Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 29, 1922, Page 5

TONEER m-fi‘fl?fii’r" Y fl, B MSON, President E. H. DENU, w, !.D.WIN'PB.N =2 Hatered at m‘uunn at mm& Minneseta, u March 8; l"ll. MEMBER, NATIONAL EDITORIAL, ASSOCIATION pre— 8; C. Theis Co. Ghicage, m..namwnnr.-. No -attention paid te- anonymous. o..........e.uu&g 's. name-musi for pnbiluuon. TELEPHONE 922:023 ' 1—t couldn’t quite appreciate: the “flowers’for. thc dead hnd cheers for the anqg" ‘ceremonies. Y/¥ %" 16 is different. now. ' We all better undenund hnmlnity’n debt to the Boys in Blue It has been bréught home: ? Just a little while ago we had with us a high- minded, ambitious, likeable young man. ‘The war:came on. He did what might be ex- pected; he got into the service. Because of his aptityde and intelligence they made him an aviator. After. brief training, he went on: duty in the com- bat. sone.: Up into the perilous sky he went, un- .daynted and unafraid. $ud from behind a loak of clouds ¢ enemy in over- ing numbe rlddlmx his plane and hurtling death in the sea Beneath. at was the brief, glorious career of Ralph Gracie. Danger was unknown to him. He had EP() to war that the mutder of women and chil- n on the high seas and other crimes of autocracy st”ccase. Bravely fighting, he met his death. .. ~“We grieve for him because we miss the warmth of v.i rous friendship, but through our tears we smile because of our pride that Bemidji was the home of Ralph Gracie. The American Legion post here is'named in his honor. long struggle: for nconstmcfinn Twenty-four years ago we were rushing to the rescue off tortured Cuba.’ Six years l(o Am war. When the flnfl@ln ‘'was signed 'on November 11, 4,000,900 men. were in gervice 1918, mgre -t and 2 OMOM\mn in Pnncl. In da; by the 'DOG WAS THERE, ALL. RIGHT Traln mmr Quite Mistaken If He Theught Animal Could Not ,8tand the Pace. In‘the early days there was a rallroad in Tepneatee which: allowed its con- ductors /to; make thelr own rules af: fecting the traveling public; Some- had ‘rules in di- rect conllm with the other. One of the eonductors would: permit passen- gers to .fake thelf 'dogs.~iuto -the conches with them. The conductor runniog . opposite would not allow a dog on his train, not even in the bag- gage ‘car. Ove day some hunters, re- turping to/the city, met the conductor who wogld not allow & dog to ride on his trgyn. When the train left the sta- tion sfie dog followed tled to.the train, and’had no difculty in keeping up with'it. When the conductor saw. what, was happening he wgs highly incended over the dibrespect 0" his train, “Watch your old ‘dog when we start down grade” be.stormed, “and see what happens to him. You think you are making fun of my traim” _A- little later, when on the down grade, the conductor approached the rear plat- form and, not seeing the dog, called to the owner: “Now, tell me, please, what has becowme of your dog” “Right here,” retorted the passenger, point- big hole In the floor of the 'See him under there? He just came under the coach to trot along In the shade.”—San ¥rancisco .Argongut. BACK IN: PALEOLITHIC TIMES Custom of Erecting Cairns Abave Bodies of Dead Was Common In Those qul- In, Paleolithic tlmel, befare the’ At- lantic_burst in at. Gibraitar, bands of white med often came down from what 18 now. Russla. the, Euxine river, along: the present bedi of, the,Aegean sea, skirting to the west of a Inke that washed the shores of Crete and entered Africa near what 18 now Tripol. They were savage. men who csfried stone axes, stone- tipped; lances, and huge maces. Thelr eyes were blue, they had long beards, and wavy red, copper, or sandy hair, They brought their families with them, ‘whole groups trudgl z«un by wood and glade, = ! S o them meapt, only, anim -and’ eaten, ‘never to, tamed, or | VWhien; Bhie! of:/theiry loved.: on Ahe ol stopped as together they heaped a: caitn of sfpne and earth above the body. . Thecusfom of | bnlllll!it ~ Horses to be. kK innunjerablg burlal kurgdns, extending, eustward, into, Siberia. I the kurgap” grew to he is in storeifor the untrained man who degides; to ‘bécome ahllud in some trade or ‘ession now. To the un- trainad 'mar with small capital we in- " MEMORIAL DAY [\‘lfly-uven yelrs ago this s)mng the lonfllern . Confgdemcy had'toppled: to: its fall i bullet had pierced. the., lrut brain of incoln and a re-nnxted, country, baptized.in the blood of brothers and cleansed of its blackened strain, began the was girding. for the .World gone. by; ‘before the last confllct, Mem- orial Day—or Decoration Day as it. was also kpown—had a significance rather more lnprqei:ted en who had responded to Father Abra- ham's call—or by.the women who suffered in silent agony at bome, awaiting news: from Bull’s ‘Run, They