Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 23, 1922, Page 6

:We Can Imagine. The Rest. ‘An - Arab ' drinks ‘cold water,:with 2 Blil:m.’ hbulvnever bpt::les in it un-| esg: hig: home-ig- he se: e | lvivfilgfliidfithfitv%wzefl is essel q‘v.to Don't Tell Your Wife, ' In_the town of Mombasa in Brit-| ish East Africa jam jars and cur-| tain pins are used for the personai| adornment of the natives. American | husbands reading this are asked not to tell it to their wives. —Might Follow Suit.— Brilliant. Soap is first mentioned by Pliny, | who states that it was prepared from | goat’s tallow and beech-tree ashes, | and was chiployed for giving bril-| lianice to the hair. Nothing seems| to be available as to when the soap/ box was first employed. —For Oratory.— Symbol of Weakn The Syrians considered mourning for the dead an effeminate practice, and when they grieved they put on women's clothes, as a symbol of weakness, 45 & shame to them for lack of ‘manliness. —The Syrians Were Wise.— That Covers A Lot. The man who spends his time sit- ting on a nail-keg at a grocery storc rankg as a producer along with the hen that sits on a door knob, except that the hen is honest in her inten- tions. —They Both Cackle A Lot— What. Are We Coming To? The eighth wonder of the world has cope to pass. Just as we have becomd used to seeing women wear short skirts, and the rage for knick- erbocker or bloomer suits has come in strong, we are confronted by a difficult problem; trying to figure out why an occasional woman persists.in | showing her shott skirts and bloom-| ers at the same time. | —You Tell 'Em.— So, There! He (regitering extreme irritation) —*“Didn"t some‘dwt propose to you before I married you?” d’cith (sweetly and calmly)—“'l'hv:rcI i She—*I did.” —That Aught to Hold Him.— No Harm In That. “Horace, dear,” said young Mrs. Torkins, “didn’t you say that dog! you houFM has a pedigree?’’ “Yos,” was the complacent answer. | “Well, knowing: how unlucky you are with dogs, I consulted a veterina- riah. You neeedn’t worry. The dac- tor. says it won't hurt him in the| least.” —Can You Beat It?— Music and song marked the open- ing "of the regular weekly meeting of the Bemi association_Wednesday noon, Professor Rigg’s juvenile saxaphone orchestra rendered several unnpgy selections and the members led by E. D. Boyce sang a number of patri- otic sorigs as a fitting memorial to the coleE:qflon of George Washing- ton's hinhdag'. Harry F. Swenson of St. Paul ad- dressed the gathuingl, choosing as his subject, “George Washington.” He paid tribute to the nation's great leader of the revolutionary pe- riod in glowing terms. He compared Washington with Lincoin and in a} burst of eloquent oratory drove home the fact that every American-born citizen hag an opportunity to become great in this, the greatest land under God’s footstool. Other speakers were Messrs. Com- stock and A. F. Pray of Minneapolis, of Americanism and picture most op- timistically the future of the nation’s who made eéarnest appeals in behalf welfare. BABE RUTH MAY NOT PASS MARK THIS YEAR (By Uhited Press) New York, Feb. 23.—Babe Ruth will be good endugh for a fairy story if he sets a new homerun mark this coming season. Losing six weeks of the early seasoh he will have need of a magic wand to pole enough to pass his mark of 59. " e ————— . KILL COLD. GERMS Colg 'ferms multiply by the .mil- lions.: here is always -danger, of influenza. or, pneumo‘?. . Assist na- ture to flush_th ao ons_ from the tem, Use BULGARIAN BLOOD .3 steaming hot atibedtime. Sold RAGS Bring w your ele {on rige--uo buttons, or wooles eloth ascepted. —'P;;heer Office “Clivic & Commerceinto terms of the purchasing power when | of 1918 dollars,” it is again seen e ANSWRRING QUESTIONS AT VA NOW € ) Z 'TWELVE ENTRIES MADE FOR 200-MILE DERBY (By United Press) LePas, Man., Feb. 23.—Twelve en- tries from Northern Manitoba had been entered today for the 200-mile “dog derby” to be held Feb. 28, for » purse_of $2,500. Outside entries nre expected. The DuPas-Bancroft team will have the largest number of dogs in the derby with 15. All the teanis have been over the course and pranounced it well suited for fast driving. . THe betting is divided in favor of the DuPas-Bancroft team and between C. N."Morgan’s outfit and the dogs owned %nd driven by the renowned Sam Pranteau. The latter has nine wonderfully built dogs and followers of the sport have taken, him up at even money. . Nover before has there been the equal of the dogs comprising the teams this year, which has been brot about by careful breeding. The en- tries up to tonight follo: C. B. Morgan, owner, Bill Gracon, | driver; DuPas-Bancroit, owners, and T. DuPas, driver; Billy Winterton, owner and driver; Godbout-Rusick, owners, Fred