Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 31, 1922, Page 6

114, BEMIDJI MONERR PUBLISHING COMPANY . : ‘BEMIDJI DAILY PIGNEER SPURLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY BY THR TRE ‘fi““.‘,‘ mofl%tn—r-m. .aw aradsy “wnd poatage tor, Inndvance, $2.40. £ , et S ot v e Unléss credit -1s given this papsr, ‘the "Unl! Press :is entitlad to. the uu'(orF "‘0..%:‘ dfpatches credit u““lli‘--vl.fl J ‘oxre " published 'to ‘any. sddvens 2 CHRISTIANSON QUITS g - 'Theodore Ehristianson, the Dawson editor, who had béen suggested as-a ¢candidate to take the Re- publican nomination -for' congress- in- the Seventh hm;m away Trom Andrew J. Volstead, has decided ,»to withdraw' from the ;contest. - Theodore -is: first ‘a :citizen -and then a politician. § . If hig‘idea ‘6f-Citizenship 4s violated by politics,'he { kisses ‘ambition goodbye. A ! _Mr. Christianson -discovered that over-enthusias- tic'friénds had succeeded'in making the liquor issug the ‘paramount ‘campaign issue and on that-issue, MTheodore, who is 33 dry as they make ’em; says-he ‘could not be a candidate "‘against Mr. Volstead, *whosé vrey name typifies :prokibition’in every part - of the country. i & ber of congress. ‘two ‘years ago to dislodge him.::Rev. Kvale suc- ““ deeded at the primuiies in getting ‘the Republican _nomination away from him, buit in ithe codrt-action which followed, Rev. Kvale's nomiriation ‘wes theld illegal-on the ground.that the minister ‘h-dAvie‘hted ‘the .corupt practice lawin -that e had circulated - Mr. meline-up is-organizing to again eteoit i bilngJaunched iself5Has-at60d 1ar; dost-stant-for-and-s §——b CITY "MOTHERS They are serving' tea 'at the'igouncil ‘meetings at - Des ‘Lacs, N. Di : & All ‘the village offices are now. held exclusively by ‘women. > The streets have been manicured, city ordinances % dusted off, and the town ‘hall scrubbed out. Also, gone ig ‘the .“gaboom” from the mayor’s oftice. 'Lace cyrtains ‘may. be expected . for the lockup and ribhvns'thny.#umikuhg‘-fin thydeants. Pick up, slick' bp' and keep vp i§ the soprano slo- gan at Des Lacs. Aoty i " Dances where_quivers: the shocking shimmy are’, no-longer tolerated. ~Hip ‘pockets. are empty. The 4 curfew ordinanceis ‘heing -enforced. B ‘Des Lacs is_vexperiencingiehe thrill of ‘being l_:nppy ¢ thoughdecent. 4 s Mother is on the job. - 3 - b ] i S —— Someone hag, dug ‘up a Story ‘to ‘the ieéffeet that- George Washington dropped ‘his wig at"¥ofkton, re- vealing the fat that he’had red hair. They have it all wrong—it' was “‘Cornwallis-who ‘was ‘red-headed at Yockton. F—— THE BEMIDJI'DAILY PIONEER « TNDIAN DRUM + MacHuarg and Edwin Balmer . surprise; ‘he cried 1t te $rivad] (Continuéd ‘from*-last issue) - those who had followed Corvet and | N —— ‘Phree more cars at the cost of -two sheathing of lce spread over the steel | pull'the wreckage aside and make his Anbodrd, .and’ dissolution of all the| WAY to Corvet ; but the old man stopped cargo became complete.: Cut stone and | him. “The priest, Father Benitot! ‘motor’parts, chasses and castings, fur- Send him to me. I'shall never leave - .niture -and ‘beams, swept back and here; send Father Benitot!" 4 forth, while the cars, burst and splin- The word was passed ‘without: the ling forward, sidéwlse, aslant, <recoll- | minute, made mo further attempt to -ing. .;Yet men, though scattered singly, free Corvet; that indeed was useless, "tried to stay them by ropes and chains | and Corvet demanded his right of sac- others, : | obeyed him during the hour beforé and * Jives -the, crew / cleared, while the | had not known why. The mate tried to | tered, be¢ame monstrous missiles hurt- | mate moving away. The mate, after a ' higher. Dimly, far away, deafened out by the clangor,, the steam whistle of Number 25 wiis ‘blowing the four long Dblasts ‘ of -distress; -Alan, heard the ound now ‘and ‘then with .indifferent wonder. - All-destruction had come for him . tobe “contained -within this car deck ; here the:ship looséd on itself all elements of ;annihflation; who could ald‘it from without? - Alan‘caught the end of ‘a-chain which Corvet:flung