Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 27, 1921, Page 2

R T T R TR Farmers in Alabama County Get To- gether and Reconstruct Washed.- Out Bridge and Road. . (Prepared by the United States Department £ of Agrloulture. Because of 100 yards of flooded, jwampy area, farmers in Autanga county, Ala., were obliged for several years to make a detour of four miles to each the market, the town, the corn mill, sirup mill, gin house, church, or school. There had been a road in use for many years which led across a “ ‘creek at the heart of a marshy dis- et by means of a bridge. This road was long neglected through lack of community co-operation and in the winter floods of 1919 the bridge was washed away so that the road became entirely impassable. The county agent from the United States Depatiment of Agriculture and ‘the State Agricultural college felt that isome action should be taken, and .oftered to conduct a road-building Building a New Road, . demonstration last spring if the farmers -in the district would con- _tribute materials and labor. The re- sponse was gratifying. Nineteen men .and five teams were furnished, and in two and a half days the road and bridge were completed. Everything needed was on hand in the community s0 that no time was lost golng to the mill for anything, the only expense being $1.20. Invested in nails, The road was constructed with both gravel and corduroy. The 'demonstration was one of the most successful ever carried out in the ‘ country. Nothing could have met with more general approval and satisfac- tion. One farmer who makes two trips to market a week said he would snve . ‘over $10 on every trip over the new road because of the shorter haul. ‘About 500 people will be benefited by the improvement. SIGN-MAPS ASSIST TRAVELER Example .Set by State of Maryland Might Well Be Followed by Other Commonwealths. Maryland has. set an example that |mlght profitably be followed by all states, says the Plttsburgh Dispatch. Instend - of the curt and usually un- i (8allsfying road sign that leaves the § / |bétween such points. traveler frequently more puzzled than ;before. Maryland has begun to erect ,/§lgn-maps that tell the traveler where “{he-1s; that Indicate the general direc- ition to other points uand the distances Thus, instead of being told a road leads to some |pln(-e the tourist may never huave Teard of, the sign-map will show him ;thut it is either on or off the way to “the place he is anxious to reach. § Such sign-maps: should not be neces- sarily expensive to put up, nor elabor- ate, In fact, the sinpler the better. But liow many times has a lost motor- ist: sighed for some such simple de- vice that would show him where he was and hqv he could get to the lace: he was trying to reach? The ordinary rond ‘signs, even when legi- “'ible, are seldom of mych value except !'i) local people, who do not need them. INNESOTA SPENDS BIG SUM More Than $26,000,000 Paid Out for Construction and Improvement of Highways. 14}° Minnesotn is spending -more than $26,000,000 on roads this season, ac- ‘lcording .to announcement by.the state “‘highway department. This blg fund is amade up entirely of automobile and “‘local tax revenues and federal aid, ex- eept for $5,000,000 of county .bond dmoney. Charles M. Babceock, state ghway commissioner, estimates that ibout $138,500,000 will be expended this iir for maintepance and permanent 1yel 3 leproveme-ms on the 7,000-mile system it state'trunk highways ¥ Roads in South, " 'A stretch of hard-surfaced road In £ the southern states, 25 miles in length, iwas dificult to be found six years ugo, Whereas 4t present there ure any mumber of hard-surfaced roads from £0 100 ‘miles in length. ' Aid for American Motorists, i To enlighten them upon the usually ntusing foreign traffic regulations, 74 “are supplied with a “code of the road” Dafly Ploneer {Americans - motoring through France | TR T “THE.DECEIVER” AT THE REX THEATER AGAIN TONIGHT (Synopsis) In the depths of the Oregon