Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 15, 1921, Page 6

| ! | i | | _)itl i the government has decided to send GE SIX Laugh ‘With Us— Not At Us— A Dark Horse Laugh on the steps of the post office the other day, when an old darkey came p, and, touching his hat, asked: tigin you -tell me, sah, is-dis de @ place whar dey sells postage stamps?” B “Yes, uncle, this is the place,” re- i plied the lawyer, seeing a chance for with postage stamps?” . . “To mail & letter, of co’se.” “Well, then, you needn’t any on this week.” “T dont?” “Why, how came dat?” on of the hypothenuse has differen- tiated tI1& paraleliogram so much that the consanguinity den't ‘emulate the ordinary effervescence, and so A well-known lawyer was standing' i1 a little fun; “but what do you want bother { ‘about stamps; you don’t have to put “Welil, you see, the conglomera- Twentleth = Century 235 'Umited |g 7l letters free.” ? The old man took off his hat, It scratched his head, and then with a 1 long-drawn breath, slowly’ replied: L “ “Well, boss, dat may be true;-an’ I : MARKETS | SALMMMAANARARARLARACAALARRSARSLLR. } POTATO MARKET Chicago, Dec. 15.—Potato ‘market steady. Receipts 25 cars. Total U. S. shipments, 412 cars. Northern whites, sacked, $1.65 to $1.80; Idaho rurals, $1.80 to $1.90; .= g B FACES SERIOUS CHARGE 1 CANADA MAY % (By. United Press) Winnipg, Dec. 15.—United States drainage projects threaten Inunda- tion of thousands of acres of fertile the Red river. Plans of American engineers are to ‘carry American flood waters of North arnd -South Dakota into the Red river through drainage schemes and dyke the river banksin order fo throw: the Water into Canadian terri- tory. The Red river already has over- flowed its banks in several,parts of PROTEST: !/ | LAUGHTER OF MANY LANDS RED RIVER FLOOD PLAN Canadian farm land property along Wide Differance inManner In Which People of Various Nations Show Merriment. All the world laughs, though the nations have different ways of mirth, The Chinese is not so hearty as that of the European. It 18 oftener. a titter than genuine burst of merriment. As for the Arabian Iaugh, we hear little of its hilarlous'ring.” The Arab is gen- erally a:stold fellow, who must see good- reason for a laugh o prised into it.. In Persia“a laughs is. considered effemjpate, but | There is little character or force in it. | =T A FELLER WROYE A CHESK FOR $2007 ? ON YHE FIRSY NATIONAL BANK ¢ AND. 1Y JUSY CAME BACK MARKED laugh may indicate enjoyment, amusement or derision, A cry may be of pain, of astonishment, of prohibi- tiom, of assent; or of supplication, A cough, or any other sound, articulate or inarticulate, for'the purpose of at- tracting the attention of another, is an act of Ianguage. Probably lan- Prepared as never before--for Christmas----Make the recipient happy by selecting something to wear THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 18, 1921 The Boss Cashes a”‘{ Gosw —( \x MUST BE A BLAMED —=| POOR BANK ‘HAY' ! ties Dictionary for a general distribu- tion to our readers, believing this to be the most useful as well as accept- able gift within our power. The cou- pon which we publish daily in t]m A dictionary is the easiest medium | paper, explains the terms by which by which to increase word knowledge. ; €vVery one may possess this treasury We have chosen The New Universi-l“f knowledge. guage began by inarticulate sounds and signs with' primitive: man; and in the instant that a sound or sign was first meant to convey an idea— in that instant speech began. 3 GIFT BLOUSES don’t say it ain’t; but just sposen dat de eksentricity of de aggregation transubstanshuates de puppendicular | ;‘ an’ sublimates de puspicuity. of de South Dakota ‘causing serious loss- es to farmers and property owners. Engineers plan to dyke the banks of] the ‘river so as to throw the flood L - Bewitching Blouses, fancy beaded and embroidered. Every woman will enjoy. the gift of a smart new Blouse. The materials'in the Christmas selcction are fine Georgette, Crepe de Chine, Mignonette and the newest Canton Crepe. All the new.colors and color combinations; the fine’ embroideries and dainty | free license 13 given to female merri- ment. One reads of the ‘“grave Turk” and the Ysober Egyptian,” but it is not H (By United Press) Fargo, N. D., Dec. 15.