Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 27, 1920, Page 2

# July 4 to Aug 1. ~—Union tent Meet- . ‘fug by Evangelist C. F. Weigle. 4 July 26-28—County Teachers’ ex- . -qmaination of Bemidji. September 6-11—Minnesota State . talr Fair. T0 CONTRIBUTE TO COST WMRMAIN'I'ENANCE 500 Ammaln Wlll Be Shorn _of Their Fleece Annually and Wool Used (By United Press) ! yellowstone Park, Wyo., July 26.— “That original American, the. bison, 18 going to be asked to pay his board. Supported .in royal idleness for many years by the ‘government, the buffalo, once king of the plains, must now -bow to the changing times and be- ! come a producer instead of remain- - ing a mere ornament. However, it will nét be so difficult for him to demonstrate his useful- ness as it-has been for some of those who lost their jobs as kings and went to splitting wood or mending shoes or doing a turn in vaudeville. Each member of the buffalo family. Each down to the little princes and prin- cesses, produces ‘annually much fine wool, which in these days of high prices makes them desirable citizens in the best sense of the term. Fur- thermore, unlike those lesser mon- archs who ‘have been forced to flee their realms, King Bison will con- tinue to rule over America's wonder- land, Yellowstone National Park, and his proflle to adorn the anee—ueetul njekel. All that park authorities ask ol their star boarder is the old clothes he sheds each spring. The big Yel- lowstone herd of 500 grown animals —there are 90 calves expected this yen—turns loose annually. when ‘warm weather comes several hundred pounds of wool, which could be in- creased by clipping. Ordinarily the wool has gone to waste, but recently a collection of ‘Some of the finest fibre has been made for the purpose of ex- perimenting with the manufacture of coats and blankets . for the Park Rangers. The Canadian government and pri- vate individuals in the United States have been successful in utilizing buf- falo wool, official reports showing that the cloth produced from it is lighter in weight and offers greater ' -resistance to cold than material made of sheep’s wool. It is those qualities that particularly interest the Nation- al Park Service, for the:Rangers who guard the Yellowstone from murder- ous poachers in the winter have to tramp many miles through the snow on skis or snowshoes, carrying heavy packs filled with “‘grub’” and bedding, and under such circumstances every ounce of weight that can be saved is of immense importance.| Blankets seven feet long and six feet wide, wo~ ‘ven. from buffalo wool: grown on a Texas ranch , weighed . only four pounds and four ounces. Soldiers at frontier posts have long recognized the warmth of buffalo coats and the buffalo rove was a prominent feature of the rizorous life of pioneer days. Thngh of shorter fibre 'than sheeps’s wool. the u.uffalo’s coat is very fine ard fluffy and can be woven easily by intermixing a small quan- 4itwy nf pther waol. The color is a heautiful glossy brown. 0f cotirse it is not the intention to ermmercialize the Yellowstone herd the: most cherished property of the to be wsed for experimental ‘purposes is solely for the Park Rangers after being shed by the animals. ! _ Just Like Peacock. Although, the American redstart Is a little hird only five and a half inches long, it has one trait in common with the .gorgeously plumed peacock, name- 3y, that it seems to be very: fond of its handsome plumage andis :contin- ually ‘spreading its tail feathers, says the - Americin l-‘orestry association, Wahhington ’l‘ln- male redstnrt, whose colord dre red. orange and whité, doed ‘mot attain the black portion “of its plumnge on back, tafl ‘and wings until it is two yenrs old, this part of the bird during its early life being strange- 1y mottled. The female is grayish, yel- Jow and white. I — f i Lazaretto. The - words, lazaretto and lazar ‘Thouse, meaning a hospital or place for the reception' of - persons suffering from contagious diseases, and especial- 1y the leprosy, are derived from the Jtalian word of like meaning, lazzer- etto. All are derived from Lazarus, the name of the poor leper in the par- able to be found in the Gospel of St. Luke, chapter sixteen. .- This is the only case in the New Testament where a proper name occurs in @ parable. The words derived from that proper name show the influence this parable has had on. thé mind of. Christendom: “f’ ‘Money in Raising Alligators. There is much money to be made in alligator farming. The demand- for alligators is large, constant and. rap- 1dly inerenslng, the supply is limited, - and: there.ls not much. competition. The few.alligators have:to-he fed on' ““meat, but they need no food from Sep- “//tember 1'to May 1,"for this is thelr hi- ‘bernnfinx season, when they"do' tot flt at all. Sept; 15,18. 