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e -t =y . YHE BEMIDJi DAILY PIONEER O T Afwe ebit o’ Scotch and muckle o’ human nature! Blended into a romance that won the heart of the world—. i A IAN‘M,cLAREN'S ‘Famous Novel & e /9 b Harvey, " ] Readers owe MODERN SAMARITANS TO : “TH E BONN]E 77; i MEET THURSDAY EVENING . 59y i The 'Modern ‘Samaritans will hold R R fl ] ‘proper -considera- thexr regular meeting Thursday eve- B ]A BUS ning at 8 o’clock at the K. C. hall, 3 b 3 yurce is known. George Wilson of Park Rapids is tranlfactmg business in Bemidji this weel .Fred and George Clark of Turtle River 'transacted business in Be- midji Tuesday. E 2 Lila Elliott of Pinewood was the between-train guest of Bemidji friends Tuesday. Cook With Gas 8-30 tf 0. E. Erickson leaves tonight for Menominee, ‘Wis., called there by the death of a sister. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Graham are moving toda¥ from 901 America ave- nue to 520 Irvine avenue. . Misses Vera and Selina Hedman, teachers at Nary, were calling on friends ‘in Bemidji Tuesday. Polar Pie. Ask for-ft. -2-14t1 Mrs. Ed. Berg of Ten Lakes town- ship was shopping _.and calling on friends in Bemidji Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. M. Corrigan have purchased the residence at 501 Fourth street, and expect to occupy it soon. Mrs. George Walker Jr. has ac- cepted a ‘position as -operator at the telephone office and began her duties yesterday. Cook With Gas 8-30 tf Mrs. Walter Cohen of Tenstrike came to Bemidji Tuesday to visit her husband who is ill in St. An- thony hospital. Mr. and Mrs. John ‘Clemmer and daughter, Miss Mable, of Pinewood autoed to Bemidji Tuesday and call- ed on friends. Polar Pie. Ask Tor fu. 2-14t Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Wilcox motor- ed to Kelliher today on a combined pleasure and business trip and will return to Bemidji tonight. Superintendent of Schools J. C. West was able to resume his duties Tuesday after being seriously ill for several weeks at his home. $50,000 to loan on farms. Dean Land company. 1-18t Mr. and Mrs. Jd. C. McGhee, Miss Mary Lillescov and Miss Shattuck motored to Blackduck today and vis- ited schools in that vicinity. Mrs. - -E. R. Getchell and baby daughter were moved .Monday from St. Anthony’s hospital to their farm home, four miles south of Bemidji. Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Omdahl of Bagley motored to Bemidji and are guests at the Frank Getchell home, 1024 Beltrami avenue, for a few days. - Polar Pie. Ask for it. 2-14t2 Leo Lalone, who has conducted a tire shop in Bemidji for the past year, has disposed of his interests, and left yesterday for Minneapolis to transact business. Peter Mitchell of Detroit, Minn., is vxsmng in Bemidji at the home of his son, D. S. Mitchell and family, 32 Tenth street, having returned with the family by auto on Sunday. Polar Pie. Ask for it. 2-14t1 _ Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Hartness and little son left Tuesday night for their new home at Greene, Iowa. They have been residents of Bemidji for several years and their many friends wish them success there. Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Gorman ar- rived in Bemidji Monday evening from Memphis, Tenn., and will occu- py the home at 901 Kmerica avenue. They visited relatives at Frazee for two weeks en route here. Miss Margaret Christianson re- sumed her stydies at the Bemidji high school Monday morning after spending the week end at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nels Christianson, at Puposky. Miss Jeannette ‘'Stechman, who came to Bemidji to.attend the Koors- Warfield wedding in” Bemidji today, expects to leave tomotrow noon for Grand Forks to resume her studies at the University of Dakota. A party of motoreyelists, compris- ing'the owners of six Harley-David- son machines and passengers, made a record trip to Blackduck and Kelli- her Sunday. They report the roads to be very dusty but otherwise in ex-| cellent condition. Miss Carol Knox returned to