—Frank C. Heaton, former cashier of the Scan: b oui H ings accounts were Yemoved from the - mq;u'is a newly married man. b(f,sk, When C:Sfi,meu made witth. recently ‘on“the -Virginian-railway, be<| stead of using & new match for every = th ntsb ;“;_ s w:_a‘kn;w tlhfi 9“}}'{ thing | yrawals. against 'their savings ac. | fween Princeton, W. ¥a. and Roanoke; | purner. b s bad hu:b:n?i nicg homeliké*wife is a| .ounts it would be necessary to hold | Ve., In the. presence of 85 prominent| :Qne would imagine; that a. person THAT 2 y out’ deposits from other accounts. At | representatives of the leading railroads | might save s -much as $1 a year by ‘ —Home Life— the end of thé month, Réep stated,| In this country,which is described as | this procedure. . Perhaps in a.lifetime THE You Can't Satisfy Some when statements were rendered, the | jnaugurating':a fiew. era in mudern | the saving might amount to $10.. And' SRR EORe per ¢ent of sales price in”excéds of specified amounts. K B o3 B skin ponchos and blankets, T qgay the name. of cockney' is ap- A % Sl D Ry LR ey o' ¥ . “The. tax on parcel post packages| .o th’;?’s 13 “}';“gk?“m. the saddles. : 1 ifl;w, Londoners:generally, but more hat interest:you i}gqg);——artlcles that v:«zl.l save you: money, lessen your i i v . - Washington, 'Dec. 15.—Declar o T 4R A 5 v 3 ) * - : is ezlfmlnatcd effective January 1, Fideral Judgs. Landls |§ putting on-a Others strdp thelr belts on, get pots'|” fiarticularly to” people. of . a certain swork, or add material our comfort andiwell being, 8 [t i 0 and got himself a A Dictionary. i 1 i "' sending his children out to beg. »‘. asked the “judgette.” . he growled, “an,! 'm to be hung next | consequence—could you all, qualifi- | A cate dat de government would con:| fiscate dat letter. I reckon I jost bet- ter put some stamps on, anyhow, fer luck!" The crowd laughed, and the lawyer disappeared. i - It was learned afterward that Un- cle Rastus had saved the dictionary coupons now running in this paper New Universities Passing Sentence The lady judge was hearing the handsome prisoner who was accused of beating his wife and mother and “Are you guilty or not guilty?” “Yes'm, your honor, I done it,” .rcplled the handsome prisoner. “Well, I'm afraid you've been very | naughty.” said the judge, —~Can You Imagine It?— He Beats a Woman | “What beats a nice homelike wife?” The fact that you can’t 'possibly please some people is clearly shown by the prisoner who threw the maga- zines across his cell in disgust and cursed heartily. 1 “Nothing but continued stories,” | week.” | That same fellow probably will! grqwl'when ‘he finds out that ho is| going to be hung with a hrand new | i | rope. ; —But Not Very Long— Preparedness One way to test the quality of your home-brew, we are informed, is to put a few drops of it on a tooth- br\lnh and give the teeth a rub before going to bed. If the teeth are caten raway by morning, it is ready to drink.|" —If You Are Ready— Getting No Better Fast _ The Detroit Journal says that auto- mobiles are making no headway in their disputes with locomotives for the right of way at railroad cros.ings. ~=Can You Beat I NEW INTERNAL REVENUE RULES ARE EXPLAINED (Continuea {rom Pazv One.) ble electric fans, thermos bottles, fur articles, pleasure boats and plf:nsute canoes, unless sold for more than $100, toilet ‘articles, medicines and numerous'articles of ‘apparel. “On and after January 1, 1922, the tax on . various works of ‘artis re- duced from-10 per cent to 5 per eent, thetax on candy from 5 per cent to 8 per cent and the tax‘on earpets, rugs, trunks, valisés, purses, fans, ete,; from 10 per ceut of sales price “i4n excess of sx’mcified amounts to & 192! “The new act provides that no tax- payer shall be subjected to unneces- ary examinations or investigations, nd only one inspection of his Books “The period for filing' retuins ‘on the calendar year basis is from Janu- ary 1 to March 15,°1922. This year, as last, the tax may be paid in full at the' time of filing the return or in our cqual installments. due on or before March 15, June 15, September 15 'and Decembor 15. Copies of the revenue act may be had by applica- tion to this office” " | AR AROn S A | Wyo.