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THE BEMIDJI DALy PIONEER I 75} S ¥R AND THVBIRD WHO CONSIDERS HIASELE A HOME TOWA [BOOSYER! WHILE EV'RY EDITOR WNOWS W GUY WHO SYOPS H' UOME PAVER , 1\-\' AND MANN'S ' MAN WHO'S TAKEN A EN CENY GIGAR OUTA WIS MANY'S TH' FELLER WHO WAS STOPPED WHITTLING A STOREBOX (0 /ALLOW ‘Women and Ch.lldron'Fintl i Bill Noonan, editor of the Bau- dette Region, suggests women in the United States who are in favor of wearing longer skirts hold a convention in a telephone booth. —Don’t Crowd— Quo Va “Drug Clerk on Arrival in Bis- marck; Now He Is Mayor of City,” says a hcndlme and getting low or vice versa? —Zero in Starting— A Job for Mothers A baby cab that can be shut up and f carried under the arm has recently | been invented. The only apparent| trouble with it is that no one has yet invented a baby to match it. —Can’t Be Shut Up— Taking Chances Just a short time ago a man light- ed a match to see if there was any gasoline in the tank on his automo- bile. | | | | | —There Was— Times Do Change The old-fashioned ‘way to start a conversation was to ask about the weather. Now they ask you if you have read ‘Main Street.” People used to speak of a dxmcult problem as being “as clear as mud.” Now they should say, “‘as clear as che | Einstein theory.” @ —Then They’ll Know— Picturesk i | Al gtam pSeWre of nll flmse who really ehjoy Sunday afternoon and evening as well without an automo-| bile as they would if they had one. Prospective Ford owners, howcvex,n ‘were excluded frcem the group picture. picture. —Look ’Em Over— Birds of a Feather The hay crop in the east is said to be a failure and the cabbage crop is away below the average. Conse- quently, the cigar business is said o be in a bad way. As a result, rope should at least sell at par, and tal- cum powder at face value. —And Rye By the Bushel— Quite Common " An Indian Head man who had lost that all the| Is this starting high) | Bull hides, No. 1. | Kipp hides, No. 1, ID | Calf skins, No. 1, 1b. e READ \ rather rough one, and when he came {down he commenced to talk. This reminds us of some of those folks who rode with aviators here last sun- mer and fall. At least they started talking as soon as they got down. —And Are Still at It— Slow and Easy A Wisconsin man is said to have 1 killed his wife with a neck yoke ‘be- cause she had bobbed her hair against his wishes. At that a_ better way would have been to have kidded her to death. —Slow Revenge— ‘HIDES | Cow hldes, No. 1., Deacons, each .. Horse hides, large | FREE DEMONSTRATIONS OF TOILET REQUISITES Miss Ratte, of the Jonteel Toilet | Goods company, arrived in the city this morning and will hold free dem- onstrations all this week at the Bar- ker Drug and Jewelry store. Miss Ratte has been secured to visit Be- midji through the enterprise of the local dealer in these toilet requisites and no charge is asked for her ad- vice. The ladies are requested to call at the store and take advantage ]qf Miss Ratte’s experience in this ine. EPISCOPAL CHURCH TO HOLD PICNIC TUESDAY The Sunday school of St. Bartholo- mew Episcopal church will hold its his power of speech over a year ago picnic Tuesday afternoon. Those AS HOW HE DONT “(AME TH' HOME PAPER BECLZ \-\E“ANT GOT MME VERNON URGES QUICK PASSAGE OF BONUS BILL (Continued Trom Page 1) on the ways and means committee and their view is entitled to the ut- most consideration.. “It is incomprehensible” to ex-ser- vice men how it will ruin the coun- try to spend in a series of years im the adjustment of the ¢ompensation of its defenders, a sum less than the cost of carrying on the war for a single month, and only two-thirds of the amount which: was prcmptly ap- propiiated for the .adjustment of jcompensation of ocanceled contracts | for war materials, “To the Legion ,it seems logical that if adjusted, compensmion is to be granted in the ncar future, the measure should e passed now, so that in the consideration of fiscal leg- isflation, it will be known what ex- penditures should, be provided for. It .| the fiscal legislation is -enacted first. the ex-service man fears there will be 1o money, available for the adjusted comJynsation bill, which will be put off again, “The eleventh hour attack on the bill has been accompanied by a bar- rage of editorials which in many cases; are wholly misleading in their statements of the purposes of the bill. They dgnore the principies of justice underlying the demand: for adjusted compensation which have been ac- cepted and ,approved by the commit- tees of congress iin charge of our na- tional revenues. ! ““The department of Minnesota, American Legion, and all Minnesota posts and legionaires generally thru- out the state, have protested to our Minnesota senators against any post- ponement of the consideration of the adjusted compensation bill, and have urged iits speedy enactment. We feel that the great majority of the people of Minnesota want to do” justice to ex-service men and women, believe that the Americat Legion bill is just and fair andl right, and that it should took an airplane flight recent]ygu who are to attend are to leave the |he enacted now.” hurch in nutoes at 2 [ c]ock MOUTH “ SAY WE'GANT ARFORD, Y. LIEDERBACH TO PUSH TOTTEN'S PROSECUTION (By United Press) Fargo, N. D., July 11.