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/ ediand Have Equalled. 'Worst Ever| Known There (By United Press) 30.—Forty-five eryice in Ini has not reveal- h -distressing economic condi- lay according i to &stntement bo [in the 106th . anmual’ report of the American Bap- tll!’*F‘orelgn' Missionary ‘society, now be 3 . D., South India, sqms up “the snuatlon as foltows: .“The aftermath of the great war has ‘been upon us, manifesting -itself jn--various “ways. . General Tumnrest among the people; poliucal ‘agitation, such as.India has not known for:Cen- 'turiee. it ever; ization due shipping - difticulties, unse tled exchange and other causes, strikes,-labor disputes and lockouts; prices, high,- hlgher, ever higher, ex- ceeding what were formerly . consid- ered ‘famine: rates; pestilence, dis- eases and death; much distress and deep poverty among the masses, and great fortune and prosperity among the jew; shortage of crops and crime rdmpan verywhere; higher wages for labor and ‘most salaried people, but increased- earning much’ below the ddvance in the cos . In- dia-as-a~whole-using-paper currency and nickel, qa,inag’,lpcreaslngly, silv-|* -~ eri and ne into hoard- lng or expont: “Last ‘July in all'India: u{ere ‘were a million ‘and ‘a quarter-persons-on relief work, or.recelying free famine aid. The price of food drupl grain, izlllgxafllcien 8l proflteerjngxwere ‘adden’ to: war as !nndamsntal causes of the economic extremity The government pstimates a shortage of food this year due to a detréasé’in acreage cultivated " and POOT..CrODS: Oond‘h,ions in South India ‘have eqjl worst ever known £o the }nlnbllln “of this poverty stricken eountry. mission . stations, be- seiged day:‘and nlglh by throngs of hungry people cfying'for food, were able to:offer but slight aid, the need was 8o great: Men and women thru ‘sheer weakness staggered about like drunken people. Suffering was also . intensffied thru lack of drinking wa- ter -and “an -epidemic of-cholera-took great tolls of human life. ‘For months |, over a hundred children without food lothing were fed and sheltered at t! Baptist compound at Sooriapett. Famine camps set up by the govern mep}.often fed as many as five thous- and at a time. Historic old shade tries along the mmtary road from|’ rag to*Hyderabad for’ a ‘distance orty miles vere stripped of all ge" to p vide' tmmer ‘for the cat- Maricm, Ohio, Dr. Hard- ing;-the father of> Warren B. Hard~ L ips, republican .presidential nominee, .. stands by | his"con f;.the ;horse ‘who ctions He keeps . Big owvn " stiable tor horse and™ buggy, his ledger showed timent . to: his* convictions. &, Jbuggy in excellent ich’cost him less than'a “‘Rundred dollars five years ago, and the~daiiy:board bill plus shoeing-and other. opemtlng expenses for ‘his driving horse, anjounts td lessihan ‘fifty .cents per day, or about fltteen dilaxk: a ‘monti™: President and Mrs. Wilson are riot- Iy warm friends of the driving rse, and dd not mind the eyebrows over the fact that they drove -y old:fashioned victoria, which; m“mnte of ‘its venerableness, was i orfect condition and very comfort- ~In"contrast to this was the up- 10 nute smartness of the tu ott’w d: by the bridal party: ‘last. s thé: Vanderbilt-Littleton wedd 1This‘horse appreciation is' coming -along in-step with an-increasing’ pop- * miarity for horseback riding in lead- %&"Elflu ‘o “tlie comntry.: In New on vk, the bridle paths of Central Park, Van Cortlandt:park and River- ~gide DriVe are d% ly filled with riders .. who.are appedling for.more room-and eqnnecting links between. paths. Chi- cago is becoming, more q,nd more an equestrian center, - : Minneapolis has geen. a-great riding-and driving-horse revival.-awhile-in-San- -Francis¢o-and Lbs Angeles. horseback-riding and jumping is“on the*boom thruout the year. F R ¥ **fi*f&fi««««c;«««a 3 PLEASANT VALLEY X l,#i*t*iitt*?t!