Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 15, 1921, Page 3

: f e PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY I AN TSR T 7 ¥ THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER SATUR/DAY EVENING, JANUARY 18,1921 BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER THE BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. . E. CARSON, President E. H. DENU, Sec. and Mgr. G. W. HARNWELL, Editor J. D. WINTER, City Editor Telephone 922 i ture, and from those submitted the! ‘Btered at the postoffice at Bemidji, Minnesota, 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 edifor, but not necessarily for publication. Communica- tions for the Weekly Pioneer must reach this office not later than Tuesday of each week to insure publication in the current issue. One Year Six Months One Week .. THE WEEKLY PIONEER—Twelve pages, published every Thursday and sent postage paid to any address fcr, in advance, $2.00. OFFICIAL COUNTY AND CITY PROCEEDINGS ONE YEAR UNDER PROHIBITION On January 16, 1920, Constitutional prohibition became| cffective throughout the United States. It was indeed a notable| event that more than a hundred millions of free citizens should of their own election prohibit the manufacture and sale of intox- icating liquors. Such an event was unprecedented in the annals of men. A year ago the liquor interests of America were defeated, but still are defiant. They gathered an immense war chest of a billion dollars to defeat the operation of national prohibi- tion. The war against sobriety was carried from the popular| arena into that of the courts. Prohibition was attacked fromi every angle of vision in all courts up to the very highest. Wors- ted in their assaults in the courts, the liquor interests transferredE their fight to the arena of the bootlegger and blindpigger. | The recent months saw the most extensive, best organized, ‘most determined attempt at discrediting prohibition ever wit- nessed. The closing of the first year of constitutional prohibition | indicates that the crest of the fight against prohibition along law violation lines has been passed. But the fight is by no means over. ! However, it is undoubtedly true that the law and order forces have the liquor situation better in hand at the present moment than ever before. Nineteen twenty-one bids fair, should our law enforce- ment officials be adequately supported with funds for the work, | to being the driest year in American history. The past year| shows beyond question that the dry forces both in resourceful- ness and determination, are more than a match for the wily liquor crowd. Hold steady; keep up the good-fight, and ultimate victory is inevitable.—Exchange. DOLLARS AND TITLES : o ‘An American widow of wealth has followed the nauseating | example of many others and has married a foreign title—this time a Greek prince. o . She is reaping the bitter experience of others by being royally snubbed in Atheng while the prince is presumably enjoy- ing the money with which she purchased him. Pl Some day we will have a law forbidding the incomes from such fortunes from being taken out of the country, other than a bare sufficiency for a person’s comfortable support. When that time comes foreign princelings and noblemen will suddenly discover that American heiresses have ceased to be prizes in the matrimonial market. But in the meantime, self-respecting ‘Americans will con- tinue to be humiliated by reading of such spectacles as the one that has recently been enacted in Athens. A woman who is not worth marrying for love is not worth having at any price, and no self-respecting man ever marries| a woman for her money. But empty heads and empty pockets—pooh! gt It all depends on how you interpret the English language AT ROUNDUP RELATED The class in English, second year, | at the Bemidji High school recently| was requesced to write concerning| their most, thrilling experience, Ar.| ticles foxthcoming were of varied na-| following has been ameng the very best: “‘Most Thrilling Experience” | One summer when I was visiting| my uncle in Montana, I think I had! my most thrilling experience. * | There was to be a round-up at a| town called Havre, and my uncle and I were going. round-up out there is as im- portant as a county fair is here, with about ten times as many thrills. Ali selected as, {the former cowboys and expert horse-!be held on January 20 at the farm back riders get together to try to see if they can ride as well now as in former days when riding was work' and not pleasure or sport. | The sports were to begin at two' 1o’clock in the afternoon but long be- be held in Bemidji some time dur- fore that the field was covered with men, large sombreros on their heads, gayly colored handkerchiefs around their necks, leather chapps and vests, high-heeled boots and long, ugly looking spurs fastened to the heels of the boots. The corrals were off to one side] of the figld. One corral was filled with bucking bronchos which had never yet felt the weight of a saddle. Others were filled with large horned and ugly looking steers. These the' gowboys had to