Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 16, 1922, Page 3

Men of Science Called to Comhlk the Fearsome® Creature Known as Troqudorma Khapra. :Khapral says -n Enullh mrnpnn . dent, i fPhis crenture, withi -the ‘name of an ' Capper-Fess Education Bill Anether Reid o onthéNlfionfllTreasm'y el \oriental villain, is a new ‘insect pest} . which has Alre . worked : i.mb:lnt havoc among W Bs:of Wheat and malt, irst discoversd: {n 1917 by Mr. G. T. Iraw; of the Entomolo.lcnl depart-| . niént of the Britigh museum, it 15 ‘now | ! it\has become ‘a. pest of serious eco- nolnie importance: small insect, meu\lflng about rfliruduclng its specles-so rapidly that| ' . m. in lengtli, -the trogoderma |, 8 klulz*irn eats, itself into the heart of' 'bo spe; the ¥heat and malt grdin, leaving noth- | ; . Ing but the husk. :whicll hundreds of ‘quarters of grain| M:\Xy recent cases. are- reportéd In have Deen eaten by the. yermin, and its depredptions Are causing great anxi: ety, A remarkable ‘éxample firnished by the board of applied . pestology . in- volves nshipment of malt, A’ num of sacks, containfng’ the malt, were]| | stacked . ion - the . .dockslde awaiting| - transterence. A burly workman, em- ployed ‘on ithe Job,” was nhout to move a 2’ cwt. dack ‘and summoned all his strength for the exertion..: tremendous; tug—and then to his with no resl§tance !rom the saé‘k I was as light jas air. This destrgu{:m creatife 1s one of d the. pests ‘agpinst Which the newly| formed directing its s real Family ;[é“cl by international valuables but of recent cases the. cus came- suspicious ‘of- the: eons and discovered lie de Now all “snacks” are c‘refully ex:\m- inéd at the frontier. A German . merchant, “whose lunch basket attracted the attqmon of .thé Polish customs officials atithe:frontier station of Konitz, was:fe { 1ayer of gold coins interlarded betwe@n the layers of every sandlel an. v:ov ered with a thick coating 9t bnuer, wliile each egg nested’a valuble ia- mond. The ‘total’ of “his: cdpfistated Toard was estimated at 18,000,000 Pol ish marks. : His fellow 5 chant, was intefcepted at al same time at: Hollan , While -tlie btruck by the tact that he wasg o tiously but rather nervously devating himself to a huge, sandwich. y found imbedded in the bread and But- ter three diamoénd rings, a diamopd brooch and a number: of loose - monds. .Further search disclosed 44 unset diamonds concealed in a clgar . lighter.—Milwaukee Journal. & i \ Moonshirier Advertives His Wares. North Carolina has & moonshiner]. who believes In advertising his.wares. Revenue officers: in_Asheville recently came across a bottle with a unique label, which they sent to Commission: er Blair, himself a North Carolinfan. Fhis label was the advertisement of the moonshiner and it réads as ol Tows: «“pure mountain “korn likker. Bpt| amazement ‘found - that ‘his, pull t] " in‘the inmla 4o nothibg yslolog] n dendency _in-the fii'it _ecmea mg Is.one of T, 8-MA without having:. ' arguments-against the e ph ¢al ‘edus ted Stabes troasury, and to scoft at'an anuual outlay of my opify n,A hi nt ‘the name fime ime -chil- i The fifst serfes, with a (dark: violet) ‘and ths'of dif- fl&nlc (blue-green), carrying firmerl‘ *” mowing grain and binding: sheaves.: “The.120 pfennig stamp Will be the | ws the lnnlt for forelgn pukts] The 80 an mushroo; type -at the and, ‘Court’ 'qnm { te copld; M‘l ful driver, He came they §aw one cal L:' ufidrn‘ to turn east In Cburt ay tuinmb.red what W0, swung his e well over .to migum Gurve n tled in a barn, \Made in the back:| PF ivoods of \the Mountalns ‘of Western North Carolina. by, an old-time block- ader, that don't give a dam for 1aws and prohibition, ' Retalled ,on' the Ashesllle market by all the high-class|. bootleggers for five bones per pint and 1s worth every cent,of it. Guaranteed to be strong enough to make you drunk as the devll in ten minutes and mean enough to make a baby bulifrog| I spit In a whale's face. Shake well and get ready to have a fit before drlnk ng. The label has bbeh -added ‘to- the fnternal revenue bureau's museum.