Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 15, 1921, Page 4

- BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER '/ “PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY THE BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. G. E. CARSON, President E. H, DENU, Scc. and Mgr. Loss Due to Poor Highway ' G. W-HARWNWELL, Editor J. D. WINTER, City Editor —_—— — _TELEPHONE 922.923—— Entered at the Postoffice at Bemidji, Minnesota, as under Act of Congress of March 2, 1 MEMBER OF NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION : Forelgn Advertising Representatives .. 8,/C. Thels Co, Chicago, 1l1, 8. c_.p'rnow I8 No' attenfibti pala to anonymous contrjbutions. S | One Week [insure publication in the current issue. SUBSCRIPTION RATES 3 ] " By cardler One. Xear o idsesssanney .$6.00 Six Months " £ ., 3.00 One Fear .. Three Month: « 1.50 gix Months Ono Month ' . {1§ Thrée Months . THE WEEKLY PIONEER—Twelve pages, publishad every Thursday and m“[ 1$3,000,000,000 - annually.’: To this postage paid to any address for, in advance, $2.00, Unless credit is given this paper, only the United Press is entit for re-publication of :1’] news dispatches credited to it, or otherwise credited, and also the local news published herein, OFFPICIAL COUNTY AND CITY PROCEEDINGS _— . WHAT’S THE MATTER WITH FATHER? ‘About ten years ago there was a popular song going the rounds, “What’s.the Matter With Father?” The answer was, “He’s All Right.”. 'While the answer may have been satisfactory | as far as the song was concerned, it iy far from satisfactory as far as the relation goes today between the average father and the average son. Social workers and educators say that father is not “all right’” and that there is certainly “something the mat- ter”” with many fathers. In a large city the members of a social club spent an eve-| ning ‘“‘discussing their boys.” In beginning the discussion the speaker passed around a pad and asked each man to think over his week’s program and put down the number of hours per day (or a week) he spent with his sons. It was very enlightening.to look over the statements of the men. ‘It may be interesting to try the experiment yourself. Two or three evenings a week the men remained downtown on business, or were with men friends, or there were social en-| gagements that consumed their time. "And when Sunday came they togk their trips unaccom- panied by their sons, or their sons went on trips with their com- panions. In averaging up the week there were few, if any, hours that fathers spent with their boys. Where lies the trouble? Who is to blame? A father and son banquet once or twice a year would solve the trouble? It might help some, but it would not solve the difficulty. When a man makes a poor job of plumbing, when a carpenter builds a house that is not plumb, he usually takes the blame, When a father is confronted with a son who turns out to be a good-for- nothing, ne’er-do-well, a spendthrift, he puts the blame on the son, not on himself. And some way, in the past, society has rather condoned the father and felt sorry for him. This is hard- ly fair to the son. After all, fathers who take the time with their sons, rarely have to regret the actions of the sons. Is it not about time parents realized the real need of spending enough time with their children to really get acquainted with them? LN S ANOTHER COMMUNITY CENTER The opening of the new modern consolidated school in the Fieasant Valley community will mark an epoch in the life of that community which will not be forgotten.” Where consolidated schools of this kind have been built, they have become the cen- ter of community activities which have meant much to the peo- ple of the district. It makes possible the gathering together of the people of the entire district in meetings of various kinds, whether it be for Farmer Club meetings, Literary meetings, re- ligious services or social affairs. The people of thé community | become acquainted with each other in such gatherings and a| better spirit must be the outcome. Not only do many fine results come from public functions of this kind but the children are given an opportunity on a par with their city cousins of getting the best there is to be had from education. Many lines of instruction may be given to pupils in a consolidated school which cannot be given in an ordinary grade country school. Boys and girls {from the farm are usually able to obtain one or two years of high school work in these schools, and this is of great value and assistance in giving them a full high school training. From the plans which are being made for the operation of the Pleasant Valley consolidated school, it would appear as though the principal, Mr. Ripple, will set a standard which will place that school close to the top in consolidated school work in the county. y — CITIZEN’S FIRST DUTY TO OBEY LAW There are too many laws, of course. Many of them are un- necessary, some are vexations and some are even vicious. _ But it is the duty of every citizen to' obey the law so long as it is on the statute books, There is no other safe course. It is perfectly proper to insist that a law is wrong, and to|™ Attorneys defending Arbuckle, and work for its repeal, but it is never safe to violate any law. When we begin to violate any law, we create disrespect for|were prepared for a long, hard battle. all other laws, and when our laws fall into disrepute, our civili- zation ends. : ' . Ours is government of law. We cannot have government without laws and obedience to the laws. property are not safe. It is, therefore, the duty of every citizen to obey the law |$how to the world that womanhood himself and to insist upon obedience to the law by all others. A good citizen will not only obey the law himself, but he will assist in the enforcement of the law upon and for others.