Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 26, 1921, Page 2

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OFFICIAL COUNTY AND CITY PROCEEDINGS fi EASTER . g ‘Another Easter has dawned, Again has come the anni- £ the great memorable event which teaches us the TRAE Jege 5 Easter time should be a time of great lesson of immortality. spiritual meditation. center around Eastertide. manity in common clings to tl immortal roam. Yes, it is common ground. may the passion of the resurrection hold sway in our minds, but ever is the supreme thought that we shall again meet beyond this life. Easter—the day when the world stops at the tomb .whqse seal was broken and whose sleeping dust came forth in life Easter—the day when the human heart re- ceives afresh the pledge of its deepest longing—immortahpy. As we ponder on the fading of the flower before the win- ter snows, and its renewed life in spring,.the bupymg o'f.‘the grain of wheat in order that life may spring again from it— and the trees as they shed their leaves—and after their winter sleep burst forth again in life and beauty—so does the glad Easter day bring to millions the sublime thought of the res- urrection of the dead and the bursting forth of the new life of afresh and new. immortality. ‘We have a dread of the charnal house because of the un- measured years that may antedate the resurrection. To sleep forever in a damp and narrow grave is a thought intolerable. We forget that a peaceful slumber takes no cognizance of the The devout soul krows A “Beyond the flight of time, Beyond the reign of death, There surely is a blessed clime Where life is not a breath— Nor life’s affections, transient fire, Where sparks fly upward and expire.” flying years. It is the feast of new life. ¢ Great hopes abide, great mysteries | unfold and great promises are fulfilled in this sublime event. The older we grow the more clearly do we see that the new life is simply the old life redeemed angl purxfigd. urrection is from the death of sin to the life of righteousness. Nor is the hope of immortality confined to the phr:stlap. Around their voiceless dead gather pagan and Christian alike. Hu- he inherent thought that some- where, sometime, we shall meet again. i \ . i The heathen builds his altar and offers his incense in hope‘ of the land where he will meet his dead again. i The Indian looks forward to his future happy hunting ground. The Christian reverently kneels beside the flower strewn mound and sees through tears the land where spirits Great facts/ The res-| To a greater or lesser degree Why All Mankind Hails the Morn of the Resurrection Easter morning—the most joyous of all the mornings of the year, the one great day of gladness, supreme above all others on the calendar, the Morn of the Resurrectlon, And why is this the gladdest day of the year? It is the gladdest of all days because it typifies the hope that beyond the grave there Is another life than this. It speaks the promise that we shall rise again from the dust of death, that we shall be reunited with those whom we have loved and lost, that we shall open our eyes in another world where there is no parting agaln, no sorrow, no loss, no pain. Compare th's hope with all other hopes that man can have, and they sink Into insignificance. If the sons of men belleved that this lif2_were the_only life they could ever know, If they belléved that the grave Is the end and that when they were lald away with the dust from which they came there would be no awakening, not only would the dearest ) {hope-they could possibly have be taken en from them, but the world would .then become a place unfit for habita- tlon. . Without tbe hope of resurrection from:the grave man would surely sink _sit once to the low level of the beast. (Bdt that this is not his belief, and 'that man has, instead, a firm and a Zull hope to live again, is.what makes Easter the one great joyous day of all days. Caster eggs, prayed earnestly and fer- vently. On the night before Laster they made a nest for the eggs they so confidently believed the morning would bring. When they awoke the next morning they ran to the nest, and there, sure enough, lay three lovely eggs, and sitting back of them, v proud of himself, was o big white rab- ! bit, the very rabbit that had laid the eggs. But the Easter rabbit is far, far older than this tale, and the myths about the rabbit, many of them assocl- ating the rabbit In one way or another with eggs, are centuries older than the Easter festival. | The Moon festival in China comes in the springtime and corresponds with Easter. It's a great holiday. Nobody works. Everybody puts on his best clothes and goes out for a general Jjolli- fication. The culmination of events comes on what is our