Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 11, 1920, Page 2

G. E. CARSON, President _ teid G. W. HARNWELL, Editor ‘Eatered at the 4 AT T A PR, ey BE-MIDJI DAILY PIONEER b : oldest Portrait of Hu]‘nar! Being * | There is a barber in London, En }Ull;lsllfib EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY X THE BEMIDJI' PIONEER PUBLISHING CO, ‘Telephone 922 ,ponfiflice at \Bemidji, Minnesota, as second-class mntter.‘ under Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. THE BEMIDJ! BAILY PIONEER 1 -Razor Strokes to Shave. LEATHER STORE K. Brown, Manager ' o Third Street ; o | 1ang, with a nice taste for figuring, and ! he has computed the number of razor | 'strokes that ga to a cledn shave. He | ; offers to prove the general correctness | | of his count on any customer. “You | | shall keep tlie count. yourself, " sir.”, | sdys he. o - | The first man counted 150 strokes | made by the barber. - “Much too low, | sir,” said the barber. “But’ knowing | you were-counting I couldn’t help tak- { ing longer Strokes. _ It takes more, sir, s, E. H. DENU, Sec. and Mgr,| . ¥. D. WINTER, City Editor “4 \ “Heavy and Light ‘Har | Mittens, Gloves," Robes nesses and collars. and Horse Blankets. | Trunks, Suit: Cases and Poultry and Stock Foods. o8 ¢ No lfimfim‘: paid to anonymous contributions. Writer’s name must | |- . £he/editor, but not necessarily for publication. Communica-l+ £ .| usually.” His own computation is that, on an Fancy Traveling Bags. ‘Harnesses Oiled. Halters, Harness Parts, : avernge, it takes 200 strokes to shave | : ol Weekly Pioneer must reach this office not later than Tuesday’| | & man. Now if he shaves so many. per- | and Leather Extras. Oils: and; Greases- of iallo: fibi | | sons a day, so many days a week, how | C kinds. f 377 4 i « | many times does the barber. use his; Medicines, . Gall .. Cure, L. razor a week?” { “'Undreds of thousands, sir seys ‘ the barber. Pinned to something more i : s E e .| exact, he claimed 288,000 for one week. | READ. \ Weool Fat, Repairing profpHy; dgi THE PIONEER WANT ADS ' - fBubscrme for The Daily Pioneer, ! One Ye‘;r Six Months ... Three Months ’sh_opper will be all done then? of the vacant lots. wintex; for such work, for, as early this summer. i must indeed be quite human. * her own methods of discipline. “the Santa - ¥ 4 S . Russel Browning, (United Staff Correspondent) 4 _Cork . Mail)—An ~ | English writér laments that thé Ireland of Celtic twilights and delicately phrased love songs has passed. Young: swains have forsaken their colleens, to woo dry books on. military tactics, and for- Taerly contented clerks in tke small & esses of Cork and Dublin are now dreaming of the part they will Yk in forcing the concession to Ire- of her rightful place in the com- merce of nations, according to Liam de Roiste, Sinn Fein M. P., and presi- dent of the Irish National Trading corporation,’ who explained to the United Press the trade aims, of Sinn A Fem. v “We seek to free Ireland from un- ;‘l:rupul:u trade methods of Britis irms who are continued in a :nonopo- ‘ly of Irish business by underh:nd help of their government,” said de Roiste. “We ‘do not wish to interfere 4 THE WEEKLY PIONEER—Twelve pages, published every Thursday &nd sent postage paid to any iddress for, in advance, $2.00. g OFFICIAL COUNTY AND CITY PROCEEDINGS | —_————— : CHRISTMAS SHOPPING SPIRIT. lof o human being. The portrait, according to Doctor Legrain, curator of the| ! The spirit of Christmas is again becoming apparent in the|, Wlndow dlsP]ays’ the. counter goo.ds and the advertising ?f th.e’ | portrait of Ibi-Sin, the Inst king of Ur, known to Bible students as Ur'of it city merchants, -Christmus shopping already has started and it! opgigecs. This photograph of the stamp is much enlarged. promises to be on a liberal scale. Merchandise prices have drop- . i pers, “bites” ot “‘spreads?”’ ¥ i tuatenial psinon 8 SoR Geo wbid wagl?