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LIMITED Try It to See Hfzw is it possible to kecp on the straight and narrow path when a fel- Jow owns an -automobile and has to drive it around on the roads in the vicinity of Bemidji? —B. A. Roadhog— A Safe Bet At last the country is getting back | t0 normalcy. Bemidji has had at least | three robberies in the past w@ek. And | then it js said that about 150 persons | got robbed Wednesday afternoon at a debate or something. —Tifty Cents Each— i Just Another Round ! It has been whispered to us that the next big fight of the year will be staged soon, Bemidji vs. the tax bill. | —Get in Trim— [ ¢ | 4 Fediiaaii it oy ie gt f ~ Some Cow 4 JE MARKETS An ad in the Wichita Falls “Times” recently read something like this: For Sale—A full-blooded cow giving | milk, three tons of hay, a lot of chickens and several stoves. —But Not that Kind— Picturesk 1 ‘Cow hides, No. 1.. | Bull hides, No. 1,.... | Kipp hides, No. 1, lu.... | Calf skins, No. 1, 1b { Deacons, each ... | Horse hides, large.. .4c | 6e-7c¢ 8 | | | INFORMAL DANCE AT NEW I BIRCHMONT HOTEL TONIGHT | | An informal dancing party will be |held at the new Birchmont summer | ghotel thiis evening, this being the first of a series of regular public | dances to be held exch Friday eve- !ning during the summer. Dot Van's orchestra of four pices | | will furn ic for the ocea- | |sbon, this consists of piano, drums, | saxaphone and banjo. A new saxa- phene pla has been secured from inneapolis and it is reported that he attdition to the orchestra. From all indications there will be| a large attendance, since a very en-| joyable eveming is promised by the| | management of the hotel. | The School Situation After sceing the results of Thurs- day night’s school election, we are of the opinion that the school situation as seen by some is clearly reproduced in the above picture. —Bemidji Has No Sight— S Safecty First : There yi‘s little doubt but that the ‘ellow who wears both suspenders| T — and a belt believes in safety first. BARNES COUNTY., DAKOTA. Still, at that, one of those fellows | STAGING GOUNTY FAIR| happened into a store the other day | b and asked to see some invisible (By United Press) braces. Valley City, N. D., July 8.--The —He Saw the Braces— race con ttee of the Barnes county 3 Why Not? |agricultural fair is, conducting the g e | following races here today. A Canadian official is reported to| A five mile free-for-ull race with a }!avc gaid that people have a right to [ total purse of $600. The winner of live. But even if that is so, we no-|time for'place willt get $50. Each tice that a lot of people sometimes |winner of the two elimination races fmd‘ it hard to come into their pos- | will get $50. . sessions. . In the final five mile race the first —=Sherman Was Right, Anyway— money is $200, second $150 and third $100. The special 3 mile stop and start Ford o offera $50 for first money |and $25 for second. More Bugs These are the days when the gar- deners are saying it with Paris Green. There is a new shade of There will he a novelty race for a Paris Green out this year, and it is|burse of §75. Anothey feature of the said that it is perfectly killing, Any- ity fair is a tournament by the wiy, wo will take their word; for it. | Valley City sun club. —Somotimes It Pays— - |spoND DISTRICT EDITORS AT it | MEETING AT FAIRMONT Mr. ToBolt ran his car in the Old | ‘Woman greek last Thursday and got By mPressy smck,':u(:)(l before he could get the| Falfmont, July 8--Newspaper pult car out, the e e g t, 8- s ah- | S, Lo water c‘:,‘,i"zgr“go‘é"gn ‘gi‘;‘hlushurs of the-sccond district of Min- | ot § < S ol sota ‘were to meet here today for| 1’;‘;%“ Ly .t"ff“”t“l" the ijeir annual conventicn and mid- sk "fllfli fL_t 0 (cpvl‘; rom being|eoymmer outing. A banquet at Iner- washed downstream.