grab by the horns and by twisting the head throw them to the ground. The events started at the appoint-| ed time. - Horses went into the air. Some. of ‘the riders stuck on easily, while others hit the ground rather hard. If anyone: was hurt, the am- bulance was there ta convey, them to the hospital, ¢ It was during one of these events that I received the greatest scare of ! my life. A cowboy was attempting to ride a very wild steer and was hav- ing a very hard time of it. Many times he only missed being gored by the steers horus by the iraction of an inch. Finally, he got astride of him and began to use his spurs. The; animal started down the field at a| terrific pace. He bucked, bolted, kick- ed and ran. ° N Finally he stopped from shee ex- haustion and the man climbed onto a horse which another cowboy had| led wp. Then they started riding around him using their whips on him and making him very angry. ‘We were sitting near the fence en- joying the scene very much, when,| suddenly, the steer bolted and sturted‘ for the crowd at the point where we! ‘were sitting. He looked about three times his normal size as he came | bearing down upon us, and I thought : the end had come for me. We turn-! ed and tried to get farther away, but, it was useless. The crowd was as excited as we were, and we had a, regular panic. I looked back fearing that the ani- mal was right on top of us , He was but a few feet from the fence, how- ever, and one or two jumps would bring him ifito our midst. Just then one of the cowboys, riding like mad right behind the steer, whirled his lariat over his head, and, just as the animal raised its front feet to leap the fence, the lariat swung out in a wide, graceful loop and encircled | the front legs of the steer. The cow-! boy’s pony settled bacl: for its pull,’ and, when the rope tightened, the steer fell to the ground, rolling over and over and kicking. The crowd took their seats again; and the sports went on, but it was| many days before I got over the feel-' ing I had when I saw the steer so close to me. . CLAIRE ROGNLIEN as to the amount of pleasure you get out of an article. Some- times when you are hoosting the hardest some misguided “nin- nie” will conclude that you are taking a slap at—Oh, what’s the use anyway ? | | { —— We saw a fellow the other day go staggering down the street who would have attracted less attention had he made two! trips after his load. 0- i Some folks are of the opinion that a newspaper ought to’ boost everything that “springs” up. Well, possibly so—but| how about a new “moonshine” dispensary? | O The United States Army in Germany has been ordered re-| duced from 15,000 to 8,000 by Secretary of War Baker. They should all have been sent home long ago. Read between the lines and draw your own conclusions,' then vote as you please. | EOVERHEARD BY EXCHANGE EDITORj]' 1 NOONAN’S NOONANETTES | Roll Over, George 1 The Northe when it uses a bomesteadets a ticle would hav more comical if he had set it to music. ! Thursday night at the ?peru house. | i ,,,,,, ‘Itense but the Judge Advocate had| | victed on most of the char; English II. | ac«tfiiiiiififlii&l’; * FEDERAL DAM * [ %% 2 20 2080 2 The Federal Dam Legion Basket- ball team took on the dBena Indians here Saturday night and set them down with a good beating to tune of 90 to 4. The Federal Dam teamwork | completely baffled the losers. Fed-! eral Dam is looking for games with' neighboring towns. | The first meeting of the Legion, Post in the new year was held last| After the regular routfne business| had been taken care of, a boxing| match was staged between Ed. Beau-, lieu and Young Struss for the ban- | tamweight championship of eastern' Cass county. Struss outpointed Beau- lieu in every round and was awarded the decision. Then the Kangeroo Court was called into session and Comrades Lego. Cummins and Stein- ! hart were. placed on trial for a mul- titude of transgressions, ranging from A. W. O. L. to using perfume. The prisoners put up a strong de- | the dope on them and they were con-| ges. They ges were sentenced to the blanket and ews must have a dickens of a time filling its front page | belt line, but after completing their olumn to take a whack at the Region for giving the stunt fiying, they were placed on pa-| for their energy in getting a good road. George's ar-|role] Then Salvation Nell brought in ; the doughnuts ad coffee and the even- ing ended vrith the spinning of some Heinie Mitchell of the Bemidji Sentinel has just returnedl from a sight- £ood yarns and debates on *“Who! seeing and business trip to New York and other fashion centers. everything that was advertised and some that wern’t and he may discuss the | lstter at the next meeting of the State Editorial asscoiation. Anyway he has/Dam Community club_w: d t t will keep the women in the | their club rooms last wicl:ed cities from wearing short skirts is a wooden leg.—Duluth Hcrald.