken word” and “speech-making” will become the gauge for measuring the qualifications of those who will do the governing of the country. Just like Mr. Blythe has said! | e (rree—r— The airedale is an intensive mongrel, bred from several special strains in canine value, in the effort to combine in one dog sll the best gualities of the best. The result can by no stretch.of imagination be called besutiful. ‘The rusty shag-haived besst wight well stand for the symbol of the outcasts, “Without ere dogs!” But “handsome is as hand- some dpes.” From a great many nationalities we are evolving an airedale American. Boys and girls are in the schools today who have five generations of birth, and the contribution of ten nationalities to their blood. Europe spoke with interest of the “get American face” when our-troops appeared. As it is of the-individual, we are not so much con- cerned with the quality of his countenance, as of his character.—Northwestern Advocate. e Q——r— The Inquiring Reporter of the Chicago Tribune, who every day asks five persons, picked at random, the same question, recently propounded: “What do you do with the money you .used to spend for beer?” Four of the five indicated that they were spending it for clothing, soft drinks, and were put- ting some in the savings bank. The fifth said she was still byying beer, but had to pay more for it. The Eighteenth Amendment is meant to amend. (R S TEXAS LABOR DAY. The Texas State Federation of Labor in annual copvention in Cleburn, Texas, April 29, refused to consider a resolution indorsing the manufacture of beer and so-called light wines. The vote against consideration—473 to 204—came after a lengthy and bitter debate. said to have been first tried out by a friend of Methuselah when the old boys was 569. “Really,” said the lady (there were ladies in those days), “you don’t look more than 500.” And Meth fell for it. 5 Even as you and 1.—Winnipeg Bulletin. = Hamniain Sy Note to the printer: Ny Please keep this line in type and put it in the paper any day you happen to think about it. London, Eng,, May —. Rioting was renewed in various parts of Ireland last night. Two police- men have been shot.—Ex. : I —— A KNOCK IN A NAME. Some fellow by the name of Hammer has come out for Frankson for governor. This is the first person in the state so far to announce his allegiance to Frankson. His name-is Hammer and_he is doing a little knocking.—Little Falls Transeript. [P N FIGHTING UNDER WAY. The fighting in Ireland may now be considered to be fairly under way. In the rioting last repprted the Irish wegpons were bottles, bricks and pistols. —Brainerd Dispatch. PR The Los Angeles “bluebeard” who confessed to killing nine wives is given a life sentence. We are left in doubt as to the number-he would have had to kill in order to merit hanging.—St. Cloud Times. ERREE L i e Now an Englishman is proposing to shoot Niagara in a- barrel. Well, that disposes of one of those empty barrels, anyway.—Red Wing Republican. i B R Any American who wants to go abroad because this country is dry can be spared until he changes his mjnd about it.—Crookston Times. heart and emotions. Thus, you have the secret. Babs is a boarding school trigonometry nor athletics—but on the subject of love. The Big Deduction. Chemically speaking, Babs arrives at certain formulas, involving the love-making science, for which she will talk or fight for. One of her pet theories is the fact that when a person is in love, upon holding the hand of the loved, his cheeks will take on a scarlet blush, his heart will syncopate and his pulse will acceler- Miss Heming’s Para- e. ‘Well and good, so far ag the theory goes. But when Babs discovers that —but what’s the-use of giving it away, It's best to s@e the picture. REX—COMMENCING SUNDAY William Farnum stands at the very apex of an extraordinarily sue- cessful theatrical career. Coming to motion pictures backed by fame won in ‘the spoken drama, his long chain . | of successes since he made his debut In the dream is shown on the screen, with \ TURE heet Gloria Swanson as the gorgeously at- EMERSON-L0O0S FEA 3:.‘:; :::lvlerc:nunu??; l?fs :l.nb;:tk:sl: tired slave girl. AT REX THEATRE TODAY | wiilfam “Fox Production, “The Or: The Elko orchestra will again play delightful music at this, the last showing of ‘“Male-and Female’ ‘in Bemidji. ELKO TOMORROW Violet Heming, star of the stage and screen, scores another triumph in “The Cost,” an elaborate pictur- ization of David Graham Phillips’ popular novel of the same name, which appears at the Elko theatre Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. In the role of Pauline Gardner, charming Proclaimed by eastern’ critics' as the most delightfully original sereen: comedy of the year,.