Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 2, 1922, Page 3

Twentleth Ceontury Limitod A Matter of Convenience A friend of ‘ourg re¢ently sold his phonograph to a fiext door neighbor. Now he can enjoy the music without being bothered with having to wind up the miachine. —Ain't We Got Fun?— A-Good :Mechanic A young man about town has sud- denly developed into an expert me-. chanie.. The, ogherfpight _he was call- ing upon a young lad; is opposed™~to~him:-caling:-at .the. house, and when the old man appear- ed and broke the silence of the liv- ing room, this young man made a bolt for the door. —And He Made It Quick—= Popular Descriptions Strickland Gillilan is credited with the remark that a slob is a son-of-a- gun we won’t speak to, 2nd a snob is a son-of-a-gun who won’t speak to us. —You Tell 'Em— A Real Distinction Nearly every lodge: and fraternal society in Bemidji has at times been confronted by the big problem faced by any organization—that of incit- ing more interest: atithe meetings. The main trouble ‘seéms -to” be that every order contains too many fel-| lows whose -sole claim to distinction is that they sometimes second’ the motion to adjourn. PR ’ —The Motion Carried— Long Division,; ., ; At the present time 1t ‘appears that the whole world is pretty. well divid. ed betyeen two classes of people. Those who wonder how thcy can pay their bills and those who wonder Low they can collect them. | —Where Do You, Belong?— Wrong Again. A statistician_informs us that tne thinn. thing in the world is tl black spot that appears on a bubbl before it bursts. The black spot is the center. Prior to this announce- ment we had always been df the opin- jon that the thinmest thing in the world was a wife’s cxcuse ior not getting home and having supper ready on time. —That’s Thin Enough For Us-— Facing A Hard Week. ng to suicide slatisticz in States, the day on which most acts of self-destruction — ure commiited is Monday. .ut did you cver iiear of a persva S0 y to act rid of the world as 1o @ N ewn life on Saturday nigh:? 2 —7You Haver't’--- Well Seasoned. Now there approaches the season of the year when the iired business man often wonders if the automooile which has been stored in the garage all winter is also tired. —Wot Ya Tank?— VISCOUNTESS RHONDA MAY GET HOUSE OF LORDS SEA1 London, March 2.—The ciaims of tess Rhonda to a seat in.inc of lords was considered foday. The committee, which will seat V:s countess Rhonda, held that the sex bar to hereditary title was removed by the women’s suffrage act. DR. WORK IS NOMINA AS POSTMASTER GENERAL Chicago, March 2.—Dr. Hubert Work, at present first assistant post- master general, was today nominated by President Harding to be postmast- er-general. Work succeeds Will Hayes' whose resignation becomes effective Sat- urday. MAIL ROBBER GOT SACK OF SPECTACLES AND PEN Chicago, March, 2.—Loot obtained in the mail robbery at Kankake: to- day will not be over $100, postal in- spectors here announced. All - the registered pack consisted of was spce- tacles, they stated- HARDING WANTS MAN FIT TO SUCCEED JUDGE LANDiS ‘Washington, - March. 2.—Presideat Harding wants a man “fit” to succeed Judge K. M. Landis, whose resigna- tion ig effective today. The question of Landis’ successor was discussed be- tween President Harding and Schaffner, a Chicago newpaper man, today. r———-—-—'—'—-—- e—e——— " ADDITIONAL WANT ADS Ji FOR SALE—Fiye acres, five-room house and chicken coop; a-quarter mile from town. Write Mrs. A. W. Lathrop, : Pine River, Minn., Box 255. 318-6 < - MARKETS GTATO. MARKET iago, March 2.