Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 21, 1921, Page 6

Simple Enough Dear Twentieth Century: Just re- cently I received through the mail a | * recipe’ book from a: company that manufactures soap, What .is. th\Q idea in sending out advertising ¢! that sort?—A. Housewife. The. reagon is simple enough. You can easily see g_gta‘\s £ i try out all the recipes in the booklet you will get a lot of dirty dishes stacked up. Then you will have to.wash them, and to do this you must use soap. —That’s Where the Spap Comes In—- A Liying Tragedy The unequal distribution of things is what causes the littic tragedies of life; In England there is a complaint that theré are mot. enough husbands to go around, while in: America the women olaim “they go around too much, And at that it’s 'a cinch that if half of the'men stay at homé nights there ‘are still enough left to “go. around. MARKETS POTATO MARKET Chicago, Dec. 21~ Potato market steady. Receipts, 16 cars. Total U S. shipments, 289 cars. Northern whites, sacked, $1.60 to $1.75; bulk, $1.70 to $1.80; Red River Ohios, sacked, $1.65 to $1.75; Idaho Russets, $2; Idaho rurals, $1 q $1.90. s e ARCHBISHOP DOWLING \Odds and Ends " ENDORSES SEAL SALE! lo's.idea of something | 3 i & blonde, who was once| Health as- “The Minnesota Publ a K ion is doing an_important sociu} Service in putting on its annual cam- pargn - for heaith seals, for it thus shows ‘to all of us the imperative cogsity for co-operation in‘tne mat- ter of the puplic Health anda the vaiue gni eifort’ which all of us in’ ‘purchasing h seals,” says Archbisngp Dowi- e . | healt| |ing. dr hul pects of putting the machine practical use. 1 don’t see anyt wonderful about: that' invention. married one who's got that heaten a mile.—~I. Know; & —You Know the Rest— Noaring the Goal After today there are only three more days to keep the children from X Jealth is something in which all Li!m'e nterested. It'can in large meas- |ure be ‘conserved ‘and improved by | activity. But simple as are these de- ‘ [mands yet are they difficult to cn- i force because they deal with the ‘regimen of the individual life which cannot be ‘well régulated by law. 0 befier way then of educating | Géélocifi*l' TALASKA ONCELAND OF SIS 37 Survey Also Shows Northwestern Nevada Was Once a Huge Lake (By United Press) Washington, Dec. 21.-—Alaska was ,%nce a land of sunshine an rns and palms, such as now in, lands far to the “south, orice ‘flou: jshed “in" the 'sub-tropical ‘¢limate ‘of her valleys and lowlands. - But that was millions of years ago, before man 'existed; according ‘to the United °States **Geological "Burvey; which has made a study 'of*the’fossi p ‘down -in the" coali‘beds flora. Dee have been “found **fossils’'of whi heindicate’ that® ; 1 land of luxurid: lants, tn Nevada: their LANGUAGE WISER THAN i ‘PEOPLE WHO USE IT “Language is the armory. of the human mind, and &t once ‘contains the’ trophies of the past.’’ Thus wrote Coleridge, a veritable: master of the languagg ige will often be wiser, not merely than the ignorant, but even than the wisest who spéak'it. ~ He likens: it ta amber in its efficacy to circulate the electric spirit-of truth, - like amber "also in' embalming and preserving the relics of anciept wis- . dom, although one is often’ puzzled to ‘'decipher’its contents. Sometimes, I't0o," it "locks up’ truths which were once ‘well kinown, but~which, in the sciidrtse o of ight al i hq%s' s, O; S Aramers caugl rgra happy gnoment of i 5 his is” why languagy important in-every ‘age and to oo [ AR e ‘Ardictionary being the best instru- 5 ment-with''which tostudy ‘language,: thus “acquiring new words, and bet- | ter ‘understanding’of