Baster, which, | as old-fashioned people will tell you, comes “on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the 22nd of March.” It 15 on this night that “the rabbit in the moon” is best seen. The Chi- nese, in their Moon festival, pay hom- age to this rabbit. Their anclent reli- gion, Taoism, taught them that this rabbit was the slave of genii who kept him everlastingly busy pounding herbs and drugs to make the elixir of lfe. He squats in a cassia tree to do the pounding, and if you will look at the moon any Easter Sunday evening when the sky I8 clear there you'll see Br'er Rabbit pounding away. And when you see it, you will see a mixture of Taolst belief, East Af- rican mythology, southern negro folklore and early | Christian legend The Japanese have a legend, doubtless passed | over to them from JIndia, that the gospel of the _resurrection _was o e T R | dummy bottle that was to be kicked | taken home as trophies by the people. first sent to the earth by the u.lmml god, who used a rabbit as his nressen- ger. The message given to the rab- bit was this: “Like as I die and rise to life again, so shall you die and rise to life again.” The rabbit, however, - thinking -1t would be a good joke on the people of the earth, reversed this gospel: What he said to the people was: “Like as I die, and live no more, so shall ye all die and be no more alive.” The people took this gospel very sorrow-| fully, which amused the rabbit, and| he went back to the moon god and boasted of what he had done. The god was so infuriated with his mes- senger that he threw a hatchet at him and split his lip wide open, and that, if you would Lke to know, is. why the rabbit’s lip s slit. In certain parts of England, partlcu-i larly at Hallaton, there was an old custom of celebrating Easter Monday with a “hare pie scramble” and “bottle kicking.” This celebration began with a procession leading to the house of the rector of the parish and consisting of two men abreast, carrying sacks with cut-up pies inside; three men abreast, two carrying wooden bottles filled with beer, and the third a large| about; one man, carrying a pole on/ which was fastened a hare in a sitting | posture, and, last of all, a band of| music. The band was followed by all the people of the parish who ¢ould walk. The dummy bottle was kicked into the neighboring parish, where it} was burned, or *“drowned,” after whlchi bits of it were | The, custom fell into disuse about 1767. But other customs in which the hare fizured were continued to a much later dite, one having to do, with the hunting of a hare on Good Friday, to be eaten on Easter day, the alternative being that “he who does not eat a hare must eat a red her- ring” { At least one mythologist has tried to account for the-Easter rabbit in England by making him the creature of the Anglican goddess Eostre, whose name, according to Bede, was given to the month of April, which was called Estermonath. Grimm calls this god- dess Ostara, “dlivinity of the radiant| dawn, of upspringing light.” How did the rabbit get into the nest | of Easter eggs? Of all the curious leg- ends the centuries have gathered about the Easter season none are more widely circulated than those having to do with the rabbit and the Easter eggs. Easter eggs are seen all over the Chris- ‘tlan world on Easter Sunday, and wherever the eggs are there is the rabbit also. Just where and how such a total abstainer from eggs, such a clearly non-producer of eggs as a rabbit, got mixed up in a nest of them the biog- raphers_of neither the hen nor the rabbit - are able to say. But there he is, and there he persists in staying, however inconsequent, ir- relevant and fm- | material his pres- | ence may be. Easter egg are . more easlly ac- Anclent Egyp- *tlans, Persians, Gauls, Greeks and | Romans saw In the egg an em- blem of immor- In it life lay dormant. An in- tality. sensate thing, a mere object, it had the power to become a living being. To the early Christians the egg sym- bolized the resurrection. Because of this, and also because eggs were looked | upon as meat, Roman Catholics of | Italy, Spain and France were formerly |n forbldden to eat eggs during Lent. Af-| ter the fasting was over, eggs were the first meat to be eaten. Every Easter’ table held eggs dyed red, to Tepresent | the blood of Christ, and piled in pyra- | mids at varlous points of vantage | along the table. Before the eggs were | broken they were blessed by the priest. A special blessing for the Easter | eggs was glven out by Pope Paul V, | who sat In the papal chair from 16056 to 1621. This blessing, which is still used by wany Roman Catholics, is: “Bless, O Lotd, we beseech thee, this } thy gift of eggs, that it may become | a wholesome sustenance of thy faith- ful servants, eating it in thankfulness | to thee on the morn of. the resurrection | of our Lord.” |10 Greek Catholics believe that eggs | 1aid on Good Friday have within them | their own blessing, and that he who ‘I eats them as his first food on Easter | Sunday will be blessed throughout the | year. They, too, hold that the egg is symbolical of the resurrection. ' But all of these eggs are the fruit {Tom Coultis, sawing wood, city | nces | regulating | weeks of Marcl 1811700 paid t | cepted and ordered filed. {tion was d Myths of the !