Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 16, 1920, Page 2

i " BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER /0. B, CARSON, Pres, E. H. DENU, Sec. and Mgr. G. W. HARNWELL, Editor " Entered at the postoffice at'Bemidji, Minn,, as second- /class matter under Act of Congress ‘ot March 38, 1879 v No attention’ pald to anonymous contributions. ‘Writer's name must be known to the editor, but not necessarily for publication. ‘Communications for the Weekly Pioneer must reach this office not later than Tuesday of each week to insure publication” in the current issue. By Carrier By Manl R Ome Year ... 135 six Months . . 2.00 A8 Three Months ....... 1.00 THE WEEKLY PIONEER—Twelve pages, published every Thursday and sent postage paid to any address “ for, in advance, §2.00 2 . $4.00 PROPOSED CHANGES IN STATE AUTO LAW. - (By G. W.: Will, Chairman, Legislative Commit- tee, Minnesota State Automobile Association.) It is quite apparent that the next legislature will * ‘be ‘asked to make several changes in our automobile law in order that these changes may be beneficial and may correct the evils complained of, it is well that the matter should receive timely consideration, and the State Automobile association would: be glad ‘to receive suggestions with reference to proposed changes in order that these may be carefully con- sidered by the legislative committee of the State Automobile association. : Should the Babcock amendment be adopted, as we hope it will' be, the automobile will occupy a still more important place in the state and will occupy a somewhat different position from what it does at present. In the first place it will be necessary to have an annual registration instead of tri-annually, and the law will have to be changed accordingly. Our registration law also effects the method of securing the license and we feel that our laws should be amended so that the license itself and the num- ber plate may be secured from the register of deeds at the time that the vehicle is registered, and no additional fee paid, as is demanded at the present time. Motorists have paid the additional twenty- five cents notary fee long enough without any valid reason for the same. Headlights should receive careful consideration. Under a very recent decision by our supreme court «our present headlight law has been interpreted to mean that the headlights on automobiles should cast their days of light so as to illuminate the road for a distance of two hundred feet. Under this interpretation it is necessary to have what is gen- erally termed the glaring white headlight, and any dimmer restrictions would be nullified. Motorists know that the glaring white headlight is a serious menace and many fatalities have occurred by reason of*the drivers having been blinded by the glaring white headlights, and it would seem that the only (BY BXOEANGE “How Do You Vote?” The St. Paul Dispatch says that “from the verdant fields of North Dakota comes a wail of distress. ‘How do you vote?’ not ‘How do you wield a pitch- fork?’ is the'basis for employmént of harvest hands, according to the letter from Bisbee, N. D., received here today. . “Republican harvest hands and their democratic rivals are ‘starving amidst plenty,’ asserts the in- formant, ‘Nonpartisan leaguers refuse to hire any- one but radicals.’ ‘““At Cando and Bisbee, the ‘Nonpartisan league strongholds of eastern North Dakota, the farmers refuse to pay a living wage -to harvest hands, but republican farmers are showing a more tolerant spirit toward labor,’ the Bisbee citizen says.”— Mankato Daily Free Press. ——— What Prohibition Has Done. The Commercial Bribery and Tipping Review says: “Nearly everything else having been charged up against prohibition the wail of the bellboy and waiter now comes into the chorus with the all tion that prohibition has cut down their tips. Men drunk, or drinking, they say, tip more-freely than men sober. If prohibition helps to eliminate tipping it has another great achievement to its credit.” All will join in saying Amen to the above sentiment. —————— i & Easy Money. The worst thing about such exploits as that of Ponziy the Boston financier, is that they put crazy TWENTY YEARS AGO | Nebish Notes. A large hotel is under construction in Nebish, being built by the R. L. M, Co. It is to be. built ready for use on or before the 15th of September. g}[. A, ;Vnmwlds is tfi b; tht; m:mfi“k r, while Mr. and rs: an wi o the