Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 22, 1921, Page 6

e ! ¥ PAGE SIX L) TWEN'!'I!'.'I'H CENTURY’ | ] LIMITED || ZASASEMREREESANARRARARRRARARRARRRLAR It May Be With Her. ‘“Pronunciation did not aid Mrs. Small in knownk hobby.” reads a headjine in a recent Grand Forks Herald. The article tells how a wo- man was called to court to icantify a man as her husband from the way he pronounced “‘Sweet Petunia.” She a time that she hardly had a chance to learn what he looked like. It prov- ed’ that this man unable to say “S y she knew it. and a case of Bu ading said “Hobby.” Judg- ing from the remainder of the article the head-writer was mnot far off at that. —1It Is a Hobby With Some— The Why and Wherefore. A cutous reader when a minister advertises h in the newspapers, he i dvertis- ing to beat the devil. At least, it might lead some to believe that. —It Does Beat the Devil— Sweet Revenze. A A certain newspaper editor iz said to have trigd out a scheme in his town whicy worked out wonderfully well. One fineg summer evening he strolled through the city park on hi way home. The next day he publ ed the statement that he had scen a prominent 1 young man aad a prominent local young woman em- bracing each .,(' or on a park bench the eveni: He also stated that if the nan he had seen did not come into the offic two days and pay up his subscl he would publy:sh his name. The foliowing morning fif men paid their subscripticns for six! menths and two for a year. % _\ight Work Here— Picturesk. Too Good To Be True. Here's the mcdern fisherman who has spent much time and money to fit| himeelf out, in the proper togs to go fising. But the chances are the fish he is proudly exhibiting were pur- chased after his return from fishing. With Red Lake fish on sale here this summer, no man should go home and say he couldn’t get any. —Just Say You “Got” Red Pep’s Philosophy. Red Pep says: “‘Conceit may pufr a man up, but it never props him up. “Sometimes when you want to sneeze, uq just because your brains are du “It's some ‘thin safety pin. Them— right to pin your faith to 5, but be sure you use a “Many a true word comes from the chest.” —Not the Chesty— Still Ambitious. During the Christmas < thought we would ke to own a can- dy store, but now we are even bitiious as to wish we owned 2 repair shop. —A Tiring Job— FIRE DESTROYS CARVER BARN AND AUTOMOBILE Fire at about 4 o'c afternoon caused a. tof barn just ncrth of the Carver Grocery storz on Fourteenth street. claims she lived with him so short| dismissed. | wants to know if. | church | Cow hides, No. 1.. A straw | MARKETS ,3 HIDES 4c-5c | Bull hides, No. 1. .. 4c Kipp hides, No. 1, 1b. .6e-Te; Calf skins, No. 1, Ib. . Te-8¢ Deacons. each ....... 60c-60c | Horre hides, large... .$2-33 FARMERS ARE SOl.lD IN REPLIES TO REFERENDUM (Continued “rom Page 1) loans for basic production, 171,955; opposed, 6,523. For a personal rural credit system, 173,195; opposed, 4,507, For ‘egnslame action to pm\nde lungume loans for livestock pmduc- ers, 173,305; opposed, 5,173. For establishment of means to fur-| nish credit to farmers on receipts for products stored in bonded ware-: houses, 176,816; opposed, 1,652. These figures ‘were campfled by | the federation in proportion to the majorities shown by the first 30,000/ votes tabulated. “The returns have come from ev- ery part of the state,” officials s “andl we know they are represent: tive of the farmers’ oplmons The | percentage of * yes and ‘no’ votes has hardly varied since the first reports| came in. The majorities estimated | on the basis of the early returns | would be proportionately larger if ev-| ery farmer:in the state had voted.” | The-results of the Minnesota vote will be telegraphed to Chicago, and be added to the votes cast in 46 oth- er states in the referendum launched | by the American Farm Bureau fed-| eration. The final results will then| be laid before congress. | ' ANGLO-JAPANESE TREATY BEFORE PREMIERS’‘MEET l(‘onllnued From- Pags 1) not on'y conceded but welcomed by the home government: The publics of | the empire will see in it some meas- | ure of safeguard against the dangers ‘of secret diplomacy and aggressive international combinations. As auton- EZRY, FER GOSH SAKE, AINT YA NEVER GOWNG: MILTON TO EXHIBIT CARS AT BlG BENEFIT RACE .