Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 17, 1920, Page 8

’ AMERIGANS ABROAD IN RED CROSS WORK United States Citizens Far Away Enthusiastic Members of the “Fourteenth” Division. _Among the most enthuslastic and energetic members of the American Med Cross are those cltizens of the United States who live outsfds™ the eontinental boundaries of-thelr country —sons and daughters df'thé Stars and Stripes residing at the far corners of the: earth, PRI 0 b * These pegple? comppse the Insular and Fore’wfl--p!' iston of the parent or- ganikation, gederally koown as the “Pourteenth” Division, which . has farisdiction of all territory outside the country proper; that is, Alaska, Porte Rico, Hawall, Virgin Islands, the’ Philippines, Guam, and even the Is- tand of Yap, which came under ‘our fiag. as a result of the world war. For the year 1920 this divjsion reported 80,808 paid up members. The main object of this divison 18 to give our citizens éverywhere the op- | peortunity to participate in the work _ of_the organization which stands’ fer the . best national ideals. ~Americans fo_far places intensely loyal and pa- triotic, treasure thelr membership In the. Red Cross as the outward ex- on of their citizenship. It i an- ether tle to the homeland and te each other. There are chapters of this division- in Argentine, Bolivia, Brazil, Canal zone, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican. - Republic, Bcuador, England, France, Quatemala, Haiti, Hawali, Honduras, Jap; ragua;” Piiraguay, Peru, Philippines, Porto Rico, Siberia, Spain, Sweden, Awitgerland, Byria, Turkey, Uruguay, Venesuela and Virgin Islands. - During the war these le._tunl members of the Red Cross contrid- wuted millions in money, and miiliens of dollars’ worth of necessary articles for the men in service, and sent many deoctors and nurses to France. At the same time they carried on an excel- Jent Home Service in their respective ‘comimunities for the families of those who had gone to war, and in some re- gions gave large sums of money and immeasurable personal service to the rellef of disaster and disease victims. The division is now establishing Guam, Manchurla, Netherlands; Nicd- BEMIDJI CASH MARKET QUOTATIONS. GRAIN AND HAY MEATS Oats, bu. .« coorvrnnnocanennnn MULLOE . com oo vsseoccsoane ~ 130 Red Clover, medium, 1b. c|dogs. Do 1 1¥e-20¢ e TL annd s Dressed. beef, POUBEL’, ... . . dzc-14¢ Wheat, hard .... $1.90-52.10 | Turkeys, live, DoUlA g ... 40c-46¢ Wheat, soft .. .§1.80-$2.00 01d Toms, live, pound ..85¢-80¢ Rye, bil. . . ... . .$1.60 | Geeds, \ive, pound .. - -.2bc80¢ ) Ducks, ltve, b, ..... o ...01Bea18e a HIDES *!Hens, 4 1bs. 8N4 OVEY.. . ca.....360 Cow hides; No: i 16, .... .:.12c-13¢ Bull hitles, d0. 1, 16 ... ... .10¢-11¢ VEGETABLES Kipp hides, No. 1, ...14¢|Cabbage, cwt. ......q . 5590-86.00 Calf Skins, No. 1! . ..20¢|Onfons, dry . . .$4:00-5.00 Deacons, each ......... .$1.00 | Beans, cwt. .. 7 o‘o-ss.ou Horse hides, large, each Wool, bright .....co00en {17 ] MINNEAPOLIS GRAIN MARKET. At close of business September 16: 1 Low High No. 1 Northern Dark Wheat $2.53% $2.63% No. 1 Nor. Wheat. .68 36" No. 3 Yellow Corn.. 1.28 1.29 No. 3 White Oats.... .67% .68% Choice” Barley .99 1.04 No. 2 Ry 1.83 1.84 Flax ... 