\l&ii— {Roy Watson returned from Dakota CTuesaay. leasant auoy- Farmers™elub wi ll mee wnth Mr. apd -Mrs, Normar nesdav. ‘k_c gbet’ 6. ckness the Y. f?tgy did ‘not_me ay nigin as planned. Ray. ned Saturdav from Dake:a where y- had ‘been“harvesiing. ed: Gardner. and gtandson, JGiy T VB John_Vogle: nyested in & Th Tractor, disc delivérea Fri- 1ste rBas‘.\or -gvas: a ‘Bemidn ahcp Fridey: - ommercial disorgan- | uffs trebl-|" fth high-stepping coach ncrses rden.and.Tony. Stephaui-re-| X MEATS Oats; ‘bu: . Ceamsesesesnneas L1380 Red Clover, medium, 1b. ..:%16c-18¢c g;’f:s'e&ni,;;{ '|'u;|'|nd. ':;:::::2: wgea:, ha",d . "i 93“2 210 | pyrkeye, live, pound . w. ... - 40¢-466 Yinoal, mofe $1.80-33.00 {613 Toms, live, pound. « 46¢-306 Y& b.... . +ieee . 31.601geegs, tive, pould ... ... .. «.26¢300 Ducks, li7e, b, ... .a16¢-18¢ " |fiens, 4 1bs. and OVELr.. . .....360 VEGETABLES Potatoes, per cwt. aa Cabbage, cW{. ... .0 }Onions, dry . Beans, cwt . Butterfat . i3 3 “GRAIN AND HAY 60¢ llutl.or. Aare e e oriia oS HIDES Cow- hides, No. 11D .0\ o. Bull hides, No. 1, Ib/ Kipp hides, No. 1, 1b. Calf Skins, No. 1 ‘Wool, bright . Deacous, each . 3 Horse hides, large, sach .. ....,..51.10 $1.50-$2.00 ...$2.82.60 | =) . «%13c-T3c -10¢c-11c «1l4c MINNEAPOLIS GRAIN MARKET. $0UTH’ ST. PAUL: LIVE STOCK ; MARKE' : At ¢lose of business Sgtember 30:) 1 S . : W High| €attle—Receipts, 6,000; market No. 1 Northern Dark slow;- to 15; bulk of sales, 6.00 il S S hanil 0. or. ea/ 2:35% ogs—Receipts,: '4,500; . market, No. 8 Yellow Corn. 102 1.03_ I50e to 75c lower; top, $15.10; bulk No.‘3 Whlte Oa sales,~$14. 75@14.90. Choice Barley Sheep—-Recelpu, 10,000; ‘market, 'top, $11.75; bulk of sales, $5. 75@11. 0, PLANS RESOLUTION 'l'0 ENCOURAGE AVIATION (By. Unlted Press) \Vlashingmn, Sept, :30.—A resolu- tion to make the United States leader of the world-in aviation will'be made before congress when it meets in De- cember, according to representative Julius Kahn, of California, chairman of the house military aviation com- mittee. * It-is said that Kahn plans immedi- ate appropriation:of: five million dol- /| lars to help American inventors to develop new. plans, designs and new devices which- will make air ravel- ing safer and more practical. It would encourage’both commercial and mm- tary. avlntion, Kahn' declared. .IAPAN'S W. C T. U SEEKS TO BAR GEISHA (By United Press.) 4 Tokyo (by. mail).—Japan is soon to be the scene of a battle of women., The W. C. T. U, assembled in_con- vention - at . Karuizawa, the popular summer resort where'each year fore- gather millionaires ‘and missi to. escape the heat.of.the. do have. thrown down a challep the. geisha,, “| their.. best _to.,e feature of 3.08 YALE'S 1920 TEAM | STRONG ON PAPER Fast_ l.lgl:t Gndlron Eleven ln Hope of Um!ergrada i (By United Pxen) New Haven Conn’; Sep Yale eleven, W light is unusually Preliminary work- was - begun week earlier than usual this year. On the basis of its showing in scrimmage and the -adaptability ‘of ‘the-me: new formations' the coaching. staff dlready is-expecting great things of the team. The under-graduate body, of course; is confident -of - a "Blg Three” championship. ‘Phere-are -eight ¥’ men-in the - squad,. which:- numbered -more ‘than 100 at first,_but has now been pared down comsiderably: The letter men are: Captain_Callahan, center; Aeosta, guard; Walker and Dickens, tackles; Kempton, ' quarter; - Aldrich. ‘and Campbell, halfs and Wiebb, full. ..All of them won their "'Y” last yedar with the -exception of Callahan, who has had his letter for two years.: Yale’s weakness, if she™ has one, is ‘expected to Qevelo‘p at end. . Mun- Rer and Dilworth ‘are‘expected: to:be the ends when the season opens with Carnegié Tech; Saturday, October 2 ‘Munger:iwas a sub tacklelastyear. Dilworth' has-a