old ones; would {seem to bd a necessity to any one desiring to’improve himself. In this day of’fierce competition ‘words can ‘e literally be ‘coined into- dollars. We Geologists have_given the great body ‘of "water, which was present in “comparatively recent geologic time,” /thus ‘consider our qffer of The New [ UFniversities Dictionary as a genuine hoon: ta our readets. Our ' eoupon offer elsewhere/in today’s paper shows haw.to acquire it almost free. s 50 looking in the dresser drawers. Then it will’saon be ‘all over and you can start figuring on next year’s presents, the public o' the things that are for the’ good: of the community can be found' than by a. genial campaign the name of Lake Lahontan, in-honor | GORN BELT 15 MOV, that is, if. you bave already paid for| Which singling out’ some pest liké this year’s. s z Today being the *shortest day of the year” ‘helped the| kiddies a lot. But then'they will have to make up l‘m; thnté .}fci‘h:]y “don’t 'z”e_'fi’ltfiéTF prese ents until Christmas morning, for' the night before Chrhtm?h!s is commonly conceded to be the longest night of the year, ¥ to rid the human race of its blight- ing consequences and shows us and our children How simiple is the proc- ess 8 ‘we all agree ‘on it and’ do ever 80 little to bring it about. ford since we"cannot afford the ill- ness which “the ' will destroy.” peoplé Sunday and Monday will be | st ke ors, tated, thet b holiddys. That's one gaod way. Then mlwk:,l)tn?:‘zigi. S:«::L,.i:e%h"eh:ga}el: here are a few hints that may be £ ‘ ere | a lovlvled out.through the newy{nrr- 5’::::5 Hills gerd gy sood e coveerm?tvs/ 1‘51 (fz‘:!t:v:g. the furniture~ | "o winners in the varions contests d ‘projects in the county are an- To have your meals on ti s them, yourmel€ris s ime—cook | nounced as follows, the first-named To 'drive away an s having won first place, and so on: % : Potato Contest ‘nlfign};:gdnsflmehr. That applies to| Norman Webster, Nebish; John 2 Lee, Puposky; Theodore nston, Wugg tl}‘uve thllpgs 'just the way you‘Hincs; Leo é!iake, Bemidji; ’I‘heo-’ t‘m-T ive alone. dore Otterstad, Turtle River; Roy ~—Aint It a Fact?— | Moen, Bemidji; Walter Fenske, B Keeping Up midji; . Leomrd‘ Becqu, = Bemid, A gentleman of ‘our acquaintance Boried Dinomauist, Bemidily A,ndgew says that it isn’t the baby crying at Becker, Bemi Iriga Lomen, night that bothers him so much, 16§ | Bavathy traomon " womg:p ok the upkeep. Dorothy -Moulton, - Bemidj —Whadda Ya Mean, Upkeep?— \Erickson, Turtie River; Eimer Erick-~ 8on,: Turtle ‘River, P D S g MANY ENGLISH WORDS COME FROM ARABIA —R'member?— g Haupshold Hints Now that the new year is near at hand, a Iof ol'iz’isaple are looking for. _ ideaf how tp start the New Yeai in' right. ‘With"the' majority” of the e Pig Broject Ovina Petérson,” Solway; Harold. Rohrer, Turtle River; Jay Whiting, Bemidji; ‘Bina Gustafson, Solway; Violet Schulke, Tenstrike; Kenneth Odell, Bemidji; Eugene' Be midji; Donald Odell, Bemidj Dairy Calf Through the crusades Europe came into contact with Arabia and gained immense profit from' the intercourse which followed, with a people more highly civilized than its own inhabi- tants. ¢t must not be forgotten that | Wat the ‘Arabiany in Asia and the Moprs in’ Spain kept the sacred torch of leprning! alight “while' Burope " still groped in the darkness of a semi- iR ver s barbarism, " 7 i 1o oodrianson, B To the Arabs we ‘are indebted for|Midil; Bernard Goodmanson, -Bemi the preservation of Aristotle, nnd'f',: Mpryls. Rabi, dji; Phillip for much of our knowledge of Gre- Wold,"Bemidj : ek cian astronomy and medicine, which|” Dairy Judging reached Kurope through translations| ““-'C“”‘“““ Grier, Te: from Arabic into Latin. Many of our | Siike; Walter ~ Breen, —Bemidji; current English words” came direct | GeoTee ~Stillwell, " Bemidji; _Claire rabie,:'such’ as: zero, a1-1R°“““?"' . Wilton; Charles McTag- mianac, aigebra, cipher, nadir, zenith, | 8255 Bemidji. 