Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 15, 1921, Page 2

H. DENU, Sec. and "fl J. D. WINTEB. City Editor G, W. mxwfiu Editor [ 506 e R _‘;’_"3’00 One Year: .a___m—.—-“Oo - 180 six MOAthS oo 250 Sierriseii .16 - Three lluntbs —— 126 THE WE}EKLY PIOQNEER—Twelve pages, pnbliahed every Thursday ond -m Postage paid to i‘ny ‘address fcr, in advance, $2.00. 5 OFFICIAL COUNTY AND CITY PROCEEDINGS : WE'RE NOT KICKING The snow shovelers are about the only folk who look un- kindly on the mlldness with which Old King Winter holds his sway this year’in'America. The balmy weather, it seems, has spread elsewhere as well, for the Swiss are complammg that the ‘Alps are not what they once were.' [ Switzerland, of course, is Europe’s playground and hearty winter sports can hardly he expected to flourish when on every hand the trees bud and the first robins begin to chirp. -« Mighty peaks are losing the impressive blankets of snow that made them worth traveling over half a continent to see. Drought has continued almost without relief since September, lowering the level of historic Lake Geneva to such an extent that steamers cannot réach their ports. dwellers from bringing down wood to the towns. It is the mildest winter Switzerland has had in.87 years. . No such hardships are worked in America. The coal bin still is half full in most homes, and the crop of colds and: their attendant diseases is below normal. ‘A great deal of work that in most sections would ordinarily have to be delayed can be done this month. For once the weather man has served us well. He desérves our thanks, though the Swiss no'doubt think him a bit unkind. it Nl W S AR | . : WILSON AFTER MARCH 4 How a president whose veto of, a bill was overridden only the other day by a vote of 67 to 1 in the upper branch of the na- i tional leglslntlve body can “retain not only his active interest but pamclpnnon in public affairs” ‘after his retirement from office is noét ‘quite clear to the average intellect. But that, ac- cording to a White House statement, is what WlLon proposes to do. The president, through Secretary Tumulty, “greatly re- sents” a recent report that he will go into seclusion for a season upon his retirement from office. While Mr. Wilson’s opinions on public questions wnll com- mand a hearmg ina tolernnt sort of way, that he will “take a hand when it is advisable, in his opinion, for the general good of the country,” is greatly to be doubted. Unlike Roosevelt, who remained a power to be reckoned with on public questions after he left the White Héuse, Wilson cannot command a fol- e lowing. His own party has: lost, confidence in him as a political leader, and he can never regain it. Wilson will show wisdom that is hardly to be hoped for if he devotes himself to historical and reminiscent literary en- deavors. Surely his “appeals'to the pubhc" and call for a “sol- emn referendum” cannot have left him in doubt as to where the co|lmtry stands in regard to his attltude on questions ot public policy. 5 Laoumgg gt fa FORD'S OPTIMISM In announcing early resumption of full-time operations at his huge Detroit plant, employing almost 50,000 workers, without the slicing of a sinkle wage scale, Henry Ford gives practlcal application of the brand of optimism so sorely needed : in this country just now. S The automobile industry is basic to many others that would be insignificant in the world of manufactures witheut it. 