—Potatoes weak- U. S. shipment : Wisconsin round 1 ; Tdaho $2.20 to $2.30: Minne s from locai storage $1.i0 to $1.30. a TUS. COMMERCE Topic. : orc(v’Wmt A'm%lts‘s whose father” fountain pens and the ‘like, Mr. | (Continued from Page %) icapita increase being from $21.00 in| 1810 to $43.00 in 1Y14. “While we are still a great agricul- tural nation, manufacturing has s iforged ahead that since 1914 about {one-half of our expor.s have 1| \ma-ufactured articles. This change! {is of great importande. It has brot, | us into direct-competition with other | jgreat manufacturing nations and nas | given us a new interest in the exten-) sion oftiop’ trade with the less de- vi@opedirfations such as Chile, Arge 4 | tina, Br: il,, Russia, Australia, Souuh | Africas: pntiothers. . While it is trué i that the'exportatio: manufactures | I has inctégsed.freé'}fi' n_every great| nation, in: no.case has the progress {been so great as that of the Unded ‘States. © *: “With the confines of continenta! | United States are produced ail of thé tabsolutely essential articles resuired ias, fo0d, clothing and shelter for the i population. . ‘We are Lherelore, in ‘4 Hlarge measure a self-sufficicnt people. |But without foreign commerce we "would be deprived of many of thz luxuries and comforts and no one of the:necessities of modcin life. “With the increase of the Ameri can merchant marine, and the exten- |sion of American banking faciliticy, | |especially to the countries heretofo;c ! considered of lesser importance from ia commercial standpoint, we should be able to greatly increase our. fur- eign trade over any previous rec- ords.” d VALUATION OF ROADS | 1S DECLARED HiGH | ¥ {Continued From Page 1) of 10 per cent in freight charges {on practically every product of ihe | American farm. oy # - Hearings just concluded in Wash- ington covered rates on hundreds of | commodities, #nd open up the wuay for still further reductions. Farm bureau attorneys pointed out. il tHe testimony of the east-, ern railroads’ chief’ witness shows ithat in spite of a ‘small volume of traffic, the toads were~earning 5.21 per cent on their property investment. The property investment figure, they asserted; “ig* $4,000,000,000. " higher than the par value of all the railway | bonds and stocks outstanding in the| hands of thc public, and from five to ‘six billion. dollars~ higher than the | market value of these securitics. i “The par value of “all stocks and bonds outstanding in the hands of the public (water and all) is approxi- mately $3,000,000,000 less than the tive valuation made by the in- te Commerce commission,” the federation declared. It attorneys argued that with the railroads earning 5.21 per cent income on their property investment, their | | earnings on a fair valuation would ‘nmo\mt to more than seven per cent| during the coming year. The latest’ \available government statistics, they pointed out, showed that'in Oct.; 1921, , ithe value of:farm prosucts was only | 29 per cent higher than in pre-war {times, with many products actualiy ]be‘.ow the pre-war level, while tie railroads’ income per ton of freight hauled one mile was 71 per "cent ihighcl‘ than in 1914, and 1913 | BUDGET DRIVE TO PAY ! OFF ARMORY NOTES; ! (Continued From Page 1) Hardware association was a guest’ of | | R. L. Given at the club>and rendered several snappy musical selections on ‘ the piano. | | C. L. Pegelow, who so ably took the part-of “Pansy” in the.Elks min- strel show, was asked to explain why | he received so many proposals as this character. He explained alright, but would admit nothing. William . Zauche of Baudette was introduced to the - members of the association and gave a splendid talk. He advised “that a committee from his city would soon visit Bemidji and take up the matter of county’ division. “We are gathering facts | and figures,” said Mr. Zauche, “and | will lay all cards on the table, so that |you can intelligently approve or re- {ject them.” “We are doing some great work in the road-building program in the vicinity of Baudette and hope soon to have the road' between Bemidji| and Baudette passable as an all-the- | year-around road.” | COVERNMENT PLANNING PROTECTION OF PUBLIC (By United Pres: Washington, March 2.