} ng. coneluded that the only thing he knows of that A doctor announces a case of phi you get home at.3 a. m. you can avoid a row by telling vour wife that you mic trati 3 iment of the meeting, t olymptration from alcohol. When the fact that the county would very Heinie saw! Won the War.” The annual meeting of the Federal held in ay even- The county division ‘subject | was discussed and it was the senti-! at, in view of THRILLING EXPERIENCE &' ione,cocush and 1 wi ve blar izecretary, Olaf Opsahl; treasurer, A. +Ragnhild Moe; treasurer, Miss Laila death ve phypmicolymptration—if y: 3 probably be divided, that Federal have phypmicolymp tUon ateable 'Dam would he the logical location The enterprising citizen shovels the snow from his sidewalk, but the tax | (0% e county seat and that we are going to get it. Steps were taken to, organize a new telephone company. to cousolidate the local, rural and : long distance lines, with one central The printers On exchange. The big subject of roads readers.—Mankato | was discussed at length. The signs |committee had a iot of work outlined g th . 2 th i for ugccmA State Road No. 45 be—i S "¢ 2 cating the return of the tween Cass Lake and Grand Rapids| in !ylnnu’l if it includes politicians who ‘don’t keep their|via Federal Dam, a portion of the Du HepEs 2 |Tuth-Bemiidji rodd. a8 been ki dodger and improvident let the people break their paths in front of thei property.—Sioux City Journal. ) onk @ o © A Christian daily paper has been started in Chicago. that “rag” refrain from cussing the editors and the proof-] Daily Free Press. The voters will agree with the politicians advos penalty o tue direction. With the completion in |’ the spring of work now under way on this road, we shauld have one of the best roads in this part of the state. The club officers elected for the ensuing year were as follows: Charles Riste, president; Hans.Olson, vice president; Ralph Bourdon, secre- tary and treasurer. = GRANT VALLEY FARMERS ORGANIZE FARM CLUB The farmers of Grant Valley met at the home of George Becker on January eight and organized the Grant Valley Farmers’ club. The officers elected for the com- ing year are president. George Beck- er; vice president, Christ Nelson; secretary-treasurer, Mrs. W. G. Schroeder, The next meeting of the club will home of W. G. Schroeder. X dinner wi'l be served at noon. The club has decided to co-operate with the farm bureau in arranging for the one-day farmers’ institute to ing February, the date for which will be scheduled later. The chief sub- jects of this institute are to be dairy- ing and poultry raising. SCANDINAVIAN LUTHERAN CHURCH COMPLETES ANNUAL The First Scandinavian Lutheran church held the final session of its annual business meeting on Tuesday evening. oy The reports showedy that the church had prospered . during the past year, about a hundred members having been taken ‘in; all expenses paid and with a good balance in the treasuries of the church, Sunday school, Ladies’” Aid and the Y. P. Luther league. Following are the officers for the yeuar: president, Rev. L. J. Jerdee; From a photo- , draphshowing how an Allstecl file stands se- vere strains at all poirts. L. Aubolee; deacons, T. N. Rode,| "« John Bye, I B. Olson; trustees, Fred | ‘lanson, I. Nygaard, Carl Mosen, A. Casperson and Nils E. Hanson; Aud- itors, C. M. Ascham and Alfred Gre- guson; janitor, Kasper Ingebritson; choir directoress, Mrs. Alfred Gregu- son; organist, Miss Laila T. Jerdee; ushers, O. E. Erickson and Anton Thompson; committee of appraisors, A. Bengon, Gustav Thompson and Carl Mosen; Superintendent of Sun- day school, Rev. Jerdee; assistant superintendent of Sunday school, Mrs. L. J. Jerdee. The officers of the Luther league are: president, Ernest Olson; vice president, Alf. Budal; secretary, Miss Jerdee. DAKOTA GRAND JURY . FACES HEAVY PROGRAM Hastings, Jan. 15.—The Dakota county grand jury will be convened here Monday to take'up a large num- ber of investigations. Several are said to be liquor cuses growing out of alleged violations bf the Volstead act in South St. Paul.and in this vi- cihity. 3 Files that Stand the Gaff - it's' worth” something to know' .that your files can stand abuse— and they can, if they’re Allsteel., In addition to its rigid strength of construction,* Allsteel office furniture is handsome and highly efficient. Will not warp, shrink or swell. Economical because of its compactness—saves 15% to 259, space over z;wood furniture. Economical, - too,: because . of _its, permanence. 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Hours had been spent, al- so strength and temper, and the desired article had not been found. I asked if a try had been made at such and such a store. The reply was: “No, of course not, they don’t car- ry such things.” I disagreed. We went to- gether and found what was wanted. My Friend said: “How did o you know?” i “Easy,” I replied. “They advertised them last ! week.” . Without seeing the joke, N she said: “I never have time to read advertise- ; ’ 9 ] ments. I’'m too busy. . Perhaps you are, too. Many people are too busy to take time to save time, S trouble and money. They buy by chance—and hard work. READING ADVERTISEMENTS IS MORE THAN A TIME-SAVER; IT'S A GOOD, SAFE INVESTMENT IN INFORMATION CONCERNING THE BEST THINGS THE MARKET OFFERS YOU. ‘ -