dish washi and all Harry Sather and family peturned Sunday. Mr. ather was seen: purchasing anotlier plate and one knife and fork with a cup:’ A large crop of pota- toes saves him from ba_ngruptoy. ; 4 — The populists held’ their legislative convention in Bemidji Monday afternoon and 'nominated by acchmt:lon S. A, Swanson. . He ‘is a popular and progressive young man of Red Lake Falls and the official abstracter of his county. - David Booth, 0. M. Skinvik, A. R. Cobb and Thos. Bailey were the delegatesipresent from this coynty, and Sam Gibeau, Adam Zeh, Swan Ander- son, P. A, Elkstrom, J. B. Herbert, Thos. Belsir, W. H. Scribner, Jas. G. Brady and 8. A: Swanson from Red Lake county. HERE'S WEY GOPHER. *© # 3 " Jare manifold. 'STATE FAIR IS GREATEST - Minnesota is one of the richest ag- 7 IN THE UNITED STATES | ricultural states in the union. Minnesota is famous for its irom |tuberculin-tested herds: ore mines but the value of its dairy| Minnesota is the leading butter ‘| products exceeds that of the ore in- Mignesota’s State Fair sets the reasons for Minnesota's superiority dustry; { solution is to prohibit the use of any form:of a white lens, as the law ‘with reference to angles, degrees, candlepowers, and other.tests are too.com- plicated and too uncertain to be practical. The law should also be amended so ‘that: the muffler cannot’ be cut out any time. . ‘. . .~ Our rate of speed should be changed so that * ‘the speed limit may be raised to thirty miles per hour with the/restrictions as at present, that the rate of speed shall be reasonable and proper, having regard to the traffic of the use of the highway, and not so as to endanger the life or limb, or injure the property of any person. Rate of speed outside of cities and villages should be restricted to thirty miles per hour, and within cities- and ' villages to twenty miles per hour, doing away with the six-mile limitation in the present law. ¥ Children under sixteen years of age should under Mary .B]ai{e 3 [James Stanhop J. J. Simmons. ... about as follows took place: write about this time. something, you know. mobile, as they have not the strength and the judg- ment to control the machine should occasion: arise,” and_there is no valid reason why they should be permitted to drive. These changes have been discussed by the legis- lative committee and are being considered, and the committee will welcome suggestions with.refer- ence to these changes and other'changes so that the matter may receive careful and full considera- tion and that there may be little difference of opin- ion at the time of its presentation to thelegis- Iature.—Sparks. : ize? at character analysis. carry it to extremes. I know! it . A correspondent in Joyful News writes from the United States’ which he is visiting’ for ‘apparently the first time: “The porch swing is an institution in this country. Everybody lives on the porch. Under the trees is an improvement on the porch, in-the opinion of the writer. On every porch a long wooden settle is fixed by strong chains, and the swing is the favorite seat. The chairs are ninety per cent rockers, for incessant motion seems a ing, Monday. will be enjoyed. must still be on the move.” The rocker is hardly the measure of an American’s restlessness. - Before the writer of the foregoing is in this country long - he will discover thgt .the high-power autpmobile comes nearer registering our nerves, gy o =—edge - A Chicago physician recently ‘boasted that he had been ‘coining money for the past two months at the rate of $100,000 a year writing prescriptions. He had to call in the police from time‘to.time to maintain order in his waiting room. His average number of alcohol prescriptions per day was 175. Such a man is no better (indeed, he is. worse) than a common, lowdown saloon keeper. One thing the prohibition :regime will do is to jeopardize the physicians and druggists of the land. Here is an opportunity for the honest physician to perform a ' splendid patriotic service by expelling any and all physicians who prostitute thqir profession ‘by con- niving with boozers to violate the law. - For the very protection of the honest physician, the bad must be sorted out. ' —. It is no wonder a man loses his power, of speech when talking to a girl who is “too sweet for words.” Clearbrook Leader. You can still bite her. at the’office. rates her at zero. nature. 