forest, |close to the great lumber muls, lives Jim Downing, a loveable old idealist, with his hali-irccd daughter, Elsie, and Gordon Clarke, his foster-son. Clarke is, representing an eastern aeroplane company for whom he buys spruce timber from boswell, but ow- ing to unsettled conditions in the camp he is having difficulty in secur- ing a good grade of lumber. This brings about a dispute with John Hartwell, superintendent of the mills, who forbids his daughter, Ruth, from seeing Clarke again. and in spite of parental objections the lovers continue to communicate with each other and meet whenever possible. $ The spirit of unrest has been en- gendered and kept alive by Ivan, an agitator, who in the name of reform has caused dissatisfaction among the men. Ivan has brains and education and is fast gaining influence over the men. At heart he cares nothing for the workers but simply uses them as a weapon to further his own interest. The cast of characters includes Broderick O’Farrell, Mary Baker, Lee Hill, Albert Garcia, William Dills, Jean Hersholt, Georgia Wordthrope, Bert Sprotte and Carol Halloway. Four vaudeville acts—a guarantee that it will be as fine a vaudeville show as last week. All.acts big head- liners. Fine vaudeville bill at the Rex again tonight. Patrons last night pro- nounced it the best seen in a long time. Sis Hopkins took the house by storm. “FIGHTING GRIN” AT THE REX THEATER SATURDAY Thwarted at every possible turn by an angry, prospective father-in-law; plotted against by his own father to win a $1,000 wager; and with fate aghinst him at every turn, Franklyn Farnum in the “Fighting Grin,” is ficulties and marry the girl he loves. How he does this creates a ninety- mile and hour film, five-reel, western comedy drama, with the final out- come always in doubt until the lasi. “lade out’". y VAUDEVILLE AND MOVIE AT THE GRAND TONIGHT In addition to the four-act vaude- ville advertisement of the Grand theater, one oi -the most th’riuing chapters from the romantic history of the Northwest Mounted Police is the basis for the story of “Man Trackers,” the Univer«¢al photodrama which is also to be shown at the Grand theater to- night only. George Larkin, hero of countless serials. and feature pictures, and Josephine Hill, a fascinating little blonde, play the leading roles, sup- ported by a splendid cast. Magrificent scenery furnishes a background oi unusual splendor against which the dramatic events of the story are enacted. A { “MISTRESS OF SHENSHONE” AT ELKO THEATER TONIGHT Rarely indeed does the public have an opportunity of witnessing a screen production, far removed from all that is seadid and repugnant, and yet one which touches upon every shade of human emotion. In “The Mistress of Shenshone,” a Robertson-Cole super- special starring Pauline Frederick, famous emotional actress, such a-pro- duction is presented. The picture appears at the Elko theater tonight and torfiorrow. Adapted from the well-known novel by Florence L, Barclay, “The Mistress of Shenshone,” tells a tale of love, sacrifice and honor {that has had few counterparts on the screen. It is a page out of real life, throbbing with dramatic action, but with all as clean and wholesome as a prairie wind. Pauline Frederick, with all the art at her command, invests the charac- ter of Lady Ingleby with a sympathy, strength of character and humanness, which even the power of the written world failed to convey. Her work is a revelation that must need be seen to be appreciated. From every angle “The Mistress of Shenshone,” is a production that will rank ‘among’ the best that the screen has ever offered, and done that will further establish Pauline Frederick as the supreme emotional actress of the silver sheet. “FALLING FOR FANNY” AT ELKO THEATER TONIGHT “Falling for Fanny,” which comes to the Elko theater tonight and Fri- day, is one of the new and greater Christie comedies. This comedy presents Eddie Barry in the leading role, that of a bashful voung fellow who is