Godbout, driver; Mc- Donald-Burke, owner, A. McDonald, driver; Sam Pranteau, owner and ; Larry McKay, owner and W. Constance, owner and driver; Batcese Campbell, owner and driver, and Alfred Ballantyne, owner and driver. FARM INCOMES SHOWED SUDDEN DROP YEAR AGO (Continued From Page 1) He—“Thon why the devil didn't|, e pi0 you marry him?” ‘1.1; !e:l(l:lolwz:nr beginning witl ) Aggregate - ndivid- Percent of ual In- Farmers Total re- comes. Income ceived by (billions) (billions) farm- ers 1910 3.95 13.2 1911 3.70 12.8 1912 4.00 12.7 1913 4.20 12.9 1914 4.20 13.0 1915 4.70 13.7 1916 5.80 13.9 1917 8.80 17.4 1918 B 10.45 17.4 1919 64.7 10.85 16.8 1920 65.8 app.7.20 10.9 The final figures for the total ivg-l come in 1920 can only be approxi- mated, owing to the delay in publish- in{vthe income tax returns. hen these figures are translated that the purchasing power of the farmers was at its lowest ebb in 1920. Here are the comparative fig- ures in_billions of dollars: Farmers Income in billions of dollars at the uniform 'pur- chasing power of 1913. 10 $4.01 (Billions) 3.78 . 3.60 < incom§ ' of the ercapi- ta income of the farmer, both meas- ured in dollars of 1913 purchasing power, was as follows: | Average income Average In- of all gainfully come" employed in 1913~ farmers in The percapita country as a whole, and the dollars 1913 "dollars 1910 940 631 1911 923 593 1912 939 624 | 1913 955 657 | 1914 932 652 1916 1068 795 | 1917 1026 1004 1918 941 1011 1919 938 937 | 1920 860 (approx) 543 | 1t will be seen that in 1920 the farmers fell faster than the rest of us. They had further to fall. What the result v have been in | 1921 cnnnot{ Tmined, <bes | cause while in suffered heavy losses, ‘the country also ran into &, d of severe de- prassion. SR 3 At the recent annual election of the National 'Breau of Rosearch, Jol ey, editor of the| Internatlonal . Mold Journal, | chosen for the ne reated position | of chairman of the board of direct- ors. The other o....cers of the bu- | reau are President ! viee president American Telephone & Telegraph Co.; vice president, Gray | Silver, of the I(mericln Farm Bureau | Federation; treasurer, = George A | Roberts, vice president National City | Bank, of New York; secretary, Dr. | Oswald W. Knauth; director of re-| | search, Dr. Wesley Clair Mitchell. THE PIONEER WANT ADS| HE BRING RESULTS A lillothn Ma‘chinu Working on a :ll. J. Windrow, state highway Economie | © alecolm C. Rorty, | 1n) bobbed hair, FEDERAL-AID_ROAD PROGRAM Becretary of Agricuiture ls Considen Ing Tentative Draft of Rules and Regulations. (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) The secretary of agriculture is con- sidering a tentative draft of rules and regulations for: the administration of the federal Hhighway act, approved last November, under which $75,000, 000 15 appropriated for the construc tion of federal-aid roads, but will not promulgate them until he has con- ferred « with representatives” of the state highway departments. The sec- retary i1s impressed with the need for closest possible co-operation between the federal government and the states in the.development of the federal-aid highway system called for by the act, and the value and serviceability of the system will not be jeopardized by 2 'hasty decislon as to the roags which will comprise it or the regulations to be followed In carrying out the pur- poses of the legislation. .Fifty million™ dollars of the ap- propriation became available January 1. The remaining §25,000,000 was made fmmediately available upon ap- proval of the act, November 9, last. In formulating the fundamental rules which will govern the states and the federal government in administer- Ing the law, the Department of Agri- culture 15 seeking the counsel of the state highway departments as repre- sented by the executive committee of the American Association of State Highway Ofticials. ‘Members of the com- mittee are: George P. Coleman, state highway commission, Virginia; Paul D. Sargent, chief engineer, Muaine; Austin B, Fletcher, state highway en- gineer, California; W. R Neel, state highway engineer, Georgia; Thomas H. MacDonald, chief of the bureau of public roads,” United States Depart- ment of Agriculture; George I. John- son, seeretary, department of public works, Nebraska; Ira R. Bowning, member of highway commission, Utah \ Rutty Highway. en- gineer, Texas; W. D. Uhler, state ! highway engineer, Pennsylvania; and D. P. Olson, directot, bureau of high- ways, Idaho. Pending definite decision upon de- tulls of the federal highway system, ench projJect submitted by the states will be examined with the utmost care by the bureau of public roads to'de- termine whether it is likely that the roads proposed wil come within the federal system