Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 13, 1920, Page 8

DJI DAILY PIONEER | D EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEET SUNDAY TER REMIDIT FIONEER PUBLISXING CO. G. E. CARSON, Pres. E. H. DENU, Sec..and Mgr. intd G. W. HARNWELL, Editor Telephone 922 Entered at the postoffice at Bemidji, Minn,, as second- class matter under Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. _No attention paid to anonymous contributions. Writer's name must be known to the editor, but mnot 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. 4 By 6.00 By Mall R R 3.00 One Year . $5.00 Three Months 150 Six Months . 2.50 . ‘One.Month .. .55 . " One Week .......... 15 Three Months ....... 1.26 THE WEEKLY PIONEER—Twelve pages, published every Thursday and sent postage paid to any address for, in advance, $2.00. OFPFICIAL COUNTY AND CITY PROCEEDINGS VOTES COUNT NOW. For many years we men have been told what would happen if women were ever given equal suffrage with men. . Now they have it. In future the vote of the humblest female citizen will count just as much as that of the président of the United States. . Acts, not words, will write the story of the future, . H ? It is a matter of speculation as to just what effect the feminine vote will_be in national and state politics, but the presumption is that it will _have a tendency to purify the ballot and retire a certain stamp of politicians who have been seeking ‘to debauch the ballot for years. i ; Morally woman is qnd}lestionnbly the superior of man, and if she demonstrates the fact that she is broagl minded enough to rise above peanut politics and vote for men of stability and character, regard- less of political considerations, we may reasonably é*in_ct her advent to be one of supreme-importance to the future welfare of our country. In such an event political leaders will hesitate long before at- tenipting to foist upon the voters of their party a man who does not truly represent the intelligence and the integrity of that party. Until women adjust themselves to their new sta- tion in life some no doubt will vote merely as PRESS COMMENTS—THATS ALL (By EXCHANGE EDITOR) s Up to date the Minnesota Farm bureau looks like the best agency for the benefit of the farmers. It is ‘practlcnl co-operation to bring the farmers: fair prices, steady the market and to serve the public by eliminating unnecessary middle men. It brings - the producers of food supplies and the consumers closer together. - The orgafhijzation-has 100,000 mem- bers, and if rightly managed will be of immense lfie’neflt to’ the, commonwealth.—St. Cloud “Journal 'ess. . —_————— > The: Minneapolis Tribune is of the opinion that W. J. Bryan has gone on a silence strike. At-that Bryain's silence about Cox is really distressing to the backers of the democratic nominee for presi- dent.—Mankato Free Press. ’ e il Sugar prices are falling rapidly, and speculators who were holding out large stocks are confronting heavy losses. This may go against the grain with them, but it is sweet news to. the innocent.—Red Wing Republican. , & —o0— : One thing about those canned political speeches is that the candidates have to make’ em short to ~ the world—far from it. ‘. It isn’t big ‘wages in the city alone that takes . harmony prevail, whilethe tiger lies down with- their husbands do, while others will .do thinking and vote as they please. P ATRERTE 2. It is to the latter class that we must look for any material change from our present” political methods and system. e . : The November election will tell much of the story, but few political forecasters are willing to make even the smallest kind of a prediction at this time. The politicians themselves are all floundering in a sea of uncertainty. O———— SEEING BOTH WAYS, Some of us are content to go through life noting the nifstakes of others, blissfully indifferent to the fact that they see us as we see them. ‘People think of us only as our own conduct and actions deserve that we be thought of. If we spend our time in petty and obnoxious criticisms of others, we must'expect that ‘they ‘at least will be able to detect the beam-in our own eyes. : Tyt A few may be short sighted and unobserving, but the majority of people are wise and quick to note the idiosyncrasies of human nature. Why is it that some people are universally ad- mired and respected through life, although they have their faults, as do the rest of us? It' is not because those faults are hidden from 3 It is because- such people have hearts endowed with more than the average of human compassion—hearts that prompt the mind to recognize the good qualities of others ‘rathér than to be continually seeking out the weaker points. It is because they see the better side of others that the world thinks so well of them. All people have their faults, but some, unfor- tunately, are only able to distinguish-those which exist in the other fellow. 