8.22 3.25 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. We, the undersigned, residents of Puposky, Beltrami county, State of Minnesota, do hereby associate our- selves together for the purpose of be- coming incorporated as a co-operative association under the provisions of Chapter Three Hundred and Eighty- two (382) of the Revised Laws of Minnesota, 1919, all the acts amenda- tory thereof and supplementary there- to, and to that end we do hereby adopt and sign the following articles iof incorporation: ARTICLE I (Name and Nature of Business.) The name of this assocfation shall be Puposky Potato ‘Association. The general nature of its business shall be to conduct an agricultural, mercantile and manufacturing enter- prise upon the co-operative plan. It shall have the power.to buy and sell its oWwn products, or those of its members or of other co-operative as- sociations, as it, or—-its members, or other co-operative associations, niay determine, either individually or col- lectively as the case may be. It shall also for the above ' purpose have power to purchase, and hold, lease; mortgage, encumber, sell, exchange service clubs in foreign, ports for the- and convey such real estate, buildings Wenefit of sallors in the American Mer- chant Marine, making plans to nid ‘Americans in trouble in foreign lands and completing arrangements for giv- ing immediate adequate rellef In’ case of dlsaster. It is the Fourteenth Division's part in the great Peace Time program of the American Red Cross. RED.CROSS ASSISTS DISABLED VETERANS . 7 . The American Red Cross s carrying ‘on a wide program of service for the disabled World War veterans recelving treatment in United States Public Health hospifals, and those belng tralo- ed through agencles of the Federal Board for Vocational Education. AIn each of the Public Health Service hospitals Red Cross workers devote thelr time to the general ‘welfare of enter the receiving ward untll the; are discharged. After the soldier's dls- charge the Red Cross continues its felendly . service through the Home gervice; Section in his own communlity. The Red Cross maintalos a convales- cent house at all of the hospitals, where patlents can amuse themselves. after they are well enough to be up . and around. Parties and picture shows in the wards are also furnished, with ! occasional excursions when convales ., cence comes. U . ... Great service has been rendered by ‘thie Red Cross In mental cases in idéen- Alfying thore who have appeared In state hospitals for the Insane, and help: ‘Amg them secure compensation due from the Bureau of War Iisk Insurance. offices the Red Cross worker, act- 4 with the Home Service Section, makes necessary loans to the men, ar- :rlngen sultable living conditions, helps eollect evidence and supply facts to the ‘Board, assists in “appealing casés” and are settjes various personal difficuitles for the men. The workers also follow up and ald all men who discontinue train- ing. 4 The Red Cross agents Snd men “lost” te the Board, help clear up delayed .cases and aid the college counselors in _thelr friendly work with the men. Many Red Oross chapters have set up ; recreation facilities, and In some In- stances living clubs, so these victims of war may have attractive surround- fngs and the fun which must go with effective school work. To the American Red Cross Institute for the Blind near Baltimore, Md., more than half of all the Americans plinded in the World War have come for training. The Institute, through the Red Cross, long ago conducted an exhaustive Industrial survey to deter- mine the vocations for which blind men could be fitted. As a result it is putting forth well trained men equip- ped to meet the social, civic and eco- nomic requirements of their respective cemmunities, Ald for 8panish Red Cross. The Iberlan chapter of the American Red Cross, composed of Americans resident In Spxin, has just contributed $480 to a fund being raised by the Spanish Red Cross and the League of Red Cross Su-ieties for the purpose of fBghting malarie. o the Federal Board's -various dis- | and personal property as the business iof the association may require, and to erect buildings upon its own lands or leased grounds. & This corporation shall, also, have power to affiliate with, and to- co- ! operate with, by membership or other- !wise, any other association having a like co-operative purpose; .to. sub- i seribe for and. invest all or -any part of its funds in the capital stock of any other co-operative association. "It shall have power to do anything land everything, not inconsistent with law, which is necessary. or desirable to accomplish the effects and purposes herein stated. ; ARTICLE IL (Place of Business.) 