as finally selected. The department regards the approval of this system as of great importance. Each project submitted in advance of the definite decision upon the system as n whole will have an effect In fixing particular routes and so de- termining the system. Location of the projects, cholce of routes, and character of improvements proposed will be given close study. Eath state highway department has been requested o submit as-soon s, possible tothe-Department of Agrlcul- ture ntents € Toutes proposed - for Pri systems... I eXamini upaps these. vecommendations »gfii& Will e glven to sic e © questions Invoived, agiNervice to populition, estabs Hshed trend of traftic, existing buwdus- tries, natural resources, ete. In con- sidering plans for individual projects ecial “attention will be devoted to | grade crossings, grydients, curvature, Bridges, general drainage conditions, lJocution of materials, supplies, cte. wish to be sure that Some na; disarmany 1l not mean dismem- berment. 1t It's real Tové, it will be blind even (Conducted by National Council ef the Boy Sceuta of America.) ! WINS HIKING MERIT BADGE Rodney Hotchkin is the first scout in Binghamton to win the hiking merit badge. To earn this badge the boy must rgeet the following tests: 1. Show a thorough knowledge of the care of the fdet on a hike. 2. Shall walk five miles per day, six days in the week, for a period of three months. This-may include walking to aud from school or work. He shall { keep a record of his hikes daily, pref- erably in his-glary, a transcript to be made an exhibit before the court of honer. 3. Walk ten miles on each of ten days in each month for a period of three months; in other words, six walks of ten miles during . the three months. i 4. Walk 20 miles in one day. 5. Locate and describe interesting trails and walk to some place marked by some patriotic or historical event. 6. Write hig experience in these sev- eral walking trips with reference to fatigue or distress experienced, and in- dicate what he has learned in the way of cariog for himself as regards equip- ment, such as camping and cooking outfit, food, footwear, clothing and hy- glene. 7. He shall review his ability to read a road map (preferably a government topographical map), to use a compass, wnd shall be required to make a writ- ten plan for & hike from the map. Francis Lake of Troop 6, Bingham- ! ton was made an Eagle scout at the same court of honor session ‘at which the hiking merit badge was conferred on Scout Hofchkin; who is already an Eagle, ¢ 8COUT TRACKS OWN - BICYCLE < ‘Bruce E. Cox, a thirteen-year-old boy scout. of Detroif, woke up one | morning to find his beloved bicycle issing. A scout knows how to “track and trail,” and having first notified the police of the theft, young Cox set out to recover the property. He found the track of the wheel in the moist earth near the garage. ¥Found also a man’s-sized footprints. The footprints disappeared in the ‘alley. Deduction 2: At this point the man-sized erson began to ride the wheel.' For | two blocks the amateur Sherlock Holmes traced the bicycle tracks. At the door of the private garage the tracks stopped. Inquiry of the owner: “Anyone put a bicycle in your i rage?” “Why, ye! was the answer, “Yesterday a D, P. W. workman asked 1f he could store some tools here and today he left a bicycle.” It was easy enough to prove the real owner's claim to the wheel. They are stilt looking for the thief, but Bruce doesn’t care whether they find him or not. He has the bicycle, thanks to his own keen mother wit and scout training. A FIRST.CLASS TROOP Troop 1 of Westboro, Mass, has none but first-class scouts in its mem- bership of 25 boys. Five of these are also Star scouts. The troop had the lonor -of belng awarded the silver cup conferred by the Algonquin council for all-round efliciency in scouting and las been granted permission by the governors of the. local _country club to establish within the limits®of the laven. for wiki-life generally. terrltory included ‘covers ‘about 50 res. The safictuary projéct has the sanction of the state department of conservation wihder the direction of which it will be earried out. This troop is also one of the successful “pagers,” having receutly heen successfut in find- fng a young min, who,” témporarily insane, had wandered away from home and baifled: the efforts of the police to locate him. % CALIFORNIA. GOOD TURNS )A scout on duty at the California Industries —exposition,. noticed that auditorium looked hot. gingerly he found It was quite as hot as it looked. ~He reported the watter proved - that the club property a bird lite anctunry and, The, sonie temporary wiring In the Civic | Touching it | | after all, at ome? AS A SYMmBoL OF REJOICING ON ‘THE HAPPIESY