3 B — 5 NOT MONEY ALONE. . young men away from the farms. The unending routine of work and the absence of any form of healthy recreation and amusement have more to do with it than anything else. E One.of these days farmers' will see the wisdom of maintaining a ‘community social center, where young men and women can hold frequent gatherings and enjoy the clean forms of amusement which: today are too seldom found in the country districts. A club ‘house in a farming district for such a. purpose would not cost a fortune, but its pracfiul-‘ value to the community would be beyond estimate. get ’em on the record. Quite different from talk- ing for the Congressional Record.—Little Falls Transcript. . . { . : e i Starving. yourself to death because :you -can’t get out ‘?f qul, where you belong, is just another way of “cutting off your nose to spite your face,” Mr. Lord Mayor of Bottlestopper.—Northern Light. e next time Baudette wants to stage a: prize fight Williams can supply attractions that ‘gvill eél;ipse : even our own George Keller—if they’ll just sign up. some of our female scrappers.—Northern Light. = - Wilson -ohkays ‘Cox and ' Cox ohkays. Roosevelt i and’ Roogevelt is. ohkayed by Murphy. Thus. does the lamb and bides its time.—Na#thern News. . =0 The wise man: accepts four per cent froi : bank instead of taking chances ofi having *his :ont:‘; Ponzied.—St. Cloud Daily Timies. . —— \ 3 The gasoline producer don’t seem to need any government authority to raise their rates.—Red Wing Republican. Vote for Good Roads Amendment No. 1, and let %ngbst_ctte step fifty years ahead now.—Fergus Falls ribune. - : Files that Sta VAST STORES OF TREASUQE Vaults of Constantinople Believed to Hold Extraordinary Quantities of Qold and Precious Stones. It is believed that In certain vaults at Constantinople there lie many hid- den treasures of immense value belong- fog to the sultan of Turkey. Athrone of beaten gold, adorned with quantities of rubles, pearls, dia- monds and emeralds set in mosalc, 18 perhaps the most dazzling object in the treasury. Sellm the First brought it from Persia early In the sixteenth cen- tury. . There Is a second throne of eb- ony and snndnl;ood, encrusted with mother-of-pearl, gold, rubies, emeralds, and sapphires. Nowhere in the world are there pre- eldus stones-to compare with the: two great emeralds found here, one of which welghs two kilograms, and is as large as a mar’s hand. The other is only slightly smaller. 2 There are diamonds, turquoises, ru- bles, enferalds, and pearls by the half- bushel. Formerly the jewels were kept in drawers, but when last seen they were-in bowls; each’of which held two gallons. J In describing a luncheon that she attended in the harem.of the present sultan, Miss Grace Ellison, author of “An Englishwoman in' a Turkish Ha- rem,” tell®®of diamond flowers that stretched from shoulder to shoulder of the high centroller of the harem, and - of ear-rings made In the shape of birds, holding in their beaks a pearl as large as a cherry. The sultan’s granddaugh- ter, a child of twelve years of age, * she plctures as having her hair in a knot on the.top of her head inside a dlamond crown, the front of her dress covered with dlamonds, and her hands encased In gold mittens studded with ~rubies and diamonds. No museum in the world can boast ‘s richer collection of armor, scimitars, shields, pistols, saddles, sandals, canes, gi:{jge like, all Jeweled or wrought of . 