'As a consumer of raw products it probably leads all contenders. ‘As Ford says: “The world today is on wheels, and the automobile industry is the mamsprmg of practically all other enterprises.” Distribution is the axis upon which the world moves. ‘And | the world would be in a sorry plight if the motor car were to be | taken from it tomorrow. Ford’s optimism is well founded. | GROWTH INFLUENCED BY RAIN Observations of Travelérs” Show R markable Difference in Vegeta- tion of Tropical Forests, nath.rlng Poison. As many as 20,000 serpents had to| be captured by a singld explorer . in order to obtain enough venom of the specles to make a proper analysis of the polson. Similarly, the examina- tion of hee poison menns.the capture of 200,000 bees and the isolation of thelr venomous juices. + Troplcal forests are divided by Hann into’ those having months of less than six rainy days and those having no dry season proper. Those with no dry season are constantly humid, although the varying seasonal moisture has its Influence even here, *Undisturbed con- ‘stantly’ humid regions are nearly al- ‘ways covered with evergreen rain for- est; perlodically dry districts are oc- cupled by declduous woodland and savannah. With every slight annual precipitation the vegetation becomes that of the desert. Seen on approach ing, a tropical raln forest shoyvs much more frregular and*jagged sl line thau the temperate forest, and its varied shades of green are usually dull, but often broken by white, red or other' brilliant-hued flowering tree crowds. The tree tops, moreover, are often; overhung by limbing vines and " parasitic plants.” iThe idterior of some raln forests is a dense.mass of, tangled follage from the ground up to the t==> " xops, but ethers are like immense dark columned halls which afford a free pas- sage and a clear outlook, with only & few ferns on the ground and tree stems. As examples of light column _forest ‘Schimper mentious those of & species of Canarium ’on the mountains of Dominica and of many tree ferns in Irinidad. In the closed forést, the trunk and even leaves grow mosses, “/ algae and flowering herbs. The strug- gle for light, intensified by great mois- ture, is a feutnre of the virgin rain’ State Crown of England. The, imperial state crown of England containg one great ruby and four amall rubles, one large sapphire, 16 smaller sapphives, 11 emeralds, 1,363 brilliant. diamonds, . 1,273 "rose dia- monds, 147 tables diamonds, nnd 277 pearls.—Brooklyn Eagle, 3 Accurate Balances. The British mint contains some won- derfully accurate and sensitive bal- ances, Tn one of the rooms there are | two large poir of scales kept in glass cases, suspended on pulleys. The pair used -for weighing out silver wtll record the weight of a postage stamp, but ;even more. sensitive Is the bal- ance one used for gold. It will show the difference in weight between: two absolutely identical pieces of paper, one of which contains a slguu(\u‘a and the other does not. Gold Found AJmost Everywhere. Gold, though the most precious of metals in common use, is by far the most widely distributed. There s hardly any country on earth, from the equator to the poles, where it is not found. It is dry-blown out of the scorching sands of western Aus- tralia, blasted from the cliffs of froz- en Spitzbergen and \\nshed from the Arctic b@at‘l\ at (‘me Lack of snow prevents mountam, ool ; “Me-ow, ‘whose name was Tag. sald Spot. tice, a spot. Furiny Pair. , . | Jittle bit of a spot say, are a funny pair, “The cook, ag you know, is a man erali times. larger than all of me! “Tbat may-be a curions sentence, ing. wise, I escape belng, apped on; by t:he without hli ‘notlcing. it/ “But. I am, not afraid, for.1 Jinow he i Jooking out for ne; and’tliat he would not step ort me for anything. “Of course no one thinks he would | step on me except by mlsmke, but I know he will not make any mistake of that sort. I know, me-ow, me.ow.” “But,” sald 'Tag, ‘“your name isn't so very gensible, there are big spots as well as little spots.” “A spot usually isn't so big” said Spot. “But no matter. 