Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 24, 1921, Page 4

e e e R A T \ BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY THE BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. J.D. postoftice as Bemidj undey Act of Congress. of March 8, 1879. No ‘sttention ‘paid to anonymous contributions. not necessarily for’ publieation. Communics- reach this office not later than Tuesdsy By Mal ——38.00 ELL g T P — ) 138 THE WEEKLY PIONEER—Twelve pages, published every Thumday #ad sent postage paid to any address for, in advance, $2.00. OFFICIAL COUNTY AND CITY PROCEEDINGS LEAVING THE FARM ‘The report is quite general 'that‘'many young farmers who have become discouraged with farming conditions the past year are considering seriously the giving up of farming as a business. We refer particularly to the young man who has just made a start in the business, either during or since the war. n has had the greatest of difficulties in making ends meet, hke-_ wise the young man who made an initial investment inl farm land and who has been trying to work his way out. _The loss of such men in agriculture would be a serious calamity, and we | would like to make agew suggestions to all who are thinking of . giving up the farming game at this time. . ) In the first place, every farmer who is disgusted with farm- business or in the trades feels toward his particular calling just about as the farmer feels about farming. Farmers have taken a . little more grief the past year than have business men, but they { both face the same problem of adjusting themselves to new | conditions incidental to reconstruction. There are just as many, if not more, blue and pessimistic business men than there are | farmers. In fact, the average business man has not shown near- ly so much gameness as the farmer has shown in going through the tough spots, Millions of unemployed workers in the city can testify to their willingness to trade places with a farmer. 1If there are any soft snaps for any worker these days, we fail to see them. Verify these statements for yourself before you give up farm life. i We see no reason why farming will not be more attractive in the future than it has been in the past for those who farm in- telligently. There are just enough people in this country who crave, city life to make wider the gap between consumptive needs and production possibilities as regards foodstuffs. Supply and: demand of producing vitally necessary food products, at least attractive enough to keep producers at work. Theére is no A getting away from the fact that cities ¢an not live without farm i }and back of them to feed them and supply materials for their i abors. . The farmer, or, for that matter, the business man, the pro- fessional man, or the wage earner, should do a lot of thinking before switching jobs at this time.. Selling out the farm and moving to town may appear to be a means of getting away from trouble, but in most cases it would be a step in the wrong direc- tion. On the contrary, we believe that the improvement of gen- eral business conditions during the coming year as they are now | improving will result in a movement toward rather than away from the farm. 'Sticking to one’s job, however unpleasant the task may be, looks to us to be.a mighty good business policy at this time, particularly if the job be farming where one can at least have his living and health. Ask some of the people who will go hungry this winter.—The Farmer. [ (SR § $5,000,000,000 FOR FARMERS More than $5,000,000,000 will go into the pocketbooks of farmers this year from the proceeds of eight important crops, according to data gathered by the Department of Agriculture, This is on the basis of prices paid the farmer at the farm gate. Here are the' department’s estimates: Corn, $1,790,462,000; wheat, $761,396,000; oats, $327,084,000; barley, $78,445,000; rye, $73,338,000; potatoes, $695,067,000; cotton, $439,812,000; hay, $1,106,042,000. Contrary to all precedent, the prices of farm products did not decrease during the month of August, The last ten years the average August decline in prices of farm products has been 2.7 per cent. During August, this year, prices paid for farm products increased 0.5 of 1 per cent. —_————— BETTER NEWSPAPER MAIL SERVICE ‘A newspaper is pre-eminently a thing that a man wants when he wants it. If he can not have it when‘he wants it, he does not want it at all. It is up to us to see that he gets his favor- ite paper promptly.” The above is a quotation from Postmaster General Hays' order just issued to all postal employes in the United States who have anything to do in any way whatever with the handling of newspapers going through the mails. *‘This includes the post- office clerks, all railway mail :service employes and all rural route employes. : {3 b el GaE R i INSECT AT WORK IN GRAIN 4 Millions of bushels of grain in Twin Cities terminal eleva- tors are menaced by an insect known to the grain trade and to grain inspection men as the bran bug. Three Minneapolis grain elevators _repurted the presence of the insect in their stocks. Danger of these insects damaging stored grains in the terminals to the extent of thousands of dollars has prompted the grain in- ! spection department of the Railroad and Warehouse commis- " sion to take steps to issue orders to stop spread of the pest. —_—ge GOVERNMENT REFORESTATION Definite steps for reforestation in Northern Minnesota should be taken by the next legislature, Representative George § _Wicker of Kasson said. He had just returned from a tour in the 1 iron range country with other members of the house and senate i interim committees on taxation. “Private companies cannot be expectegi to carry on reforestation work, he said, as there is no return from the trees for about 50 years. The only workable program, he believes, will be handled by the state. < N Like Fun She Does! Switzerland has located ‘a boy with two stomachs. We suppose his mother gently but tirmly leads him outdoors and tles him to a tree whén she fries doughnuts and makes cookles.