0 The principal place of transactin business of this carporation shall be at Puposky, County of Beltrami, Min- nesota. | ARTICLE IIL. | | (Period of Commencement and : Duration.) The time of commencing business i for this corporation shall b, Septem- iber 15, 1920, and the period for its . duration shall be thirty years. ARTICLE IV. (Capital Stock.) (Names and Residences of Incor- porators.) "of the persons forming this corpora- tion are: Chas. Cramer, of Puposky, Minn. Joe Auchter, of Puposky, Minn. C. W. Clark, of Puposky, Minn. Chas. Durand, of Puposky, Minn. Chas. Coffin, of Puposky, Minn. Emil Gustafson, of Puposky, Minn. M. Christensen, of \Puposky, Minn. * ARTICLE V. (Management.) | The management of this corpora: ition shall be vested in a board of tdirectors of ...l members, The names and places of residence !of the first board of directors, who shall serve until the first election, ' Chas. Cramer, of Puposky, Minn. Joe Auchter; of Puposky, Minn. _ C. W. Clark, of Puposky, Minn. Chas. Durand, of Puposky, Minn. Chas. Coffin, ¢f Puposky, Minn. Officers of this corporation shall Qbe a president, vice president and |secretary-treasurer, elected annually ‘by and from the board of directors. The annual meeting shall be held in each yehr on the third Saturday of June. | ARTICLE VL The amount of capital stock of this corporation shall be Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00), which shall be paid in money or in property or both, in such manner, at such times, and in such amounts as the board “of di- rectors shall order. The capital stock shall be divided into eighty shares of the par value of $25.00 each. ARTICLE VIL (Indebtedness.) The amount of indebtedness that may be incurred by or in behalf of this association shall at no time ex- ceed $2,000.00. ARTICLE VIIL These articles may be amended in the manner provided by law. In testimony whereof, we have hereunto set our hands, this 11th day of September, 1920. C. W. CLARK. CHAS. CRAMER. EMIL GUSTAFSON. CHARLES DURAND. CHARLES E. COFFIN. The names and-places of residence’ ..o .45 Butterfat ..... -.. Eggs, fresh, dozen .. SOUTH ST. PAUL LIVE STock Cattle—Receipts,” 5,700; ~.market, weaker; top, $15.50; bulk of sales, $3.50@156.50. . i Hogs—Receipts, 1,600; market 25c “{higher; top, $16.50; bulk ‘of sales, $15.76@16.25. Va? A Sheep—Rece $,000; -market, ;top, $12; bulk slower and weak of sales, $6.00@12.! T M." GiJRISTENSEN. JOE{YAUCHTER. Signed, sealed ‘angd/delivered in the presence of E. L. Begtner, L. R.-Dick- inson. wi 138 (Seal) State of Minnegotag County of Bel- trami, ss. MY LA Upon this 11th. day of September, 1920, personally: gppeared before me, Chas. Cramer, Joe ‘Auchter, C. W. Clark, Chas. Durg) Chas., Coffin, Emil Gustafson ;andiM, Christensen, to me known to be the persons named in and who execited the foregoing Certificate of ,/ Tucgrparation, and acknowledged thi i tiey executed the samé as their free act and deed, for the uses and oses therein ex- pressed. \ . e 1< BRENNER, (Seal) ‘ "-.-U‘ohry?ublic, - Beltrami: County, Minm. My commission [ expires October 17, 1925. v v wte g s h 9l 2 . Office. of Registe® of Deeds, Bel- trami County, Minn.: s I hegby certify that .this, ipstru- | ment.was filed in this office for record |'on the 15th day. of -September, A. D. 1920, at 9 o’clock: a.. m., and ‘was duly recorded in ‘Book 17 ‘of Misc., on page 115. A "G} 0. MOON, Lebanon has long been in.dispute. Lo- cal, tradition, says, they were planted yy God at the .creation of the by world day. , That there was a great grove of was from them that he obtaltied the . wood for bullding the }empln. Whether | any of those now standing were there.