2o * ZZMarriages at Gretna Green. Alfhough it:15.no. longer possible for. E e uple, by simply crossing Soptland, €6 be wed “off — hand,” as was once the case, uicuuw Green marriages ar@ not altogether unknown even .in these days. Now and again, a couple for romantic rea- ‘sons elect to be married at the old Gretna Green smithy by means of & | simple declaration and the Joining of. hands; but as ever since 1856 the law has been that one of the contracting parties must be actually resident in Scotland for three full weeks before thie ceremony, such weddings are, not very often runaway ones. Provided the above condition is fulfilled, how- |- ever, such a marriage, even if'a run- away one, is perfectly legal, though in a sense irreglar. Apart from the cost of the railway journey to Gretna | Green statlon, the expense i3 small.| In pre-war days the cost was about $10, which Included an excellent tea to. the bride, bridegroom and witnesses and refreshments for the “priest.” . The “priest,” by the way I8 the local.black- smith, James Dixon, a.descendant.of the original “Blacksmith @ of’ Gretna. Green,” celebrated In song.and story. Ride .in Flaming Plane. ., A hair-raising demonstration of the efficacy of new.alr_craft fir roofing compound was staged at Atlantic;City, N. J.,-a few weeks ago._by two Amerl- can airmen, late of the Lafayette es- cadrille,, reports Popular Mechanics magazine, in an illustrated article. Each of the men first donned a spe- clal flying sult and metal helmet, both of which had been painted with the compound. Mechanics then sprayed each with gasoline. Meanwhile the plane, which also had been painted with the preparation, was similarly | drenched with gasoline. Pilot and passenger climbed into their cockpits. Roaring forward over the airdrome, then, llke a flaming, smoking comet, the plane rose into the air, and for five minutes horrified the spectators. At the end of this time the flames died out and the plane was brought to earth. Careful inspection having been made, airmen and airplane were found to be unharmed except for a &r than the rest of us, decided to test Zion City's law. enforcement and pro- posed to “spit on the street in the heart of_the town.” .As. she did so there came a shout from two young men standing on the curbing: “Hey, there,” and of course everyone of us thought, “the Jjig,_was up.”. . We stopped, fully prepared for the worst until the yopng fellows came up to us on the run and saild: “Will you give s a lift to the next burg?’—Chicago Tribune. - Pinoche as Sugar Substitute. Mexican residents of San Francisco, to combat the high cost of living, espe- clally in regard to sugar, are import- fng pinoche from Mexico. It is-brown 4n’ color and of rather low grade. The stuff is not considered sufficient- 1y refined for use In tea or coffee, but is used in- cooking; ; Inasmuch:as: the price is about a“third of ‘refined ‘white sugar, there Is considerable induce- | - ment to use it, even if the pinoche is not as nice as the regulation sugar. Pinoche has been imported into south- _ern California for some time, but only lately has it been shipped to San Fran- clco. Daughters of Eve Give In. ] Sign seen—'Ladies Ready to Wear Clothes.”—Boston Transeript. H Volcano |s a Lighthouse. The city of San Salvador, capital of the republic of Salvador, may be called a city of earthquakes, for it has seen disasters as_a result of many erup- tions, and even today the many vol- canoes that surround the little city which has been shattered so many times again threaten it. Rumblings and grumblings are heard coming, it 1s supposed, from the Izalo volcano. This cinder-covered peak, nearly 5,000 feet high, has gradually bullt itsel? up from what was a‘level plain at the base of the Santa Ana vol- cano. It has Tong perloas of inactiv- ity, throwing up clouds of smoke .and: coating of soot. Prepared for the Worst. ‘While passing through Zion City re- icently ion; 4/ Touf noEthwisdts i woman ‘naasanger of onr crowd who! was bold- steam In great puffs, and at times belching flames. Sometimes a flash- ing effect can be seen far out at ses, and ' the volcano has become known wlong the coast as the lighthouse of Central America.—Detroit News. [T ~llIIIIlIIlll!IIlllllll!lillllllllllIIllllllIilllIIilIIIlIIlIIle!IIIIIIIIlIl : Money-Back Shot-Shefls 1 Yon ¢ain get your money back for The Black Shells # ‘We make exactly the if, for any reason at all, you don’t like them. 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