| WOULD YOU SPEND (By United Press) | 40c FOR A JOB? S:d Paul, g:lme 22.—Tommy Milton, |. —_— world’s speed king, will exhibit his| SR | speedy racing cars’ here next Satur- t Thatdgdll It :;I().Ilk}r‘(’!’ltDy%“ day in a benefit race. P‘;n;‘;xe‘ratv?:'t‘itmzs dipLhe Oaiy His 16-cylinder Deusenberg, in| Nearly’ every day someone which he established a new world| niseds hyejlp orys,,mg,,,,, needs | speed record at Daytona Beach, Fla., | and his “8 in a row” antenae, in|, }'{“’k' R s which he won the Indianapolis 500-| get%b::x s0 very little to' get to- mfle classic Decoration Day, will be| exhibited. He will drive both cars in exhibition races at the fair| | Tesults'they all do. | grounds. Tommy Milton is a St. ® é Paul boy and well known thronghout = the northwest. e The races to be staged are a partof | | DULUTH TRADE TOUR IS the series of races scheduled by the| Elks club here to benefit the Boy POSTRONED TO 'SEPTEMBER Scouts of America. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR IN ANNUAL CONVENTION TODAY Try a: want ad—you’ll get The Duliith trade tour, which was to have been made through the nor- poned until September 8, according to a: telegram- received this morring by Mrs. Leila Sanborn, secretary of the Civic and Commerce association. The members of the -tour were scheduled to be in Bemidji today, and having had: no_definite word of their whereabouts, Mrs. Sanborn- wired for information and received notice of the postponiement. NAVAL ACADEMY OARSMEN ARE FAVORITES IN RACE By Unitéd Press) (By United Press) | lemar, Juné 22.—Nearly one thousand delegates and visitors to the 31st annual convention of the Minne- sota Christian Endeavor were expeéct- ed here today. The convention will close Suriday. Leaders of the Chris- tlan Endeavor from various parts of | the country will be here to speak dur- ing the sessions. THEY'LL GET YOU SOME WAY City Scalawags Hard'to Béat; Accord. Pouklikeepsie, N. Y., June 22.-- ing to Testimony of Visitor From |The great: eight-oared crew of the Jimpssch Junctioh. | United States naval academy, nation- a} amd world champions last year, “It them infernal scalawags up|Were favorites in the intercollegiate there In Kay See can't get you one|TOWing chatiipionskip race on ' the way they will anther!” disgruntledly | Hudson: rived today. Columbia: was asserted the gent from Jimpson Junc. | favored. as second. and | Gallforni tion, who was just back from a brief and Pennsylvafila and Syracuse con stay In the Big Burg. “Pretend to'do elderedl om ol it. you a favor and then skin you alive! thern end of the state, has been- post- e waves; wixibg #nd- WAGHIEfi-amplt- e TR tude, that -are -ubceadlbgly coursing. ‘When Andrew Johnson Restmed Hia Needle to Fashion a Mark of ‘Forlon. Affection. “The Wave pérlmi to ranges between There’s always just one more story f::;ho'gm:f;: miles i o shout any of America’s former Presi- ; dents. This time there is another about the witvey m%‘ aved to be'about twu “Andrew Johinson, Lifitoli"s tempehtu- "6US’ SUCCEsSOr, Johuson, while governor of Tehnes- gested; but- 1t iy, mw»anwp . that they: see, once resumed his vocational im- preading: earthi movement plements. He had formed - a 'strong’ friendship In the Tennessee legislature Enrthquakes are Mlyfbllbh:m‘!) h:l :ht £ for ‘W. W. Peppet of Springfield, a m' the "lotige stantli’ Whig, #nd ohce blacksmith. i} Desplte thefr irréconcilable political créeds the personal relations of John- d Pepper were extremely cordial. - Pépper becameé a Jidge 1 1854, and: after n vistt to Jokiison, théfi governor, et dbout fashioning a skovel, which | corqing jfistrainents 60 feet parti Con- é withi ‘a‘riote explaliilng 1t' was | ¢jnuing the favestigation; the rangé has |triterided as a niomento of @'friendship | peeri extendéd’ to:tivo miles, and jt has ‘proof against all ‘political” differences. | peen made practicable’to pick out indt: Johinson, to show_his ‘appreciation, took up his' scissors and needle and | ords.