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ONE Now You Know “Why Mr. Brown calls for No. 249 instead of for Mrs. Brown,” reads the | headline on a page of instructions i"i the new telephone directory, and the dope goes on to say that “George| Brown is just an ordinary business, man like thousands of others.” However, it doesn’t really :mswer} its own question, since it develops| that No. 249 is the Bemidji State| Teachers college. —Can’t Always Toll— Just a Small Matter | Considering the high prices the| packers have been getting for their meat, we don’t wonder that the Hor- mel Packing Co. at Austin didn’t hap- pen to miss the small matter of a mil-| * lion and a quarter for so many |y years. | —Now They Miss It— | f Why Go Away? | Grand Rapids, Minn., staged a “Home Coming Day” this week, which was well attended. Bemidji could hardly stage such an affair, b"'*Cow hides, No. 1 cause nobody who lives here has anylmm h!dea: Nn: 1'_'_"' 5 desire to go away. 5Kipp hides, No. 1, lv...... —Can’t Afford It— Calf skins, No. 1, 1b. » Cow-Pasture Pool Deacons,. each ...... A local man, in speaking of golf, Horee hides, large.. fhe endinspot i e i schooi FARM FINANCE BODY IS | e ety to piaving it in| PROPOSED IN MINNESOTA the grades, there’ll be no need of a| high school. No kid'll ever get that | ...82-83 } (Continued Trom Page 1) far. 1 5 J A —Wearing Off the Green— |operative Creameries association, | Inc. | Pl Remember the Flood | They voted to defend the intcrestsi National Adjutant Lemuel E.'of Minnesota farmers befere the in-| Bolles of the American Legion took! terstate commerce commission wnen off his shoes and socks, pulled up his; it opens hearings in August on reduc- | trousers and waded in the hcad-wa-|tion of freight rates on farm prod-| MORE DULL DAY GONE BUSINESS WAS FAIR, BUT NOY WKE T USED Ll (2 gl =4 AARY GRAHAM BONNER QOPYROYT FY \ATEAN NIVIAIE UNION s THE GUEST'S STORY. ;¢ “When I was out walking along the road this morning,” said Mrs. Get-the- Most-Out-of-Life to the girl and boy who were golng adventuring, “I said to myself: T“iShall T hurry to the village and get some meat for tomorrow? And then I decided I wouldn't. For we don’t need meat for tomorrow, and it would be wasted; whereas, with other things it's different, as you know.” The boy and girl nodded their heads, though they didn’t know much about food and which kind was more easily ters cf the Mississippi at Itasca State Park while visiting this vicinity Friz day. He also had his picture taken,| standing ankle deep in the Father of | Waters. When he completed the| childhood sport, he casually remark-! ed that he didn’t think that it had done anybody any good. —Not Even His Fect— The Boxer Rebellion | A correspondent to a Nature Notes department in a Canadian paper wants to know how to make an insect box. The sporting editor of the same paper suggests that the inquisitive one put a pair of boxing gloves on, him and try him out with a few spar-| ring partners. —The Insect— Movie Waist Mary had a little waist Where nature made it grow; But everywhere that fachion went The waist was sure to go. —Winnipeg I'ree Press.f‘ —~Quite Bo! Quite So!— Daily Hints It daesn’t make much differcnce! where you stand if you know where, you are going. —Ain't It a Fact?— JUDGE BOOTH ORDERS LIQUCR BACK T0 OWNERS Minneapoiis, Jul 3. —Judge Wil- bert Booth today ordered federal agents to return to owners the prop- erty of the Remmler Brick company of Red Wing, Minnesota. ! Agents who claimed to have found twc per cent beer in the plant sze- cured a bench warrant arl served it on the plant. The plant was owned by. heirs. The heirs e requircd to put up $75,000 ben turn of the property. final dispasi- tion will be made after the triul of Otto Remmler and J. H. Sirak, sot for Angust 11, charged with manu- facturing and s ey ! were arraigned ye.ler re- leased on bonds. TWO XILLED AND T¥0 INJURED BY DYNAMITE icago, Juls 0 men were killed and twe injurcd when a :tlick of dynamite exploded in the Merdow Paving and Brick plant here today. The mcen were preparing to Lla kings or queens, and there are no sand. | America and urged that every mem-| gareg to be remembered. It's a very de- s e "ber do his best to make his commun- | yopien pigtory.” CASEY JONES HANGED TO ity a better place in which to live. It sounds rather mice,” sald the | COURTHOUSE TREE BY MOB Hattiesburg, Miss., July — Casey Jones, a white man recently convicted and sentenced {=r the mud- der of Mrs. Mosely, was re ved fron thd coun ail hore todny and W hanged on tree in the conrt yard by a mch. Jenes was to have been executed July 18. An appeal to the gupreme court saved the execution. | BIC ROGSEVELT HIGHWAY TOUR TO BEGIN MONDA (Continued From Page 1) tary fish dinner will be served the tourists. A program of speaking and music will be followed by dancing in the armory. There will be a two-hour stop at Bemidji the next morning for a Good Roads Rally, and a stop at Fosston [t Upca the re-- ucts. Thomas E. Cashman of Owa- |f00C tonna was named to represent Min- | Wasted than another,” They kmew nesota. }nbout food mostly in a more