Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 2, 1920, Page 3

BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER ISXED RVERY AYTEANOON BXUNPT SUNDAY TEE BEMIDJI PIONEER PUS go. . E. CARSON, Pres.’ E. H DENU, Sec. and Mgr. 1 G. W. HARNWELL, Eaitor : - Telephons 928 —— ¥ Bnterad at the postoffice at Bemidji, Minn., as second- lass matter under Act of Congress of March 8, 1870. —— - No attention paid to anonymous ' contributions. iriter's name must be known.to the-editor, but not ssarily for publication. Communications for the weekly Ploneer must reach ‘this office not later than end! each week .to insure publication in the Six Months . 18 Three Months ....... L.o0 'HE WEEKLY PIONEER—Twelve pages, published ry Thursday’and went postage paid to any address in advax-<e, '§3.00. : CIAL OGUNTY AND' GITY PROCEEDINGS . UNCLE SAM’S ' SIXPENCE. “Income, twenty shillings; outgo, twenty shill- _irgs sixpence; result, misery. - ’ YIncome, ' twenty .shelli‘ng;;": outgo, lings sixpence; result, happiness.” says one of the characters of Dickens, .- nele-Sam has,s6 long been in_the.position of miserable oné whose .ontgo éxceeded his income most"Afnél"iéai’rjs have come to believe that he n never be in any other class. -Secretary of the reasury Houston, however, announces that Uncle’s ncome 'in the year just ended exceeded ‘his outgo, ‘he expects a: further reduction in the coming nineteen - ‘j'fifé gross public debt has been cut down- by 185,184,602, A greater reduction from the peak : the-debt is shown by the figures, but part of this _® 48 due to the paying off of short term treasury cer- tificates.;: The $1,185,184,602 stands as a real re- duction. The surplus is due to'the partial liquida- . tion of the assets of the war finance corporation. ~ Exclusive “of the income from that source, says * the report, there . was a deficit of $71,879,072 in the ‘actual handling of income and expenses. ~This is rather difficult for the ordinary citizen to grasp, but it leaves an impression that Uncle can still stand a little girding of the loins inthe ' matter of thrift and efficiency in‘the conduct of his business. . i There is no question but that much of the money handled by Uncle Sam is wasted. Not intentionally, but through carelessness, duplication of effort and general lack-of effective teamwork. The mere fact * that the income is exceeding the outgo, however, is hopeful. - ‘A suitable budget of the nation’s finances should-help’ very-much-to. increase Uncle’s happiness and prosperity. e - Qi SUFFRAGE IN TENNESSEE. Vi A few special elections for state legislators, to /i be-held-early.in Angust, may play a big part in TWENTY YEARS AGO I Republican Ticket. For President—William McKinley.. ' For Vice-President—Theodore Roosevelt. Congressman Sixth District—Page Morris. Judge Fifteenth District—W. S. McClenahan. - Governor—Samuel R.”VanSant. Lieutenant-Governor—Lyndon A. Smith. . ‘Secretary of State—Peter E. Hansen. Treasurer—Julius H. Block: Attorney-General—W. B. Douglas. Chief Justice—L. W.. Collins. The new fire enginé for the city arrived Monday and was given a highly satisfactory test Tuesday A afternoon.. It is a handsome machine, and has all the good qualities of the W.'S. Knott & Co.’s make. It has'a water throwing tapacit of from 600 to 700 gallons per minute.. The price of the engine was $4,500, but as it had been used in Minneapolis for a very short time it was bought by the council for $1,800 with our old engine thrown in. + Nebish Notes. The Nebish choir held a. practice meeting last “‘Sunday evening. After practice a very beautitul PRESS COMMENTS-THAT'S ALL (By BEXCEANGE EDITOR) ~ 'B.P. O E. / Now that it has been .discovered that Senator Warren Harding “is a member of the Marion Elk lodge, the enthusiasts of that order who believe in the G. 0. P. presidential candidate have discov- ered that B. P. O. E. means “Best President on Earth,” “We- have_a: sneaking feeling that there is something to it; after allowing for the naturally exuberant. enthusiasm of expression that Elks are prone to at:times.. There will be plenty of com- petition in the work ‘of Lincoln and Grant and Cleveland and Roosevelt. The third president named is an illustration_of the caption, “How do be great though a democrat.”. Harding will have a chance to prove ‘“How to be great though an editor.”—Daily Virginian. 2 ' Democratic papers are trying desperately to make political capital from the statement that the allied powers were disappointed in . America for its delay in ratifying the peace treaty. One man alone is responsible for the procrastination—Wood- 'row Wilson, by name.—St. Cloud Journal Press. —_—— - here. is no sugar shortage in Canada where the prices range from 22 to 24 cents a pound.- The ONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 2, 1920 ~ | | i ~ o American history. = Those elections are necessary to fill eleven vacancies in the Tennessee legis- lature preliminary to. the - special session. called to consider the suffrage amendment. divided on the question. The elections, therefore, which ordinarily would attract' little attention, as- sume national importance because’ they may de- termine whether suffrage is to be ratified this year by the requisite 'thirty-sixth state, and millions ' of women are to be enfranchised in order to vote next November. i Accordingly there will be in those eleven Tén- nessee districts about the hottest fight any state ''I" has seen for many years outside of 8 blg»eamp_uicn‘.’ The result will not only determine in all-proba- bility, the vote of the Tennessee' legistature when it meets late in August, but ‘will’be an tnusually good test of public opinidn-Tegarding. suffrage in - the ‘South. There has:béen no:such-distinct refer- endum on the iusfion as these special elections - will afford. ¥ s ¢ State législatures that have. ratified the amend- ment: Republican, 29; democratic, 6. “"Legislatures reject the amendment: Republican, 1; democratic, 6. Governars calling special session to ratify amend- ment: Republican, 16; democratic, 9. In view of these facts can the women who wants the ballot conscientiously say that.the democratic " party has been anything but long on promises and very short on’ Fesults? O " “Gentlemen of the Jury,” said an English at torney in a court' room recently. . Down went the court’s gavel. “Er!