~Sun Francisco Chronlcle, Symbolic October Gems, :Pg)r the pergon born in’ October who 1Shes to have a ring showing the stone of his guardian angel and apos- tle for' the month—a quaint old cus- om: worth reviving—it is worth know- ing that for the angel named Bariel, _mgate is the stone, and for the apostle Simon jacinth is selected. The combi- atlon, though symbolic, might not be Itogether pleasing. The hop, an- selently used as the symbolic flower of _ ithe month, Is sometimes used as the ' design in an ornamental gold ring, for ersons born in October, V Sleeping on Wedding Cake. The. exact -opigin_ of. the custom of obscure. It has been traced back to the early Britons and Is found not JKuropean coun! K. H. DENU, Se¢c. and Mgz WINTER, City Editor i, ‘Minnesota, as second-elass maties, The renter|| ing as an occupation should remember that the average man in|* sleeping on, a plece of wedding cake is | only In England, but in almost all | I realized that I system of the Postoftice department. ing mentally. thing because it seems unimportant. ! osition. be ¢ounseled can’t be helped.” HER AFTERNOON QUITE BUSY Violet Grace, However, Had Intervals of Leisure, and Took Advantage of All of Them. ’f’!olet Grace dressed to go shopping. Last of all she powdered her nose. She went first to a certain store, for it was having a sale, but she didn’t see a bargain in the whole store, so she left. She paused a moment at the { ribbon counter and powdered her nose. She stopped at the blouse shop. She simply had to have a blouse soon. But they had nothing that appealed to her, so after powdering her nose she went out. She visited ye baby shoppe to see if she could find a little gift for Camille’s baby, but everything was so frightfully expensive that she decided to make something to give. She powdered her nose at the doorway. There was such a good mirror there. Feeling weary, she had a cup of chocolate and some wafers. The choc- olate was not very ‘hot and the whipped cream looked mussy. She re- solved she would go somewhere eise next time. Those tea shops deteri- orated ‘8o )nfter they had established a° reputation. - She ‘powdered her nose before leaving the table. ‘It was early to go home, so she thought she might as well see a pic- ture. She was disappointed in it, how- cver, and -she went out before it was altogether finished. She powdered her nose again in the rest room. She boarded a street car for home. She wished she did not have to walk two blocks when she got off, but there was no help for it. She powdered her nose and alighted. The afternoon was over.—Katherine Negley, In Judge. G Improvements in Palestine. Assistant ‘Trade Commissioner Jull- an E. Gillesple, who has just complet- ed a visit to Egypt, Syria, Palestine, and Smyrna, states that the govern- ment of Palestine has projected an en- largement of the ports of Jaffa and Haifa, the erection of a large wa- terpower plant sufficient to meet the needs’ of all Palestine, the irrigation of the Jordan valley, and the construc- tion ‘of & .rallroad from the Sea of Galilee directly: east to connect with the ‘Bagdad railway. ' However, it is probable that only the' port improve- ments at:Jaffa will: see accomplish- ments in the near future. This proj- ect 1s belng urged by the orange grow- ers and shippers of Jaffa.—Scientific American. “Loadstone.> This magnetic oxide of 1ron,. or londstone, as it is called, was first found in Magnesia, in Asia Minor, the name mggnet being derived from this circumstance. The name lond- stone, which is applled to this nat- ural ‘'magnet, was given on account of,.its being used when suspended as a_gulding or leading stone, from the old- Saxon word, “lueden,” to lead. Loadstone or magnetic oxide of iron, Is very abundant in nature, especlally In Sweden and Norway, where it is worked ag an iron ore and furnishes the best quality of iron. It is also found in Canada. SR L AT Vegetable Oils in China, The Chinese, lacking an adequate supply of animal fats, turn to vege- table ofls, which are their butter and lard. In their country, as well as in Indla, the “cake,” or residue from the {oil presses, is turned to valuable ac- {count as cattle feed. The oil enters juto the manufacture of perfumes and drugs, and In Syria it is used In the preparation of a sweetmeat. Somewhat Late. Portrait Painter (to lady customer, gazing at her critically)—Ah, if you'd only come in_twenty years ago !