fine war reeord. ‘He: was ;wounded:in the elbow and:re- s cially.. frow be; present at any entertainm; -ien: foreigners, declaring.: thatflx while the; ‘guileless stranger sees in these 2 ctiye bhssfully ngnmr\t of “the e&& ence -on -the -homes- in Japnn which this systen}l involves.” It is without doubt true that many Herr. who' is expected to..oceupy, the guard position which Galt nelu down ably for two years, weighs 270 pounds and is fast for his weight. ‘He was on thé freshman team last year, . > _tcause:her Iord and’master. finds t It was -believed to be the plan of ‘attractions - of ‘the teahouse “gres Hesd . Coach “Tad” Jones to -start|than those of his family. ci cle, and French at half in place of Campbell. while. many geisha“ are, as .|He .weighs"175; and" is probably the|of fact, entirely virtuous, it ls truef: speediest man on the team. He also|that_many. others'* -are by no. means is a good punter.and may alternate|austere. at punting with Aldrieh. French was a sub-half last year. 50,000, geisha in_Japan, an estlmate‘ Othep ‘men: ‘who will ‘make first- whlch js probably quite low, ai string substitutes in the event they|form .such an-indispensable ‘feature fail to get places on'the varsity are: ‘Rean, center; Trippe. Baldwini and|nature that it is certain that mo ‘Bean, guards; Quaillie and MoKay, | matter how' strenuous the opposition : Ca]:ou Sth““ S"‘t"d E‘“E"I';f to them. be, . they will not have 3 ‘Murphy rtér; Stune, half, and Jordan, fall. w;l:x‘ seriously about. it ior many | Eagan is the intercollegiate heavy- - . weight boxing champion and won FIRE KND EXPLOSION the championship in the light hedyy- weigh class at-thé recent Olympic SERIOUSLY: INJURES FIVE Lincoln; Neb., Sept. 30.—Five men games.” ‘He played ‘half in some of Mur- | were injyred; probably seriously, and the earlier .games. last year. phy is_the best drop-kicker on' the|geveral thousand dollars damage done squad but is light and extremely ¢, ihe municipal govemmen% plant :;;“g:t:fi‘pfi‘;c:‘“{;': pl He may be |y g fire and explosion early’ today; i After the ‘Carnegie Tech' game! :::J:o‘:: ::nmt‘:: :;i;etmakmg gas con- g‘;']';zieN"w‘es?”‘f“v'::‘;;fl;he“cgl"“;:’: the building were’completely denol: g " gate, |ished before firemen could extinguish ‘Brown, Princetqn and Haryard, Vir- z{nia Poly and Tufts were dropped in }Il:;rglgi te:l;)eb:l’(‘sl’l“s““‘ "P“ld 1’9 ‘favor of ‘West Virginia ond Colgate |5 games, in an effort to make the sched- S o e ule somewha! henvler in preparation HRE;AT 'WESTON. WIS.. e for the two *“big”.games with Prince- - DESTROYS. 20 BUILDINGS ton and Havard All_games wik be| '-Eau Claire; Wis.; Sept 30.—Twenty played in’the Yale Bowl, the seating |buildings, including capacity ‘6f Which has been increased church were destroyvd by a fire which/! to 75,000, except that ‘with Prince-|swept most of the town of Weston ‘ton. late yesterday. Aid from.Menominee, Astde-from-the Princeton and Har=lacross the rives, finally controfied the 'vard contests; interest chiefly cen-fflames. % 3 ters in the game with Boston Col- . 3 lege. Every effort will be. made to 'avenge the humiliat) suffered last year thru th Xpec! ed defeat hy that eleven, § wJrc. T. U MEETS INi¢ : (Continued trom Pa x ge i - /ANNUAL' CONVENTION| isit, Frank finds he has };n_aeh | "Minot,, Sept. 30. — The ‘Women’s | harder job to-fool Mr. Bloodgeod who "Christian - Temperance . union of |has been posing before his wite as North: Dakotsi' meets here in their|Grand Master. of his lodge for the thirty-first annual convention -today.|Past twenty years. Frank has plac- In_the words. of the president, Mrs.