—Er!—Er! Ladies and Geritle " men of the Jury, you honor.” That sounds better, go.on. N \ That international yacht race was worth a good deal more than it cost. Philanthropists. could well afford to finance such contests merely for the whole- some stimulus they give to water sports. - PR N S Marriage some times turns out to be a great success. A Chicago woman, for example, has a $10,000 annuity from her first husband and $50,000 a year alimony from her second. & 0— The Pilgrim Fathers are on their way to America again, reproducing the famous voyage of 300 years ago. Hope they have a pleasanter trip and a better winter than they had the last time. i —_— Uncle Sam must be making a heap of mopey out of the movies. Douglas and Mary alone confess to paying him $575,000°a year in income taxes. | —_— A truce to politics in August! Argument can wait for cooler weather, and will be more effective if it ‘does: : z e s “Produce Prices Show- Decline,” says a market page headline. But they’ll recover as soon as con- sumers produce the price again.’ . " solo was sung y Mrs. G. A. Westman. Mrs. C. A, Woods turned the grind organ. ¢ Art, who is a smoke agent of Nebish, is about to be married to a blonde young lady of the agency, “whom he won by his vocal qualities. He is more to be pitied than laughed at. 5 > In honor of the new sidewalk that connects the court house with the city hall, Judge Carson bought - a new suit of clothes, shaved off his mustache -and made a short but eloquent address .of thanks to those who were instrumental in getting the walk built. All hail the sidewalk builders. Play Ball. ; ; ‘One of the most exciting and interesting games of the ‘season will take place in:this city Sunday, August 5th, between the Ladies’ Champion Baseball clyb of Boston, Mass., known as the Boston Bloom- ers, and the Bemidji Baseball club. g The large new addition to the hospital is getting along. nicely to completion. It is a mammoth affair, and when done will be large enough to a accommo- date more patients, we hope, than it will be called upon- to take care of. . The meeting. of the promoters of the Bicycle club will be held tomorrow, Friday night at 9 o’clock. All interested are requested to be present., prices charged by the grocers in Cahada are watched by the government officials. In that country the people have a wholesome respect for the law.— Stillwater Gazette. : A dispatch from Berlin regarding the former Prince Joachim, who took his own life, says he was “actually embarrassed through his restricted finances,” thereby meaning, we fancy, that he was broke. Isn’t ‘- language wonderful! — Crookston Daily Times. —— ! The press associations are making'a great fuss over the fact that Governor Coolidge helped his wife cook a batch of doughnuts. We know peveral Little Falls men who cook their own bfeakfast every morning, without help.—Little Falls Tran- script. Same in Bemidji. . Y The new high school building in Austin is going to cost one million dollars—and the people of that city are not begrudging the money which is going into the structure. The building will occupy an entire block—Mankato Free Press. a0y e Some statesmen are sitting on the front porch, and others are sitting on the fence, but most of them are keeping in the middle -of the road.—Hib- bing Tribune. b : —o A navy officer with three wives is sentenced to serve five years in prison. Why didn’t they sentence him to support the three for life?—Hibbing Tribune. == " ' THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER | atr ] 8e Fafr. ag by Evangelist C. F. W July 26-28—County aaination of Bemidy September 8-11: 3 The Réman Sestertive Sestertius i3 the Latin name for & Reman coln-meaning half ef the third, ‘| that ‘is, ‘two and half, from “semi” meaning half and “tertius” meaning || . third. When silver coinage was introduced in Rome n.268 B. O, with the copper a unit, the silver. sestertius was ‘valued at 214 asses. The standard as retained only one-fourth of its original weight. The sestertius was equiva: lent to the original libral as; and, as accounts had formerly beer made in made in terms of the sestertii. After the first Punic war, which ended 241 B. O, the sesterfius ceased te he .coined, The weight of the'as was many times reduced. In 217 B. O. the de narius was made equal to 16 asses and the sestertius to 4 asses.- With the reorganization of the colnage sys- tem under Augustus (68 B. Q. to 14 A. D)) a copper sestertius of 4 asses was colned under the control of the senate. This was about 4 cents in '| United States money. Subscribe for The Ploneer. HE exceptional quality of our professional . con- duct matches the up-to-dateness of our equipment. We serve with an ex- perienced discre- tion. : [y From a photo- 4raphshowing how an Alisteel file stands se- vere strains at all points. PINE ASSOCIATION IS IN SESSION TODAY Minneapolis, August 2.—Cement 4 may come and bricks may go, but Northern pine will be with us always. This was the lay of the Northern Pine Manufacturers’ association here today. They are planning, in annual convention, another year of prosper- ity T hey faced a lot of factors det- rimental to the trade, but continued means continued takes northern pine ufacturers asserted. One of the most pine blister rust, it prosperity for ‘the farmers, wn‘rking marr, professional man and capitalist ibuilding of lumber productions is the white University of Minnesota - State For- estry department and other agen- cies are aiding lumber manufactur- ers and timber holders in fighting the disease. and it to do that, man- formidable foes |be discussed. was stated. The SUBSCRIBE FOR THE More live timber is lost thru this. disease than thru any oth- er single agency, it is said. Means and methods of preventing spread of the disease, and killing it off, are to Some way of getting together to wage a united fight on the disease on a big scale.is sought. DAILY PIONEER July 4 to Aug 1.—Union tent Meet*’ pt. 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