OAN OF HER UFE ¢ wires were oferloaded. The tvouble was repaired and damage avoided. Two San ‘Francisco scouts put out a tire in an apartment house. In the same clty a iady driving up a steep hill discovering that the car had en- gine trouble got out to- investigate. The car began to roll down hill. A passing scout jumped in, put on the brakes and stepped the machine. PAGE LOST CHILDREN Pasadena boy scouts were, not long ago, called out in answer to a hurry call to find three missing maidens, all under five years of age, who had simul- taneously and unaccountably - disap- peared. At the ‘end ot an hour one of the 20 scouts who were on the guest, discovered the three young lactes be- ing enterfained at a school cafeteria, a mile from their homes, while the teachers vainly tried to learn their guests’ nawes and. addresses, ROSARIES FROM HOLY LAND Important Bethlehem Industry Is the Manufacture of Beads From Ma- terial America Sends. Ten to twenty tons of the pearl- shell waste of American button fac- tories—broken pleces and butt-ends of shells—are shipped monthly to .the Holy land, where, in the village where Christ was born, the material is con- verted into béads and ornamental ob- Jects. For many centuries the manu- facture of such products has been the only important industry of Bethlehem. They find a market largely in thé United States.. In 1920 there was shipped from Bethlehem to this coun- try at least $60,000 worth of rosaries, made of mother-of-pearl beads, with silver chains and strung on wire of the: sume metal, or “white mietal” for | a substitute, ¥or making larger car- ven or other ornamental objects Beth- | lehem obtains supplies of pearl-oyster | shells from the Persian gulf, from In- dia and from Australia. The chains of silver and white metal are import- ed from France. Hand labor is em- ployed exclusively in the industry, and, | inasmuch as it 18 very clieap, the iden | of using machinery is regurded with : disfavor, | ENGLISH TEA IN DIPLOMACY " Perhaps the penetration of the Eng. flsh tea into the Versailles conference | was one’ of the most remarkable of 1t8 achievements, writes Muriel Harris in the North Amefican Review. In a sense, of course, the conference \\'nsl itself something of a return to a state of. society when society was small and international and not, as today, Ilarge and intensely national. Nobody who was unconnected with the conference had for the moment any particular in- terest, and a limited and cosmopolitan society was thus the cynosure of every eye. When Mr. Balfour diverted AL Clemenceau with tea, it was an inter- national fncident, In the sense almost that upon ‘the frown of a king’s mis- tress depended the fate of natlons. And it was tea made with canned milk, too! Was it a ruse of the wily Lloyd George? Did he realize how tea helped - the inarticulate English- man? How it gave him something to do with his hands, filled in the pauses in his conversation, compen- sated for his French—or lack-of it— and, most of all among the voluble Latins, gave him the feeling of being, before. - The contforting quick _relief ‘from pain fully surprise’ you." | 1 Keep Sloan's handy and at the first sign of.anache or pain, use it. At all diiiggists—35c, 70¢, $1.40, Dislguring facial eruptions Quiekly maded by Dr.Hohsgn's Etzemms ‘eczéma, acne, mfifl.”ifl.‘l”..’« all otherskin troubles. One of Dr.Hobson", Family Remedies. Any druggist. DrHobson’s BaemaOkmnem Boss Meets His Waterloo 7 ? WHITE PINE Mr. and Mrs. A Backman are the proud parents of a four pound baby girl, who arrived Feb. 14. R. C. Matheny, who has been em- filuyed at the Shears sawmill south of lackduck, returned home Saturday as the mill has ceased operation for the-present. . \ L. C. Kirkpatrick, C. A. Matheny, F. C. Alsop and E. C. Olmstead spent one day last week snowplowing the road ‘to Blackduck. In some place the ‘driits were packed so hard the grader had to be used first before the snowplow could do its work. Norman Aarnes spent Sunday at the C. U. Olmstead home. Last Thursday afternoon the eighth grades of the Rebedew and White Pine schools met -at the Rebedew school house for a spelling contest. Miss Christine Aarnes of the White Pina school was the winner. The White Pine eighth grade will com- pete with the Blackduck eighth grade in the near future. . Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Also ily spent Sunday at the stead home. Miss Vera Matheny spent the yvpelq end with her parents, return- ing to her school north of Hines Sun- day afternoon. Rufus Rylander and F. C. Alsop are 'busy hauliny home their hay from Louis, Minn. Mrs. E. C. Olmstead and son Ro- land called on Mrs. C. U. Olmstead Friday afternoon of last week. 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