—(By Paul Mallon)—itederal action to save the i American people from financial "'swindlers, confidence men and stock | salesmen who are swindling them out {'of a sum estimated by experts to be i close to $100,000,000 "a year, was i planned today by the government. The alleged activities in New York and numerous failures of brokerage houses have caused government offi- fcials to hasten the framing of their| {proposed campaign against swin- ldlers. Legislative measures have | been proposed to force: national en- forcement of blue sky laws. ' They Fare - being studied by the federal trade commission. subzarive tor ay Elonges’ 43 country, customs, |started yesterday afternoon. 1IBER E 'STEREOPTICAN LECTURL! Rev. Blaine Lambert will visit tic following points next week giving a ereoptican lecture on China; about beautifuily colered views of tne and - conditions: Sunday, March 5, Pleasant Valley evening, prezching at noon; Monday, Nebish; Wednesday, Redby; Thurs- day, Puposky and Sanitorium; Sat- urday, Hines; Sunday, Northome. No charge is made for these lectures and the people of these communities are | cordially invited to enjoy themn. NORTH DAKOTA REPRESENTED 'ATZNATIONAL CONFE e | X kothimen representin, te-at the abRivers and, bors.Lcongr: 3 % M. Kelly'and A, B. Jackson, of D ils Lake, J. D. Bacon, Grand For Darby--O'Malley, - Valley City; S. Doyle,-Farga;Ex-¥.. Sazles, Hillshoro; John J. Kenoe, Cando, and George Duis, Grand Forks. “The Great Lahes | deep waterways will be under discus- sion, The North Dakota men were :tappointed as ‘delegates by Gov. Nes- 0S. | FUNERAL SERVICES HELD FOR MRS. JOHN ELSTED Funeral _servic‘es were_ held yester- day afternoon at 2 o’clock at the | lbertson undetakirng parlors for Mrs. John "Elsted who passed away Fri- day night at St. Anthony’s hospical. Dr. G. H. Zentz officiated, and inter- ment awas'made in Greenwood ceme- tery under the direction of Mr. Ibert- son.* Mrs. Elsted leaves, besides ner husband, who is very ill at the pre: ent time in the hospital, three chil- dren, two sons and a daughter.’ D e TROOP NO. 3 BOY SCOUTS* TO CHOOSE 'NEW LEADER A special meeting of- the Boy Scout troop No; 8 will take place to- | worrow evening:at 7:15 o’clock at the Civic & Commerce: association rooms, and every, hoy i& kindly requested to bo present. ' Plang will be made at that time to chogse a’newscout mas- ter, und also’ for a ferewe!l party for their-present leader, Rev. Wm. Kamphenkel, who will leave Bemie- ji soon for-his new churge at Duluth. HENRY L. MELIUS CASE | 1S STILL BEFORE COURT The case of the State of Minneso- ta vs. Henry L. Melius, in which the defendant is. charged with having taken indecent liberties with a girl 16 years of age, is still before the) district court today. This case w}::s The state has completed its testimony, and the testimony of the defense is ex- pected to be completed so that the| case may rest with the jury late this afternoon. HITCHCOCK TO VOTE DOWN 14 BACT IN PRESENT FORM (By United Press) Washington, March 2.—Senater Hitehcock of Nebraska served notice in a speech to the senate today that unless the four-power Pacific_trealy hanged by zmendments and reser- vations, he will vote aaginst'its rati- fication: leaders in the League oi Nations fi w The scnate late vesterday ratified the Yap pact by a vote of 67 to &2.; TWO MOE;E BROKERAGE FIRMS JOIN LIST OF FAILURES (By United Press) :New York, March 2.