him and, thougn ‘he kmew it was useless, he carried it-across from one stanchion . » Something, sweeping 'aicross ‘the ‘deck, ‘caught him and car- ‘ried:bim with _it; :it brought him be- ‘fore the coupled line:-of ‘trucks which while the water washed higher and rament ‘from the priest who came .and crouched under the wreckage beside him. “Father Benitot!” P “I am not Father Benitot. I amFa. ther Perron of L’Anse. ; 1 “It was to Father Benitot of St. Ig- nace I should have gone,:Father!. .. The priest.got a little closer as Cor- vet spoke, and Alan heard, only. voices now and then through the sounds of | clanging metal and;the drumi<of ice against the Hull. helpers were working to ‘get him Tree. They had abandoned all effort to save the ship; It was settling. And with' the settling, the movement of the:!} wreckage lmprisoning ‘Alan was ‘i creasing. This movement made usels he wate ‘and “his | * _“I couldn’t be even a receptive candidate under rthe cireumstances,” the “Dawson ‘editor ‘adds ‘as & New law says woxien ‘must :go to private rooms . if .they wish o smoke in New York City. Some of the chorus girls have'decided where ‘the law ‘can go hurtled back and forth-where the ralls | 1o efrorts of the mate; it would free of ‘track “three hisd been. -He WDS. Alan of itself in a moment, if it did hurled ‘before.:them and rolled over;| ot kill him; It would free or ‘firish something cold: and heavy pinned him | oorvet too. But he, as Alan saw him, ‘cfiflcher. T “3lv. "Christianson’s action is significant. He ‘is ‘e6ognized as one of the big.men of the Republican * 1patty ‘in Minnesota. 'He Ras occtpied ‘uidommarnd- Sidgitsb: /ili&_ Position'ds a -member of the legislature, having s4V8d four ‘terms “as a' 'member of the lower brdnth, He- is broad enough to see that with pro- hmfion\u the issue, no.good service could be per- this' time " as ‘fiiéMmber “of He realizes that it would be a long time ould .hope to ‘occupy ‘the powerful posi- ;ield by Mr. Volstead as chairman of the comnmiittee, n(co_gr[lized as’one of the most 1t in -congress. T S S entally a Minnegota senator, Knute Nelson, to, S0 far as théy are coneertied. 5 § The Demogcrats like “to have ‘had -Judge Stanton run ‘for United "States ‘senator, but the Democrats cnll'x’t run fast enough to lasso’the judge into doing it. _Emma Goldman is télling us what is thé matter with Russia. ‘Now:will someane please tell us what is the matter:with Emma. Girls in the Minnesota reformatory are operat- ing their ‘own laundry. Wring out, “wild belles.” Had the Bemidji-Civic and :Commerce ‘Association been asked ‘to furnish .a site for.a new:industry ‘wishing to locate ‘in ‘this-city -« few years aga,.considerable effort :and much money would have -beenex- pended for the purpose.. The Bémidji Gas Company, originated at that time, did not ask or : receive any censideration .of that | kind. And since 'that time it has ex- .pended over $80,000 in, plant, mains, service, motors, etc., and a great part of it in bonuses to those using gas for the first four years by giving them a rate at less than the cost of gas. : ‘Of course, this was business—and done for the purpose and with the expectation of inducing a sufficient number of ‘consumers and a com- mensurate output of ‘gas'to'warrdnt the-low rate.’ ; But the world was against'us! War was.declared. Up, went prices of material, freight rates; labor, etc.—and-the Gas; Rate. But not soon enough to prevent a heavy loss; ‘'or to make:any dlyidends on the money invested. “And the higher rate-was ne/indacement for new business. But “what goes up must come down,” ‘is an-old 'saying, and twice in the past year the gasrate has been’lowéred, dlso another reduction ‘will '‘be hade next month. ! Not -only that, but Gas ‘Appliances ‘have been reduced to such-am - extent that the amount.saved-on a‘gas rafige will pay for the gas used by for several months.! “If thesé Anducements will secure us a suffi- . cient-additional output o*xgu,-othei- reduttions will follow ‘as rapidly .as-possible, The Bemidji Gas Compani is a local concern, and should be and ' has been supported by those who caniuse gas: I iGaANES e necensity for many and & luxury. wi ' po’gket‘booka. i And thse #hould.file their appl tgrrps can be arrang: Gas; ‘evenmtip 3 . 