Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 14, 1920, Page 2

K COMPANY . CAMP NOTES vate Fu; A 18 quite a kidder when it comes to slipping something over on Private Brose, but he wants to look out from now;on, for Brose is polng to lay, for} him, AN The “Grant Valley. Squad .‘Lu,der" i having a terrible time these days trying to obey his own commands at drill, but at that he has the right epirit,’at the right time. Some others, out here appear at times as if they’'d bad spirits; itoo. : Where's the pipe line, boys? . Private Funk is driwing plans for ‘his. work after the encampment, but the plans for his work now ~ were drawn by someone “else Look at your watch, boys; Bugler ' Thomas Newton ‘is ‘blowing acall. Three guesses now, what is it? The majority ot 'the men in Com- pany K are“game.” -Even some have “game” ‘legs today. But then, Pri- vate Cochran has had a game leg for a long time, Private Albert Barker is becoming qujte an artist, at least he.is right . there when it comes to drawing. . Private Ernest Boyce is now deal ing in concrete terms (concrete is hard), and abstracts ‘are a thing of - the past and the promising future. Bugler Elletson blames everything on the mouthpiece and not on a piece of the mouth. Old Man Alibi is witb| us again. " . Some of the ‘“‘would-be’” musicians are talking over the forming of a .company band, but it is mostly “talk- MEN “WALKED WITH DEATH” Sailors on Mine-Sweeping Trawiers In Conetant Peril ‘of Sudden and' B Awful ' Disaster. | ""Imagine yourself trying :to . walk through' a’. dense. wood: at ‘midnight without a light, thé penalty for touch- ing a tree¢ belng death, -That will give you some idea: of the dangers that the . men;, op- mine-sweeping trawlers ‘faced’ when’ their vessels were steam- ing through a freshly sown mine field: '’ THe minesweepers were divided into groups, ‘each’of which was commanded by. ‘" naval ‘officer.. The vessels ‘left harbor about daylight and steamed out ing over” as yet. It isn’t possible that [ %O , - they think they might get out.of any- thing in this way.. » y For Private Brose’s benefit, Pri- vate Barney Erickson displayed un- usual. acrobatic ability . last night ‘when the ‘“ghost” entered the quar ters. et ‘ “Mrs. O'Grady ‘went' calling” in -caligthenics this morning, and for onicé ‘Privité Frank Koors 'perform- ed the movements correctly. Per- haps ‘he has performed some, of them < before.. : - - Several got stuck and were not permitted leave last night, on account of dirty rifles at-inspection, but Bug- ler Elletson -and Corporal Plummer cleaned up and went .on liberty. It -gure is. tought when a fellow works for a couple of hours cleaning hig piece and then ‘doesn’t get it clean. Try again, boys. ® Ask Privates Peg- elow, Naylor, Koors and Smith, They know. gt e o A STUDY OF GREEK GIVEN UP Fewer Students.in American or Eng- ligh Colleges Seem to Care for Anclent Language. Every year the expreesion, “It is all Greek to me,” has a sharper point to it. The reason is that each year few- er boys and girls study Greek, re- mdrks “Girard” in the Philadelphia Press, I see by the list of students in & typical American college that only one boy In 15 now studies Greek. ' In the same college 30 years ago over half the students read Greek. A drop from 50 to less than 7 per cent in a generation is going fast, and shows that Greek will soon be not only a dead, but a burled language In the United States, And from Oxford, in England, comes a wail that the university is fast los- ing ground. The year before the war, in 1918, 953 students entered Oxford, but 30 years earlier 784, matriculated. And of those who came in 1913, 180 were Rhodes scholars. From an Oxford man I learn that Greek 18 the trouble. Cambridge uni- versity abolished Greek, but Oxford did' not, although in nearly all the five preparatory schools in England Greek is no longer taught. So-it seems, that schools do not pre- pare boys for Oxford and Oxford stands still, % Wonderful Swinging Monument. Gently swaying to and fro, a huge granite monolith forming a unique nat- ural monument has been discovered on Green- mountain, several miles north of Canon City, Colo. It is he- lieved to he the only “swinging monu- ment” In the world. : The shaft is more than 100 feet high and in the course of many years has hecome free from all surrounding earth formation except: at ‘the base, which is about 12 feet wide. In the center the granite column is about 50 feet in thickness and tapers off to a width . at ‘the summit practically the same as at the base. The ‘entire. shaft moves probably from two. to three feet at the apex, and the swing is constant under the pressure of light' winds. The base. of the shaft rests in a small hollow about three feet fn depth, and the contiguous granite formation has been