—Warren Boost- | jaken Inn tonight will start the ball 2 rolling. A boat ride around the lakes —So It Was Washed There— land dance, will top off the evening. | Tomorrow there will be a llllfl‘.l!ci? |session between bathing parties and Tlln(cn;h:?sl(‘}nod,'l\:‘e“l::dshP::rt.hms | luncheons. An automebile tour and 107 (RUIIANI. ROFLIES, o Soth movies are added attractions. | were good, but his methods poor. Two gisters, near the sixty mark, were en | yrneON TINE STEAMER | | route from Kansas to Indiana. The younger, welghing about 80 pounds, was convileseing from a long lliness and needed assistance in moving about. T'he porter frequently was called for help. CALLEO IS LONG OVERDUE | (By Unltea Press) Washington, July § n, son of President Harding ary, is on the overdue Mun: t line One mornfng he met the older sis-|gyeqmer (alleg, his father sald today ter, who welghed near the 180 mark, and remarked: k “Why, your down the aisle. better.” And when the porter was told of {FIVE BANDITS' ESCAPE WITH $9.000 AT COLTER, IOWA o | (By United Press) i Colter, lowa, July 8.---Five ban- the “soclal crror” he had made, he today blew the safe of the Colter spent the greater part of the remain- {giate banle here and escaped with der of the journcy pleading with the |$9,000 in cashiand Liberty bonds. older sister not to tell of his mis- | take. mother Just walked She must be wmuch Got It Straight, Tsrael Yangwill oceasionally likes to Legendary Island Only for Women, |Slip among the crowd so that he can | find out what they are thinking about In the West Indies there is an old | his work, and he has never forgotten legend to the effect that among the fnnumerable small lslands in the Car- [0 0¢¢ sion on a certaln evening when ibbean sea there exists one that Is in- | he did so. habited only by women. It was on the first night of onc of ST ARG W Ty i{his carlier plays. .Filled with all a ¢ young author’s anxiety, he ventured into the gallery in the hepe of hear- Ing some compliments, But there was “nothing doing,” so he asked on¢ man stralght out what he thought of the production. “Wgll, guv'nor,” replied the man, ¢ actor ain’t bad"— Uninterrupted Business. “I shall continue to direct our af- fairs from the jail,” said the convicted grafter. { “All right,” replied the trusted lieu- | tenant; “maybe in the course of timo | we can get enough prison reform to |"the leadl remodel jalls so that they'll have ele- | “Ah, ¥e! vators and telephone exchanges and | “And the leading lydy, she'll do.” .all the convenlences of regular office | “Yes, yes."” buifldings.” “But, guv’'nor, what a play i | it | I AR Term Originated With Lioyds. The term “A 1," a sglang phrase = AN A { popularly used to denote a high qual- ADDmOI‘\AL W!Xlu ADS | ity of excellence or a_condition per- X | fectly satistactory, originated with (T, & —_ | Lloyd’s agency In London. When a w“\LNH"‘l(EIL’.)l-l“Dl v :;l:luu w:x!lcruwa ship was being insured the rating “A g ol and room. Chas. | v Carlson, Walker Minn. 3t7-111 1" was placed opposite the name of - | the vessel to indicate absolute sea- TFOR SALE: O TRADD---One S-pas | worthiness. The lending American fi tion. Apply 800 Irvine avenue. nancial reporting systems adopted the < ‘| diggers along a river in Papua, British HIDES | 4c-Go | Ing for gold the men encountered a | work™ they raked together what was shepping and having' some dental g METI 0T THE B COMPLAINTS NIX ON THE HEARTY 1 Let Fortune Get Away. | Al that glitters is not gold, but | Iack of glitter is not a certain-test for worthlessness, it was found by gold New Guinea, recently. While search- bluish-gray, flakish substance which they cast aside as worthless. Two months ago two pounds of this sub- stance was bought in London by an American _firm for approximately §6,000, or eight times the value of the same amount of gold. It was osmirid- fum, a member of one ‘of the hardest metals known and used for the tipping of fountain pens and for delicate bear- ings of fine machinery. It is worth-$200 an ounce. When the prospectors learned the value of the substance they hurried back to the river and learned that tropical rains had washed away most of the precious stuff. By careful left, had it refined and sent to London. Famous English Poem. Lodore is a cataract three mliles from Greta hall, Keswick, Cumberland, England, rendered famous by the won- derful piece of word-painting by the English poet, Robert Southey, called “The Cataract of Lodore,” published in 1820. = This has been considered one of the best pieces of word-painting in RECEIVED RESPECTFLLLY ¢ — EMIDJI DALY FIONEER SHOULLD BE went to Bemidji on Wednesday eve- ning to wisit their daughter, Mrs. Danielson, over the Fourth. Mrs. Orlena: Permelia McAlister. Mrs. Wm. MecAlister was horn in Syracuse, N. Y., April 27, 1858, and died July 1st, 1921, at Blackduck. At her death she was 63 years, 2 