tatked into the “right” way of winning a girl by his happily married friend (Victor Rott- [EP SISOy | Remarkable. “It is simply rotten. The people i here treat us as if they knew we were not accustomed to much money-—and yet T am always talking about money.” —Meggenderfer Blaetter (Munich). The Human Race. The human race is divided into two classes: those who go ahead and do something and those who sit and in- quire wlry it wasn't done the other way—Oliver Wendeil Holmes, |THE PIONEER WANT ADS BRING RESULTS NEWS OF THE THEATRES Clarke and Ruth are sweethearts | iat his wits’ ends to overcome all dif-| rogram, described elsewhere in | (LT LT T IIIIIIIIIIILE,‘ lmaal). Helen Darling is the feminine ead. The comedy complications in this play are said to be numerous when the young Lachelor picks out his friend’s wife, whom he has never m*t,, to try the “system” on. . FADS ARE OLD AS PYRAMIDS Mute Story Told by Mummies of Both | Egypt and /Peru in Field Mu- ' seum in Chicago. Bobbed hair, concealed ears, short skirts and all the other fads and foibles associated with modern wom- en’s styles are as old as the pyramids, according to the mute story told by the mummies of both Egypt and Peru in the Field museum in Chicago. Wrapped in their pitched shrouds, and encased in sarcophagi covered with curious paintings and hiero- | glyphs in colors still bright after 3, 000 years or more, these mummies, all that was mortal of human beings of ages ago, today link the present to a | civilization lgng since dead, The daily center of thousands of curious eyes, for the mumnfies seem to hold a strange fascination for every visitor to the museum, they are silent spectators of the passing throngs, but the paintings which adorn their rest- ing places tell more plainly than | words of styles, customs and manners of u forgotten age “Why, ma, they're dréssed Just lke the girls we see on Michigau boule- vard,” excluimed an “aged visitor to his wife as they gazed at the strange figures adorning the sarcophagi. “It appeq like they did pot wear a bit more than they do now,” :the woman answered uas the pair moved away 1t is a far cry from the Nile of Cle- opajra’s day to the Pacitic coust of Pera in_ South America, but mummies from both regions, lying almost within reach of each other ,now, but in life ignorant of ‘each other's existence, bdar graphic evidence of, the greatest similarity and proficiency in many arts at a time when the Norsemen | were ravaging all .southern FEurope and the Old World had almost sunk into barbaris French Writer Explains Why Divorces Are More Common in America Than Elsewhere. Thke sporting spirit expresses itself in every phase of America’s national life. Marriage in the United States is a very different thing from what it is in France. It is a race for happiness If you wish; but each one wces for himself alone. Sex competition supplants sex co- operation. Iach party preserves h or her individual interest and freedom of opinion. There‘is little or no real intimacy, though much luxury—sup- plied, it Is always understood, by the husband, writes Georges Lechartier, in La Revue de Paris. But no matter how liberal the latter may be, his wife usually thinks, and often says, that he might be more so. Taming a husband has the same sporting Interest for an Ameri girl as taming a horse, humting in the Rocklps, or trout fishing in Canada. However, when once: the conquest Is made and the fish hooked, there Is less interest. This explains why divorces . are more common in the United States than anywhere else in the world. . Chant of the Motor Boat. My motor boat, 'tis of thee, short road to poverty—of thee I chant. I blew a pile of dough 'on you three veals ago; now; you refuse to go—or won't or can't. Through channel and by oceanside you were my joy and pride, a happy' day. 1 loved the gaudy hue, the nice white paint anew; but you're down mnd out for true, in every way, To tkee, old rattlebox, came many jumps and knoe for thee I grieve. No shelter from a storm; frayed are thy seats and worn; the whooping cough affects: the “chug” T do believe. The perfume swells the breeze, and only ¢auses one to snceze, as we pass by. I paid for thee a price, "twould puy a mansion twice; now everybody's yelling “Iee"—I Wwonder why. The motor has the grip, theé spurk plug has the pip, and who s thine. 