5 alkali, camphor, alcohol, and amber. |, CH58 Robert Wilson, Louis; These, ‘wordd: with i Leonard “Wymore, Louis;. Harri ; Earl Wallae Berg, p’. ‘Turtle River; Te River; Carl S their - pronun E‘Imngm}.s, Pennington Betaidji; Syivester Neuma; Algx Ray, Louis; Cleon Smith, L 5 : Potato demonstration team—Fhes: dore'and Leo Fenske, Potato club—-Harry 3 } 6dore Fenske; ) ciation and 'definition, ave all to be found in The New Universities Dic- tionary, now ‘being - distributed by | this paper almost as a-gift to read-| rs. It contains, in addition to the dic- tionary proper, a condensed encyclos pedia of information: for. everyda, Our codpon in today's paper ex- how this valuable book may be obtained. e 3| ek e ,LADY ELKS PREFARE TREAT |, FOR -SANATORIUM PATIENTS W(} The Elks” ladies met Tuesday -and | filled 856 stockings_wil] i;ujts,” c:?l‘? o s tuberculosis: bids us all do our share Mi Let us buy the seals we can af-|lak ?m.r. Be- | ¢ 3 | tive commission, elected by the lan 7 i Lake Lakon- tan, 880 feet, was the site of the pres- en€: Pyramid lake, a small remnant, 80 that its ‘surface stood. about. 50U | feet ‘above the surface ‘of Pyramid e. z % ; A field of sand dunes, formed since the inland sea disappeared, now cov- er a large prea a few miles north of Winnemuces, Nevada: are gradually moyving eastward, and their steady march has pegessitated pumber; of changes in the roads in re- n some places §e!!zmh les have heep buried so:dgep that ey have had to be spliced in order to keep the wires above the crests of the sa nes. ¥ JAPS PUSH COLONIES TG EASTERN SOUTH AMERICA -'Rio de Janeiro, Dec. 20, (By M to the United Press).—Japanese, a ter having seemed content with' the west coast of South America for col- onization for some years are now com- ing eastward and colonized as effec- tively, if not. on such a large scale, as.in Chile and Peru on the’ Pacific. Many Japanese are settling in the Brazilian ‘state of Sao Paulo, where they. find' the 'Soil“and climate''suit: ble” for the “cultivationof ‘rice 'and other crops not stratige ‘to their na- tive lands. To assist the immigiant the government of Sao Patlo has en- acted s by which allotments are allowed fof- i who are willing to live upon and improve the land, e Japanese have obtained allotments of large areas. The Japanese colonies are dirécted by a ¢6-operative execu- holdexs, which worksinco-operaf with the'state government and’ th Japanese emigration ‘company. MINNEAPOLIS FIRE FIGHTERS WILL PLAY GOOD SAMARITAN 3 (By Unlted “Press) Minneapolis, Dec. 21.—Members of the fire fighting forces of the city are today preparing to play the good samaritan to needy residents in all parts of the city this winter. M fire’ stations have Ace;-| Ve formed a relief member of tke cents to finance ‘the needy. elub to which' encl faxee contributes: 50 the work of helping —_—_— “| WILSON & CO. STORE AT ST. CLOUD HIT BY: FiRE Approximately " $15,000 damage The dunes! cial immigration measures | - fe‘rms. of Baron LaHontan, ong'of the early| ING 3 cxplorers. of th o '_,d,wg';{,, of the NORTHWARD IN. CANADA The: corn belt isimoving northward. This_ is" an, interesting agrictltural development:in "Alberta, Saskatche- wan and Manitoba. : ‘The corn-fields to be seen in west- 'een Ganada. this year,”’ said R."J. C Stead, o_l the department of immigr: tion, who recently made an exténsive trip through the three. prairie