Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 20, 1922, Page 6

1 $ { SN ) | - ey MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 20, 1922 Twentleth - Contury Sounds Impossible. <Once upon a time there was a man who didn't owe anybody any money but he was regarded as such a darnea odd creature that nobody liked hi —Too Good For This World— We Just Wonder, We often wonder if the aesthetic dancer would be just as popular she came out clad in'a mackinaw and flapping golashes. —All Together Now!— The Credit Man Turned Pale. “Dear Siri—I got your letter abo my account, please be patient, I w pay vou if this was judgment day and you was no more prepared to meet your God than I am to pay your ¢rop bill, you would be sure to go to hell. Goodbye.” GEE, | BET W BOSSLL BE SUR* PRISED WHEN HE HUNDER STORMS CALLED | BENEFICIAL TO AMERICA | (Continued From Page 1) stage is worth hundreds of thousands of dollars to American far- mers. | “OQur stock markets time and again 1 o) el § £ —Did It Ever Heppen To Youl—|gy oy the favorable reaction of such It's Sure To Come. Although you wouldn’t think it, judging from the present weather, but that season is fast approaching when the farmer can go out into.the field to plant corn and have the crows hop right up and begin reading the directions on the seed package. —Anit It A Fact?— Help Wanted. Beneath the grass Lies. Mr. Grove, He poured some gas In the kitchen stove. —-May He Rest In Peace— Anent The Charter. (A manifesto issued by this col- umn to the Bemidji electorate re- garding the proposed city charter.) We believe that the city is going; to the dogs and that each resident of the city should be furnished with a dog in order to share in the distribu- tion. - | We are in favor of taking the fran-| chise away from men and women who walk into church with a squeak | in their shoes: | We are in favor of more homes| for the people and an ordinance re-| quiring them to stay at home at least one night a week. We believe that something should be done about the taxes—but we! don‘t know what. We believe in the rignts of the peo- ple to govern provided any of them| are interested enough to find what it’s all about. We are in favor of having two bootleggers on the city council in order that all clusses in the commun- ity mey be represented in proportion to their strength. We are in favor of an ordinunce! prohibiting grandmothers from at-| tending motion picture shows unless accompanied by their 16-year-old arand-ddughters who shall be requir- ed to explain the sex pictures Lo Lhe old folks. We believe in the right of every citizen to live his own lifc in his own wa$. ——Until The Police Get Wise— Even In Heaven. | It has been brought to the at-| tention of our imagination that even in heaven, a plumber is apt to stop to the shop for his wrench. of the rest the rest will have! —You Tell 'TEm— CITY VOTES TOMORROW FOR NEW OFFICIALS (Continued from PaZe One.) didate for alderman from the firs ward to succeed E. D. Boyce who: term expires. In the second werd there are two candidates. E. R. Jahr and C. S. Rouse promise sonie competition for the aldermanic seat from this section of the city. T. E. Lloyd is unopposed as candi- date for alderman from. the 'third ward. “A hard fight is looked for in the fourth ward where Naish McKin- non, present alderman, opposed by F. G. Troppman. In the fifth ward, G. N. Evenson, endorsed by the La- bor League, has no opposition and ap- pears to be the unanimous choice of that section of the city. Polling places. are as follow: ward, Henry Miller's store; s ward, city hall; third ward, Dicaire's store: fourth ward, Salvation-Army hall; fifth ward, Dougherty’s second- hand store. Those who can vote early in the day and during the afternoon are urged to do n order to eliminate unnecessary ting during the even- ing. . ! ADDITIONAL WANT ADS FOR SALE—Household ‘nearly all good as neéw, including onarch kitchen range. Ed. Joh son, 919 4th St.,, Nymore. - 3t2-2 LOST—Elgin wrist watchi initial on back A. M. Gold ribbon at- tached. Fin return to Catholic rectory or Pioneer office for_ re- ward. 3t2.22 = S POTATO MARKET i Chicago, ' Feb. 20.—Potatoes, steady; receipts. 