1 5 . N Lt il fan fifl'&m«%fifi“fifl‘ 3z i ; a8 & fuel, 4 n the limits of all a will '[;Ye‘*haaefi'a #oy 0 .of ;present mains, he 1 : j T ot e 1 o8 2 «dleanedtfuel o be uselin E i, ¥akimg-everything into consideration. i down;-and -upon, him, the- car trucks cdme. But, before - thiem, something \\'nrml -and -liviopg—a hand ‘and -bare arm catching him quickly and :pulling at him, tugzed bhim a- little farther on. Alan, looking' up, saw_Corvet beside him; Corvet, ‘unable to move him Tarther, souching - down there: with him,; ‘yelled ‘to-htm' to leap,’ “to’twjst aside gnd get out of the way; ‘bt Corvet only crouched closer and; put_his arms. over Alan; ‘then the| wreckage came upon them, driving them apart. :A% the movement stopped, ‘Alan"still c4ild see ‘Corvet ‘dimly by; the glow. of #incandescent lamps! overhead; "thb /fiuck 'geparated them. It.bore down..upon ‘Aldn, -holding him; ‘motionless ‘alil;i on‘the other ‘side, ‘It{ ‘erushed upon-Corvet's legs. He, turned_gver, as far ‘as he could, and spoke to Alan, ‘“You have been saving me, 8o now I tried to save you,” he sald simply...“What reason did you have for doing that? Why have you: been keeping-by me?” - ¥ < la “Pm Alan {Conrad_of Blue Raplds, . “And, Oorvet made no reply to this, Alan, ‘péering at him undernéath the truck, could ske that his hands were pressed -against lils” fdce and that his body shook. Whether this was from some’ new physical pain from the movement’ of the wreckage, Alan dld not know till he lowered his hands dfter;a mo- :ment;-and now he did not:heed Alan or seem éven to be aware of him. ‘ #Dear little:Connle!” he sdid rloud. “Dear little Connie! She mustn't marry him—not him! Thdt must be seen to, What shall I do, ‘what shall I do?” + B Alan worked nearer him. “Why mustn't - she marry him?” he cried to ‘Corvet. “Why? Ben Corvet, tell mel’ Tell me Why!” d “Who are you?” Corvet seemed only with an effort:to become conscious of dAlan's presence. 5 B “I'm Alan Conrad, whom you used | to take care of. I'm from Blue Rap- ids. You kunow about me; Are you my, father, Ben Corvet? Are you my fa- ther or what—what are you to.me?”. “Your father?” Corvet repeated. “Did he tell' you that? He killed your father.”. . S 2 “Killed 'him? ~Killed ‘him, how?” “Of course. He killed them all—al But your father—he shot him ; he shot him through the head !” Alan: twinged. “Sight of Spearman- came before ‘him as he had first seen Spearman, cowering in Corvet's li- brary in terror-at an:apparition, “And i| the bullet hole above the eyel” So that was the hole made by the shot Spearman ‘fired” ] had killed . Alan's father—which-shiot him through . the head! Alan peered at Corvet lnd; calied ‘to-him,- idias S, Benitot!” Corvet, called fn Tt directly 23! Yeply fox | Alan's ‘questign, -rather in response 0 Jhat thosg gheatiing. stirgly Bathes AT \ i “Alan could;not see the rest of the fig- ure, ‘but by.the. sleeve he.recognized that .1t was-the mate, “Who's caught here?” he called down. s 3 rill"and Spearman; ship owners of Chi- | cago,” Corvet's volce replied deeply, fully; there was authority in it and onder too—the wonder of a man find- |. ing himself in a situation which his recollection cannot explain. ~~Ben Corvet!"” the mate shouted in Alyery cheap. .Mu. “Benjamin Corvet of Corvet, Sher- | was wholly oblivious of .that now.. His 1ips moved quietly, firmly ; and his eyes were fixed steadily on-the eyes of the priest. ot (Continucd' in Next Issue) BUCK LAKE The *Silver Lake Farmers’ club and the Ten Lakes Farm Bureau unit their " regular’ meeting Thursday -afternoon at M. O. Rog- holt's, about 40 -being ‘present. A long and interesting business session was 'held. Delegates-were appointéd to attend a ‘meeting of the Tri-Coun- ty ‘Fair officers, ‘that was to be ‘held in ‘Cass - Lake ‘Saturday, March -25 and.arrange to send an exhibit from {| Ten Lakes to the fair the coming au- tumn. The following committee was appointed: Messrs. Oscar Rogholt and Alex Sawyer.. .After this .and | other business was attended to, a fine || lunch was served, after which a pro- gram was given that had ‘been pre- pared by ‘the program committee, whieh “everyone ‘enjoyed. . The next meeting will be -April: 27th, -at Mr. d Mrs. E. 0. Rogholt’s. G Messrs. Albin Carlson, E. C. Rog- holt, ‘Richard ‘Rollét and "Thos: Phil- lips each purchased a cow at the auction sale last Tuesday. Harry Gates will build a new house in :the near:future. a well for him this spring. The Misses Cora and Ruby Saw-f yer entertained the ‘“Rogholt” young eople last “Sunday -at dinner. After || inner, games and music weére -thej| chief entertainment. Qyite,a_crowd gathered | at’ the| Louis Herroff place last Tueéstay, the occasion . being' the. auction ;sale . of Mr. Herdff’s stock-and furniture. It -is reported eroff has only been wn-about a yeaer, " He itired of ed to St. Paul. a resident 0! coming he:e)) farming and Mr. and M and Mrs. E. M. Chase went to Cass Lake - on ‘business ldst Thursday. The town of Ten Lakes is tp have a pound this- year, ‘and ‘Wm. Par-| rault ‘was. appointed pond-master. ~ (We over-looked the following:last week) : Meéssrs. Robert Wymore and Cleon Smith'came over from:Kitichi ‘Saturday, March 11, as dé¢legates from the Kitichi Sunday school, to the Kitichi, Woodland, White Group Gathering ass6ciation. met with the president, Mrs. Alex Sawyer. Plans were approved ‘for this - summer’s ; activities' of..the so- ciety. -Said plans will be ‘explained| to the public later. Albin Carlson and son Arthur made a‘trip to Cass Lake Tuesday, taking down a load of bolts for the boxifac- tory. : ¢ Mr. Rector and T. H. Phillips each took a load of bolts to townlast Thursday, returning_in, time to take in part of ;the. fai ting. :hfie;“‘mxfis?«fé‘fi% ?;‘f & i urs vening. _ Election o cers, - ifig uSing: | Yhe e’ i:%%s‘fi& tl\bé’»’fi ann gary. Martin Rogholt was re-el preside: . C - “"f, Ezz%w&', e F R 1t,¥ Wce-presit e;y Y, id dire, }r; M; 3 huridh o] Sawyer ;vp‘re" vening. % Mr. andeMs. in Casy Lake lastgMonday. on busi{ ness. \ : DAL Ed. Larson, who Was home on a visit for a few days, returned to his work near. 'Cass Lake. ke Arthur Carlson, who went &3 a delegate “to ‘the spelling conteq:.‘nt Bemidji last Saturday, reports axfine time while away, although he did ‘ot win first place. that Miss Acsa Sawyer, who went there a week ago, had undergone a ‘serious operation at'the San 'Raphier last It is algo report-1. ed:that Alfred Rogholt'is to'put down | that everything went}| Joe'Johnson .and’ M. | Pine | They {! l | Word was received-from St. Cloud || Monarch Tomate ‘Soup, the best, onl Monarch Rolled Oats,plarge vkg . piod Jersey Corn Flakes, 2 large pkgs . (1 pkg Jersey Pancake Flour FREE!) 3 This is new stcok, fresh and;crisp. Strictly Fresh Eggs, per dozen ... ] " (2c:extra. for delivery) 'Sal;a_med Honey, 1-quart55c; 2 quarts... Jigy Jell, per pkg Crushed "Oyster Shells, 100, 1bs If your Grocery Order is over $1.00, ask for. one of our «, o Cl'e;n-Cut Can Openers FREE! ' . :Good Dairy Butter.is always best—weé have it Pillsbury’s Best, Pillsbury’s 4X, Pillsbury’s Royal Seal and Cremo Flour— Come in-and-ask us for quantity price. -fialit*y Comes Before Price Still Qur Prices Are Not High SPECIALS FOR SATURDAY ‘Walter.Baker:Chocolate, 14-1b cake Jello, any flavor, per pkg NakomisPineapple, 8 slices in can, each ‘Boneless :Rib ‘Roast, per 1b Leg:of Lamb,-per:1b.; .. Shoulder of-Lamb), per Lamb Stew, peér Tb - -Leg of Veal, per lb Shoulder Veal, ver Ib - Veal Stew, perth 2 Pork ‘Shoulder t, per 1b Fresh Dtessé;d' hickens, per 1b ‘HEAD LETTUCE. -CELERY NEW RADISHES : .-NEW TOMATOES NEW BEETS NEW:CARROTS ’ ~Palace. Meat & Grocery © +— PHONES 200201 . —: il ‘}gnd?Méat ecials Fresh Celery, Head Lettuce, Cauiiflowér' " Parsnips, Carrots, Rutabagas,"Onions -and Cabbage. Good .4-sewed Brooms, - each No. 2 can Pineapple....25¢. No. 214 can Sliced * Peaches .. No. 214 can Apricots..25¢ No.. 215 can Ekg Plums, - -3 .cans 59¢ ‘No. 2 can Blueberries, 3 -cans . 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