months and 3 days old. Mrs. McAlister has lived at Crookston, and has made her home at Blackduck for several years. She leaves to mourn her loss her hus- band, a son, Charles Valleau, and a daughter, Mrs. Annie Brown, both of Kansas City, Kansas, who were pre- sent at her death-bed. Funeral ser- wices were held from the Lutheran church on Saturday. Rev. A. O. Ode- gaard officiating. The body was bur- jed at the cemetery near Blackduck. Some great changes have taken place at the Farmers’ Cooperative Ex- change lately. Instead of Jim Reed and brothers as (dlerks there are George Gunderson of Kelliher and ‘Ward Latirop of Blackduck. Alfred Gustafson . is having his cotta on Main street over-hauled with paint, the work being done by Elmer and Reuben Langard. Wm McAlister ~is busy taking down the old beer house near the depot. We are glad ito see these places of iill fame slowly but surely disappear, Mrs. R. Stubble frem Spruce Grove was in Blackduck last Friday. Clifton Langard, who has been the English language, at least of a similar length, Novel “Ferris Wheel.” The ferris wheel of Bugdad 1{¥ built of long poles attached to 8 heavy long crosspiece; on the ends of the poles rude wooden chairs are placed, in which the lovers of excite- ment are strapped, while by man pow- er the revolution is made, the rider getting a tabloid thrill of the real Ferris wheel. KRR KKK RKK KKK H KKK GOODLAND * W0k o 2 2 bk bk Charlie Laushe is planning on ex- hibiting some of his Holstein cattle at the fair, Robert Norquist has been appdint- ed roadoverseer in Mr. Neuel’s place in Moose lake township. The tame hay is being cut and the rye is ripening. Harvest will soon be here. A Sunday school picnic will be held at the Allen farm July 11th by the Independent Sunday school. ERKKKKR KKK KR KKK BLACKDUCK X 0o 2k R Rk ok b Mrs. B. Aulie, living near Kelli- her, spent Tuesday in Blackduck : | for Brainerd, where she will consult a | phyaician, Jo Bakke and family and an uncle of Mr. Bakke's of Eldred spent Tuesday visiting at the home of Gil-| bert Sather the land man, also look- | ing for a suitable place for a home in the future. William Larson and family and D. Mitchell of Sauk Center, spent sev- eral days here looking for suitable hemes. ~.They left without buying, but promised to return this fall and purchase some farm and timber land. | The Baker piano man from Bemid-| §i, with his Ford truck and a piano on it was here canvassing the town for orders. We hope he was success- ful one day last week. B of Shooks' were here Tucsday. 5 Mr, and Mrs. Sam Peterson, living near the Alvwood mill, came here to take the train, for Brainerd, .where they went Tuesday evening for a vis- it with friends and spend the Fourth. Miss Helen Tomale of Moose Park, left Tuesday evening for Minneapo- lis, where she will work for her sis- ter, who is illi P. M. Oas and family are enjoying the strains of a new piano, purchased last week. On Thursday evening of last week a Lutheran congregation was organ- ized at Moose Park by Rev. Odegaard. Ald have also been organized. This Mrs. H. Dahlstul and Mrs. C. Lee| shopping on | A confirniation class and a Ladies’ | working near Duluth and Superior this spring returned Ttome in his Ford car last week for a month's visit with his parents. Ole Thompson and his sister, Mrs. Otto Beck, left last Friday for Bel- mont, Mont., where they were called by the sudden death of their brother, Christ Thompson. Robert Hamilton, a train dispatcher from ‘Brainerd is here visiting his mother, Mrs. J. Kerr. Mrs. j. Nelson and little son of Minneapolis, are visiting with Mrs. Nelson’s folks, Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Ditty. Mr. and Mrs. Julius and family of Thief River Falls, drove up here to Mr. Hermonson’s sister, Mrs. F. L. Kalden, Arthur Johnson, formerly of Kelli- her, now working in a large cloth- ing store at Grand Forks, N. pent the Fourth here and at Kelliher. The Blackduck band went to Kelli- her the Founth to help the Kelliher people make their celebration a suc- cess and judging from the applduse given our boys and the much praise offered by ithe people there we con- clude that the band received the well- earned praise they deserve. When we realize, that this band was organiz- ed only three months ago, we have a right to feel justly proud of our splendid musical organization. And much credit goes to their leader, Ir- vin: Ralph. 