pleasur- They ordered further investigation | able than housekeeping fashion. of money-saving that might be made| “So I thought,” continued Mrs. Get- by buying coal co-operatively direct| the-Most-Out-of-Life, “that L would from the mi This information ' take a walk and see something new, will be lai fore the farmers il ! perhaps. One doesn’t always want cach county, and each community evergthing the same. And then I saw will decide for itself whether to pool yrs“\Weod EIf, here, having a break- coal orders. fast : g 2 " ast party, and I stayed around when They also conferred with leaders! = = of university extension work and all [ BeRr her tell you that T was con- county agent leaders to work out| 8§l G0 AN NI nd she plans for unified efforts to improve | " a P ot agricultural conditions. | knew that I'd be glad to tell you why | sometimes you can take your time and MAN HIGH IN DAKOTA ! not miss anything, but rather, gain a lot. TO BE ARRESTED S00N | “I'm Mrs. Wood EIf's guest, and the | guest is going to tell her story: (By United Press) i Farge, July 23.-—A man who stands | high in the state will be arrested here shortly, rged with violation of t hanking District At- v Hildr: izy. An in-) dictment was returned by the feder-| al j he said. and a’ warrant ued scon. He declined to divulge the identity of the man | The grand jury completed its find- ings last night. Raymond and Leo | Remingler, formerly of Winona, were indicted for the violation of the white ! slave act. | A ¢ P4 BOLLES SCORES CONGRESS | FOR SLOW LEGISLATION (Continued From Page 1) | showing that the service department | alone had accomplished more work . & ar this year than it had ever Lifo continued, “I was a little timid done before. He recommended the | &t first. That Is why I talked first cstablishment of a weekly news { to Mrs, Wood Elf—did you hear me? to be supplied the members of ) I'm sure you did. I do hope you don’t nesota pos free of charge as a | think I was rude,” vehicle of closer communication With ' won, no" said the girl, the individual members. There are| ncw 480 legion posts in the state and the department must keep in tounch with eas t and its membership. e o pecially urzed that proper | emnlnvment and environment be fur-| tory,” said Mrs. Get-the-Most-Out-of- nished those being discharged from! Life, “By the way, Mrs. Wood EIf, the hospitals afrer being cured of tu-{ may 1 have a drink of water? Have bc-rculr;s s, in nrdlm.' “Httz;o ('l(l‘ir 7 you any dew water left?” might e kept away, Ahe I ined| “Tust a little. TNl get it for you,” briefly, all such hearings tof be heid | said Mrs. Wood EIf. in various communities at appointed | *“I hope,”said Mrs. Get-the-Most-Out- times before March 1, 1922, ed the American legion the vdy of organized ots in “May | Have a Drink?” “You see,” Mrs. Get-the-Most-Out-of- we can.” history. Bolles, Mr. Vernon, and Carb the American Legion News Service, headquarters branc at Indianapolis, were taken to Ita State park in the afternoon by mem-| hers of the local post and were later entertained at dinner at the new summer hotel at Birchmont. Mr. Toiles was b in Minne- cota and about 25 years ago made his heme at Grand Rapids. e com- plimented the country very highly I for the spirit of progressiven chewn by the amount of land clearing being done here and predicted that this section of the state was due for great growth. sirl. *And like a quite new kind,"” sald the boy. “I was afrald that you wouldn’t llke my name. I was afraid it sounded a bit too preachy and fine—just as though 1 were going around and say- ' ing that 1 was such a splendid wom- an, 1 did everything the right way, and so got everything that was use- ful and beautiful and good. | . Hebm, think of me. I am named after my my mother and father. greatly admired From here Mr. Bolles and Mr. : i il {elm went to Duluth this morning ed mé to be named after hor.' My for a meeting there today. Mr. Ver- mother admired my ter nnd wan ed me to be named they the 1st night for his heme at After visiting Dpluth, legion man will journey n Cities tc complete their nesota. non lefl ! Little Talls. !the n to the ' " tour of M Just nawed me boy. “We are glad to meet you,” said the | boy, “for we¢ want to meet everyoue | “Ill tell you a little family his-| | | of-Life, “that you won't mind a little | There- Is nothing in it about | | “Well, that isn’t what I mean you to My father mother and want- | or him, ¥o after both of “What were the names?” asked the KICKS LIKE A SYEER \F Nou DONY MARW “MINGS 1y and quickly, though sometimes they were done in rather a slap-dash fash- fon and sometimes my mother’s ways were too slow. “But my mother thought my father’s quick, brilliant ways were wonderful, jand my father thought my mother’s careful, thorough ways were greatly to be envied. . “So I was named after both of them. And now I live up to my namé. You see, in our family we're all like our names. It was the same with my grandfather—the oldest grandfather anyone has.” “Grandfather Time?” asked the boy. “Right,” said Mrs. Get-the-Most-Out- i of-Life. I take after both my parents. I don't want to