her school near Blackduck Monday| mommg, having spent the week end | vigiting her aunt, Mrs. Ella Andrews of Weathersfield Springs, N. Y., who is the guest of her brother, M W. | Mr: Knox, and family. Miss Bess KnoX, who has bcen' teaching the Lyon school near Pu-i posky, returned to Bemidji Saturday :;lnd wnl} ;pend her vacation at the ome of her pnrenu Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Knox. linox expects to MRS. HALE Commandant and Mrs. Hale will conduct a series of revival meetings in Bemidji at the Salvation Army hall on Third street for the next two weeks. Meetings will be held each evening beginning Thursday. The public is invited and urged to attend. Judge J. E. Harris, who is ill at St. Anthony’s hospital, is reported to be improving. Dr. E. H. Smith returned to Be- midji this morning from Little Falls where he attended- a medical meet- ing yesterday. Mrs. John Harrom and little daugh- ter, Priscilla, will leave today for Faribault, Minn.,, where they will visit her sister for about a month. Cook With Gas . 8-30 tf Major Adam E. Otto and family, who have spent the winter months at 1019 Park avenue, have moved to the Larson home, 713 Minnesota avenue. Mrs. T. J. Wickham is reported to be very ill at her home, 1414 Min- nesota avenue, and her condition does nqthxmprove as her friends would wish. T. J. McCann of Minneapolis is transacting business in Bemidji to- dsy. He spent yesterday at Ft. Fran- cis and is stopving here on his re- turn trip. Mr. and Mrs. Ole Stortoren and family, 619 Irvine avenue, expect to leave Bemidji tomorrow morning for Eau Claire, Wis., where they will make their home. , Cook With Gas 8-30 tf Mr. and’ Mrs. Frank Severns have moved to Bemidji from Crookston and have rented apartments in the Kaplan building, Mrs. Severns hav- ing arrived yesterday. ¢ Robert Leet returned to Bemidji last evening from Pine River and left again this morning for Sullivan to transact business. He visited his family while here. e Mr. and Mrs! Charles Jacobson and son motored to Bemidii Sunday and were guests during the day of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Leet and family, 611 Bemidji avenue, returning to their home that night. Mr. and Mrs. A. P. White and Miss Lelia Stanton left this afternoon by auto for Minneapolis on a combined pleasure and business trip, and ex- gect to return to Bemidji on Sun- ay. - Mrs. Gertrude Donsercau of Du- luth is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Earl Geil and famlly, havmg arrived here Monday. She is assisting with the clerical work at the county treas- urer’s office. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Parmelee: and family have moved from 719 Minne- sota avenue to the new apartments over the old Bemidji Hardware building. Since moving there, Mr. Parmelee has been confined to his home by illness. Mr. and Mrs. Otto Shook, who have been residents of Bemidji. for some time, expect to leave soon_for Port- land, Oregom; :to maketheir home. Mr. Shook will leave the‘latter part of this week or the first. of next, but . Shook will visit relatives in this vicinity for a time before going. The county commissioners are meeting at the ‘court house today, the following from out of town being present: Wm. Lennon of Kelliher, H. B. Imsdahl of Pitt, J. F. Hayes of Wilton and S. W: Ellis of Blackduck. .enroll as a_ stndent. -at_the summer| Se; 'ven. contracts. or. countv i|and all members are urged to be present. ROYAL NEIGHBORS WILL HOLD MEETING TONIGHT The Royal Neighbors of America will hold their regular meeting this evening at 8 o’clock at the K. C. hall, and it is especially urged that all of- ficers and members be present. ST. PHILIP’S LADIES’ AID MEETS TOMORROW AFTERNOON St. Philip’s Ladies’ Aid will meet in the church basement Thursday af- ternoon and will be entertained by Mesdames C. F. Grinager, Kiehl and Dan McGaffigan. welcome. ST. PAUL'S LADIES’ AID HOLDS MEETING TOMORROW The Ladies’ Aid of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran church will be entertained