—Under no circumstances will the criminal libel and embezzlement charges against George A. Totten, former business manager of the Fargo Courier-News, be dropped, A. A. Liederbach, chair- man of the state Nonpartisan execu- tive commiiiee, who preferred -the charges, declared today. This state- ment was made by Mr. Liederbach to the United Press, when queried as to whether or not any pressure was be- ing brought to bear to drop the prose- cution—*“Mr. Totten will be tried Wednesday for embezzlement and Thursday for criminal libel, C. X. Gummerson, former editor of Lhe Courier News will also be heard on another charge.” The report of the official account- ing of the “victory fund” subscribed for the purpose of fighting the recall election, may be made tomorrow, ac- cording to Mr. Liederbach. Force of Gravity. Force of gravity varies according to height aboye sea level and distance from the equator. As the force of gravity is 321612 feet a second In New York, 321528 feet a second in San Francisco and 321184 in Key ‘West, an object would weigh most In New York and least in Florida. How Ohio ‘River Got Name. The Allegheny and Ohio rivers were regarded by the French as one stream. The name given by them, La Belle Riviere (the beautiful river), is a translation of the Seneca term “Ho- he-yu,” changed by the whites, both English and French, at a later data into Ohio. Subscribe for The un‘ny"k’lbneer. Two kinds of women She and E know a woman, who,'when she needs to purchase necessary things for the home or the family, puts on her shopping custume, dabs a bit of powder on her nose and sallies forth. shops here and there down street up chases and another hunting and h-u-n-t-i-n-g. When she gets home a sheisj z y and j-a-d-e-d. She feels all mussed up mgnta]ly and physi- Z cally, We know another who has learned the art of reading the adver- tisements before she starts out, She finds out what she wants and where to g stra et it, ight Then she goes down town and right to the store that has IT. In this way she saves time, money and effort, and comes home fresh as a daisy and ready to get friend husband a good dinner instead of tak- ing him to the cafeteria, Which on = e are you ? & L ONLY ONE HE YAKES, BECLZ HES ‘Grrnn MORE PARERS "THAN HE win § Electricity and Chinese Demons. Word has come from Shanghai that employes of the-China Electric com- pany recently called in a native priest to drive away the denjon in an elec- tric buzz saw which had cut off two of the operator's fingers. After the. ceremony the workmen returned to their tasks contentedly. The manager of the plant felt that, despite the su- perstition displayed, these Chinese workmen were accepting electricity in their own way.—North American, One-Sided. One of the difficulties In settling 1 bor disputes is that so many people are willing to compromise, provided [} they can arrange the terms in thelr own way.—Boston Trnnscrlpt. Nwl Paper. Hang the new wall paper with ] which you are going to patch the old in the sun for a while, and it will soon be faded to match. Has Your Dentist Ever Done This? English Paper—A chasm in the road was stopped, as you stop a tooth, with sacks full of stones.—Boston Tran- script. ADDITIONAL WANT ADS. ‘at once. Call WANTED---Waitress Manager, phone 20. AND NBET QUITS MIS. HOME. PAPER | FER ONE IN/A NEARBY QITY e | FOR SALE---1920 Ford in fine con- dition, WANTED electrician. or work of any kind. ence. 7-11tf Hanson Barber shop. 6t7-16 --- Position ' as assistant Techuical education; Good refer- Address M. W. care Pioneer. 2t7-12 Bemidji’s PlayGround DIAMOND POINT Enjoy your Sundays ' and picnics there. Lunches and hot tions of all kinds in stock. Coffee served. Confec- Special accom- modations for picnic par- ties. Diamond Point is truiy Northern Minneso- ta’s most beautiful play- ground and it’s ‘free to you, Arc}nie Ditty Custodian Pavilion Liccert & Myers Toeacco Co. 1 CERTAINLV ‘was born. P UNDER A lucky star. oo FOR INSTANCE tho time, I HOCKED my honds. e TO PLAY the market. PRy ON A sure thing tip. AND BOUGHT Slippery Elum. . we AT SEVENTY-TWO, . e e FOR A healthy rise. PR AND FOR seven days. ... I HUGGED the ticker. . » . AND COULDN'T sleep. . . ONCE IT jumped two points. e . AND | walked on air, AND THAT very, day. . I S8AW a sign. .. IN A cigar stand. PR THAT SAID “Satisfy.” IT GAVE me a hunch. TO BE satisfled. Py WITH WHAT I'd got. wlea AND NOT hog the deal. o o» SO | phoned my broker. » .. TO SELL me out. P AND THE very next day. . ew SLIPPERY ELLUM slipped. | TOFIFTY-FIVE. ... 80 NOW I've gotten. BACK MY bonds. e AND BABY’S got new shoes. P AND NOW m‘f regular smokes. * e . ARE THE cigarettes. o o.e THAT, “SATISFY." ‘a e @ at New Bath WBE VER you get that “Satisfy” hunch, play it. Steer straight for the nearest stand and fields, Burley and other Domestic leaf, will give you a new measure cigarette enjoyment. luck from that day on, invest in Chester- This combination of fine Turkish tobaccos, blended: with of You're in Do you know about the Chesterfield package of 10%