——An__ organization, | dinavian'' American bank -of Farge, nowtclosed; will go on trial in district court here today on charges of em- bezAling $78,000. A -Judge Cooley of Grand Forks, pre- siding at the present term ‘of Cass county district court ‘will hear the case. There are 184 witnesses sum- moned. States Attorney Wllhnm.C‘ Green, will conduct the prosecution | and J. E. Henderson of Fargo and in business, civic and social life of Faro, his arrest last January cre- ated staté-wide surprises Y The alleged shortage was- djscov- ered after the bank was closed by the state bank examiner and in the hands L. C. Reep, receiver. Heaton, according to Reep, used a pecuilar ‘method “of ‘bookkeeping, Deposits, the receiver charges, were withheld in the teller’s cage for a period. Debits would be made against large acounts when : depoists were run in, and ledger sheets in the sav- deposits would he _entered in most cases correctly, but the balafice of the statement and ledger would not agree. It is charged that the funds of the agricultural college were frequently uqe}g i ‘these bookkeeping systems. GERMAN TOYS RETURN - . TO AMERICA’S MARKETS (By United Press) Bridgeport, Conn., Dec. 15.——-Dm_'- ing the Christmas season the‘Ameri- can public will buy fewer toys made in America as during the year 1919, aceording to Harry C. Ives, Bresident of 'the* Toy Manufactuyers associa- tian ‘of Anerica. 4 In 1919 more than $88,000,000 worth of American toys were sold at wholesale, but this year German-made toys will be on the market, Ivev stat- ed. He'pointed out that the German- American huyers. made doll was especially popular tol waters down further. This water eventually find its way over the wou&g 1) banks of the river in Manitoba and Winnipe; The districts. s against this action. They plan to protest before large construction works haye been started. i34 Biggest in the World, it Pulls.a Load of Approximately Sixteen Thousand Rounds. Visualize, i£ you can, a freight train over a mile In length, the longest train that was ever hauled, carrying 4 load ot coal approximating thirty-two. mil~ Hon pounds, pulled over the Blue Ridge. and -Alleghany mountains by. the. big- gost locomotive in the world, and you bave ‘a mental picture of the feat in heavy haullng that was accomplished 1alirond development. g These demonstrations. . repregented. tests and trials covering a range ofed wide and exhaustive nature. ' It W shown' that the operation of the loco- . motive, consuming on"an average six | tons of coal per heur, was an- easy ! matter with the duplex stoker, a mechanical device which takes the place of firemen, K- 2 The follswing are detalls: connected with the largest demonstration train: The locomotive and tender weighed 449 tons and measured approximately 125 feet in length, The traln was com- posed of 100- cars, each of which welghed 40 tons and measured 51% feet. The load carried by each car represented 120. tons of coal, making the total weight pulled: by the"engine approximately 16,000 tons or 32,000,000 pounds. 3 i % “MOVING DAY” NO' PROBLEM th ?‘The miniature sailing yacht is to be ‘the ‘chief 'summer toy of the Am- erican’ youth 'in’the near future,” 1ves continued. “Interest in this sport has progressed far in sporting circles, pattly because- the challenge from ngat Britain to' America for a'race under yachting rules, but’ with mini- ature boats, has been accepted and will probably ‘bé run .off Long island sound hext summer.”’ Tves ‘declared that young men are already seeking small yachts, mechan- ically steered,’ from one’ foot to five feot in length. 3 Eduestional toys will be the best sellers in stores'for the children this Christmas, Ives stated. The educa- tional toys-inspire/thé:boy or girl to- wards higher developmenit'of the mind and the “Ametican ‘parent’ i8 ‘giving more heed to the gelection of toys everl among the smaller children. I . REPRESENTATIVE LEE SAYS | treated;. place on: thelr backs. Nomads of New Chile Simply. Gather Up Their Houses and Utensils and Strike Trail. There {s not an encampnient more picturesque - than one of the nomads of. New Chile, as the Chileans ‘cail their =~ southern territory. Notwlith- standing the- Patagonian winter Is rough and ¢old, with heavy rains, the Tehuelches :prefer to remalin:in. thelr toldos. or skin tents that sre llke 'a lalf-hoop in shape. They group their toldos around that of the head tribes- man, together with their innumerable dogs and fowls and horses; and as quiekly strike camp as: pitch: it At a word from the thief there s bustle everywhere.. The young men and- boys lasso. and bring up the horses, ‘and: the, women, . wh stexs of reeds, tled with hides display . of- ‘barhstorming as bad. as Babe Ruth, :Repyes Etive Lee, re- publican, of ‘Brookiyiitoday endorsed a-billy which would ‘#¥ive Landis out COUNTY, BEMID i, MINNESOTA The regular:meeting: of the Board of Edtcation was called i to order Thursday, December 6,.1921; at 7:48 o¢lock’ p. m., by President Tuomy. Members present: Tuomy, Netzer, Brooks, Ritchie and ‘Superintendent West. Meinbers absent: Smith and: Mo- lander.: PSP Yo & Minufes ' of regular meeting, No- together, or put their r-work cradles; some p the: skins forming ‘the, coveringiog' the 16ldos, and tying Lhe women’ mount ' astride of their bolster saddles, their bables and pet dogs are holsted up behind; then they take thelr baggage horses in'tow and set off in single file, the men driving the spare horses. [ “But my sweet love chatted when ‘came the fruit.,”- anitoba government in con- iunction with the ‘dominion author- ties are nlanning'to lodre a-protest recorded -~ that they have never moments of mirth -when they hear of some -particularly ‘good thing. Halian but musical, the German as deliberate; the French as spasmodic ‘and un- certaln, the wupper-class .English as guarded, and not always genuine, the lower-class English' as explosive, the Scottish of all classes as hearty, and Speaking of household economles, it is always a question of just what an economy- is, . Some people: save one way and some another.” What. to one. family seems an; extravagance to an- other -appears- as a necessity. One person’s Way. 70 saving' strikes the next as-foolish. . 8o it goes.. ... There 4s:-oue woman in this -city who ‘saves by lighting used. matches from 'the gas; stove flame, and using them to light additional burners, in- believed, this is the very way to save money and;arriye at affluence. Success by such methods, however, would seem to depend largely upon the thoroughness Wwith which the idea is applied to many matters.—Ex- change, Dry:Rot. The term. dry rot is commonly used to .describe a cofidition of decay in wood. Probably nine out of ten per- sons who use the term 'have no real knowledge of its. significance. Inthe first place, where there is decay, there must be moisture.. This type of decay iy really, the work of a certain fungus. It 15 true that where this fungus grows the decaying. timber..appears to be without moisture. The fungus, how-< ever,. will ‘not germinate unless -the wood is mwist, but from then on it is able to-travel in dry wood.. It draws Ats moisture_through a conduit system of slender, minutely porous strands. It.is a cytious fact, says Science Sift- Ings, that wood.kept sufficiently wet cannot rot, The Luncjbn Cagkney. bethan period;'.the word: ‘“cockney” mieant a mollycoddle, or a child that had been coddled teo much Dy -its mother. ‘Then, because men who lived in the city -were Supposed to be: less virlle and