Thursday afternoon by Mrs. B. A. Kolbe at her home, 1111 Doud avenue. A cordial invitation is extended to all to be present. PRESBYTERIAN LADIES’ AID MEETS TOMORROW AFTERNOON The Ladies’ Aid of the Presbyte- rian church will meet Thursday af- . W. All are will be entertained by'Mesdames K. H. Olson, J. W. Smith and A. T. Wheelock. All members and friends are invited to be present. PRESBYTERIAN DIVISION TO HOLD MEETING TONIGHT Division No. 4 of the Ladies’ Aid of the Presbyterian church will be en- tertained this evening at the home of Mrs. David Rose, 706 Minnesota avenue, by Mrs. Rose and Miss Bar- rett, and the chairman, Mrs. H. A. Pflughoeft, requests that all members be ‘present. MODERN WOODMEN WILL INITIATE CLASS' TONIGHT There will be initiation of candi- dates at the regular meeting of Mod- ern Woodmen of America this eve- ning at 8 o’clock at the K. C. hall and a1 " members are urged to be present. Lunch will be served at the social hour following the business session. MRS. HAKKERUP ENTERTAINS Mrs. N. L. Hakkerup entertained a few friends yesterday afternoon at her home complimentary to Mrs. Theo. Tharaldson who will move soon to her summer home at Lavinia. So- cial conversation was enjoyed while the guests played bridge, there be- ing two tables, and a lunch was serv- ed by the hostess. G. A. R. BUSY BEE CLUB TO BE ENTERTAINED TOMORROW The Busy Bee club of the G. A. R. Circle will be entertained at the Civ- ic and Commerce association rooms from 2 until 5 o’clock Thursday af- ternoon and all members are urged to be present. Mesdames 'Charles Parker, C. B. Minnick and A. W. Smith. will be hostesses. - PRE-NUPTIAL SHOWER On Saturday afternoon, April 29, Mrs., Hilda Volkman and Mrs. Fred Bucksen entertained at the Volk- man home in honor of Miss Adah Williams, who is to be a June bride. The house was prettily decorated with tulips and apple blossoms. The table was apppropriately -arranged with a suggestive sprinkler, fastened above, raining down gifts to the pros- pective bride. The place cards were tiny umbrellas, and the favors dainty baskets of mints. Games and con- versation were enjoyed thronghout the afternoon. METHODIST HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY MEETS TOMORROW The Women’s Home Missionary so- ciety of the Methodist church will hold its regular monthly meeting Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. A. M. Bagley, 908 Beltrami avenue, and all members are request- ed to be present. A notion shower is planned for this meeting for the beneflt of the “Mother’s Jewels Home” at York, Neb., and all mem~ bers are requested to furnish some- thing in the notion line, which will be added:0. the box the ladies have been preparing to send there. ENTERTAIN INNER Mr. and Mrs. M. W§ knox enter- tained informally at’ l}(mlly dinner party. Sunday at ‘their h 1117 Park avenue. Thes and-Mrs.“D. J& Nafi%‘% Neeley” rid: Douglas midji; Miss Carol Knox of Bliickd Migs Bess Knox'of Puposky and’ Mrs. Ella Andrews of Weathersficld, N. Y. LYON SCHOOL HOLDS PICNIiC The Lyon school in District No. 42, near Puposky, which Miss Bess Knox of Bemidji has taught success- fully for the last two terms, closed Friday with an all-day picnie, which included a marshmallow and weiner roast. The occasion was an enjoy- able event and was attended by all the pupils and patrons of the dis-! trict. Mrs. E. H. Smith expects to leave Bemidji this evening for Minne- apolis where she will be the guest of relatives and friends for a few days and she will also attend the Grand Chapter meeting - of the Ordet ot Faator Star ta ha hold thova P ternoon in the church basement and! tra bables, selling them into slavery, Romantic ieiress in Striking Sweater Miss Matilde M’Cormick, Chicago heiress and granddaugh- ter of John D. Rockefeller, is shown here enjoying her vaca- tion at Hot Springs, prior to her return to Switzerland, and her riding-master fiance. Miss M’Cormick reflects the fashionable vogue for knitted outerwear in her slip-on sweater of exquisite color and design. HORSE “CEMETERY” IN