1, tou, have suffered chills, fa- tigue and kindred ills; endeavoring | to pay my, bills, since thou jvere mine, Gone is my hankrell now, ne more ‘twonld choke n cow, as once bhefore. Yet, if I had the mom’, so Iwelp me, | Jack—amen, I'd buy a boat ngain and speed some more—~RBayMss Y. C. Log- bock. States “Covered” in "First Census. The following states were enumerat- ed in the cen of K790, the first in the United States: Vermont, ' New Hampshire, Muine, Mussacluisetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, North| Carolina, South Cavolina, Georgia and Southwst Territory (now: Pennessee). | Would Never Do. “Phe butler is incompetent and must 2o “I ean't let the butler go. away family secrets.” | “Phere is no skeleton in. our family.” oI know that, wife. But I can’t af- ford to have my friends know how much hootch I got in the cellar.” —Louisville . Courier-Jourpal. . He'll give IT IS SPORTING PROPOSITION |‘ Mitter’s Cradle. The cradle is a eating simple applianca “pay divy” earth and intng gold-dust. It con- of a box, mounted on rac, ¥ provided with a. per- forated botton of sheet iron in which the “pay dirt” Is placed. Water is poured on the dirt, and the rocking motion fmparted to the cradle causes the finer particles to pass through the perforated bottom onto’a canvas screen, and thence (o the hase of the cradle, where the gold-dust :accomu- lates on tranverse bars of waed called “riflles. for Australian.Gems in France. Australian gems ave finding a ready weleare i France and the rongh opal fromn Queensland and elsewhere has a 2oo( sale. ‘OnesFrench lapidary re- cently toldr the New, South Wa com- missionér to the'Lyons exhibition that ne wak willing to spend 200,000 Prancs in equipping a f‘n-mr.\' with all the Tatest devices solely for the cutting of the Austral rough opal. The gems shown in France by Perey Marks, the commissioner, - caused ‘intense interest sn the gem trade and tiie effect on the Australinn miner may be far reaching. In Advance of Their Age. There are any tragic stories of men who made ‘zreat discoveries be- fore their. time, - Their inventions perished, only fo he rediscovered and used In later ages. Archimedes, lived more than two thousand ars ago, designed made a steam engine which r worked. His idea did not eateh on, and the world had to wait twenty centuries until steam, raising the lid of a kestle, led Jimes Watt to rediscover an old invention. Derivation of “London.” The derivation of the name “Lon- don” is obscure. Some authorities believe it to be a combinztion of the old British words “lyn,” meaning “lake” and “din” meaning ‘'town,” pos- sibly because until recent times’ the southern side of the river Thames was practically swamp. Water in Which Fish Can't Live. At the greatest depths of the Black and Caspian seas there is no animal life. ~In the case of the Black sea this is on account of the presence of sulphuretted hydrogen in the water, who | while in the Caspian there is not enough oxygen at great depths to main- tain any form of animal life., Sensitive Instrument, The Instrument known as the radio- micrometer Is so sensitive that it will . measure the heat from a hand held thirty feet away from it and will record the heat given off by a fixed star .so remote that light from 1it, traveling”at a speed of 186,000 miles a second, takes many years to reach us. o \ Statesman’s Sound 'Advice. ‘We should do, nothing inconsistent with the spirit and genius of our ‘insti- tutions. ‘We should do nothing for revenge, but everything for security; nothing for. the past, everything for. the present and the future—James A, Garfield. KEEKE X RKKKKK KKK