‘The Love Ex- pert,” starring. Constance: Talmadge in an original story and adaption by John Emerson and Anita Loos. As in almost every other, Emerson- Loos attraction, a theme note based on a popular conception serves as the idea about which the picture is built. For instance, in this day of specials izatlon, what should be more natyral thar for a young, romantic girl to take upon heraelf the duty of de- veloping an original science of the £ PR . phan,’ ’in which he will be presented at the Rex theatre commencing Sun- day, is a criterion of what he will do in the future. Mr. Farnum stands in a class by himself. This fact was established long ago, and each succeeding pic- ture has but served to attest the fact. His correctness in minor details of characterization and his remarkable ability to “feel” a part, to make live the hero he impersonates, are the re- sult of the keen interest be always has taken in his work. Born in Boston, the son of an ac- girl, utilizing her time neither- on' "METHODS OF TRANSPLANTING How to Prevent the Seedlings From Withering, and Save Root Hairs From Breaking—Cloudy, Moist Day or Late Afternoon Best Time for Transplanting When you dig up a plant from a box, a hotbed, or a row in a garden and set it out in a new place you transplant it. If you are to be a really good gardmer, you will need Jto know how to transplant several of your crops in such a way that they will grow. You drop a seed into the open drill You . cover it with seil. waters it. The sun warms it. The seed sprouts into a seedling then sends out roots below the surface and a shoot above the surface. When the seedling has been growing for a few days it becomes connected with the soil particles by hundreds of tiny rootlets and thousands of root hairs. If you dig up your seedlings most of these rootlets and nearly all of the root hairs will be broken off. This 18, of eourse, a shock to the plant. It.stops growing because food materials that have been coming through the root hairs and rootlets are no longer sent up. A new lot of these must be developed for growth to continue. One of the best ways to prevent this injury is to grow the seedlings in a flower pot or something sim- ilar -in which the roots will develop in a compact space. Then the seed- ling can be carefully taken out, or if the receptacle is of paper the whole may be set directly in the soil. The Ppaper soon rots away. The great trouble in transplanting BOY SCOUT WEEK WILL BE 0BSERVED The week of May 30th to June 6th will be observed nationally as Boy Scout Week, and everywhere hoys who are Scouts will participate in the program of activities planned to emphasize the outdoor features of - Jthe Scout program. Sunday, May 30th, the opening day of Boy Scout Week, special services in which Scauts will participate are planned for churches of all denomi- nations. Programs of various Scout- ing activities will be held through the week, and Friday, June 4th, will be observed as Hike and Camp day, with everyone of the 17,000 local Scout troops getting into the woods. Saturday, the 5th, will be Field Day, with competitions in tent pitch- ing, fire building, wall scaling, .sig- nalling, tower and bridge building and demonstrations, of first aid and life saving. During the Scout week, celebration of Boy all those who become associate members of the National Council, Boy Scouts of America, during Boy Scout week in June, 1919, will be given an opportunity, thru the local chairman or direct by mail, to again express their interest in the boyhood of the nation by renewing their membership, and an effort will also be made to secure many new as- sociate members. Fiowers. fies future fortune. Of holding, seeing or smelling them in geason means pleasure, but if out of season, ob- stacles and lack of success. If the flowers are wlite the obstacles will be less; if yellow, they will be pain- fu), and if red, they foretell the dream- er'’s serious. fllnesy. If you dream of being. bedecked with flowers it means a short happimess is coming to you. If you dream of buying them you will :lll.l' some good news.—Chicago Amer- ean. tor, Mr. Farnum was quick to follow in the footsteps of his father after a brief career as a musician. He was still a boy when his family moved form Boston to Bucksport, Mo. There he became the principal cornet solo- ist of the town band. Then he join- ed his father’s stock eompany, play- ing leads with his brother Dustin. His success was marked from the first. More important engagements followed, and shortly he had his own company on. the road and his own theatre in New York. In that famous stage production, “Ben Hur,” which was the greatest stage attraction of the day, Mr. Far- num achieved lasting fame. This is {only one of the long list of stage pro- ductions in which he was starred be- fore he embarked on what has proved to be a phenominal screen career. In “The Orphan,” Mr. Farnum brings into play all the force and power which are his in his portrayal of the role of an outlaw. According \o J. Gordon Edwards, who directed ipis production, the star never hat done a finer piece of work. MUSICAL COMEDY CO.