EGYPT Pmerican Expedition Has Unearthed Graves of Steeds That Once Bore Proud Royalty. WON FAME AS SEA FIGHTER Mzny Legends That Have En- deared Him to Posterity. Objects unearthed at El-Kur'uw, on the Upper Nile, by the Harvard uni- versity, Museum of Fine Arts espedi- tion-shed new light on-ihe early. his- tory of Ethiopia, the tombs of all the kings from 750 B. C. to 250 B, C. hav- ing been recovered. It is known that King Piankhy was a great connoisseur of horses. In his account of his besieging the Egyptian city of Eshmun he tells of I anger at finding the horses of King Namlat starved thin as a result of the siege. Hence it is reasonably conjectured that Piankhy started a cemetery of horse graves which was found at Ll- Kur'uw—the only burying ground of its kind that has been discovered in the Nile valley. Here, in four rows, are the graves of the steeds of several monarchs. They have been plundered, but not so thoroughly as to prevent finding some of the trappings; a plume carrier, a silver head band, four strings of very large bronze balis, beads, amulets and other object These horses were manifestly sac- rificed at the funeral of the king in order that their spirits might accom- One of the die¢ at the age of thirty. the first or XII of Sweden, preserved the freedom of his native Norway and saved the in- tegrity of Denmark. All his experiences were exceed- ingly colorful and plcturesque, so much so, Indecd, that legend has been busy in providing him with an array of ad- ventures which undoubtedly never hap- pened. One of these is the story that, when a boy, he sat down on a grind- which had heen put on the seat of his trousers as n punishment for tearing his clothes. Once he pursued a frigate much larger than his own until hig ammunition gave out. He sent word to the enemy, Inviting the commander to come aboard for a glass of wine and asking whether he would lend some powder to continue the fight. It was this sort of bravado which his age pany his into the other world. The delighted jn. He was killed in a duel sacrifice of men and animals at fu- |0 1720, nerals is now well established as an ancient Ethiopian custom by excava- 1 ife. tlons in Kerma. But the ce of | o “sm"‘: ‘:(::" Stanicieid 'Ses was 1S4 ye before * ! horses was a thoasind e . forlornly, “and I do not like to hurt the beginning of the ISthiopian mon- { archy, and in all the royal tombs of Napata no other survival of the cus- tom was detected. the poor, foollsh heart of her by going against her foolish notions ; and hesides 1 am a little afrald of her beeswse she is always able to make me uncomfort- able. And above all, of course, the hero of a famous love affair such as ours has Become, with those d—d poets everywhere making rhymes about my fidelity and devotion, has to preserve appearances. So I get through each day, somehow, by never listening very attentively to the interminable things she tells me about. But I often won- der, as I am sure all hushands won- der, why heaven ever made a creature s0 tedlous and so unreasonably dull of New African Coal Fields, New coal nelds have been discov- ered in Zambesi, Africa, and a series of tests which have been made have proved eminently satisfactory. Tne tests were carried out by a Belgian engineer, on the Beira and Mashona- land rallwa at tne municipal power station, Be and at the harbor by the port dredger, and in all instances the results were exc the coal e value, showling satisfactor, wit and so opinfonated. And when 1 burning - with a clear, flne, | think hat for the rest of time this and leaving very little he suc- | erenture s to he my companion, T cess of the tests and the fact that the developments show many millions of tong ready to be mined, while the measures probably reach to within four miles of the Zambesl, Indicate that a great coal field lles within a comparatively few miles of Beira. The tremendous importance of these fields to the port of Beira, assuring the success of /the Trans-Zambesl, rallway with whichithey will ultimates ly be joined up by rail, can hordly be over-cstimated. . urually go out and kill somebody. Then I come back, bec: e knows the way I like my toast."