—New York Sun. Twine Made of Asbestos. Twine for binding parts of appar- atus exposed to fire or acid is now belug made of asbestos. “Just as Long as You:Are Green You Will Keep on Growing” By W. G. EDENS, Address to College Girls’ Club. Just as long as you’re ércén, young ladies, you'll keep on growing. ‘I'he way to keep on.learning is to realize that you need to learn. You will learn as long as you try; you will grow as long as you admit you are green. But the moment you begin to think you know enough, you will stop learning.j¢ Your mental growth will end right thete, : ) i I began life as a Westérn Union messenger boy. I was green and I knew it and I climbed up because g So T kept on learning. I got to be a mail carrier; then I went into the railway service and advanced to. freight and passenger conductor. I became vice grand master of 'the Brotherhood of Railway ! Trainmen. I was assistant general superintendent of the free delivery association I had a good deal to do with the good roads of the state. I am vice president of a bank now—and I'm still green enough to keep on grow- Avail yourselves of every avenue of learning. Dolnot neglect any- tunities is that they have contempt before they investigate. They do not admit that there'is anything to be learned from a.new and untried prop- Here are two valugble aphorisms of Ben Franklin: “Learn of the " gkillful ; he that teaches himself has a fool for a master.” “He that won’t had pretty much everything to learn. As president of the Illinois Highway The reason many ‘people miss oppor- WELL, IT LOOKED SUSPICIOUS But What Prohibition Officers Thought Was a “Still” Was Really Some- thing Quite Different. State and federal prohibition officers were silent concerniug n recent experi- ence, when they swooped down on the shack of John Finn of Sheshourne mountain to raid what was suvpposed to be a giaiut still. Finn, a Russian, wis nowhere to be seen, but at the rear of his clearing was a rough, -conical stone strocture, about six feet 1 its chinks filled with clay. Under it erackled a log fire, while from its top issued smoke and steam. One stillhunter pried open the small fron door, thrust a hand into the steam-filled interior and einitted a shriek. Rk “A laig!” he cried. Ang it's alive!” From the doorway emerged first the foot, next the '“laig,” and then body of John Finn, clad only in the muddy mantle of innoeence. “What y' doin’?” was fired at him. “Takin’ a bath,” he-answered In: broken English. Finn explnined he had built himself: a Russian bath,’ obtaining the steam by letting cold water drip on heated stones.—Rutland (Vt.) Dispatch in the New York World. *“A human-laig! May Get Tr Ocean. A ship’s treasure buried for 139 years Las now, it is thought, been lo- cated. Anyway, the East India com- pany’s ship ‘Grosvenor, which foun- dered off the coast of Pondoland, South Africa, in 1782, with $8,573,650 in spe- cle, numerous- gold -and silver ingots, and precious stones, including an al- most priceless parcel of emeralds on board, has now been located. The Grosvenor Bullion syndicate has been organized and survey work is already proceeding. The consulting engineer in the operation confirms the report that the ship, which is said to lie in from 18 to 25 feet of water only, s Intact from keel to deck. A 90-foot tunnel from shore to ship is proposed. A "large silver Spanish coin bearing a worn date that appears to be 1722, a lighter silver coin which appears to be Indlan and a small gold piece on | which an image’ may be fairly dis- cerned have been obtained from per- sons living on the Pondoland coast, and are believed to have come from the sunken Grosvenor. Precautionary Measures. “Honey, when you go to break the news to paw,” whispered Miss Pinkey Pertwhistle, an Arkansas maiden who had just promised young Gabe Gawley that she’d be his'n, “you'd bet- | ter ask him first thing for the loan of his pistol, and when you've got it safe in your pocket tell him ‘we're going to get married, and then stun him right quick with a neck yoke or | something.”—Country Gentleman. Our Language Again. | Ferringe is what you pay for riding lon a ferry, but salvage is not what you spend for salve riding, and tke money you pay for cab riding is not cabbage. Railroad bonds are for run- ning railroads, but baby bonds aven't for running -babies. (i S NEETLD B ¥ I Use for Surplus Water-Supply. Having aliwater supply far exceed- ing the requirement of its present population, - the” authorities of the small town of Port Alberni, B. C., de- cided to utilize this surplus for gen- erating electricity for lighting pur- poses, The source of the water sup- ply is a creek seven miles distant, with a head of 610 feet, and allowing for friction and all lossés in trans- mission, there was an effective head at the power house of 353 feet, which | at ordinary rates of efliciency made | available a force of 120 horse power, | | being all that was required to gener- ate enough ‘curreat for lighting the town for some time to come.