83 cars; total U. S. shipments, 765; on track, 154; Wis- consin round whites, sacked, $ to $1.90; Minnesota,s $1.70 to $1.85. {but th conditions upon the prices of cereals ad also of railroad and other stocks. Thunder showers break fresh™ the parched earth; cool evenings and nights after sultry and oppresive days. “It is of considerable human an economic importance that the large united whole, but rather a series of storms loosely connected moving as a 'body. There is much necdless fear of {pian"ghe loves—a groom over thrice | lightening. Most thunder storms are too weak to cause death. Large num- bers of flashes are from cloud to cloud and do not affect our safety. Between 700 and 800 persons are struck by lightning and killed each year in the probably fully twice as many are Jjured. lation to lightning which are well- established: Isolated houses and farm able to be struck than city buildings. Our modern city harmless. Many lightening flashes are their steel frame construction are| in themselves excellent lightning con- ductors. In general, the nearer w are to the seat of electrical activit: the greater the danger. The risk of being struck by, lightning is, there- fore, greater on mountains up to a SPEAKER’S INDIANS TO (By' United Press) Cleveland, Feh. 20.—Tris Speak- ’s first detachment of Cleveland in- dians leave for Dallas tomorrow. Eight tribesmen will be in the party which boards the rattler herz, b squad will he greatly aug- mented before it reaches the southern training camp_site. Steve O'Neill, Coveleskie, Uble, Ciark Tubbs, Coach Jack Mc- er and Trainer Smallwood will e Ci {board the train in Cieveland. Oden- wald, Sothoron .and Poti wili join the party in St. Lows. Other battery men, bri first group to reach Dallas to 2 leave direct (from their homes. These players incladc Nunamaker, Sewell, Shinault, Bagby, Morton, Mails, Lindsay, .Barton Middleton, Henderson, Harwood and Keidel, lo- cal sandlotter, who recently signed. Tho second squad will depart for 25 [the training camp on Feb. 25. New huriers on the staff this sea- son are Barton, Tubbs, Hardwood, Guess Lindsey and del, all of whom are without big league exper- ience. With the first exhibition battle list- ed for March 4, Speaker has iutlined an intensive practice session as soon as the Indians reach Dallas. On_Aprjl 1, the contingent will be divided into two squads, the rookies in charge of Joe Wood, and-both will barnstorm northward, arriving in the Fifth City just prevjous to the Amer- ican league opener. METHODIST CHURCH TAKES CARE OF MANY DEPENDANTS . (By United Press) R | Chicago, Feb. 20.—Pensioners of {the Methodist Episcopal. ‘church, which includes its retired ministers, their widows and dependant orpha received $2,850,0000 in 1921, Report to-this effect was made by Dr. Joseph B. Hingeley, Chicago, cor- responding secretary of the board of conference . claimants. The amount for pensions in 1908 year. & ) The pensioners include 8, dren. triarch of the church:is Rev. Se eced of Flint, Mich,; who was bo: June 2, 1823. of .Malden, Mass:,"was born Sept. 11824, MADALYNNE. OBENCHAIN \ Los Angeles, Calif., Feb. |1 and home, will tell her own story. 8. S. Wilson, proprietor of Wil lered from his recent illness. summer droughts; cleanse the dusty air; reAER?'_s;inLnlfe” replenish: st “Cloud . failing streams and brooks and bring| Staples . . thunder storms are not cverywhere| equally severe: They are not a well-| United States, on the average, andipong “There are certain facts in our re- pis gatherland and come to America | buildings in the country are more "“fnmi]y, has prided himself that for-] skyscrapers With| asied into his family. LEAVE FflR TEXAS CAMP‘ Why Heated Objects Are of Varying was $600,000, he reported, while now the amount needed is $3,000,000 a min- isters, 3,787 widows, and:764 . chil- Twenty-seven retired Ministers. zu'ol g furniturey| over 90 years of ‘age.. The grand Rev. Edward S. Best |, { TO TELL HER OWN STORY 18— ‘ .\:lml.