5o little, I have such fum, too. - I go' in the coal bin and get my little white nose so dirty. “Then the cook apologizes for me, for I don’t know ‘how to very well. He says: ‘Please’ excuse the ‘kitten for being dirty, as he has just been in the coal bin, “hlch he likes as a play- ground.” for he: knows.I like it. He says I'fa ten.” “So you are,” st\ld Tag. little kitten, too, but T am of greenish grayish color, too. “But. no matter, for 1'think it is a; good cat' style.” | “Fine,” said Spot. talk to us.” ‘. “But no sooner bad they sald this than along came. a little black kitten. “Here I am,” sald the black Kitten, “One of my friends was ill, and I ‘was playiag with him. ‘Yes, I teased him by playing and making believe to blte with ay little sharp’ teeth, boys and girls singing songs for him. And he sang, too. And.I joined in the chorus - with a me-ow.’ “Ah, how they.all did, sing. - Both the boys and the girls. llnrllo led the singing and Mich- ael sang, toe—and oh, all ‘of ' th | rest sang. ' They- | have fine volees,.'§ ; and they sing with™ j s0 much ewing | and melody, and | beauty.” \ “How _fine you .[% talk,” @ the “other kittens. “True,” said the black Kkitten, “but I have some very fine frlends.” | to Marllo, T'm | pretty fine, too,” | sald Tag. “And Marlio “Al Sat Togeiher® ‘svnt a friend of his to come and sce me,” sald Spot. “And P've just been listening to him sing,” said the black kitten. “Yes, we're nice kittens, but we've nice girls and boys in:this house—fine ones, indeed, so we must be nice Kit- tens.” t “Now, ‘let: us sing a little klttcn song.” | “So the: kmens all sat !mlher. and | they sang th(s song “Ne-ow, me-ow, me-ow, this is the kit- tens’ song. “Me-ow, very long. ¢ “Me-ow, me-ow, me-ow, we have ‘such Tots of fun, | “Me-ow, me-ow, me-ow, we're pefted, ves, 1 indeed, “This is the kittens’ song, “You see, it was not ‘long.” | And then the:kittens purred- until they went to' sleep to dream of mice and milk and petting and warmth! me-ow,” sald the Kitten |} “Me-ow,me-ow,” the ' Kiften whose name 'was / “How did you get. that name?” asked * Tag, “Well, me-ow,” said Spot, “you see, Ibelong to the. cook. And, us you see, too, “for you have eyes in your kitten head I mno- I am: not much bigger than “Now, the cook is so huge that I simply look like a beside the cook. The cook and I, they | cook, and, one of his two feet is sev- Tag, but it'is my kitten way of.tglk- T'm not very big and ‘not very “But’ I needn bother nbout such} things, as I am €0 well looked' aftér, ‘When people see' ‘the ' cookand * nwn' take u look at me they, don’t gee how i Names mean | “But he lets me go in the coal bin, | a cunning. lltkle lno)vn and, white ki< | “Of course,” Tag continued, “I'm a | Oh, there are lots of | kittens just ifice I'am and lots of cats, “ “There's a lttle black kitten in this | house, too. Let's get him to come and “And my friend who was’ill hnd H ‘Me-ow, me-ow, || =& me-ow, me-ow, it wlll not, be An unusual photograph of New Yo { *of the ‘United States’ air service, flying ‘cular building is the. aquarium, 'S tower to the lett is that of the M "RIG ‘ASIA MINOR 'PROVINCE 8myrna, Blessed With ‘a Fertile Soil and Temperate Climate,‘ls Pleas- ant. Dwelling Place The médern 1)\ 'Inee of Sm)rua is | the! most favored of all the provinees | of Asia :Miror. ¥ «contains tlivee of {themost i considerable rivers of the, ‘country, including ¢he Meander,-whose! i serpentine courte’ has | Hsh'language an express! tile_soil anad temperate climate lm\'e'l | added to the region’s attractions, while | the possession of a port and ¢ the city:of ‘Smyrna—unegualed by any oth- er in Asia Minorchas contributed an- { other. Immeasurably important asset. | Thongh Imperfectly: tilled during its control by Turkey, -the province of Smxmn has nevertheless been noted ‘hich reach lhe maul.els of Eu- Poets and travelers have sung nm] told. of ‘the beniities ‘of the ecity of Smyrna ‘throughout:the ages. -The nu- | cleu$ nestles in theslowlands al | harbor, and behind, the city ri | above tier against-the neighboring high- Unlike mmy cities that have Smyrna_has "l ial Geographic Society: Bulletin, sky line, taken' by a photographer over New York harbor.: The low cir- ago. known as Castle Garden.. The worth building. VGEalned the Samme name from (he dawn ;i of ]:istqnu, This city should be dear! to thé lieart of the modern “feinist, for it {took its naine from an Amazon wliois reputed to have played: an iib: portait part in ‘its early life.