entirely disconnected. it 8ad Memorles. Looking back at a long and event- ful career in which we have ‘sald many foolish things, the words we regret Smon are those we uttered ome day ‘back in 1913 when we said: “No, I :don’t Dbelieve I'll take any today. == ‘Home Sector. swibg the sweep wire, sunk 'to the pecessary. depth in the water by means of towed kites—wooden arrangements acting on the same principle as ordl- nary afr; kites. o AR ! These wires can be regulated travel to gny depth beneath. the sur- face. When mines are caught.they are dragged to one side and destroyed by rifie fire. It the bullets hit:the detonator the mine generally explodes at once;"but, if, on ‘the other hand, water enters the buoyancy chamber and- floods it, the mine goes to the bottom’ like ‘a ‘stone and_becomes in- nocuous, - ‘° 3 As’ the ‘trawlers thémselves’ may draw as much as 12 feet of water, they may. come into, ct with ‘a mine iaid- 4t or above: that:depth. If, 8 mine sweeper I8 struck and the re- sultant_explosion occurs, forward . in the bows, it . may keep afloat and even- tually be towed into:harbor by.one of her consorts. If the detonation took place amidships or in the stern, how- ' ever, it was unlikely. that the ship would survive, and the men in the en- gine room or:boiler room would prob- | ably perish with the vessel. On a Change of Menu. His name is Jimmy, and.he is .classed as a bad boy in his western home. Not really bad, perhaps—most- 1y spoiled. Among other bad habits he has picked up that.of ‘excessive profanity. Last week his father shipped him to the home of a well- to-dg ‘friend here in the hgpe that some of ‘the rougher edges might be rubbed off. e “Jimmy,” said his ‘father, “has al- ways had his meals served in tle old- fashioned way, with everything on the table at once. But his first’ dinner -in the city mansion happened to be of a formal sort. As the meal progressed Jimmy grew redder and redder. Final- 1y he burst out in a flame of indigna- tion. | “ye eaten your soup without bread,’ said he, ‘and_your bread with- out butter, but'I'l be d—— if I'll eat your potatoes without gravy.’ "—New York Correspondence ‘Kansas City Star. The Diamond Trade. Considerable activity has prevailed In the diamond trade in British Gul- ana within the last few months, and prices have advanced ‘to a high level heretofore unknown, states Consul McCunn in his formal report. Expedi- tions are being dispatched to the dia- mond fields In the Interior by those interested in the business in George- town. It is currently reported that the English market is eager to absorb any quantity of stones, large or small, hut that they are being bought not only for English but also for American markets regardless of present excep- tionally high prices., . Surprised a-Stranger. My girl chum always rode out on the: train at night with the fellow to whom she was engaged. One night as I- was walking through the cars I thought 1 saw him sitting alone, so I took the bunch of flowers I had in my hand and, sticking them In his face, sald: “What are you riding all alone for?" I can frankly say that my most embarrassing moment occurred when 1 found myself looking into the surprised face ‘of an entirely strange man.—Exchange. —_— Hours of Labor. *You seem tired.” “A bit overtaxed,” admitted the stu- dent of economics. “I have been Tis- ing at 6 in the morning and working tiIF midnight on a series of speeches te prove that six hours’ work a day is enough for any man.” WHERE-‘I'!USTLE"fS UNKNOWN . Use Whatever for the. Motto . ) “Do It Now.” " .-~ In the Fiji-islands’ physical activ- ity is synonymous with- heartlessness, all things being done slowly. Every- thing there is *“malua,” that. is, no matter what is wanted. or whom it is wanted from, “wait @ bit” is the proc- ess.: ‘There’ s no ‘use of. rushing any- body; is the' islanders” idea. . ' ! . When the Fijian works, however, he -i8- a8 -indifferent: to big as’to little tasks, . The *Indian, small ‘and wiry, market, including the Fiji islands. La- bor;:is borne unevenly,:the white man looking on_and commanding, while the Indian slinks about and slaves. J.All’ the ‘business and labor: of the islands has.passed into: the hands of the Indian, who istailor, jeweler, gra: cer and gardéner, Sidney Greenbie writes in Harper's Magazine. The ‘Indian ' ‘works the plantations. and actories, and is gradually, buying Tand,: Meanwhile the Fijlan idles, happy if he can add a shilling, an old vest, or a torn pair of ;trousers to his possessions, =ubscribe tor The P'oneer. orsundae and you'll enjoy.a deli clous, g treat!” Pureand d;fl-ldn‘-ib exquisite, *The S e T SOt Ot Bottled in Bemidji by LANGDON MFG. CO. Phone: 204 Bemidji, Minn. {June 6/1019—National Guard En- campment at Ft. 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