|ed all liis hopes for a 1oan of $2 Elizabeth Preston Anderson; the ob- for building .purposes, . upon ject of the méeting is “‘to rejoice over | Bloodgood and at times it seems as it the victories won and stir each 6ther he would lose all chances of securing up to greater achievements. the loan:: Just at*this time,:Fisher The ;convention was: preceded: by an executive meeting this afternoon. :;‘:.’;’g;‘tma ;‘ficgrnssbl;::g\;;t ‘3}:“2; the long. neglected child of Angelina, with Mrs. Anderson -presidi with whom Mr: Bloodgood has{had &n The ct;m]'eentmn pn?per ‘:gens to- ffifly d0%g a‘?;fi' ‘{ihfmh Ja ane e ‘‘curse of hig life.” morrow morning and . continues in| " complications finally” reqiire 6xe| session until Monday night. PR AT s A the male members concerned, the wo- ITALY TO DECLARE WAR then become none the wiser, although - AT AN END OCTOBER 30 |at times it seems a% tAough the bluff- Rome, Sept, 30.~~Ttaly will declare|ers would be hopelessly lost. the war at an end on October 31, the Every member of the cast carries cabinet announced today. __ his or her part in exceptionally good the wool over $he old #nan’s eyes and thereby secure the loan. 'He poses as .atyle and the iplay © is8' produced meets. with the hearty approval of ‘all concerned. eats may be uecu:ed at the box oftice. The cast of .characters is as fol- ot charge for’all:performances. ‘formance will ‘without a doubt meet a good wife weeps bitter téars be:-}. It is estimated that there are somel: Two stories of | ° comes |in| with 'a new: schemesto: pull {: planation “and -thru- the franming of ¥ | ‘Speclalty ‘acts were staged by Misa|lows ; ) Josephine Parker, . whose talént in|Frank Perry......F. Harold Hayner Italian readings: is well known. Mu-{Mary. ... ... Lucflle Young sic. was furnished by the -MoFadden{Norah Avis' Cameron orchestra which gave its services free | Ernest ‘Morriso! James D.: Winter Fred Fraser rge Graham dith M. Glosgow Mrs. Bloodgood. . .Mrs. C. R.'Sanborn Amos Bloodgood. . ....Sanford-Dodge Annie Bloodgood Lottie French Lulu Bloodgood .Edessa LeGuee John: Hamilton. Christ L. Neuman with their hearty approval: 'X‘hn per-'| Fanchon Armltage ...Zelia Paquin formancethis evening begins at’8:30 | Policeman: .Ralph Lycan o’clock at the Grandn theatre.. Tick-|Mrs, Halwn Olga Skinvick Sanford Dodge, director. of - -the play, and also a members of the cast, and the Ralph Gracie post wishes to thank all wko. have assisted in mak- ing this play a success and assures all who attend tonight'that the..per- e Cat e 2 L’ . THE PIONEER WANT nm_uc‘ ‘mfims- MADE TO ORDER $47 50 “AND UP There is N0 Feason. on.earth why évery man and young man in this section should" not be well dressed, at:prices for Whlch they can secure a sult- : or overcoat frem me. - YOUNG MAN offer you from $47.50 and up. Ju,stxmak comparlsons ’ € lines and decide for- yourself which buy: you will be best satisfied with.© ' Dozéens of orders are left with me every few days for made- to-order clothes and I have yet to find one person who has ot been more than satlsfied The cost is about the same as some. of the “boys” havk bee paymg for a one-pant’ suit: - Yow’ll be surprised. VL ,.,,.PAUL Bnosvm 31 ghrs In rease Efficiency umumx i i g-» " i PR 4 m"“:” m Hm. gl lti [ L “,‘ " : of all Japanese pames of & social| Y building . your counters from Allsteel filmg " units you gam not only. the maximum storagev. g capacity, but the exact division of. space to suit.the needs of your I business. It is easy to rearrangc your “counters at any time. the Methodist| Office Furmture . From thc vanous Allsteel units you\can : sclect just the combination that meets your - 'requxrements. All the units stack snugly " into a peffect counter, with linoleum:top. We'll be glad to show you the complete line of Allsteel office furniture—desks, safes files, shelving, etc. Take a few minutes and look at the. equxpment that belongs with success. PIONEER STATIONERY HOUSE Phone 799-J ~ Bemidji, Minn.

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