—| Cody (Wyg.) Herald. EVERY HOUSEWIFE k SHOULD SEE TO IT that her medicine cabinet contains a supply of gauze, absorbent cotton, adhesive plaster, «whitchhazel, and other. household -emergency articles. A good hot water bottle, too, shouldibe on hand. Better look oyer your sick room supply and emer- gency outfit and then come here for what is lacking. That will. insure getting the best there is at the lowest price. City Drug Store LALIBERTE}& ERICKSON Phone 52 Bemidji Writer's name must be | known to the editor, but not. necessarily for publication, Communications for the Weekly. Ploneer must reach this office not later than Tuesday of each week to = “and the turnover is more than e the usé | should be added gasoline, oil and ga Without this, life and Surfaces in the Country | Would Pay the Bills for | Good Ones. That the sums spent on inolur ve- hicle repairs is vasty greater than the sums spent on bighway paving is the statement of Prov. W. K. Hatt, recently appointed director of the advisory board on bighways résearch, Divieion ot Engineering, National Research Counil, “There are $10,000,000,000 invested 1 self-propelled vehiéles in the United States and Canada,” says Prof. Hatt, | 'rage costs, which would bring /the total to approximately §6,000,000;000. i Approximate figures available indi- f cate that the annual expenditure on | the automobiles and trucks that run | over the roads is ten times as large as | lthe amount of money spent each year lon the country roads themselves. Prof. Hatt and his committee believe Ithat the facts affecting the cost of vehicle operation due to road surfaces must be emphasized and the future must bring intensive research for the purpose of extending the life of the roads through proper construction and mafntenance. In the early ‘days of motor traffic \practically all automobiles had pneu- matic tires. When run at high speed the wheels dispersed. the rock-dust binder of the macadam road and scat- tered the stome. A ‘more . tenacious | binding material was conceded to be the remedy. . Then came the Jarge mo- tor truck running on solid tires and imposing a weight of many tons. Thiis a new problem arose—how to prevent | crushing and abraslon of road surfaces when subjected to the impact of these <olid tired, heavily loaded trucks. The only thing to do’ was to put-the shock i absorbing principle of the inflited au- tomobile tire into the surface of the rohd, thus easing strain on, the road foundation, the road surface and the vehicle. years ago that rural taxpayers resort | to city types of asphalt paving it would have scemed a preposterous | ‘proposition, but with present expendi- | itures for important country roads | \ranging from $30,000 to $40,000 a mile l 'ARRUCKLE ON TRIAL 1 FOR MANSLAUGHTER i I | iTrial Is Expected to Delve T Deeply Into Stories of Life | in Hollywood i By M. D. Tracy (United Press Staft Correspundent) | San Francisco, Nov. 14.—Roscoe | (Fatty) Avbuckle watched the curtain ring up today on the decisive act of the first great tragedy of his life. i The big comedian, whose fame as a thrower of custard pies was rivaled only by his fame as a thrower of gay parties, went to_trial this morning, | charged with having caused the death of Virginia Rappe, former Chicago model, showgirl of New York and comedienne of the Henry Lehrman movie comedies. Manslaughter, with a possibility of ten years in prison as a penalty, was the charge against him. Originally it had been murder, but at the prelimin- ary examination the charge had been reduced to the lesser crime. The little courtroom, designed to hold perhaps a hundred spectators, had hardly room enough for the army | of layers, court attaches, newspaper- men and prospective jurors, gathered to play their major or minor parts |in the drama’of which the once rol- | licking, funny man was the center. | Police guarded every door and the | corridors of “the hail of justice in | which the. courtroom was located, | Admittance was by card only—and {few were the cards obtainable. Offi- cers studded the space set-aside for spectators, to guard against any possi- ble demonstration. For few trials have the scenes:been more carefally’ set. * | the prosecution as well, admitted they The half million dollar fortune of the | comedian was at the disposal of the defense. Fatty realized that on this drama his career depends. “We are ready to throw every pow- er at our command into this battle to must be honored,” declared District | Attorney Mathew Brady, heading the porescution. Attorrgys agreed that there wowid be difficulty in securing a jury. The “Arbuckle case” for two months has {been the gossip of the streets, of tle Iparlors and of the backyardefences |in San Francisco. It would seem that every one knows of the case i de- {tail—and_has a pretty good fhunch | whether Fatty is guily or innocent. | | 'Sentiment, at first apparently | | strong against the comedian, softened |towards him -during the preliminary hearing. and now. Arbuckle does not | stand without his friends in the con- | munity which will try him for a crime | close approaching murder. 3 i The trial is expected to delvc deep- | ly into the stories of gay life in Hoily- | wood, that part of ‘Los Angeles where | the motion picture industry, onters.