—Popular | Mechanies Magazine, 2 I o Tempgrament Can Only Be Re- L on” to tatk“af something else. | 1ook like you'd been in a wreck?” PROTECTED BY WHITE BONE How People of Eastern Algeria Guard Themselves Against the Glance of the Evil Eye. People who live in eastern Algerla always have a few beehives near thelr homes. Sometimes the Berber will place the beehives on the roof of his house. The Berbers know bees so well and like honey so much that from earliest infancy” they look upon the bee as a | friend who must be guarded .and; need not he feared. The Berber housewife takes great care of her bees,. She makes sure that'a sund storm sudden ly sweeping across’ the great desert will not utterly ruin the beehive. She protects the hives, thelr store of hon- ey and the workers who make the honey by covering the hives with mats. Underneath ‘the beehives, in plain sight of every one who passes, a white bone swings in the breeze. The Ber- her is superstitious, and his chief fear Is danger from the evil eye. Fear of the evil eye has come down through -the ages. It is common In many other countries, particularly the south of Burope. In all these lands, various talismans are supposed to ward off the dangers of the evil eye, The chief relinnce of the Berbers is placed in a white bone. Any bone will serve so long as it is white, and so placed that it catches the eye of the passer-by. The bone is believed sto catch the glance of the person who may have an evil eye. Being attracted by the gleaming white bone, the glance of the evil ‘eye is believed to be held by it and kept from banefully falling upon the object it is placed to protect. SEEM TO ENJOY WORRYING Persons Possessed of That Tragic ‘garded as Afflictions. Even if ‘the ‘“manufacturers of worry” only suffered themselves, it would not be so bad; unfortunately, however, they have a knack of trans- ferring their: tragic feelings to others. A whole houseful of people can:be made miserable by one person with a tragic temperament. The question arises: What is the best way to deal with them? Experi- ence tells me that we should never show sympathy. At the same time, nothing is gained by making little of a trouble which they regard as gi- gantie.- That has an irritating effect ! The Dbest cure is to ignore their “tragic tales” as much as possible. Just express a passing regret that “the grocer has failed to send,” or that “a husband started on his journey with- out his tooth brush” (as if he couldn’t buy -one in the place for which he was bound, or -clean- his teeth for once with a handkerchief) and nothing more! . When;one has been polite, then pass ot course, one could quote: “A frouble’s a pound or a trouble’s an ounce, 4 A trouble is what you make it. It isn’t the size of the trouble that counts; It’s just this—how do you take it?” But the verse is an old one, and I doubt if it has had the effect of de- creasing the apparent size of any trouble which came the way of those with “tragic temperaments.”—London Answers, Causes of Winds. Winds are produced by a disturb- ance of the equilibrium in some part of the atmosphere; a disturbance al- ways resulting from a difference in temperature between adjacent sec- tions. Thus, if the temperature of a certain extent of ground becomes high- er, the air in contact with it becomes heated, the air expands and goes to- ward the colder or higher regions of the atmosphere ; whence it flows, pro- ducing winds which blow from hot to cold countries. But at the same: time the equillbrium is destroyed at the surface of the earth, for the pressure on the colder axljacent parts is greater than on that which has been heated, and hence a current will be produced with a velocity dependent on the differ- ence between these pressures; thus two distinet winds will be produced— an upper one setting outward from the heated region, and a lower one setting inward toward it The Victor’s Privilege. The man and the boy met at the en- trance to the little park, and walked down the path together. The man noted the disheveled appearance of the Ind and questioned him, “What's the trouble, sonny? You “Nope. Been in a fight,” the boy informed him carelessly. f “Been In a fight, ek?” the\man re- peated. ‘“And who witipped?” “I did, of course,” the boy answered,. contentedly. “If I hadn’t whipped do you think I'd be tellin’ you abou it?” —Kansas City Star. 4.5 N Aurora Australis. During one of the British expedi- tlons to the antarctic regions, more than sixty observations were made of the aurora australis, the southern counterpart of our ndrthern lights. The appearance of the light resem- bled that presented in the arcic re- gions. But the maximum frequency did not occur during the months of the long - polar night, and the phenome- non was most intense at the time of the equinoxes, when the sun is per- pendicular -over the equator, and:day- light is simultaneous at both.the north and the south pole; § gubscribe for The Dany, Ploneer. FREE AIR ‘ VULCANIZING = ' City Tire and Repair Go. ACROSS FROM CITY HAL A Photos in F olders per dbzfi'_ $2 el 5 and. up NEW PHOTO STUDIO OVER FARMERS STATE BANK Order Coal Now —which .will assure you of your winter’s supply before the impending railroad strike becomes effective—Oct. 30, 1921. Bemidji Lumber & Fuel Co. Opposite Great Northern Depot Telephone 100 BEMIDJI, MINN. Mint leaf, peppermint or lus- cious juicy fruit, either flavor is a treat for your sweet tooth, ‘ @nd all are eaually good for : you. Teeth, appetite and digestion all benefit. ,‘ ; Your nerves will say "thank\?‘ you,” your vim will respond. '& WRIGLEY'’S is liked for what it 'does as well as for its BIG value at the small cost of 5¢. ¢ i The Flavor Lasts? liKWriGL uiCY B —— — 4=