—Natioi- ige stem Roouvell'c Horfior ' e gl'e'\tslt cmr(.k of ;- stone ever, quarried or. trapsported ln the Unmd States-or anywhere- elsc on earth is going to be “hewn and Lrought to Washington for the monumental Theo- dore Roosevelt natlonal memorial. The memorial is to take the form of a Iion, some 36 by 40.feet in dimensions, ard it is to be carved by Carl Ethan Akeley out of a solid block of rock. Where-the stone s to come from ap- pears mot yet to be. determined. -One authority suggests it may be neces- .sary to build a special railroad and equipment to bring it to Washington. The memorial-will be the biggest job i stone, it is:said, since the sphinxes ‘were set up-on thé plains of Egy) I’lli]:}{lel[fl}m Public Ledger. Seampee Mistake Can Be Overcome. Don't worry over a mistake., Think ot the millions whohave made- uis. takes nnd have 'nc(e\ suecessfil. Aunt’ jemlma Buckwheat Flour at your grocer’sin'20- . 0z. cartons or 4-1b, sacks. Coldc, Cnuhs QO La Grippe Neglected Colds are Dangerous “Take rio chances. Keep this standard rumedy ‘handy for the first sneeze. Breaks up a cold in 24 hours — Reficves Grippe in 3 days—Excellent for Headache ALL DR Quinine in this form does not affect the he-d—c-nur- fs ‘best Tonic Laxative—No Opiate in Hlll' ’ & UGGISTS SELL IT “ln Every Respect" saysthe Good Judge - 8 got from the ordinary kind. . ‘The 'good tobacco tasie “You get niore genuine chews ing satisfaction from the Real TobiaccoChew thanyouever lasts so long—a small chew (of this class of tobacco lasts muth longer than a big chew of the old kind. That’s why. it costs less to use. “Any man who has used both kiads will tell you that. : But upin two styles’; luiyg fine-cut tobacco GHT CUT is a short-cut tobacco “Me-0w, me-ow, me-ow, from morn till set of sun. ‘Me-ow, me-0W, me-oW, sométimes we take a nap, ey . *Me-ow, me-ow, me-ow, often In a good, = [ soth b, : Tlmes. Pe3] | “Me-ow, me-ow, me-ow, and us they real- |77y need, S ¢ h “Me-6w) me-ow, me-ow, for We go about A message from the the house. < isi “Me-ow, me-ow, me-ow, and catch every Associated Advertising Clubs | nittle mouse. of the World. T Good szes Just A/zead ROSPEPITY is within our reach in Amerlca. “All we need to have and to hold it is a sane,’ sure grasp on its simple elements. They are Industry, Integrity and Faith. These are the cardinal virtues of human relations. underpinhings of healthy, natural busmess life and the foundation % of a wholesome social system. : They are the fountainhead from which Progress sprmk S. known business economist has cal]ed them the “Fundamentals of - ‘Prosperity. ““Your purchases are an expression of Faith. They are evidence of your Industry: . Make them confidently from busmess mstltutlons of Integrity. Eay % Buying is the backbone of prosperity. more employment, steadier earnings; benefits are passed around Wise spending gives stability to earmng and for that reason is far-" sighted thrift and sound economy.. The call of today is for cheerful thinking, willing workmg and con- structive.action by you—everybody—NOW. Tomorrow’s change for the better will come about through the combined efforts of each and every one of us. By sheer force of numbers and co-operation, by the hlgh power of heart and mind, we can put Business on a firm, stable basis. We can do this because all'of the material factors maklng for bet: ter busmess areright. Let us link our faith with mdustry, our v1s10’ forge ahead. - / An active Let’s make an uncommon efl"ort toward a common end_Good‘ They are the A well ¥ veo .4 market means T