{ she that cackles over her product, when every child Dbe- lleves that the of tlie Ten, sible for the Eas- ter eggs. long time claimed Easter rabbit. She said that it time, that the children of a very poorfpeasant had been told that they could have no eggs at Easter time because their parents had no home and were too poor to buy a hen. The children grieved over this at first, and then decided that they would stop grieving and pray. They prayed for PROCEEDINGS OF THE CITY COUN- CIL OF THE CITY OF BEMIDJI, MARCH 21st, 1921. Y Regular session of the city council of the city of Bemidji was held in the council chambers at the city hall at 8§ o'clock. p. m. A quorum being present, meeting was called to order, Presilent Lahr presiding. Roll Call Upon roll call the following aldermen were declared present: Boyce, Bagley, Palmer, Smart, Carver, Stafford, Barnell, Bridgeman, Lahr. Absent, McKinnon, Haywurd. Minutes. 3 Minutes of the last regular meeting were read and approved. The foilowing bills after being audit- ed were upon motion and second allow; ed: 5 Reynolds & Winter, - fi ance premium . H.‘ C. um . ;. . 3. Levoy Tiwell, * premfum wm. MeC premium Berman Age O urer's bond . .. . E. J. Ripple, ment . . . Northern Grocery com city building .. .. Northwestern Telephon change, telephone service W, 8. Knott company, fire department . Bemidji Volunteer e _menl, attending fires to March Buer, fire insurance dey - building . . By ; Tom Davies, labor, dump ground |Street gang, streetlubor . 3 Pioneer Publishing compan Ordinances. Ordinance No. 117 providing for a penalty for drunkenness or intoxication, introduced by Alderman Boyce, seconded by Bagley, was read the first time. Ordimance 118 to define and regu- late public dances, introduced by Ald- almer, seconded by Boyce, was 9 amending prior or- ing fire limits and he construction and remov- lings therein, introduced by onded by Pulmer, t time Reports. of the-jnunicipal court for h 5th and 12th, sh ity treasurer dini 1l of bul Aldern Boy was T TReport and juceented. L b Report of the inunicipal court for week of March 19th showing $343.00 Pald the city treasurer was read and accepted. Bonds. Bond of Geo. W. Rhea, city treasurer, in the sum_of $20,000 with the Iowa Bonding & Caxuultg{_ company as surety was read and approved. Bond of Jos. Ilahn, scavenger, in the sumi of $300 with the United States Ii- elit; was read and approved. Requisitions and Requests Requisition of the municipal court for one criminal docket was granted. Requlisition of the fire department for " 1,000 feet of hose received the endors ment of the fire committee, they recom- mending the immediate purchase of 500 feet, and another purchase of 500 feet to be made in September, The. city clerk was /directed to advertise for bids on supplying 500 feet of 2l-inch double jacket rubber lined hose, I'. O. B. midji, yayment to be made fn city rants. Request of fire department for permis- sion to scll the set of fire team harness was granted: . TRequest of fire department to have the old hand hose cart repaired and put in|¥ |service for the 5th ward was referred to the fire commi{tee. . ds. Communication ¥rom Marshall Wells company was read, requesting the can- cellation of bid entered by them previous nieeting for the furnishing of fire truck tires and tubes, for the reason that they find themselves unable to fur- nish the tires and tubes as originally ordered. ommunication was ac- It was moved an< seconded that all bids for fire truck tires and tubes read at a previous meeting be rejected. Mo- red lost on the following Bagley, Palmer, s Smart, Staf- ford, Bridgeman, Lahr. It' was moved that the bids for truck [tires and tubes, submitted at the pre- counted for. The |vious meeting be reconsidered. There being 1o second, the motion was declar- ed_lost. 'Upon motion and second the chief of | the fire department was instructed to as- certaint the cost or rebuilding the fire truck wheel and as to the time requir- led to make the change. 