‘s hsve;)eex; h{)gh sl t. No Irish is all A a_per-| liove the ice famino there, has een | i ill undoubted! e more|mit. No Irish firm is allowed a per-/liev e rice f1 e there, has R 5 e F; :gnteh; than fec;asréeeg»fll ;g:r}:;a;::fi;eu: Spaivon Hollass goods, mit. W ccan_ still sell gux hides fo/ SUPRSS Dy ehe: doard ,Uf,‘;;;;g‘,,g;;i X ‘What better Christmas gift, then, than ) 1 i e i n, e B g Bpis b . S . ' The spirit of Christmas is naturally one of self-sacrifice. It ‘fismherficm', ,‘," ::;;,:,‘;2 B ant e | chured, according to uncement | : ©an E]qctrlc Chafing Dish? . . o is the particular time of year when.the minds of all are specially | freightage on these hides o an Eng-ig:dul);alm Lheu('e‘x‘lli‘c;lé: 9 de:ct'wt‘h;i & R s - imbued with the idea of achieving their own greatest happiness/lish vort, although Yo/ Teality the| by making somebody else happy. Theé most effective sacrifices for the happiness of other|under the permit of the English firm, |Mail steamer Venczuela, which sail-| people do not always have ‘a cash value. - The little thoughtful ! things that help others tol understand that we think of them and care for them are sometimes more lasting in their effects| than the most expensive presents. " Itids'with the thoughts of wh how the indviiduality of Christmas shoppers shows up in making selections of their gifts. One would think, however, that there should be little difficulty in making selections from the grea stocks which the stores ane carrying and displaying and yet how| of;ten.do .you hear purchasers coming out of store after store} ;v{lthdtthe remark, “I‘ cauldn’t find a t};ing I wanted in there.": Hard to please, surely. The time to select the presents is while| withstanding that his ship had nev it tor SIGEE o) i | the stocks are not picked: over and that is ngw, In another?v:\i’lstlmsfla?“‘l'zgpol’? Wien the oficlal | reiehter Sloux was at the wherl aed ‘week the picking over will have begun in real style.' The wisel i i i szicnd 4 hased the |} “ L gl N ~ | succeeded in getting an American | Miszicnary to Borneo, purc d:t & ) ! % 2 i 3 his country and is re- y e e . |line to make it a, port of call. Re-|machinery in t ; an € PRk . ope ik ether “he will ke it or “will iy a metcha th Dubl chiie-| LTOnE 18 1 lo tret e we ln | Minn. Electric Light & Power Co. | - she like it” that we select our Christmas gifts. It is surprising|ed an American vessel fora cargo di-) o 50145 oro located. 8o acute has || y s i |rect from New York. When the ves-l; 50040 z0 bogome that the mission-| ElksBldg- 3 . Phone 26 - e at Dublin, he was told that they, g & 56 THE SAME OLD STORY. |should have been shipped via Liver-! fll'ld Ul?“ “I\lrg(flt‘rfllli ; Say, S"Urmhfl | i 49 ime!’ idji i i i |pool, anyway. shouted, “I don't mind .your writing * Once upon a time!’ Bemidji pedestrians, bicyclists and|Poo}anyway. your namo in the old pond, but for the the like were warned not; to cut corners or go cross-lots, but to| ) i remain on the sidewalks'that the vacant lots might present a‘w&'n'}:sfl: S;:::Rss hi—?g:»?g'er,b(:::l o better appearance during the summer months. If that was the [succeeded in getting the cage, Bemidji’s summer taust have been terribly short, for the|Moore-McCormack line to put in " Three Cents a Bath, warning was adhered to for only a short time in early summer and then only by the best law-abiding citizens, who wefe not| il atiempt to safeguard their inter- adverse to walking a few steps farther to better the appearance |est henceforth against matters of | . “Then, one day, there came a man “who was in a hurry| to get to his destination,”” and he paid no attention to the dilapiy- METHODISTS SEND FARM tated sign which was meant to tell him that he should not cross| MACHINERY TO JUNGLES | ;jpon o good bath and thoroughly here. Thus thg traffic across the vacant lots began again and| today as many people go across as go around. | machinery, including plows, _culti- = T Why should we not'pay as much attention to the appear- | vators and a_tractor, for use in the ance of our city. during the winter as during the summer? |cuitivation of new rice flelds in the BRING RESULTS,. Everyone knows that there s a longer opportunity offered in the | !""8¢3 0f Sarawak, Borneo, “to re-| THE PIONEER WANT ADS rule, the summers are short. e e ] It is the custom every winter, after the snow comes to stay,f that tpe pedestrians be' warned against cutting corners and| ] ‘ N tramping and packing the snow on lawns and boulevards since| FORSALE an unsightly spot ig left w hen'the snow melts in the spring. Per-| haps the old warning will be revived again as soon as the snow,| 40 acres land adjoining Lavinia, will make d" comes. - Here’s hupil_u; it lasts longer than the.warning issued, fine truck or chicken farm. Will sell “cheap eating politician. It was the recognized manner of salutation, and thus it became neces¢sary to kiss-thousands. Mr. Millerand[ —_——= D ; Some people can’t understand why the “England-Ireland”| scrap should be aired in America, Neither can we, If America were England, she would have spanked the “naughty bay” long ! SPECIAL PHONOGRAPH before this, but