-\lynnc Ober:i:hrin winf l{larel on E the witness stand secrets of ber love MARKETS kuh John Belton Kennedy. The girl Ivnccused of the murder of the sweet- heart for whom she left her husband lson & Co., returned Saturday from 2 month’s business and pleasure trip to Baltimore, Mearyland and other castern_points. He’is_entirply récov- !BASKETBALL STANDINGS' IN [ | THIRD ATHLETIC DISTRICT‘ i ! | Standings in the third athletic dis- 1! | trict basketball championship race fo ithe week ending Saturday, Feb. 18, | | were as follows: i 00 J W. L. Pet.! | Littla Falls 1 875 | Crosby-Ironton 3 .625 | Park Rapids 2 .600 Walker 2 .600| Beridji 4 500 2 500 4 500 3 1 | M’CORMICK GIGRL IS TO MARRY MAN SHE LOVES' (By United FPress) Chicago, Ill., Feb, 20.—The bgbyi grand-daughter of John D. Rockefel- | ler today won the right to marry the | her age. Mathilde McCormick, 16, persuaded her father, Harold McCor- mick, that her happincss depended on her marriage to Max Oser of Zurich, | Switzerland. McCormick then made | an announcement of the engage- | Only one string is attached to Ul:u‘ arriage of Mathilde, Max must quit ive. Rockefeller, the patrviarch of the tune-seeking men of Europe never| HIGH RUNS FOR WEEK ! _The high runs at the Recreatio | Billiard parlor for the week ending| { February 19 were as follows: straight | pocket billiards, Hans Bing, 21; bil- liards, W. C. Klein, 18; snooker, MATTER OF OXYGEN SUPPLY Cdlor Is a Matter of Simple Explanation. ! ohe color of a heated object de- pends largely upon the temperature to which It Is subjected, will first turn a dull red, then a bright red, and finally a glaring white. flame, the outside of which Is far hot- ter than the Iuside, and, in conse- quence, glves off a brighter light. This difterence in temperature is due to the fact that only the outer portion of the flame comes in contact with the oxy- gen of the air, while the fnner part has to be tontent with the small amount of this inflammable gas which | reaches it still unconsumed. The heat is greatest where combus- tlon 18 fastest and most complete, and it is for this reason that the outer part of a flame is a bright yellow while the interior is a dull blue, | | | Gobbler Wanted Care of Family. | A gobbler which seemed very much pleased and elated when the little {urkeys were batched and were able to follow him around last year is owned by a.New Brunswick farmer. This past summer he tried to coax the early chickens from the heis. Then when the turkey hens began to set the gobbler was missed for several | davs. He was then found setting on @ Len's nest hidden in the grass. He @it on the eggs until they began to hateh. The gobbler, however, was so heavy that he crushed the chickens, so he had .to be taken away from the ehicks, By that thme the turkey Nens fiad hatcheg their young and the gob- Bler was consoled by having them fol- low him around. | JEXPENSIVE 2 1st Neighibor: - Didja ever stop v what it cost t' raise a cat figger out wi or a dog, Bill? 2nd Neighbor: Nol - But there's a.nelghbor's cat 'round here what's cost me 'bout a bushel of brick-a- brac, two alarm clocks, and a shoe Jes In th* past month. e e i Needle Can Be Used as Drill. For delicate work in drilling small Toles a needie may be used. A part, of the eye end of the needle Is ground .| oft and the ends of the eve and the ddes beveled to form the entting lips, The needle then may be used any. ary drill—Cleveland News-Lead- " bridg | makes a photographic record of the | and the bridges have collapsed under | | 5 h 3 S.| at slow spced. The familiar warning uut};-‘:-‘x;'tla:‘xx:xdzlamm tnan in valleys and on | gurlccker, 23. | o e Wlen, for ex-|: ample, a poker Is placed in a fire, It} The same principle applies to a ! TRAFFIC WEAR ON BRIDGES New Instrument Measures With Scien. tific Precision the Effect of Every Shock. (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) A new Instrument devised by the burenu of public roads of the United States Department of Agriculture measures with sclentific precision the effect of cvery shock and blow deliv- ered by moving vehicles in crossing a bri Attached to any part of the ¢ structure, this instrument effect of the moving load. The amount of stretching or shortening of the part as a result of the shocks is represent- ed by a fine black line on the photo- graph. No blow or shock can be delivered . ° 'y Kiddies’ ColdsCan - . Be Eased Quickly Dr. King's' New Discovery will do that very thing, easily and " quickly. 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