5 Street Commissione: 1t was moved and seconded that the service of the street commissioner be Qispensed with and that the work of Such commissioner be done under the supervision of the city engineer. The motion was declared lost on the follow- Boyce Carver, Bridge- man, Lahr Bagley, Palmer, Smart. Staftord, Barnell. Tlections and Appointments. For city engineer and superintendent f the water department the applica- tion of A. C. Cameron was read, and R Rourgeois was placed in nomin- jon for a period of seven months. or a greater period if sary. Due bal- lot was taken, Mr. Bourgeois recelving the entire vote of nine cast, and was declared duly elccted. i Mr. H. A: Swisher was on motion and seconad only reappointed to the position of water clerk. : Mr. D. R. Burgess received the unani- mous vote of the council for the re- appointment to the position of city vet- erinar Application of Mrs. Agnes Robinsor for appointment to the position of ma- tron of the firemens’ dormitory, and ma- tron ©f the rest room, at a salary of §$10,00 per month w moved and seconded that Mrs. Robinson be appointed matron of the firemens’ dormitory $40.00 per month. Carried. _ Applications for the position of city clerk, (o fill the unexpired term of Geo. eln, resigned. were read, being as fol Mrs. Belle Denly, B. Hoyt Teonard J. French, and S. T. Due bullot was takers resulting as fol Tows: Mrs Yy 5, Chas. B. Hoyt & Leonard J. French 1. Mrs. Belle declared duly, elected. Miscellaneous. Commumication from the Juvenile and Beginmers' band, thanking the council for the appointment of Mr. Riggs, as | bandmaster, was read and ordered filed. The city attorney W directed to rabbit {s respon- | Germany for a | that she was the ! mother of the| happened, ~ one; ‘& Guaranty company, as surety, and_rest room, at; draft_an_ordinance licensing soft drink parlors or places. ‘The city attorney, city engineer and street commissioner were . directed to report on the matter of making safe the railroad crossings adjacent to the Soo Line and Great Northern depots. | The city attorney was directed to take {up the matter of the pest house or de- itention hospital, with a view to hav- {ing the same terminated at the present location. It was moved and seconded that al {team, harness and wagon for street work be hired at a cost of not to ex- ceed $26.00 per month. Carried: The street commisisoner was directed to se- {lect such team and outfit. ’ ‘There 'being no further business it wasnoved to’ adjourn. ¢ : Approved: J. P. LAHR; President. Attest: GEO. STEIN, { City - Clerk. 1t3-26 PROCEEDINGS OF THE CITY COUN- CIL OF THE CITY OF BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, MARCH 7th, 1921. Regular session of the city council | held “in the council chambers at the city hall at 8 o’clock p. m. A quorum! being present meeting was called to order, President Vandersluis presiding. Roll Call. Upon roll call the following aldermen | | were declared present: Bagley, Boyce | Palmer, Carver, Barnell, McKinnon, Hay- ward, Bridgeman, Vandersluis. Absent, Cooper, Carison. - Minutes. | Minutes of the last regular meeting| {weére read and approvell. i Adjournment Retiring Comncil. Council now adjourned to allow, the newly elected aldermen to take their chairs, \ Council again conveded. A quorum being present meeting was called to or- der, Pres. Lahr presiding. call. Upon roll call the following aldermen were declared present: Boyce, Bagley, Palmer, Smart, Carver, Stafford, Me- Kinnon, Barnell, Hayward, Bridgeman, Lahr. ? Mayor's Address. Mayor Garlock now addressed the council. B ‘The following bills after being audit- ’e(‘}‘were upon motion and second allow- Minnesota. Flectric Light & Pow er mpany, street lightin, February . . . . Minnesota Electric Light & Pow: er company, current, library, Jebruary . ric Light & Doy » pumping contr: building . . Minnesota Blectric Light & Po er_company, Jamps, clty build 8 Minnesota Tlectric Light & Pow er mpany, - moving street lights, 5th- Ward ($3.60) E. J. Carver, pati tenti hospital . Burge ina department . Ward Bros., jitney hires _department ", 3 Ward Bros., jitney hires, police department " Bemidji Gas company, gas dormi- v, February health pany, grease, fire departi {8mith Lumber company, ¢ |~ brary noor . . 7.50 { People's Co-operative Store, sup- building . 