-= | Exchange. Live ‘Wedding lmanu. Lord Morton has . revived old tra: ditions of Scotch chieftainship, writes 2 correspondent, by his practical and patriarchal glft-of .a flock. of sheep to his son on his-merriage. , Such wed: ding gifts must Bave. been ‘common enough whep the Douglas, chlefs ruled with o high hand, [n territories where there was little actual money. .The ancestor- of Lord. Rtorton was second .chief of ‘the “Dodglas clan, and the greameqs of this Tamily began with the acquisition of wide lands iu the Fourteenth century, culminating in the fourth eafl, the great Regent of Scot- Jand, too great for safety, for he ‘was attainted and executed. But the Mor- ton earls soon recovered from this blow . and, 50 years- later, the seventh ear] was one of the ri¢hest and most pow- erful men in the kingdom. R B S TESTING AIR IN OLD' MINE Of All Methods, the Lowering of a Miner's Safety Lamp fs Acknowl- edged to Be Safest. Ralsing and lnnerlng . bucket sev- eral times, to bring into a l(mg-dl!uled mine fresh air from the surface, is common practice, ~ Methiane may, be expected in abandoned shafts. or pits driven in coal measures or carbona- ceous slates, or wh .8 heavlly o | —i——-——- 3t Cypress Lumblm Not many years ago o) cypress nwamp- regarded thety, prop erty. ‘as practically worthleas ress, ring: was_attended with aigieuitte the_ soil.. olten s0 mtnnte:fl%lth ‘molstare €hat_ thé; Wi would not float. Sometime 16 per cent ot a to narket. 'Final to -girdle. the trees-six months. oF year before cutting, which resuited in a great saving. Now_. the lnmbermen drain the” swamps before, cutting. Swnup drain- age is an important part of modern cypress lumbering, : Massive. achfnery also is used. In the ovuben;l cubte’. kid method the logs are brought in cable suspended betiveen - two . trees, dspally about six hundred leet lnlrt The colnmnli’t of the’ Londotr: Daily Express_adds: e sequel tb the story of |’ the: London - violinist who, when: tie conductor announcedl at a Strauss Te~ hearsal, “Tod und \rerklsmng" would be - played next;’ ‘observed: '“Géoqd: heavens, T've Jnat played that!” 5 ‘When Strauss came over to conduct his -“Sinfonla,, Domestica™—or “wag jt “HeldefilebenP<withi - the ; Lot on Symiphon¥’ drchétra hé finished hearsal by iBfinking the. ofchestra Ior what, he sald, was the finedt inter- pretation of hls work: he had yet Neard. .7 " Whereupon one of the horn players turned to 8 -colleague and -re: easuiily: * “Well, I've”still got ‘twe ¥ 1120 Dpfennig stamps or; ;determined that it | fl:flt at III" cos! 1;3 ¢{rcumnavigated, ! by a carrier traveling over & power(nl E ot Deen i .{The othér- stamps ‘will not be. Anteresting that- the ' govern- nce ‘of the | in Germany-than outstde, | thé crowned head as & symbol of Ger- inany. anln Was Unduly Alarmed at Gnn- |, sowie 'Story Which She Overhéard in the Street Car. two women. who were holding an ani-, ggw ted, conversation, . the Indianapolis, 's relates, She pald no llunuon talk until a part of a sentence eached her ear, through the rioise of cnr—"ln an awful fix,. wlth ‘both. tig wheels—“and one This -wag positively the woman moYed uneasjly | “strbtehing both. feet”to a self they, ‘were in proj 3uzz, Yuzs, went. the v ces, and then Al fnshed.” By this tir “was orr her to hear the lns the grui dle: “It would: cost as mdcn to 6 a *doll hospital ‘a8 it would: her n new one.” - glish Foed impertations. luflj}n a busy bive of industry, con- tafbiiig such manufacturing centers as ford, . Manchester, - and _many " other places where: large populations are macmitrnhd The ‘north “covntry calla for great importations of -f6od ‘stuffs, i of the Atlantic