‘ and where the big stars and little sat- ‘girls' all live. . District Attorney Brady has visited ! | Lios Augeles and brought Lack with | him xqujmation gathered by himself, by District Attorney Thomas Lee Woolvine, of Los, Angeles, and by J; H Pelletier, head of the Morals hfl!cwncy association, said to contain 1\vc1rd stories of parties which relicved i the monotony of the daily routine of {movie life. Stories of the places in other cities Auto Repairs Cost is"Much Greater Than Road Upkeep Had it been suggested ten or fifteen other road-building materials rose from {ellites, the magnates and the extras Tire Saving by Smooth Roads Enough to Build Them Smooth “It is high time,” says M. 0. Eldridge, director of roads, American Automobile Asso- ciation, “to pay more atten- the effect of the vari- .surfaces on motor instead of consider- 7 the damage done by e vehicle to the road. ,}i:or instance, the s silience of Fifth Avenue, New York” paved with sheet ‘asphalt, “with the rough, gritty and flinty sur- - faces so often encouritered on country roads, and try to im- agine what a tidy sum in tire bills'“would be-saved +if - we e sur- saving iigy tire costs alone would'pay the dif- ference in construction costs in many instances.” it s not surprising that engineers should study the subject from the practical and common sense premise of actual and economic achievement. According to J. 1. Pennybacker, former chief economist for the Unite States Bureau of Public Roads, deter-( mination of justifiable’ outlay for the proposed improvement of ‘roads and streets , from anticipated sérvice,/ should call for at least-as-earcful & survey and estimate as. the engineer now provides for the construction work itself.. Thig method, he says, leaves tb the engineer the samo discre-/ tion as he now customarily exercises| in welection of design, but subjects it to the test of financial justification, The saving in cost of traffic operatio; per tone mile, determined by carefull investigation, when applied to the total existing and potential increase in toni miles, according to Mr. Pennybacker,| will glve .the gross annual saving in traffic operation attributable to the im- provement of the road. i Investigation shows that during the| - vears 1915 to 1920 the price of bitumi-! nous paving materials increased onlyj 65 per cent., while highway labor in-! creased 150 per.cent. and the price of| 90 to 150 per cent. Costs of both labor| and materials are now on the decline, however, and there is a strong reaction| in favor of reduced freight rates. Al of this, of course, means cheape highways, where white lights shine afler other lights are out, may aiso be worked into the evidence. The story of the trial wiil be large- and Lowell: Sherman, movi matinee .ido]l had .taken a Gathered in. Arbuckle’s apartments .| was a merry crowd of Bohemian souls | from the movie colony.and from the cafes. Prominent off the list of guests were Al Semnacher, pretty brunette showgirl, workihg as cafe entertainer; Alice , Blake, . her ditto 'companion; Mrs. Bambina Maude ‘Delmont, beau-, ty doctor, ¢ollector for a’Fresno labor paper, and woman*of some mystery; Fred Fishbeck, motion picture direct- or; Ira Fortloiis, salésman for a New York costume concern, and an ungde- termined number of others. Fatty, assisted by Sherman, was the host; Virginia, levidénce!dt the inquest and preliminayy hearing indicated. had been, with” Arbuckle, the “life of the party”” .- L _“They sat on a davenport, drinking gin and orange juice and kidding one another,” the evidence read. Arbuckle was clad in pajamas and |- dressing gowni': The afternoon grew more and raore merry. Then Virginia left the »oom. Arbuckle followed her, according to the charges against him. The door through which they disappcared was locked. ) An hour later the locked daor opened and in it stood Fatty, still .clad ;1“ tpa,iamas and wearing Miss Rappe's at. i ; \ On a bed ih the room from which he came, Virginia wis feund in apper- ent pain. “He hurt me, I'm dying,” she was declared to have been moaning. A cold bath-did not revive her. She Charges hurled at the preliminary hearing that Mrs. Delinont and.Sem- | | nacher weré involved in a conspiracy to blackmail Arbuekle are expested to be repeated. Doctors Fix It. i All'Work C-ugranteéa 1 “Now Located: - || LCTREANEIRAT | Al M SN ..507 Third St. THE NEW Radiator Hospital At City Livery Barn —_—————————————= 1 g Ban Powder WHY PAY WAR PRICES?" than of higher .. priced brands— it goes farther. SAME PRICE for mor_é than 30 years. "' Millions of pounds bought by the gov- ernment. 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Arbuckle returned to San Fran- cisco from Los Angeles where he haa gone, a3-s00n;as the police began in- vestigating the death of Miss Rappe. The night he fifl:i\k_zd he was arrested, charged 'with ‘causing her death. Guests at the party—Mrs. Delmont, Miss Pyvron, Miss Blake, Semnacher, and probably Fishbeck and Sherman —are expected. to be called as the state’s chief witnesses. Nurses aad doctors, who attended Miss: Rappe, will tell their stories of Virginias last illness, and particularly of char- ges she is alleged to have made against . Arbuckle. The story of Arbuckle’s alleged torture of Miss Rappe with a piece o_f ice while she was lying prostrate on !ns h:;d, told at the prelimmary hear- ing,'is seheduled to be vepgated. In fact, sensation on top of sensation is promised. But the defense, refusing steadfast- ly to discuss its, ¢ase or permit Ar- buckle:to talk, is known to have plans laid to spring a few surprides itself. Potato Growers, ATTENTION! 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