hurry so fast that I miss everything I pass by. So I hurry and yet not so fast as to keep from enjoying things. I'm not conceited to say this as it is all because of my wonderful father and mother. “They gave me these combined aifrs 1 “True Blue” and the “Blue Ribbon.” The expression true blue is handed down from the Scotch Covenanters of the Seventeenth century, who chose blue as thelr emblem in opposition to the royal red. The Covenanters were a group bound Ly a series of covenants to uphold the Presbysterian forms and doctrines of faith. Thus true blue was applied originally to a loyal Presby- terian. The blue ribbon, always the reward of the winner in a race or cwn- test, originated in the use of a blue wbhon as the distinguishing badge of the Knights of the Garter, an order founded by Edward III The Single Track, The profiteer was being shown over an English museum one day by one | | of the directors. They came to the room where the stuffed birds were ex- hibited. *Now, these. stuffed birds,” | sald the director, “are among the fin- | est specimens in the country. They're | worth thousands and thousands of | pounds.” “You don't say sol” said the | profiteer, studying the cases; “what are they stuffed with, then?” HARD TINMES COMING Addition to Commandments. Four-year-old Bessie had been to Sunday school, where the Ten Com- mandments were belng studied. She {had an older brother who was noted for belng sick or crippled if there was work to be done. One day their moth- er asked the boy to fill the woodbox. Immediately he developed a sore foot and limped slowly toward the wood pile. Bessie looked at him reproach- fully and said: “Thou shalt not hypo- crite.”—Chicago American. +A Uarrow Range. The motion picture people are at their wits’ ends for scenarlos with new - plots. Don't they know that there are but-87 plots which: compre- hend every possible human. experience and set-the lmits for dramatist and story and novel writer? Judging by what we have seen on the screen, but a dozen have been used.—Los An- geles Times. Signal Fires. In Terre del Fuego news is con- veyed and conversation sustained be- tween the different tribes inhabiting the islands by means of fires on the high peaks of the mountains, The pa- tives are always on the lookout for these fires, and know just what they are ‘~*intended to mean.—Brooklyn Eagle. Tyranny of Custom. | Stanley, the African explorer, sald: “No luxury of civilization can be equal to the relief from the tyranny of cus- tom. The heart of Africa is infinitely preferable to the heart of the world's largest city. If the way were easler, millions would fly to it.” —_— Photos of Fairies. An Englishman claims to have made photographs of fairies which are not visible to the eye, but which the pho- tographer says may be recorded on the photographic plate. There are many persons who have examined the prints and plates, but are not yet con- vinced. VERY business has ganization. ice, is kept there. also kept on file there, make mistakes. ice and with your help ness relations will be factory. Out Counting House an essential part of every commercial or- Our counting house—call it the bookkeeping department, if you will—is the place where, in those uninteresting looking ledgers, we keep the records of the service we perform for you. The cost of everything we buy—material, labor, what not—in order to supply that serv- The readings of your meter are checked and Men and women, chosen for their ability to do things.carefully and accurately, keep those records and are responsible for the accuracy of the accounts rendered to you. Being..only human, If they do, we are extremely sorry and endeavor to rectify them without ma- terial inconvenience to you. Bear with us, then, believe in our good in- tent, and remember that your light and power company is here to render you a very real serv- Minnesota Electric Light for a dinner. Arrangements are be- | N e R “My father's name was Hurry and ing made here for dinner to be e, | My mother's name was Take-Your- serveii ir:‘ a laree n!l\\\' ge just . . Tima." - - v e completed which will be profusely { “ - g decorated. A stop for refreshments ADDmOHAL WANT ADS thnix“; s‘:\l:._n;f::;l ‘:f,_" t!r;nnde 1D, ‘of will be made at McIntosh, and the o o o g | tour will arrive al Crosk for sup- | Oh, yes It Is. You see, my father per at 5 o'clock. This is being fur- §un _An Edison cylinder was always hurrying. He was a great | nished by the Elks’ club of Crook-| ston. At 7 o’clock the tour will pro. ceed to Grand Forks, N. D., for eve- phonograph with 41 records and two diamond needle reproducers. A-1 condition. May be scen at ning entertainment and night con-| 208 Mis ippi avenue or phone trol. This gives some idea of the en- $52-W. Barzain if taken at once. tertainment features which will be| 2t7-25 creature for bustling and rushing and | doing so much in such a short time, | “My mother, on the other hand, al- | ways took her time. She did things | very carefully sand very well and very | thoroughly. ELMER E. SWANSON, Manager a counting house. 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