England has reared many “children,” and has| S o 0 - | How quickly time flies—especially for the mothers whose| BARGAINS daughters grow up all too soon. As one writer puts it, “From| laus stage to the ‘scanty clothes’ stage.” b Hotstofih look ' ‘ ouston' has overlgoked one important item in his budget. He should provide for a tax on “ideas.” Tk " AN ELECTRIC CHAFING D{S e —if she entertains onian tablel, discovered recently in the U 3 lection of clay tablets, is believed to be the oidest porti This Bal | vania museu And what normal girl doesn)t‘enter- tain her friends at little luncheons, sup- : Babylonian scetion, is nn%lmz amounts to a postage stamp which alsoiserved| lus a seal for a registered package about 2,300 B. C., or thereabouts. It is goois would neves sec an English | courin, Minnesota and South Dakola. | g A | - If Yhe has an electric chafing dish, of harbor, but be loaded at Queenstown The shipment was ahoar acifie | . E course, Wé have Other electl‘lcal appll-, _-ances particularly for ‘her.” S g of_this is the|ed from San Francisco on Saturday, | £ December” 11, for Singapore. The Reverend Mr: J. M. Hoover, Methodist | | “Further illustration | closing of the port of Queenstown to incoming vessele, when we had | sel docked in Dublin harbor, it was; iboardcd by a British customs officer, who served notice on the captain of| ‘the ship that he would not be allowed to discharge his cargo-tntil the port! of entry charge of Livgpool harbor| and freightage had been paid, not- ary cclony is forced to plant rice on | rubber land whiéh is worth ten times as much in para trees as in rice. 1Y III|IIHIIllllll!IIlIIIIIIIHIIHIII!IIII!IIIIIIIIIHIIIIIII!IIIIIIIIIIIIIIImIII||IIIillIllllIIIIII|IIHI|IIIIIlIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIflIIIIIIHflIIIII_IIlIIIg__’-é , | IS A Bit Too ‘Much. ! The new quartermaster on the good was rattled. First the ship swung{ wmadly to poft, then to starboard, and then back agatn. The eold skipper stood her antics as long as he could, | was asked by the consignee why he {had to pay ‘Liverpool ‘entries on his | goods when they were disembarked ‘We took this incident up with the| love-of Mike, stop going back to read {t!"—American Legion Weekly, trans-Atlahtic. and coastwise service to Ircland and we believe that they| The-pet dogs of the zay Parisicnnes supply a source oflivélihood to many men in Psris. They are stationed | along the Seine river, and do a good siness bathing dogs for their own- Milady sits on one of the park Yenches along the river while Fido is Your Mind this kind.” dried—all for three cents. = o A large quantity of modern farm | 1= =5 » ) - 0 and on easy terms. g President Millerand of France has put the “kibosh” on kisss| 3 In T ing. In the past, French presidents were the world’s ;rx::atl::: FARMERS’ LAND CO Netheek. It e the OSt ; f kissers. It wasa duty. ; No line was drawn. He had to kisd,' p LEAR O Y whether the person was a beautiful young woman or a garlic- BEMIDJI, MINN. 1Y lOdeI'n all Va].uable ad" } dition to'the home. . T RO Turns ‘wash day to \ One $125 Phonograph. .. .. .. LN o One $150 Phonograph. . ... ... with the natural channels of com-| One $175 ,Phonograph -------- merce, but: qnly to remove the arti-| ljcxn! restrictions that result in profit; to England and loss to Ireland and e nations that wish lo tradc B] These phonegraphs are new and are not “At present, 98 per cent of Ire- f§ da@maged in any way. Come in now and land’s external trade passes’througi sy s British bhands and mnrl';‘:e;mfi:oufz};' mal\e' N OU.X',ChOlC(;‘. Eng}ishmenfn kondon, or Manchester or Live E ish- | Ten {0 Hane the samempt by Irish- §| ‘We also have one used phonograph and 48 country in their own hands meet: $ > with failure because of the emb:rez;: records, b75' weapon, cable tapping, port regula-| 2 ' Costs.Z»;céhts per hour to operate.' Buy it on the thrift g'lail : / ‘A A little each month. 2 bom Han, P s y IR £ I . i S T . i e | ulelen L e Violing | o - Hargenicas ok Eoration:, and similar discrimina- ' Accordions Mandolins { * : “b:};v“ ions. ! . R “To illustrate this point: The In-| t}rnztipnal Trading corporation has, a consignment of twenty thousand hides produced here and we have bid on them from America that we would like to accept, but cannot because of : Kuntz & Hanscom the embargo placed on hides by Great Britain. This would b faiy| New Kaplan Bldg. gnough if the embargo was enforced| in England also, but this is not the| case. 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