| in Solomon’s time {8 a matter of specn- Iation. Goad v i Ay At the present dity the grove-co tains 389 trees, of which only 15 are of: large size. It is /e center of a great basin In the Mouitalns, 6,000 feet above the sea. A Maronite chapel Is on a mound in the shade of the trees, and here mass s sald and on the feast of the transfiguration & great festival takes place. Several efforts to calculate the age of the cedars now standing have been made by counting the rings In the heart wood of those that have fallen. These estimates, according to Prof. A. Henry of the Royal College of Scl- ences for Ireland; {n an articie in Coun- try Life, vary from 2,280 years to 2,600 years, although it may be that they are of slower growth tHan the gpecimens tested In other countries. . - * The largest of the. cedars is 18 feet In diameter. i TOTEM POLES, TELL HISTORY ¥! . ; % Have Peculiar’ 8Significance Among the UpiCoast. Irdian Tribes of British Columbia. Totem poles oi" the up-coast Indian tribes of British Cotumbia teli the his- tory of that e. ; The poles are of ethnologic ‘and’/’ lore slnmegnce. have legendary bolisin, and carry detalls of the trjbe, clan, family and Thelr painted grotesques individual. Th L of birds, beasts, and men are done in blue, red and;white upon a black background. /i@ - The right to, the totemic crest always descends. through the woman. A tribesman uses the tribal crest ol his clan group in-adfiition to those of one or more-géiidian spirits he may have acquired. -If he Is easy in mak- ing friendshipy with birds. beasts and fishes he may/idve a Noah's ark of them on his pole. The crests sre also carved on cano¢ prows, painted on house fronts and woven into baskets and blankets of¢ goat halr or cedar bark. NS A man ge&g,‘*li reputation and standing in the community, among the up-coaest tribes, not by what he owns, but by what he gives away. If he wants to be regarded as a “hiyu tree,” or perspfi of speclal conse- quence, he aims.to do it by giving away more blirfkets than anybody else on the coast. and.that.they will ‘endure until the last cedars on Lebanon in the days of King ' Solomon there can be no doubt, as it | That Much Sure,.but It ls Impossiblé | .=t Te)l Age;of Lebanon’s . & © . - Famous-Trees. .., ., |3 The ume‘ of .,thn; fngum_u cedars of { WANTED—GIirl for general house- ‘work. Phone 83 or gall 518 Third 0 street., 3t9-2 WANTED—Cook at Nicolett Hotel, 4d9-21 LLOST. OR STOLEN—Boy's tricycle. Return to 700 Minnesota ave. for reward. ) 2d9-18 FTOR SALE—Cottage home, 5-rooms and bath, 50 ft lot. Price $3,000. —>5-room house, 1 acre ground. all in first class condition. Price $2,750. —>5-room house, lot 66x330 ft. $2,000. ) —T7-room house, on Bemidji Ave- nue, 37% ft. let. Price $2,100.. —4-room house, 25 ft. lot, near Nor- mal school. Price $850. A —A beautiful bfick and stone resi- dence, strictly modern, 75 ft.' corner lot. fine location. —A fine 7-room modern house, large porches, garage, 50 ft corner lot. Terms. Price $6,500. —A T7-room house, 50 ft. lot on Bel- trami avenue. Terms. Price $2,- 750. —Two 6-room houses, well lpcated. 50 ft. corner lot. Terms. Price $3,800. —4-room house, 6 lots in Mill Park. Price $900. $300 cash, balance $12 per month. -—A 12-room house, 50 ft lot, wejl located, the best bargain in the city, only $2.500. —Reynolds & Winter. 6t9-23 NYMORE FOR SALE—A fine bungalow, "4- rooms, harQwood floors, fine base- ment; garage, wood house, chicken house, lot 125x140. Price $1,850. —4-room cottage, large lot. Price $1,050. Reynolds & Winter. 