—Two broker sge firms joined the long list of fail- ures here today. Scott & -Stump went into invo! tary bankruptcy and the A. Deschamps firm, formerly the Fried- man-Markleson & Co., made assigu- ment for the benefit of creditors. Scott & Stump were suspended from the Consolidated Stock exchange. SLOAN'S RELIEVES NEURALGIC ACHES OR forty years Sloan’s Liniment has been the quickest relicf for . neuralgia, sciatica and rheama=" tism, tired muscles, lame backs, sprains and strains, aches and pains. Keep Sloan’s handy and apply frecly, without rubbing, at the fir 3 It eases and brings com! and readily. You'll find it non-skin-staining. Sloan's Liniment is pain's cnemy. Ask your neighbor. = , At all druggists—35c, 70c, $1.40. eot D Family Remed. > . Hobson’s | 1 1 Made From Langdon Polar Pie—— POLAR PIE The Popular Ice Cream Bar. EéEMaOi}mnenm ’s Sanitary Ice Cream ! —-ASK FOR.IT— LANGDON MANUFACTURING CO. |! i _'ST.' '%g:ple'd verdiet in fevor of M.y Hitcheack was one of the| | s (By Unjted Press) | Los Angeles, Calif., March 2.—Mye. ! John Rupp, accuser of two men in tic William Desmond-Taylor murder mys; tery, was suddenly. stricken with ness today. Authoritics 'did not mit the illness was mysterious. doctor said Mrs. Rupp had influenza | symptoms. The questioning of suspects uc- cused by Mrs. Rupp had to be tempo- rarily postponed. A strict guar was kept up about Mrs. Rupp’s houi where sh@,Jay i i P NG MARY PICKEGKD ew York; March- 2.—A ju"fi;‘ déral district cow? tcday retur JURY %ms VERDICT FA ford, \ereen star, in the suit for $108,000_far_alleged breach 3 tracts, brought by Mrs. Cora C. kenning. Mrs. Wilkenning cluimed Miss Fickford had:obtaincd a nue lion-dollar contract through her s, ices and the suit was for commission alleged to be due her. "BALSAM RIDGE Mr. and Mré. S." Eaton and son Richard spent Friday with I W, Gei- ron an¥ family. Anna Johnson was absent from school most of last week on account (of sickness. Hilmer Bothners is spendinz a few days at Waskish, Pearl Daken is ving with Mrs. Bothner during Mr. Bothner’s absence. % Bern:rd and Chester Ray ™ sp2nt Sunday with James and Thomas Me- at Washkish., . . _Wm: Brownfand f: vin, Verner, Lloyd a erson were Sundp Gehron’s. ' % Harry Binn' and wife. p%{fi day with John McManus-an S Wm. Brown and-family called on Harry Brown’s and wife Friday eve- ing. Everett Gehron spent: Sunday -at Halverson’s camp. Messrs. Ed. Elstrum, Nels-Nelson and Grigg Harter called on E. Rosh-| ing and others in the ‘Jed neighbor- hood Sunda i 4 v g AR 0 LADIES WHO LUNCH_HERE \ are assured of éspecial at’ tention: - We have tables re- served for them at all times. 3 And ‘we always have some = especially dainty dishes on /3 , our_menu that will appeal to ,=- even the most capricious ap- petite. _In- addition’ our i as. to pre- T lmnmnmmimmmn% t od 'R N = =2 4 =) Ti_ 3 ARKHAM (0 - E———— immmn 2, £ i lnifil‘l!flunifinii:fiimnnunn DALLY PIONEER WANT ADS BRING RESULTS 1 L7 on keofs is the Roll Roofing. For other types faction for every of buildings, he will show you NO.?“?’-"C“!T ‘:"B?t the various . grades, all of high R o Q\m]:‘{obof qual.ty material but constructed i o il particular requirement. y i 6 fege- Pl pTHOUE: Stop in and see the:Nelson roofing satisfaction not when the toof is new but for vears to come. If you krow whet particular grade of Melson Rcof to use on B. F. Nelso SMITH LUMBER CO. DISTRIBUTORBSefT(‘);‘dgELSON ROOFS @ y roll and n label assures you R 2 T sepmaptgr 2 T - 4 | g, ING INEED building ask any Nelson dealer. To cover a warchouse, he will recommend Nelson A Grade iz dealer noar you. He will be glad to show you the complete line of Nelson Roofs. Werite us for sarmples and the booklet, “The Proof of a Roof”, an ihteresting story of roofing progress. only don’t .your n Mfg. Co., Minneapolis | |