and (s larsded at Liver- | pool o carried on ‘to Manélester by the sbip canal. One of these imports * 18 flour, of which in_ 1919 landed at leerpool mooo |-at Manchester - 419,000 am, making flonr | “telephotie. N the buld from a nearby etectric light i|'and the- insertion of a coatact plug In.any case the stamps. are note‘x‘ worthy as indicating the passing of ] NET.AS BAD AS IT SOUNDED! ‘A, Colimbis woman in a frip oo an | Jnterurbun car recently eat . behind | go ‘gét a dew ‘one, 'S0 I'm Just zolng 1 A large part of the. north of Eng:H Noftlugham, * Sheflield; Teeds, Brad- the bulk of which comes from this side EecH At €75 GREN Wake what | e oD FS sack, Which 8, there- equal to 280 poiinds. 'The im- t ‘Liverpool afid Manclester, 22 Wireless Aids Jewslers. JFiftéen hundred small wireléss out- ts -have been installed in Paris jew- diry, watch ‘and clock stores to enable the Jewelers to catch the correct Gréenwich ‘meridian: time ng'it is‘seht | dally at teii o'clovk by the Liffel tow- I &, " Formerly the exact tiie lnd to'] ‘1@ obtained from the observatory by I 'The installation is simpliclty. ftself. “The outfit, about nine*lnches in dlam- eter. is hung on a nail in the Wall, ;A u;pper wire run down to the’ cellar or along a water or gas plpe serves as 8 | “ground wire,” while. the removal. of | Service-Than § 'enth Thehie Wednesddy, Jahngary 8 take_the place of antennae. be dona in five minutes, It can ! Goat's Milk. Aceording to the #nnual report of e ‘California devélopment board, the 1y goat milk condensery’in the world 18 ‘located: at, Pescardero,’ San Mateo ‘county, Calltornfa, ‘where .a herd of ,000. milk goats is fmalntalned by the 4 pair Men's Extra Henw ,it{emfinn ioat milk laboratories. The dendand for “tinned milk for tubercu- WQol sox' I'e‘\ll“ v‘l. 1onk ‘patlents-is sald to far exceed the supply, goat milk ‘having been found ues, at ...... i R slm A particularly valudble ‘nutrient for | censumptiver.: -The number of milk Scotcll Capl, si 50 ‘nd s] 65 gpats in .Callforitia “has increased 50 val“e‘ ..... el 31 w per: cent ‘In the. Ihst two years. A l.rze farm_at Cool, Eldorado ‘eounty, wus recently stocked, and the produc- tlon 1s to he used ‘exclusively for the :manufacture of goat milk cheese. THIS COUPON GOOD . FOR $1.00 - On the purchase of one Ob the pubchass,.of onie | pair of Heavy Rubl:ien-— Boy’s Suit so save thig'slip! .| : . Soi sl s _GOODTHISDAYONLY | | GOOD THISDAY ONLY ‘Heavy Horsehide Choppers Mitts; $1. 50 m& szoo val- smts Boys’ Heavy: Fieece Union-: suits e sl 080" " general rundown condltmn, there Scott’s : ,Emhlsxon : a positive help. “A DOLLAR WILL BUY MORE NOW, 'IHAN EVER BLFORE -Make Your Plans to Attend This Feast of Dollar Bargains One table :0of Ladies’ Hats, many worth up to $9.50; Dollar Day only .. ‘31_‘00 Ladies’ Comfy Slippers, rose and orchid; havebeen selling at 4 speclal price .of $1.59; now .$1.00 Ladies’ long-sleeved House Gowns, blue and grey . 4 }-1b skeins of un- colored Yarn, made in Bemidji, llbfor..... $l. 3 . }-Ib skeins of Fleece lined nghtgowns, while they last.only. . $1:00 Children’s Gingham Dress- e, checked blue and pink; a dress that mwgreat value, only . i ge.is. .. 3100 Silk Camlsoles, fiesh color- &d, lace trifafried, at. . GROCERY DEPT. Moitareh Milk : Monarch-Pork & Beans' (MEmlm.s E_CANS) Standaid Corn: 10 CANS for—$1.00 : (Sold Stralghi or Assott/éd) colored Yarn, Opsata Strained Honey made in Bemidji, 2 QUARTS—!]N all colors, ..$1.00 YOU CAN GET Heather Hose, brown, green - and blue, per pair. ... :§] 00 Silk Bloomers, charigeable silk, a splendid value.$1.09 ' *- Black Satin Petttcoats 4] . 'bargain at - $1.00 “Harvatd Mills Union Suits, worth doubleat . . ... $1.00. 8 yards of best grade Outing Flannel or Ging-~ ham; 19c to 25¢ values; 8 yards, - [ One lot of Ladies’ High -8hoes and Pumps, good assortment—choice .z ‘WHAT YOU WANT HERE