Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 8, 1920, Page 8

cnumon’ ' P msmnmxog ppewa Falls,. Wis., -Sept . 8.— Paul:boxer, ' Buddy, McDonald, . St.. e f Red. Wlni ‘Augustine Nt ‘ten rounds’ fo-a draw: he Monday -night:~“Both men \Velghed' 142 nounds RICHIE MITCHELL wmmm Younstown, Ohio; Sept. 8 ——’Rlchie . Mitchell pblmynukee outpointed Mel Coogan of Brooklyn .in. a. twelve- rool%nd ‘bout here: Mondhy njght‘ 'l‘hey are !lghtwelg‘hts. g ooxr.s BACK WITE ENQCEOUT Twin Falls, Idaho, Sept. 8. —Gord- on iMcKay" of Pocatello, wyo lost a twelve-round decision 0'Dowd in Pocatello July 4, knocked .out-Romeo Hagen - of- Seattle here Monday. night An"the gixth round.: . PALMOODE BEATEN -~ ‘Providence, R. I, Sept. 7.—Young “Montreal of this clty won & decision over Pal Moore of Memphis at Woon- socket - Labor .day: afternoon. . The bout went twelve rounds. ST. PAUL MAN WINS . Madison; Wis., Sept. 8.—Eddie De- Beau of :St:'Paul knocked out Tommy Holderson of Chicago in the ninth round of a scheduled ten-round fight here Monday. Johnny Neu of Madi- son knocked out Young Abe Attell of Los:Ahgeles in four rounds, and Jim _ Cawley of Chicago lost to Jimmy Muni of ‘Milwaukee in ten rounds BRITTON EASYWMER Cedar Point, Ohio, Sept. 8.—Jack| Britton: of New York, welterweight champion, easily won the ’'decision over Ray Bronson, Sandusky, in a ten-round bout here Labor day. “K. 0.” BROWN - ‘. FINISHES BILLINGS Sprlugfleld. TI1., Sept.” 8.—George “Knockout” . Brown of Chicago-fin- fshed Jack Bllllngs. of .Brooklyn, N. Y., in the*third round of a scheduled sten-round bout at Beardstown Mon- day night. Kid Ray Bourn of Beards- town knocked out " Kid Julson of Jnckuonvflle in the fitth round KING HAS HORSE ENTEBH) o ‘FOR ST. LEGER STAKES 1 (By . United Press) p Doncaster, Eng., Sept. 8.—The race for the St. Leger stakes, the Fast of the season’s races for classic three- year-old8 was run today over the cus- ton;m;y one mile and three quarters racks . Betting covered a wide range and despite the nresence of the Derby ‘winner, Major G. Loger's Spion Kop, . fn the-field, the event was considered very-open.- Lord Derby’s Archaic. . second-in the Derby, was fancied to turn the tables on his Epsom con- ‘queror, while W. Raphael’s Allenby, which-broke down while going well fn-the same race, was reported as fit as it ever was in its lite. King .George, had a .nice-looking filly named Lefnonade. which was ex- ‘pected to run well, and several oth- :/'ers backed by “knowing’ circles. The race was worth $30,000 to the win- ner. o TCR I ELECTRIC IRON CALLS ¢~ OUT FIRE DEPARTMENT — \An electric iron, whlch after being used had not been disconnected from the cltv current, caused the calling ~out o’t thi fin;; department at 7:50 last - evening to the scene of the accident &t the H. W. Bolger residence at 1115 demidji avenue. “Mr. ~dnd: Mrs. Bolger, returning from z drive,- }liscoverefl the house led with smoke™and immediately he department was notified. As oon as the-source was discovered the ause of the smoke was removed.' A laze had not yet started, although he cloth o the ironing board hnd een scorched considerably. ATTEND G. A. R. MEET (By United Press) - ~Indianapolis, Sept 8.—Several vat- erans of the Civi) War now living in lnlm will come to Indianapolis for e annual national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic here “September 19 to 25, according to in- ation received by the executive eommittee. ~ With . the encampment ! Tems than two weeks away all-avail- ble space in the hotels of Indiama- lis has been - booked. Betweeir 5,000 and 100,000 persons are ex- ted to come here for the encamp- ‘ment whichis the fifty-fourth in the istory of the organization. Seven- een hundred official delegates of the Gnnd ‘Army, each delegate represent- 1\5 a wlt, will attend. EG I.NESTOGK AND Amxom DAY AT FAIR St Paul, Sept. 8.—This was Hard- Livestock:and Automobile day at ‘Mfunesota, State Fair. - tary Canfield of the fair board c ttendance today to ex- vious records Ior mid-week lll from everywhere in were - here - to- greet to Mike F ', BEMIDJI CASH MARKE.’I‘ QUO'I‘ATION . GRAIN AND HAY/ - MEATS 0.