—IFrom “Figures of Earth” by Jumes Branch Cabell. Gorgeous Turkish Weddirg. A Creosus-like wedding on which £50,000 was spent was celebrated In Stambul recently, despite the genernl noverty of the present-day Turks. The bridegroom, un Albanian Turk, made a big fortune after the armistice by selling offal. He hired 43 houses for the wedding guests, who were enter- tained sumptuously for a week. A hundred motorcars and 300 open car- riages followed the bride's closed und Always the Extra Woman. It is true that for every even 100 births of girl infants there are 105 bfl}'s IN)T’I, hu‘, of ':]r,”i": "”A “L;i",: £0 curtained enrringe to a large school both sexes remaiuing wlive at the ¢id | pogging, which be bad rented and of the first year, there are Just 100 | goooryted for extravagant festivites, girls alive to 95 boys. Moreover, the ratio of survival in- creases slightly in favor of the girls throughout life, Therefore at all age periods there is a more or less decided excess of females over males, Primitive man found this out for himself, without the aid of mwortality tables or adding machines. IHe met the problem In his own naive fashion, according to taste, by drowning the ex- Each tuble provided for 300 guests and was loaded with Turkish delicacles, The wedding presents, it Is sald, were worth $20,000. LADIES’ & GENTLEMEN’S Hats Cleaned & Re-Blocked | Bemidji Hat Clenmng Works or letting them grow and practicing Scandinavian Hero Also the Center of great Scandinavian heroes of modern times was Tordenks- Jold, who rose from the rank of naval cadet to admiral in eight years, and and is ac- counted today as a naval strategist of r. It was Tordenksjold who, by his operations aganinst Charles stone to wear out the leather patches IIIII!IIIIIIIIl,IIIII.‘fllllllllIII!IIIIIIIIHIIIIII!IIIIlllllIHIYEIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII|||IIIIlIIIlllllIIIIIIHIIIIiHIHlIlIullllléillllllllllllllIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIlllllIIIlllIIHIIIIIlIIIIIlIlIlIII Filnmed in Scotland in all ita 'beauty, ALSO “THE TOUCH POWN”—A New 2-part Comedy ELKO qys TONIGHT TOMORROW—Jesse L. Lasky presents “THE FAITH HEALER” A George Melford Production, with— Milten Sills and Ann Forest A LAST l GRAND TINES ADMISSION—lOc & 2':——lST SHO\V 7 30, Tonight BUSTER ¢ KISSES ) KEATON Is the title of the delightful Inimitable Sombre - Faced comedy-drama of business Comedian in a 2-Part Com- and bon bons, featuring “oard Lok | Alice Lake Harry Meyar It’s made for laughing pur- Late Star of “Conn, Yankee” poses only, and it's crammed AN ALL SMILE SHOW full of the class of comedy T AT Ty only Buster Keaton can pro- duce. TOMORROW— Matinee and Night— Irving Bachellor’s “THE LIGHT IN THE CLEARING” The Masterpiece of a Master Writer. r- REX ~-TODA Y ORA CAREW in the Lloyd Carleton Production “BEYOND THE CROSSROADS” A Pioneer Special An All-Absorbing Drama of the Power of Love Over Revenge. THE CAST 3 ............ ORA CAREW .W. Lawson Butt .W. Lawson Butt Melbourne McDowell Truman Breese.....Melbourne McDowell Charles Wilkes, Stuart Morris CHRISTIE COMEDY—In 2 parts—A thousand laughs! 2:30—7:10-9:00 REX ORCHESTRA 10c & 25c¢ REX—TOMORROW & FRIDAY MARSHALL NEILAN 5 Presents His Photodramatic Innovation “BITS OF LIFE” Four fine stories athrob with life that’s real —and 14 big film folk— WESLEY BARRY LON CHANEY NOAH BEERY JOHN BOWERS TEDDY SAMPSON HARRIET HAMMOND ANNA MAY WONG DOROTHY MACKAIL ! EDYTHE CHAPMAN ROCKLIFFE FELLOWES FREDERICK BURTON JAMES BRADBURY, Jr. JAMES NEIL TAMMANY YOUNG You'll find action, drama, romance, laughter, thrill, mystery——e\ery!hmg a Marshall Neilan produeuon has meant to you in the past——and stili more—in this un- precedented surprise. —-——COMING SUNDAY— Gus Edwards’ “SCHOOL DAYS” Showing now at Minneapolis at an admission of 50c— Prices here will be 30c OO E AR = Leila Wilkes. 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