prov- inces, *‘equal gny to'be found in the egst “or-sauths The growing of corn i has made great headway ‘in this re- gion .in the last few years.” The de- velopment of’ ‘corn' adapted fo a2 northern climate hds made ear corn $ares cray - Under water-in the great irrigated Sections ‘of -Southern: A]bertn,lglgent 60 bushels to the acre. x,hr‘l yields:1,000 dozen to the acre which, af an'average of 30 cerits 4 dozen, i3 $300 an acre. 7 l:HOUGHTS GROW QUICKLY THROUGH USE OF WORDS The" use of language ‘is not lim- d to the mere communication’ of deeas. An equally important function thought. It is not merely its vehitle, | but its neans of expansion.’ Hardly |20y of ‘our ‘intellectual operations ¢could be carried on without the agen- ¢y of words.'Language is, then, not {only the offspring of thought—bug its |spouse “ag i.7In every process of {Yeasoning. wo: are “an. essential {clement."By theéir means ivé fashion and embody oup ide A "dictionary is’ ther essity more than “ever before. {should be at ‘one’s home, in the office, tudy. ' For these ken ' great ‘pleasure- in good dictionary,” such as Universities Dictfonary, yithin reach o every one of our readers. Our corpon, : published “daily, “‘gives ' the w, Whether at school, shop or asons” we have “Betry Xmas 4 Photograph -~ 4 witl You can. com- . plete your | Christmas list quickly’ with be sure of giva"| el ! » .;" are gifts you' can easily af- ford and fam- P‘h;nog;t.u x& efore a° péc- /s It} ‘ Fatal Dose for -Swan.. Notcontent with crumbs thrown to it by a plcnic party at Fresham pond, Surrey, . England, a covetous swan stole ‘a plece of Jam tart which had been put aside becaunse several wasps had settled upon it. Apparently the | wasps were still on the tart when the swan swallowed it, for a moment later the bird screeched in pain, lashed the _water, with head and. wings, and af- ter fiying wildly round.the lake, fell dead. A ‘flock of other swans watched the bird’s death struggle In fright. i Camera ih Surgical Operations, “Moving ‘pictures of surgifal opera- | tions: have. heretofore not been com- pietely. suecessful, .owing to the lia- bility=of one of ‘the surgeons ge(ting in front of the camera, says Popular Mechanics ‘Migazine. ‘A recently de- veloped’ ¢nmera is_reported to have 4 ifficulty. The camern - yEinclosed in: a globular ' al ¢ 5 1s located in a tube projecting from the cefling, directly . over ‘the operating table. . By means of o motor located: outside of the room, the.camera may be raised, .low- ered, or turned at any.angle. A tele- scope ' attachment makes ‘it possible (to ‘adjust and focus ' the’ - camera promptly. It has recently been tried with ‘great success, Music Accompanied Operation. His ‘own music 80 soothes a South- | Boston man that he preferred it to " @ther recently while hospital surgeons were -probing for a bullgt in-his thigh. When . the = doctors started - to put Kelsey - under the influence of the ¢ anesthetic he objected _strenuously. - Then he called for his harmonica, jumped upon the opérating table and played gaily while the bullet was re- | sugn and dne-half cupful butter. Add . teaspoonful Curious Irish Vault. In & quiet back street of Dublih is the Church of St. Michan’s, and in its vaults may be seen one of the strang. est sights of the country.’ There lie the bodies of people buried centuries ago, which, owing to some curlous preservative properties of the air or soil of that particular place, never de- «cay. Thelr skins “tan” into a flexible chamois-like leather. - The limbs can be moved about with ease, the finger nails are perfect, and in‘some cases the features are fairly distinct. ' This is especially the case with the body of an infant, buried in 1698, " There {s in another vault'a hody said-to be that of a Crusader, and in another one said to be that of a brother of King O'Toole. One very gruesome sight 1§ that 'of the ‘headless -bodies of two unfortunates who were beheaded dur- ;Ing the famous rebellion of '08, Christmas Cookie C1 \m together two cup.. .3 brown one ) l-beaten egg, eight tablespoon- fuls ¢ veet milk, one saltspoonful salt, one-hs ' teaspoonful soda dissolved in one-cighth cupful boillng water, one n clonamon, 2% cupfuls rolled oats, two cupfuls flour., Mix all together and let stand for an hour then drop a teaspoonful at a time on greased tins. Press a fat raisin on the top of each and bake in a’ moderate oven, This amount makes about four dozer cookies, ——— Asking Teo Much. i “1 don't want to eat this egg It’s Dot & nice egg,” protested the' six-yéar- old “dnughter of the house at ithe. breakfast’ table, £ © “Mary,” said her mother sternly, “you are always complaining of. your* food. Eat what Is placed before, you —every bite of ' it—without another! word, or else Ill-have to give you a good spanking.” All was . quiet for- some minutes. Then from tfie other end of the table sounded: a mournful voice. 3 1 “Mother, dear, do I have to eat the: beak too?’—American Legion Weekly. Bill IS NOW PAST DUE And Must Be Paid Drawn: Together. “Mrs. Jibway-and Mrs. Gadder have declared a-truce.” “What brought that about?” “Community. of envy.” “En e 3 : “Mrs. Gadspur’ of the same neighbor- Please Co-operate With Us. MINN, ELECTRIC LIGHT "~ & POVER (0. Elmer E. Swanson, Manager hooq has ‘a’ new limousine.”—Birming- lam® Age-Herald, Similar: Effect. Forster—Bright ~ lights ' cause the eyes to narrow, : : 2 : ' Lynn—They have, the same effect on a roll of hanknotées.—Answers. SALE PRIC Wewill try ALL FRESH CANDYLMADE THIS WEEK ES GOOD UNTIL CHRISTMAS to hayi Qur force of candy: | makers have been working day and might-=== > PEANUT ‘Half pound : ONE 'POUND . PEANUT BRITTLE Half pound . . ONE POUND. . . . .13¢ COCOANUT BRITTLE Half pound . . CHICKEN 5c 1 ONE POUND BUTTER CUPS Get Your Oljder In Early! . BUTTER SCOTCH Half pounds .22¢* ONE POUND .. . 23¢ ; SUGAR PEANUTS Half pound . 20 ONE POUND. , .. .21c ~PEANUT BUTTER CRISP . Half pounds 22¢ ONE POUND. . .. .23c Owing to the special labor-and the time required to make these two kinds, we must limit one pound to a cuistomer. BAR : 20c .21c it ile .20c 2lc BON Ib. . .26¢ 1b...26c FANCY BOX CHOCOLATES We can make up uny as‘spihnent you Yiish o all sizes and kinds from— .. 30c ‘to $7.00 Speci&l Prices in Quantities was caused ‘the Wilson & Co. store || at St, Cloud Monday night when firg‘ 2 %0 take ch broke out“in “the basement of the ! public opinion it Was' the testimony | Pullding shortly after 9 o’clock. The o1 ' those ' conulted B Ml do! bleze g confiied 'wholl Mot neglect their cars any mora.-than | DAsement, the firemen f men.” This statement was made by a| three hours before it was sextin. Iogal %fi#et ‘of a popular-ake' of |Eished. ‘automobiles. " a5 he “Bemidji store of Wilson &l B !‘ZE‘“ may be frightened but Co. is operated by the same firm at reckless ‘or daring, e §t. Cloud store, the latter bein; l ily and friends will always treasure them. | 23~ Women are ey are: careful, They Contrary to 2 I;. Dy good i réfuséziyjfita 3 DJI CANDY STORE 'BELTRAMI AVENUE treats will he’given ‘to theé “patients ADDITIONAL WANT ADS between library and Central school. dies and nuts for the | as treat at the ‘Like Julia Sanato . - THe of ‘that instituticn: LOST—Bunch of keys in library or! Finder please return’ to- Pione oftico. 2. ; - 8412s the dealer | N S lthe oldor "establishment,