{Old Toms, live, pound . Geens, \ive, pvund Ducks, live, ib. Hens, 4 lbs. and anbuo, CWt. .., 2 Onions, dry At close of business September 8: Low . High No. 1'Northern Dark *° { Wheat . No: 1 Nor. Whea ‘No..3 Yellgw. Co No. 3 White Oats. Choice Barley No. 2 Rye... 2.59% 8269% 2.61% Zgl'fi fiéasj,rs AN_ANCIENT GAME Has Been_Popular, .in One Form or| Ancther, for Many Hundreds , of Yclll. £ ! certnlnly plnyed“by lhl Roman Em peror Augustus, the of marbles 18 of great antiquity. _In the early days. nuts were used instead of the marbles. % In some seventeenth-century verses a law student is described as & “dab at taw.” The phrase “knuckle down at taw” 1s almost ‘classical, and' the rule doubtless explains th9 fact that the game is almost confined to b for girls naturally dislike the disci- plinary process of pressing the knu- ckle of thelr forefinger upon the stone or gravel. The word taw means (1) the marble itself, especlally“the alley- taw; (2) the ring into which marbles are shot; ‘(8) the line behind’ which the player_ must keep his . foot -when. he shoots. - The origin of the term is uncertain, and it is sometimes less correctly. writ-" ten tor, to which Dickens has:given the sanctlon of his nnthorlty when he represefits - Mr. 'Plckwick mklng iqqnlrles as to young Berdell's alley- tors. The alley-taw—of donbly uncer- tain ' derivation—is - the “best klnd ot ‘marble, which the.player always® for ‘his shot, if he 1s lucky en 1o 'possess such a one; while the commoiter sorts are used as butts to be almed at, or: cou.ntern to'be won or lost: Beans, cwt Butterfat , .. Eggs, fresh, dozen , Cnm&-»Recelpts, 6, nielndy, top; $15; bulk of *. Hogs—Receipts, 2,500; steady to lower; top, $1 | sates;"$12.25@$14.50. Sheep—Receipts, 38,500 study, top, ;12.75,_ ‘6.00@11 25. 3 SUPPER SERVED BY ST. PAULS EVANGELICAL LADIES Tomak'n Supper will ‘be nerved nt the< Paul’s Evangelical - churca.—tdnigh from five to eight o’clock. ‘The lad: aid of the church-who are furnish ing ithe ‘supper extend an invitation: to ‘all,- The price of the supper:: fifty ‘cents. 2 Ald. In Fighting Forest Fifty of the 54 forest-fire stations of ; the state of sNew @ York equipped with steel towers -to facili tate the operation of quickly. discover- ing'and locating - ‘fires -In “the woods. -} uring - the last year as a result of. the ‘operations of this department, the’ number of fires and the extent of the'; damage was - greatly reduced in that Mate. The aljey-taw was, nnd still, enm-» monly 18, made of real marble ‘(orig- 1pally, 1t Is ‘sald, of alabaster), and 18 most prized if it contains red velns, being thén called a’ blood-alley. It might be worth fifty of*the baser sort, ér even be outside the possibility of barter. héx; in ‘value came stonies, made of hard grey stone and glazed. Potteys were also glazed and were made of clay, appearing in many dif- ferent colors.” Commoneys. or mara- diddles were of unbaked clay.” Glass marbles were seldom used, being rele- gated-~to girls or to the curious game of solitaire. Has Served Country Well; Seuor Portal, for the last 80 years ! the leading Jjournalist-of Peru and the H author of 12-“best sellers” In that.coun- try,” has dong-for his native land what" Luis Taboada did for Spain, Mark 1'wain for il.e United States, and, loug ago, Mollere for France; while wag- ing war with' his pen, he ‘has created true literature. Thirty. years ago, when he laid down the sword he had carrled “with honor through the Peruvian strug- gle with Chile, he took up armns against every imaginable weskness, shortcom- ing, sin, and vice of ‘his fellow coun- trymen-; and in laughter- provoklng sars casm and scathing -irony. he ‘has de- picted all the wickeduess to which flesh —and particularly Peruvlnn flesh—is her. . Edna’s Conscience -Clear. “Don’t you: think you ought stay at home like & good girl sometimes and let mother go. to the theater? Don’t you think mother likes to have' fun, just the same as you?” Thus a strate- glc.aunt addressed her tearful niece of six, who had protested when she saw her mother laying out an evening dress. The argument appealed to Ed- na’s. reason. She ceased to weep and considered the “justice of the proposal. Then, having thought It out, she lifted up her volce agaln In walls. “No, sir, auntie, I, now, have done it. I've done the best I _could. Thls, now, morning I tried to ake mother have some fun. I want her-tol So I asked her and asked her to go wad- ing with me. And she wouldn’t.”—~ New York Evening Post. _ Job for Mother. , As the motorbus rattled and roared on its way the small and solemn youngster stared unflinchingly at the old gentléman who sat opposite him. Presently his relentless gaze began to create #-diversion, he .winked at the small boy. But 'he felt even more embarrassed when :the youngster turned to his young and pretty mother, and satd, in shrill, clear tones: g “Mamma, wink ut'that man!” ‘l'at Washington. \ 'NflNEI'RCI.AIMSlm CANCUTCOAI.C()ST (By United Preu.) Winnipeg, Man., Sept. 8.