6t9-23 WANTED—A good live young man or woman for Insurance business. " Reynolds & Winter. 6t9-23 MORE SUFFERERS FROM HAIL THAN LAST YEAR . —_ e ‘Bismarck, Sept. 17.— Thirteen hundred meore farmers in North Da- kota suffered from loss by hail in 1920 than in 1919, according to re- norts to the state hail insurance bu- reau. The total number to lose was 14,239. Although hail* damage was , | more extensive the financial.loss, it is . thought, will not be as great as last (Seal) Register of Deeds. [ year. 2d9-17—18 o ; :-_n; 1? : ; . | CEDARS MANY.CENTURIES OLD | tHE PIONEER WANT AD! T LT - AN E the cheapest small. Price ' Furniture Polish,-8-0z. bottle .2-ply Certainteed guaranteed, 108 sq. ft. to roll.... XTRAORDINARY | and we are offering our entire mammoth stock consisting of about $20,000 worth of merchandise of every description; for sale at Private and Auction Sale | Some of the more important items are new and secondhand furniture of all kinds, including about one hundred leather uphol- stered and solid seat rockers and arm chairs, dining chairs from to the best, dining tables, round and square, large and Buffets and china closets, kitchen cupboards and cabinets, dressers and chiffonieres, commodes, book cases and hundreds of other items of furniture of all kinds. 85 2 One hundred ranges, cook stoves and heaters for wood, coal } and oil. Brass, iron 2and wood beds, springs afid mattresses of all - sizes. Farm and garden tools of all kinds. - : One thousand pairs of men’s, rubbers,and rubber boots. w7y A large line of army blankets and comforters. Fifty c_ongoleum rugs of various sizes and patterns. A large line of brussels, velvet and fibre rugs. Fifteen hund®ed pieces of enamel and aluminum ware. ‘Twelve hundred pieces of dinner ware and hundreds of other articles that you need, in fact we have eight thousand feet of floor space literally crammed full of goods that we must turn into cash at the earliest possible date. \ COME IN AND SEE US AT 206 MINNESOTA AVENUE - AUCTION SALE Beginning at 10 A. M. and Continuing All Day FRIDAY gnd SAT- URDAY, September 24 and 25. TERMS OF SALE,#£{ASH. Hannah CLIFFORD'S . Seasonable Specials _SEND TO BEMIDJI FOR YOUR SUPPLIES Now is the time to repair that roof and paint t}}e buildings and farm implements. These prices will make it an object to ‘you to do so. Paint at wholesale in these numbers. WEATHERSHIELD PAINTS 205 Olive Green ... .$2.10 213 Colonial Yellow 2,58 282 Slate ooiisiisenss 2.55 5 224 Cottage Brown .. 2.25 ‘Also Outside White ....... . 3.00 : CERTAINTEED PAINT With Certainteed guarantee back of it. 439 Maroon ... ...$3.85 447 Willow Green . 415 Medium Blye ... 431 Bright Permanent Red . 445 -401 Olive.Gray ....... 3.95 427 Light Terra Cotta. 3.85 433 Light Drab 3.95 423 Straw . 4.05 411 Dark Lead ..... 4.00 419 Primrose Yellow- 3.98 441 Pea Green ....... 3.60 425 Rich Buff ._....... 3.90 ; FLAT WALL PAINTS ' 470 Birchwood Gray 479 Old Rose ............ 480 Coral . ROOFING ~ 1-ply Certainteed guaranteed, 108 sq. ft. to roll...$1.85 2.34 3-ply Certainteed guaranteed, 108 sq. ft. to roll.... 2.83 - (Weight from 38 to 55 pounds to roll.) E 250-foot roll String Felt, per roll. $1.60 500-foot roll String Felt, per roll. . 3.10 20-pound roll Red or Blue Building Paper, per roll 1.32 30-pound roll Red or Blue Bujlding Paper, per roll 2.10 Compare these prices wiilf those of your nearest - dealers and save from 20c to'$1.00 per roll by mailing us your order. i : SPECIAL ' g Unloading car of Oyster Skells, per cwt............... $1.55 Special price on quantity lots. o3 "CLIFFORD’S Not Cheap Goods, But Good Goods Cheap Kaplan Block Phone 160 Bemidji, Minn. women’s and children’s shoes, ! & Robertson