- Orne résult:is the. siiowing made a hahdsome beaver' cloth' 'cont | ¢h¢:truvel of™the mivrogetsmsrts indes which he sent to Pepper. It was a| pendent of wind and We“h splendid plece of workmanstith, prob- | the source and: cause’ of “the miove ably the lhst’ of that kind of ‘work | ments are ,qm & mystery. Johinson ‘ever did, and "exists to !h(a E day. EARTH’S SURFACE IN UNREST Sclentists Have Prov Never at Any Tlml Without but with & wave No portion of the earth's surface 18 ever. at rest, though all’ but: the: great] mbverients o cartliquiakes estaped’ at- ‘fention-until récent’yéars! . Thie minute |.ness, genteal wmiunc dffectation] in¢ sintiating without uemlnl lrt —Cheos 1 wrneld. Tuther night In my room in the hotel I was 'tending to my own businéss when a féller in the next room yelled || w‘;mt in all this and that was coming’ oft. “‘Tm nailing my clothes to the floor, It it's any of your by-gosh business! I hollered back. ‘I'm a tollable sound |f sleeper, and don’t ailm to have my best Buit stole while I'm slumbertng.’ “‘Why, you' pea-green yokel!' he| yelled back, ‘what will you do if the omous nations, the Dominions- are no longer desirous of the empire’s | foreign policy being moulded to suit [the taste of Downing street alone. | For this reason it is probable that | proposals will be put forward for re- moving relations with the Domin- ions from the sphere of the Colonial office. Other subjects comprise inter-Im- i perial communication and defense by land, sea, and air; the position of | Bnmh Indians throughout the em- ])lYl! a questmn of Indian (lulegatnoni will press in order to obtain free entry of Indian subjects into alll parts of the British empire on the same terms as other subjects; over- seas settlement, which mainly deals Kingdom to all parts of the empire; with emigration from the British civil aviation, an Imperial shipping committee, Imperial wireless com- munications, and an Imperial statis- tical bureau and patents. German v | reparations will also be considered, including the allocation of amounts due the various parts of the empire. stack and an automcbile stored in | the barn were also destroyed. Tt is said that the sparks from a stove in the Carver home, ed quickly. The fire department answered the call but was unable to save either the building or the auto-' mobile. STATE MiJ—SIC TEACHERS MEETING AT DULUTH (By United Press) Duluth, June 22.—St. Olaf’s choir will appear imn recital here dur- ing the annual convention of Minne- sota music teachers, which opened to- day. ‘Herbert Linscott of New York and H. Chandler Goldthwaite of Minne- apolis will also feature the program. Miss Elsie M. Shaw of St. Paul is president of the federation. MOTOR CYCLE COP ARRIVES IN TIME TO SAVE HOUSE (By United Press) St. Paul, June --A m:id who| finvestigated a noise in the kitchen of a Summit avenue rooming house this | morning found a stick of dynamite, with a lighted fuse attached, in thelers from the cemetery near here re- | monies were resumed. Because they She called the police. John | suited in the arrest yesterday of two | geemed:to fit:iri 80 well with Americgn ica box. Allen, motorcycle patrolman arrived and found only one ‘inch of the fuse | Jeft. He threw it intb the street where it exploded, tearing a large bole in the pavement. fire ‘was caused by | igniting in the straw stack. | The buildjing was very dry and burn-| CHRISTIAN AMERICANIZATION CONGRESS AT MINNEAPOLIS (By United Press) Minneapolis, June 22.—The first Christian Americanization congress ever held in' this country convened here Monday. It will continue in session through Sunday. The congress was called under the auspices of the International Chris- tian Missionary association, an or- ganization of the Disciples of Christ. Teaching American ideals of eiti- zenship and Christian effort to the foreigner in our midst is the purpose of the association, according to W. T. Fisher, secretary. Meetings will be held in the dudi- torium of the International Christian Bible college here. This college, Mr. Fisher pointed out, is educating a large number of young men and young women, mostly of foreign birth, to become ministers and mis- sionaries, at home and abroad. TWO0 WOMEN STEAL FLOWERS | FROM CEMETERY: ARRESTED (By United Press) Minot, June 22.