—Prof. J. W. Dorsey of ‘the University of Man- itoba has announced, after an ex- haustive survey of the water power | resources. of. Winnipeg .xiver, that he has ‘discovered, a. new, .method of transmittipg electric’pow i reduce: the ' cost _ome-half. o been called to lay his discove! the United States bureau,of standards “Long before the coal fields world “are ‘exhausted, electri {have suppl‘nnted coal as, the univ iuel in’ homes and' the motive power industry,” said Prof. Dorsey. “By e‘development of \wnter power, it possible to do away with the neces- sity:for“coal, If the potential water 'power of Winnipeg river were devel- foped it would -be ;sufficient- to turn avery factary, wheel in Canada and hgat véry.-home :and -office. in. Win- nipeg seven if the : temperature re- mimed at 40 degrees below zero-all he yeariround. It would be vastly heaper for’ Winnipeg to obtain its ric._heat' and power from Win- ’ tion by reason of injuries received.in. the line of military duty.” Form-No: 1977 and application blanks may be obtained from. the offices mentioneds above or from the United States Civil Service offices at Washington, D. C. Applications should 'be forwarded: to t-Washingto! ;l; earuest ractlca e dat! = thery TURAL CABWA’HOK The United States civil-service com mission has announced an examina- tion for ‘the county . of Hubbard, Minn., to.be held at.Bemidjl and Park Rapids, Minn., on October 9, to fill the position of “rural carrier at Nevis,- Minn., and vacancies/that may later occur on rural routes from:other post offices in the: aboye-mentioned county... The examinafion. will ‘be open only to citizens who are actually domiciled in the territory of a post} office in the county and who meet the other requiréments set forth in Form No::1977. - Both men and women, if qualified, may enter this examingtion, but-appointing officers have the legal right, to specify the sex: desired in re- |’ questing certification of eligibles. Wo- men will'not be considered for rural |. carrier ‘appointment unless they are the - widows:of U. 8. soldiers, sailors or‘marines, or the wives of U. €. soldiers, sailors or marines who are physically dis lified for :examina- Nymorb to purtles who Wil huy furniture under contract. - Rich-"" ard B. Painter = - R 2 river eighty miles away than} 1 coal 1,400 miles from Penn- .from Wmmpeg rlver that the 4 mumcipahty owned: hydro-elecme system:derives. its power which is sold to mdu.stru plants at'a lower ral than i another'; being erected . on Winnipeg river at ‘Du: Bonnet- Falls: Pretense-Call Edward ‘had- come to spend the time th Betly while, his mother went to the. club. ~She stayed 80 long they were: tired of. playthings and of each other. o :finally ‘in despair .Betty safd, “Well, “Bdward, let's just pluy ¥ we are having a good time” g S To. Be Expected. IS denly. Was it due to the heat?” " “It was in a way: "He' kept nskln‘ people if it was too hot for them.” ther city’s power phnt, i ich ‘will ‘cost $9;000,000 is|’ -~ ] see where Gabber dled very sud- It’s always safest, where ™ a prescrlptxon is ‘con-, cemed to ask your doctor “about gettx it te@lled - unless he has ngen you defimte instructions about it. ; o i That is, after you have been fge!mg good again and then commence to.feel badly, it may_be a sign “that something entirely different: is ailing you.- By observing thissimple rile, your cost is small and you get the benefit of the proper ptescnptlon each time. . B Your doctor can phone the new one if he wishes, and we will have it ready for you when xt is promised Barker 217 Third filmt @hone 34 § ilson & Co.| l'wo Stores Bemxd,n We are ofl‘enng exceptlonal values to the people of thls locality, so as to acquamt : ffyou at once with this new shop, giving you barga,ms that will make you a regular customer The New Sults They trlmmed embroxdered tallored are handsome' You w111 hke them" stralght limes rlppled styles. Spemal mtroductory prices— $50, $65, $75 up to, $125 of Tncotme, Serge and Pm ret Twill - 'Exc,eptional Values ‘offexgd iri‘ ] Dresses = Unusually smart styles, beautifully embroxdered “and beaded just unpacked for this speclal sale— Closing aut a iot of Sum- mer Wash Waists, val- | ues to $3.50. Special at ... ' $95, $35, $45. $55 Closing out a I;)t of Hose, : Spacial_ at, a pair. ..... .$1.50 good quality. B >