17—Beltrami County : £ mmwsromm msou : in any way: the animals are among|’ United States Government. The wool | Look at the big crowd! Here we have Jan Van Albert, the big- gest man in the world today—phy- ' sically speaking. The giant Hol- | lander 159 feet b inches tall. He 1s only 19 years old, and there are hopes that he will be a great help to his family when he grows up. Van Albert occupies two - state- rooms in a sleeping:car; the parti- tions between the rooms. having draph showing been knocked out. He is.coming * how an Allsteel to the Minnesota State- M, Twin Citles, Sept. 4 to n. i RIIDLY EXCLUDE FRESH AIR Pronch Seemingly See No Reason Why ‘It Sheuld Ever Be Ad- Buropeans . de not like fresh air, wrttds Theodore Rooseveilt, in Average Ashierfoani. . They feel a. good deal ke th gentleman in" Stephen Lea- cock’s, stery, who. sald he liked fresh fll‘ ‘and believed - you - should: open the windows and get in all you could. Then you should shut thé windows and keep it there. ‘It would keep for years. 1-have been in many- rooms in France where the windows were nailed shut. The beds also are Trather re- markable. They are ‘generally fitted with feather mattresses, and feather quilts. Very often they are arranged in a niche in the wall like a closet, and have two doors, which the aver- age European, after getting h to the bed, closes, thereby rendering it about as airy and well ventilated as a «.An, I remember my own billet in one of the towns where we stopped. As I was. commanding officer, it was one of the best and was reasenably warm. (t. was warm. because the barnyard was next door, literally’'in the next soom, as all that separated me from a.cow was a light deal door by the side of the bed, ' The cow was tied to the door. When the cow slept I slept; | but if the cow passed-a -restless night I had all the opportunity I needed to .think over my. past sins‘and future plans. In another town.an excellent billet was not used by the officers because: over the bed. were. hung photographs‘ of all the various persons ‘who had‘ died In ‘the house, taken while they lay in that bed. BURMESE FOND OF ANIMALS enamcer‘mlc flm mgm well m* Copied by Other Nations More Highly Civilized. The Burmese people naturnl]y are full of the greatest sympathy toward | animals of all kinds, understand their ways, and make them féel théy are their friends:--And-we know' that-if-a person is kind to animals he 1s gen- erally kind to his fellowman. A Burmese boy would never be al-! lowed to go bird-nesting, or “m“l with a terrier;-or - lerretlng nbblu. These would be crimes. e S50 § ‘A Burman hates to Kill.. Neither for ‘ sport, nor for revenge, nor for food, must any animal be deprived of the Teath that Is in It. All the animals—the ponies, the cat- tle and the working buffaloes are so tame that it 1s an almost unknown thing for anyone to get hurt, You can walk through the herds of an eve- ning: in: perfect safety, for they will not. attempt to touch you. Many. of our growing boys think it a grand thing to be indifferent to pain—not ‘only their own but to that of all others. To be sorry for a wound- ed dog or a hunted hare seems “girly” to them. But to the Burman kind- ness to animals is the highest of all virtues. He believes-that nothing.of great value can exist' without com- passion and love and sympathy—that | these make up all that'is most beauti- ful in life. I think we can take a lesson from the Burmese in their dealings with dumb animals—The Young Soldier. Forests in New England. The forest area of southern. New England {s now about 46 per cent of the total land surface. This is equiv- alent' to 11,750,000 ‘acres of forest land, says the Americin Forestry associa-’ tion 0f Washington. - The area forest- ed is apparently on the increase, In | 1910 the forested area was estimated utd.l»percent.lnm&u&perceut and in tha Connecticut portion_ of the territory in 1820 as about 26 per cent. USE FOR “TANKS” IN PEACE French. Have Put Frightful War Ma- chines to a Variety. of Highly ' Useful Occupations. | The French appear to. be ahead of us in finding a use for tanks in, pesce times, A ‘considerable number of French tanks which are comparatively. spall sized ‘are now employed for:transport purposes about the yards of large in» dustrial works; others are used as farm tractors, while. the larger tanks are replacing horses for traction along the, wide paths of the grut ‘Freoch canals. 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