KR XKty FROHN . [EEEESE S S 2R 0 8 00 & &1 Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Belke of Fisher are visiting at_the home of Mr. Belke’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. Belke. A large crowd attended the auction sale on the Anton Pdulson farm. Mr. and Mrs. Paulson and son intend to move to Jenkins, Minn. Ewald Hensel, who has been vis- iting at the home of his brother, Hugo Hensel, for the past two months. left Johnny Hines *“BURN ’EM UP . BARNES” 12-Cylinder Farce As irrepressible youth chases sobs with laughs—suspense with thrills in his first big SIX-REEL WHIRLWIND —ALSO— “NORTHERN TRAILS” James Oliver Curwood’s Wonder Tale'of the Thrilling North Elj( 0 Toni /! Christie Special Comedy ght and Friday PAULINE FREDERICK ROY STEWART In the.Robertson-Cole Su- per-Specidl of Florence . Barclay’s « ‘Tremendously Emotional Story— ‘fle Mistress of Shenstone’ THE PROBING OF A WOMAN’S SOUL “FALLING FOR FANNY” AT T T —WEDNESDAY ROBERTS by the Producers of Matinee 2:30—10c-25¢ ' REX TODAY VAUDEVILLE GEO. WEBSTER’S VAUDEVILLE CIRCUIT Affiliated With Marcus Loew Time All Acts Big Headliners A GUARANTEED ATTRACTION! MICHELSON & LEE - Comedy Novelty—Something Different CAMPBELL & MURPHY Odds and Ends of Vaudeville RALPH EDWARDS R Comedian Singing and Talking Oddity FEATURE PICTURE See the Big North Woods Drama— - “THE DECEIVER” Filmed in the Depths of the Oregon Forests & THURSDAY— & FULTON “The Golden Trail.” | Eveing 7:10-9:00—25¢-50¢ for his home at Minneapolis lnstl | Wednesday morning. | Mrs. and Mrs. Nels Willett enter- |tained at' seven o’clock dinner last Tuesday evening the following guests: Mr. and Mrs. Frenk of Chicago, Rev. and Mrs. E. W. Frenk and Miss E. Tell of Bemidji. Murs. M. Benson, who was calléd here by the serious illness of her mother, Mrs.. E. Boe, left for her ‘(fiarm home near Duluth last Wednes- | day. v | About thirty members of the Frohn | Equitable club surprised Mr. and Mrs. {Anton Paulson last Sunday afternoon. The afternoon was spent in conversa- tion, and the . self-invited guests }served lunch. Mr. and Mrs. Paulson lare leaving Their farm. We regret to {lose the Paulson’s from our com- | munity but wish'them prosperity 'in their new locality. 1 Aardahl’s young people met at the |church last Sunday evening. A good | program was given. | _Mrs. M. Benson and Mrs. Peter | Narum visited at the L. Souple home |last Saturday. B Mr. and Mrs. R. O. Roberts enter- | tained about fifty guests in' honor of | their son, Elmer, who recéntly re- iturncd home from the army. The evening was pleasantly spent in | playing games and music. The hostess |served a delicious lunch. | ! “WRIGHT and VIVIAN Acrobatic Jugglers s e i | Friendly & Cunningham The Wise Guy and the Simp \ REX —FRIDAY— Marshall Neilan presents “RIVERS END” — ——SATURDAY— Franklyn Farnum in “FIGHTING GBIN” %% VAUDEVILLE 4 ACTSAND A 5 PART FEATURE PICTURL 'SUBSCRIBE FOR THE DAILY PIONEER Ol DAY, ONLY y . wit’--The 4 nct road We are onwhatis known as the ‘Sert Lev. ..:'i'.’.-'fro o [ ‘shows start out of Chicago and travel SAMPSON& PAULETTE That Bariton & That Dancer “The MAN-TRAGKERS” Photcplay Advertised for Last Week, but Not Shown Doc Jones & The Lively Sisters Harmony and Nonsense—Talking and Singing Matinee 2:30 < Adults 35¢ Night 7:15-9:00—25c-50c GRAND Tonight Only 53 figures. TELEPHONE 970 Go In Comfort O at your ple\ésure——-go where you choose and when you choose, with your family or ymir friends. 'Enjoy/th'e boundless beauties of nature, the pure air, a lunch in a shady wood, a fighing excursion, a rest by a cool lake or stream. You can in a Ford. Milliohs have lea{rned by experience that to own and operate a Ford is not an extravagance; they have learned that the many pleasures derived from a Ford takes the place of other pleasures, and the saving thus made often pays for the car and its maintenance. Let’s talk this matter over. Get the facts and C W Jewelt Co. INCORPORATED Authorized Ford Sales and Service BEMIDJI L