1y al 1the pecple.of Blackduck went to Kelliher the Fourth to help our lttle sister on the morth cele- brate. ‘We must admit, that they showed us a good lively time and the program was well planned, as there was something doing all the time from start to finish. liher. A tornado passed through the coun- try west of the Itasca county line on Sunday afternoon and swept ov- ery thing in its course. - Fortunately, there were no buildings near there, so no great damage was done. ity spent the Fourth +picnicing at their picnic grounds near the Sum- | mit school house. A large crowd gathered and a good time was enjoy- &d by ail. Rev. A. 0. Odegaard, the Lutheran ! pastor of Blackduck and vicinity and H. Bondy left this week for Duluth | where they go to attend the conven- i tion of the Northern Minnesota Dist- spend the Fourth and to visit with| Well done, Kel-| | | | | | The farmers in Summit and vicin- rict - of the Norwégian Lutheran chureh. Miss Nielen Lien left Tuesday merning for Northome, where she will teach a month of parochial school in the Lutheran congregation at that place. ? Esther and Myrtle Peterson of Nor- thome, were in Biackduck shopping on Tuesday. J. La Bree of Mizpah was here on business on Tuesday. Charles Valleau and his sister, Mrs. Annie Brown left Tuesday eve- ning for their home in Kansas City, Kan. Having been here during their mother’s illness and death. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Vik, living near Mooze lake, were in town on Tue:- day buying furniture and household goods. ‘Mr .and Mrs. Vik have just moved to their place on Moose lake and are building up a fine home out there. i B Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bark of Cioux Falls, S. D., came here last week to lock for a home, and they succeeded in finding! one on F. L. Kalden’s farm northwest of town which they bought. Mr. and Mrs. Bork expect to' move hede to live this fall. An- other added to our many prosperous farmers. 1. J, Hauge spent about firiends near Tuesday, glad duck again. Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Peterson and daughter, Irene, returned on Mon- day from an auto tripto Grand Forks, Goodridge, where they went to t Mrs. Peterson’s folks. Mr. Pet- erson plans on moving his family to Grand Rapids, where he can find more work in his line as a carpen- ter. Miss Dorthey Anderson is back at her tjob as bookkeeper at the First Natonal Bank, after an extended vis- it in the cities. LT O T T T O e T e LT e e T T R T T TR A LT TR T A T TR TR TEL UL G R I TTET TR LT LRI and family, who have two weeks visiting Barrett, returndd on to get:back to Black- Another Wife Dezerted CHARLES K. SAUVEY, of Minnesota Ave:, left suddenly for Paris, France, yesterday, leaving a note which stated that he would be gone at least five years, and possibly would never come back. - When interviewed by a reported, his wife stated that she was absoiutely penni- less and that the home was mortgaged for all it will carry. In order to suppor: her iive cbildren she would like to take in washing or do Jressmak “Hard-hearted = wretch!” did “you .say? “He ought to be lynched!” Sure thing; the whipping post is too good for such as he. BUT— Suppose you died tomorrow and went on that long journey from which no teaveler returns, even after five years. Would you leave your family in any better shape than Sauvey did? Would your family be in any better circumstances than they? . Get over on the other side of the fence and look at yourself as you did at Sauvey. Then call phone 575-W and ask D. 8. Mitchell to write you $5,000 in the New York Life, so when you take the journey you raust _take some day, your family wiil not be left as the Sauvey fam- ily was. P. S.:—The Sauvey item is a joke—but (didn’t you despise the man for & moment? DON'T BE A SAUVEY! i Care taken to ' turn out gives Rev. Odegaard nihe congrega- tions to serve. Migs Cora ;Bondy and her sister, Mrs. J, Funkner of International Falls arrived here on Tuesday for a visit with their folks who live on a farm east of town. Mies Murphy of Grand Rapids, the public school supervisor of Itasca county, was in Blackduck the first of the week visiting with Miss Clara Benson. The Misses Ida and Olga Rund- haug of Fairdale, N. 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