3 P 7 economic ideas into people’s heads. Investors and their friends are led to imagine that business men of the Ponzi type really “make” the money :paid out in unprecedented profits. They would laugh at anyone who pretended to make a house out of thin air, cr produce an-automobile out of nothing in the realm of finance.—Crookston Times. o— If you don’t know all the swear words—accom- pany any motorist over the Norway Beach rqad between the track and the big hill and you’ll learn them.—Cass Lake Times. : Yes, or drive four or five miles towards Bemidji. O The Olivia Times reads a headline in a clbthing ad: “Ladies Ready to Wear Clothes.” We are glad to hear it, comments editor Landy.—Echange. A Nl Gumdrops filled with liquor are said to have been sending many husbands staggering home in Engle- wood, a suburb of Chicago.—Exchange. o From what we had seen of that- young man’s escapades, we had expected Mrs. Charlie Chaplin to sue for divorce.—Exchahge. Factory employees need no fire alarm to show speed, at 12 o'clock noon and 5 p‘m.-<Stillwater —_— . It is all right for history to repeat itself, but it rll‘ged not be so noisy about it.—St. Cloud Daily imes. 3 / [ W— The man who makes the most noise talking makes the least noise thinking.—Clearbrook Leader. : Open It Upy s _ Thiet River Falls citizens have formed an asso- ciation to promote the opening up to settlement that portion of the Red Lake Indian reservation lying with Red Lake,- Marshal and Polk counties.. They have issued a circular setting forth the following facts: ; ) 1 ere is room for' sixteen hundred settlers on this land—land’ that cannot be beaten in the Red River valley. ; " §e®NN It contains over eleven townships of.the richest agricultural land, principally free from brush and Feady for the breaking plow. X Whole townships of this land, have not - been touched by the foot of man for years.' It is practically “abandoned by the Indians for “'the ‘big-game -country around the lakes. 2 Twenty Indign families live on this land but a portion of the year. y : 3 They live on the river-and never go back into the country. ' - 7 Of 145,000 acres less than five have been broken up: and cultivated. ' The: Red Lake river flows through the center of this piece.” - ! Five steam boats ply the Red Lake river. * It is high land and never floods out. The Indians- do not use it. They do not want it. . Minnesota has the champion but- ter fat producing cow of the world. Minnesota leads in the number of producing state of the union. s s s s .Charles-Meredith Mrs. Stanhope; . ..Elizabeth Garrison .Joseph Burke Grimes, the anarchist.Ned A. Sparks Knowing something.of their me- thods of work, we can imagine how Mr. Emerson and Misé Loos wrote “The Perfect Woman.” A ‘dialogue Mr. Emerson—Well, what’ll we ' Miss Loos—Let’s poke fun at some- no circumstances be permitted to drive an ' auto- thing. They expect us to satirize Mr. E.—All right, what‘ll we satir- e 3 Miss L.—Oh, I.know, let’s poke fun Mr. E.—AIll right. We’ll have to be careful, because there really is something in it.. How’ll we do it? Miss L.—Oh, we’ll have somebody we'll make the hero a woman hater who uses character amalysis to select his employes, and Connie comes in and makes a monkey out of the system. Mr. BE—Probably makes a monkey out of him, you mean. "Well,~that sounds fair enough. We start shoot- In some such manner, we daresay, was “The Perfect Woman” written, and while not remarkable is it a good vehicle for Miss Talmadge, snd Charles Meredith, -a likeable ju- venile, plays the role of Jameas Stan- hope, a wealthy young man, juni.r partner of J. J. Simmons, a sporty & old codger. Stanhope is a woman necessity to the American. Unable to hustle, they hater, réads Schopenhauser, thinks women are all after his mo-|jptentional horse stealing. But then|rihs. There is a Jealous Husband who and ney. He uses a system of character- analysis in selecting all his’employes He advertises for a secretary, and Mary Blake, played by Constance Talmadge, who secretly admires Stan- hope, determines to get that position: She presents an extremely frivolous appearance, and the character anlyst Nothing dauted, she procures a book on character analysis and pro- ceeds to alter her appearance to cor- respond with the desired qualities. | She then tries again, and is engaged. Stanhope finds her work very satis- tactory. He is menaced by the Reds, against whom he is active, and, her work is necessarily of a confidential _ A bomb is placed by the house, and in the excitement that follows thke Yinding of it, Mary comes down minus her disguise, .Stanhope is’ suspicious of her, but she manages to explain. A short time later the house is en- tered by three comic opera bolshev- ists, who.place a time bomb to kill ‘Stanhope. Mary comes down and sees them. "She has a presumably infall- Files that Stand the Gaff osophic, delightfully original, and al- together loveable.” And many have said that this description aptly.fits Miss Mason herself. 