strong than those who Mved in.ithe country, the rural population began to: apply ‘the termy to the resi- dents of London and other cities. iGradually this meaning was restrict- ed:and localized until it was \inder- gtood as being applicable only to pon- “doners. The*opposite. term==the_one pplied by—townsi i -to the farmer S-was “clown,” megihitig:-an ‘uncauth, -bred man, clib! “Fhe;Xondon cockney ‘may not always be well educated or refined in his speech; but'he is not a mollycoddle. way, that appears to be the age when children and their parents rest less.,” LiBrooklyn Fagle: WORDS DATE BACK TO 2 MERE SOUNDS AND, SIGNS ‘Words ate not the only means of communicatfon’ betwéén individuals: Signs' are used, &nd have been since rédorded history, among many of the : Casper, B composed of ‘studious. Irich Wen and | vember 20, 1921, réad and approved. fiiisiisg sdvage: raves. Sounds among, animals women, has been formed here to| Adjourtied. ' *° . Coftee: . i 1 sérve the same purpose. Even to this study the Gaelic language, music and rt. The club holds weekly meetings | nd has more than 50 members, , President. FLORENCE I. NETZER, Clerk. 1t12-15 - the same—without grounds.” “May sianders and vour coffes be day we have ¢ertain Sounds among the } most civilized + nations that convey ideas of our minds, For instance, a mirth has been described as languid; | —E i ays— P i the Irish as rollicking. S i 5 y ;. " S8 —L...: ducation Fays ‘{‘,:‘:’;"‘ule“‘(‘,‘;"R{,f’}fl,fg{';g?stsfivfififi“,,fi; FEAT OF : GIANT LOBOMOTIVE o ¥ i ors—Blacks, Browns, Olive Gréen, Steel, Blue. Gloves; with self or embroidered back; all sizes. yet, i some noted financiers are to be | As used by writers”of the Eliza-| | “ of his job as high eomamissioner of | them and the tent poies on the bag- e O S T AN ¢ Y.f a}c)fqumf Shqlrl het}:“ ey for/"&?“h bau;l:si'll,.o "s“‘)? % @E}}' s gage hnr‘uos.‘-rf 2 O What Every Parent Knows. : R ¥ . < A w’;:tseocfirui:: z?theecz‘a&fi:io;:; RO e I a0 i Meuntlie | the - -men « collect thelr | . “Pa, what ‘1§ the restiess age?” It tells them where they can buy exactly what they want at a\price they notifies the tmq;nyer in writing that |INDEEENDENT 3CEOO] ,:"'“CT herds. of horses and fill the water | aked Johndie. " “ can afford to pay. : : an additional inspection is necessary.| NUMBER SEVEN, BELTRAMI [ 8kins, whiclare carried on the march. “Infancy, I ghess,” replied pa. “Any. . < finishings make these Blouses a delightful gift. % What'well-dr’esse‘d man would not appreciate a new Hat or a pair of Dress:Gloves? Men’s Hats—The season’s newei styles and col- Fur Caps—an excellent gift. ly made—Cooney, Hudson Seal; Near Secal and ’ Muskrat. : Watch O * thereafter, severely stubbed their toes ot troubled to walk around.- At “day business pri . D981t 1075 NOW IS A GOOD TIME TO SELECT ‘HIS GIFT Men’s Dress Gloves "Men’s Dress Gloves—Cape Gloves, in Tan, . Brown, Mahogany, Grey Spedes ang fine' Chamois Men’s Hat: 2490 449 . Fur Caps All new furs, fine- 223 0 298 Fur-lined Cape Gloves 498 ur Show Windows——Always Something New 39810990 . AND | m—— = Gncorp LOWEST The Largest Ohaln_Department re organization In the worl - #~\ NE dark night—so. the story goes—a certain monarch pl.accd a large boulder in the middle of'the road. ‘Thousands of his people, length, one. lusty youth—wiser than the rest—seized the stone and heaved it from his path. And where it had rested, he found a bag of gold. 7 Are you stubbing your toe? ~‘Are /you overlooking any bags of gold? How about the advertising in this paper? Do you read it—consistently ? 1t-is a bag of gold to many of our readers. In our col‘umnsv you will find’the advertisements of alert, progressive merchanté,a_gld manufacturers who seek to tell you something they think : you ought o know. This advertising is news about the very things Thrifty men sg‘_&v@ Y 'd_a'fivertising_ Tothem it is a plain, every —a qvi_gt'y they owe themselves and their purses, w ‘Advertising pays them. They make it pay. It will pay you, too, Read It