—GRAND, .... TONIGHT AND SUNDAY Opening at the Grand theatre to- night, Fred Carmelo’s Musical com- pany will present the popular musi- cal comedy, “All for a Girl.” Fred Carmelo has a reputation for clean, classy, musical shows, and the com- pany he is bringing to the Grand Sat- urday and Sunday will amply sustafn that reputation. “All for a Girl,” the play to be presented on Saturday, is a musical show with an entertain- ing plot, presented in a special set- ting of scenery, with a cast of clever principals and an attractive chorus of pretty girls attired in bewitching costumes. The company will present “Champagne Frolics” on Sunday, both in the afternoon at 2:30 and evening at 8 p. m. The cast includes Walter Pruitt, the popular singing comedian, Lilllan Washburn, comed- jenne, Chas. Markert, “The Dancing Bug,” Tom Hamline, versatile com- edian; Mlle. Anita, danseuse; Lor- aine Christie, prima donna, and a ohorus of pretty girls. The evening performances begin prompily at 8. p. m. To dream of picking flowers signi- | (Written for the United States School Garden Army.) e ——————————————————————————————— The rain |up, ——————eeeeeeeeet ettt S is that the seedling wilts. This is because the water evaporates irom the leaves and no water comes in through the roots to replace that which evaporates. It helps to have lots of water in the plant when it is dug up. So the soil in which the seedlings are growing should be soak- ed a few hours before they are dug The hotter the sunshine the more rapidly does evaporation take place. So it is desirable to transplant on a cloudy moist day, or else in the late afternoon. The greater the leaf surface the larger the amount of water evaporat- ed. So it is often desirable to re- move the larger leaves, or cut them thru the middle. This is a great help in letting the plant get hold in its new position. 1t is, of course, necessary that there should be plenty of moisture in the soil about the roots. So to be sure of this we may pour water before transplanting into the hole where the plant is to go or we may pour water on the surface after it is set out. On a larger scale we will be sure the soil is freshly tilled. It is important that the soil parti- cles be directly in contact with the roots. This will enable the rootlets and root hairs to get moisture more easily. So in setting out the seedlings we should press the soil down tirmly with the hands. W Biue-Jay Ways. | Last spring a pair of blue jays nested in the crotch of a maple just below my study window. What a time they had of nest bullding! The female insisted on building in a crotch below, while the male thought a crotch higher up afforded a more advantageous loca- cation. ‘They talked and scolded, building first in one place then in the other. In the end the female had her way, and the makeshift bunch of twigs and brush wes collected. The birds were sllent for weeks, tending strictly to family cares; the half of which the male bird assumed without & murmur or complaint. All summer long they were silent, but toward fall they joined their voleces with those of the other Jays in the neighborhood. It was a new slant on blue jay methods, and hereatter I shall regard the birds with a wee bit more appreciation.—Chris- tian Sclence Monitor, ———— Subscribe for the Ploneer. ORCHARD AND GARDEN HINTS It you want clean potatoes at har- vest time plant clean seed in oclean soil. It is also best to treat all po- tatoes for scab before planting. Roses are horne on . new. .wood; most kinds produce-too much wood, consequently it is a good plan to prune them back well in the spring before growing starts. For extra good melons plant on hills of rotted manure and thin the vines to not over three to the hill. Cut worme may be kept in check by feeding poison bran or.clover. Scatter in the garden late in the af- ternoon. e Plant gladiolus and dahlias now. For a succession of gladiolus plant a few every week or ten days up to July 1. nE Golden Bantam sweet corn:may be planted now. Continue to plant.at intervals of ten days up to July 1. . Fewer vegetables than usual "are being planted by the market gardners this year on account of labor condi- tions. This may have a-tendenéy to make vegetables higher.in price this year. Cucumbers, tomatoes and other trailing plants may be grown on a fence or trellis to good advantage on a small lot. The wild cucumber vine is one of the most rapid growing annual vines that may be used for a trellis or to cover up unsightly places. Head lettuce does best in cool, moist weather. Black seeded S§imp- son or Grand Rapids (loose leaf) varieties should be planted for warm weather use.—LeRoy Cady, associate horticulturist, University Farm, St. Paul, Minn. REAL FIELD FOR COUNTRY PRESS The world news is important and can be had froim the city dailies; but of news that centers in your ewn stamping ground and your own home source.—The Ohio Farmer. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE DAILY PIONEER BICYCLES ——— Complete line of Tires and ln];- plies. Fnrniture Repairing -and Upholstering. GENERAL REPAIR SHOP STAHL & JACOBS . 811 Sixth St., Bemidji Phone 488 (CECI ELK VIOLET DAVID GRAHAM Added Attractions Mon. & Tues.—Mats. LB LKO-7:15 & 915 of “Everywoman’’ Fame, in THE COST MACK SENNETT COMEDY - with Louise Fazenda as “The Gingham Girl” ELKO ORCHESTRA—SUN. EVE. Sun. Mat. 10c-25c—Sun. Eve. 15¢-30c Q= o« TUES. JSBE L. LASKY —,"‘-—."u_"—_—] MILLE'S PRODUCTION ; E‘I SUNDAY MON. & TUES. HEMING PHILLIPS’ STORY 10c-20c, Nights 10c-26¢ circle, the local newspaper is the-only N J