3 It is.a story of the.stage and of a young -girl’s heart, and_ the scenes are laid in Paris and New York. “'gystem’ which consists of using|Among; the players are such distin- the baby stare on the old man, being|guished actors as Raymond: MecKee, “fresh” with the middle aged man,|and Edwin Booth Tilton. ' The pro- and romantic with the young men.|duction was directed by Howard M. She uses the three methods in turn|Mitchell. . upon the three bolshevists, they .be- ing of three different ages, and gets them out:of the way. She then throws the bomb out of the window|it each year a lonely spot on the just before it explodes. { Scottish sand' dunes in the expecta- ‘But Jim still thinks she is after|tion of receiving: the bullet :in his his money, and it takes another reel|heart that would-end it all—that is", to convince him that her motives are|the strange pact carried out by the above suspicion. youthful hero of ““The White Circle,”” . © The moral of the picture seems to|Maurice Tourneur’s latest screen pro- be that vampires are a necessary evil. |duction. ‘The picture, which , is: & Constance Talmadge is—Constance [ paramount, Artcraft, showing at the Talmadge. ‘Those who' like her will | Elko theatre tonight. I ke this picture, those who don’t, (if It is on one of these annual visits any such there be), will not see any-|that the young man saves -a pretty, .. thing to it - The story is rateher frail, | girl from death in the quicksands and ' but there are plenty of laughs. Miss|by this act becomes. involved in the Talmadge has the 'opportunity to|strangest romance . and adventure wear some attractive clothes, and the|imaginable. “The White Circle” was picture should do excellent. . “THE WHITE CIRCLE” Bound by his word of honor to vis- adapted from Robert Louis -Steven- son. : \ SOMETHING NEW FOR On the same program, at the Elko é BILL DESMOND |tonight is Mack Sennett’s latest two “ Willlam Desmond in “A Broadway |Part comedy, “You Wouldn’t Believe Cowboy” will furnish the feature at-|it-” 7 i traction at the Rex theater today. It s a Jesse D, Hampton-Pathe pro- duction adapted from Byron Mor- gan’s story, and 18 chuck full of fast- None of the characters in ‘“‘Scratch - action thrills, humor and romance. My Back,” at the Grand theatre for ~ The story gives Willlam Desmond | the last time tonight behave quite a role entirely different than any in|jike you expect them to. There is a ‘which he-has previously appeared. As|hero who performs noble deeds of the -Broadway matinee hero of a wild|jor on behalf of the Lady-in-Dist west melodrama, Bill never expected to get any closer touch to real west- ern life than he 'was when enacting his role in the play. SOMETHING NEW AT - : THE GRAND TONIGHT —and gets nothing for his pains b . a “thank you” and a_ grateful smile. ™ There is a villain who inhales spagh- etti from a tin pot and wears a paper The show goes “‘on the road” and|dicky for a shirt—he surrenders to hits Montana, where the actor gets|the hero at the insignificant price of arrested, and nearly lynched for un-|3 whacked shin and a poke in the. Betty, from the west, with whom he|storms and raves like most J. H.’s do_ falls in love while playing In New| _but turns out to be the best sort York, rescues him just the same way|of a guy in the world, perhaps a the leading lady did in his play. . - darned sight better than the Hero. A Fox News and ‘Chaplin reel arel’And there is a Lady-in-Distress who, also on today’s bill at the Rex thea-|for the first time in the annals of tre. . 5 literature, drama or movia, i3 sensi- ¢ ‘ble enough to 'refuse an invitation to < “LOVE’S HARVEST” TO visit 2 man’s rooms—thereby ruining o BRING SHIRLEY MASON |2 perfectly good gituation. We warn you not to come to see “Scratch My Back” if-you expect the usual screen comedy. But it you like new, differ- ent things, you’ll love this innovation in modern: comedy drama. 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