3.58 1 Publishing company, b {7 lots and printing matter ... i Bid 97.65 s TO OUR PROSPECTIVE STUDENT: We announce the beginning of our During the Summer months, this up- Summer term, March 15, 1921. -to-date college will give a com- . plete course of instruction in the Barber Trade for $50.00. Those interested should immediately write to us for FREE descrip- tive catalog and further particulars. TWIN CITY BARBER COLLEGE 204 Hennepin Ave. Photographs made here in your new Easter attire will surely be appreciated. No remembrance of the Easter Season will give you or others greate than a good photograph. Photographs, unlike lilies, enhance in value with time. We Extend to You and Your Friends the Segson’s Greetings. STUDIO OF N. L. HAKKERUP Minneapol r joy in. years to come Proposals for furnishing two_ 40x8 [tires and three tubes and two 38x7 tires iand three tubes, from seven' gifferent Ibidders were opéned and read.” It was| movd by Alderman Smart, seconded by | Barnell, that the hid of Marshall Well the sum of $689.85 I. O. B iji. war tax included be accepted { Motion ‘was duly carried, on an aye and nay vote. Appointments and Elections. Alderman Boye s nominated as vice-president. motion and_sec. ond the clerk was_ directed to cast the unanimous vote of the council for Mr. Boyce for vice-president. This was {done and so declared. | President Lahr named the following {committees and the members thereof: Firance, Lahr, Boyce, Palmer. Audit—Bridgeman, Barnell, Carver, Streets and Walks—Barnell, Hayward, | |Bagley, | Bulidings—Bagley, McKinnon, Bridge- nan. Health—Stafford, Hayward, - McKin- non. | Purchasing—Palmer, Boyce, McKin- inon. , Muniecipal Entertainment — Carver, Palmer. Hayward. Water and Light—Boyce, Bridgeman, Smart. Fire—Smart, Stafford, Lahr. Ballot was taken upon the applica- tions of Thayer C. Balley and C. L. Pegelow for city attorney. Result, Pege- low 5, Bailey 6. Thayer C. Bailey was declared duly elected for the ensuing ear. Upon motion . and second _the clerk was directed to cast the unanimous vote of the council for Dr. 1. A. Shannon a health officer. This wis done and so | declared. | Application for appointment as street, commissioner were made by John Ken- nedy, O. F. Carver, J. H. Wynne, and W. F. Hazen. Result of first ballot, Car- | ver 5, Kennedy 1, Hazen 5. Result of second ballot. Hazen 6, Carver 5. Mr. Hazen was declared duly elected. | Upon_motion and second the clerk was directed to cast the unanimous vote or the council sor truck driver, and_for Idw. Jewett for truck driver and jani-| tor. This was done and so declared. | Upon motion and second the clerk | was directéd to cast the vote of the| |council for. Jos. Hahn as scavenger. ! |Done and so declared, | | | It was moved and seconded that G. Oliver Riggs be named as the Direc- | tor of Municipal Music and band master for the ensuing vear. Carried. | Judge Municipal Court Gibbons an-| nounced the appointment of Maude P Hammersley 0 clerk of the municipai court. This appointment was duly con- | firmed on motion and second. Mayor Gurlock announced ~ the ap- | pointment of Thos. Balley, chief of po- |lice, and Chas. Arnold, John Brooks and | HL B, Palmer as patiolmen, who were |Quly ‘confirmed ‘on motion and second. | | “"Fhe appointment of city engineer, su- | | perintendent of water deaprtment and | |the assistants, and naming of the ma-| tron of the rest room. were deferred | | until next meeting. | onds. | 1t was moved and seconded that sure- | tv bonds be required of and in the same | |amounts of officers elect and appointed, | |as were designated the previous vear. | Carried. | Miscellaneons. | ! 1t was moved and seconded that-the| {salary of judge of municipal court for | the month of February be the same as| | was made for the previous month. Car-h {rled . 3 | Communication from the state board | |of health was read and referred to the health committee. , B i Tequisition of the fire departmefit for | 1000 feet of 2% inch hose and one hose | cart for Nymore, was read and roferred‘ tt to_the fire committee, Report of Chief Dailey of fires for {the month of February was read and accepted. Resignation. | The resignation of Geo. Stein as eity | |clerk was read and on motion and sec- ond_accepted. Upon motion and second the matter | lof viewing applications for city clerk and recommending an appointment was referred to_ the finance committee and | ldermen Carver and Bridgem: | 1t was moved and seconded that the| next regular meeting be held on Mon- | day March 2ist, and that regular | sions of the council be held every |ternate Monday thereafter at $ o'clock p._m. Carried. | There being no further business it| | was moved to adjurn. Adjourned. Approved: J. P. LA President. ' ' I.\ucst: GEO. STEIN, 1t3-26 City Clerk. SPECIAL FOR EASTER Hot Cross Buns—Cream, Puffs—Macaroons Angel Food Cakes—French Pastry Apple, Cherry Turnovers—Napoleon Cakes HOME BAKERY ~ Groceries The Best That Money Can Buy With the new arrival of Fancy Grocery lines, we announce our readiness to cater to the best trade in Bemidji and vicinity. The added lines are the best that money can buy, which, together with our service, both in the store and from the delivery cars, we are in a position to challenge competition. Get the habit. Order your groceries here. We deliver promptly. The best is yours for the asking. Telephones 320 and 66. The Peoples Cooperative Store B. A. KOLBE, Mgr.