---“Swiping” flow- women who are charged with that | erime. According to autlioritiés, one | of the wemen took a flower which a newsboy had purchased and placed on the grave of his mother. fire department goes roaring by in the |}} middle of the night and you can’t yank on your clothes and run after it? “‘By cripes! I hadn’t thought of | | that! says I ‘T would be in a dickens| | of a fix, wouldn’t I? TI'l claw my clothies 1008¢ from fhe fibor and run || the risk of having them so'e. I wouldn't llke to miss a good firc. Miuch | wbliged to you, sir!’ “Well, I done so, and went to sleep, and as far as I'know the fire depart- ment never made a run the whol night long. And' next morning m | clothies were gone, and so was the fel. ler In {he next ‘room."—Katsas City Star, Had Large Sum on Hand. History relates that Croesus was glven eiitertaininént on “onie vceasion ! by a Lydian named Pythiu§, supposed ' to liave béen a distant relative of Croesus. Duriiig thié entertainment Pythius informed tlié king that when Tie heard of his approach he had made | | careful count of all his ready nioney that he had on hand fn gold and sil. ver, $24,000,000, and that hée wished to present it to the king as a token of regard. The king hesitated about taking his motiey lest Pythius might be reduced to want, but Pythius replied: “My" lanids, estates, staves and income-! henr- | ing property are still untoucheé This sum of money was Simply cash’ on hand- which he had not yet-invest- ed.’ At the rate'of 10 to 1 in modern purchasing’ power, Pythius had ready. money equaling $240,000,000. Only Outdoor Insuguration, The Unitéd States, although its cap- Ital is In a more rigorous’cltmate than those of many republics, is alone in having an “al fresco” Inauguration, |1 The first four Presidents were irau- gurated Indoors, and beginning with the thiird President, Jefferson, the In- augurations took place in Washing- ton. Mornrdé; the first President to be sworn'in out of doors, chose the €ast portico of the capitol because ot a dispute as to whether he should be Inagurated in the house of repre- sentatives or the senate chamber. Af- ter a return to the indoor inaugura- tion by Jackson, “the outdoor cere- 1dens of democracy, permitting the general .public to see the procedure, they hdve Deen retalned.—National Geographic Soclety mmzlne. Yoars JOU'VE heard the story of Paul Revere——how he clattered out of Boston and spread the alarm to every Middlesex village, ete. That was.in:April, 1775. It was an all night job. Today the Boston papers would slap extras on their presses and in the'shakeof a little lamb’s tail the whole thrilling message Would be i m each home of the well known county. i iy This represents the advance of 150 years in the 1m- portant business of spreading news. The cry of “Extra—Extra’” on the mldmght air brings startled folks to theit'doors as orice did'the: pound of a horse’s hoofs'and the, breathlessshout of the;rider: Papers have supplanted the eourier—multiplied his ef- %e%lveness ‘many-times—increased his sp\aed & hundred (0} How far back we would go witheut newspapers' We would remain-in ignorance not énly of-events at home and abroad—Dbut. also of much that ceficerns usijust as vitally—news of the very things thathawe to do wflhthe personal, every-day life'of each anwdffu& : Somebody mlght be selling a new, better and more economical food; or'a utensil that would add immeas- urably to our comfort and well-being;: or-some better material for making shoes or clothing—Dbut we would never know it. i foas Modern advertising is aboon. It keepS‘ofir informa- tion upto-date on the many things we need: in-order to live a profitable, happy and useful Ilfe in fhls age of progress. ; Do you take full advantag'e of the advertlsmg? 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