followed: | le;; REQU:, vite consideration of the opportunities offered in the Barber Trade. logue-sent. TWIN. CITY- BARBER C! LLEGI Hc-n.h Minneapolis Our E to those interested. Memorial Day! Does it mean much to us? ' Who' is there to restrain our adulation of the fading Grand Army of the Republic or in pledging anew to its members our devotion for the principles of liberty which they established, and: which were again defended in the World war? Without the roses of Gettysburg there could have been no poppies in Flanders® fields. Golfers were shotked by a thundetbolt on the links at Chicago. That’s' abottt the m\ly way you: can shock: & ‘golfer. . Lnnxdv:iter ‘C’l‘ebiratrn. a Guernsey cow, was sold at a New Jersey sale for $19.500. The upkeep for a cow. like that must be something fierce, too. Mrs. Noah McBride, of {Roseville, Illinois, is 44 years old and the mother of 17- children. - How would you like to buy shoes for a gang like that? The perfect maid who stole $12,000. worth of jewels-also made a perfect getaway. 0dd: Name: for Legislature. The first legisiature of the state of California 15 known in the political history of that commonweajth as “the Legisjature of a Thousand Drinks.” There are various theories as to how it earned this lairrlquet. the most pop- ular being that it is simply an allusion to the well-known tendency exhibited by the early Californians to find in the goblet everything from a mode of entertaining potential constituents to. & balm for the defeated candidate. But thie, term probably originated, not from this farflung custom, .but from a man paméd Green, Who cob- | ducted a saloon near-the state house in- San Jose, Whére the body met, When the ature At was his custo megt; the llwmkérl at the door and:call ont; e on, boys, let's take a thousand d ks 1" 0dd. Freaks of Nature. - A calf was born. in New Brunswick, with only three legs, one in front. It was found to be suffering and was killed. The- corpse was examined and the internal organs were fourd to be all disarranged and grown together. The animal’s ears were pointed ‘like those of a deer, . s dubscribe < for The Uailz Plonger Meet Me At West Hotel| MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. One Method: of Ghost-Baiting. The London Dally Express says that the bishop of London may like this, or he may not, .Auyway, it is true: A correspondent: tells; me; that the other dny he was in a part of Kent where: there. is an' interesting thatched coftage: reputed to be 600 years old, and haunted: The tenants told him thit on the first night of thelr. occupation: their dogs showed- the greatest reluctance to enter the bedroom. = Ultimately one was per: suaded to sleep there, and In the mld dle of the night hé awoke and furiously. Still mw\lnz, 3 vanced with bristling hackl an old Jacobean cupboard‘in:the ner. , Obvlously’ there was 'somethin; uncanny about. “What did you do?” asked my friend at this point.' 'i0 “In stuck the bishop of London’s plcture on the dook,” sald the mis- tress: of the house, mumphnntll. “That did 1t.” _— Everybody. seems to he there | Good Service—Low Rates Splendid Cafe In | ~Connection Grammar Ve. Veracity. The editor: polsed: his pencil. “You:|j say here that Mr. Longbow is lylng at, ‘death’s, door. We'll just make that. Naying.' " ut. that's. not: good English,” pro- tested the reporter. “No,” replied the editor, “bnt it's better t0 make a grammatical error than to oftend Longbow's relatives. His'reputation for veraclty is, natorl- ously bad.”—Boston Transeript. l-uidai. m.., 812 Beltrami Ave. Phone 418-W , DONT, RLANT +'TOMATOES: Early Smooth, yl Sizes H 3 lays repaired ‘work . is thorough-and our materials high nuda. ) Prieel reasonable. | EVERYTHING IN FLOWERS and PLANTS ' for MEMORIAL DAY " We have a pipe ma- chine that cuts and threads from 1 inch to 8 inch pipe. Roy V. Harker Order Early, Please MONDAY EVENING, MAY 29, 1922 - (Copy for This Department Supplied by the American Legion News Service.) CHERISH WORLD WAR RELIC -PiHar-From AHar of Church in Ruined _Viliage' of B-mlu at National'/! * MHeadquarters. » B One of the, 108t trenpqred of the. many World 'nr rellcs,neh;z gnthered at the American Legion’s. national headquarters, Indianapolis, Ind.. is that just recelyed.from the,_battleficlds of France. It is a plllar from, ;the | altar of a church. which, once stood in the ruined: village of Beneuu, adjacent the famed wood of. that name, near Chateau-Thierry. The wooden pillar bears honorable scars, those suffered when ‘scores of German high-explosive shells crashed into the little-church. ' One shell frag: Belleau Church Pillar, ment all but tore tifé’pillar in naf¥i but when the marines and the infan- try had driven back the;en y and recaptured - thd/town, far lbenenthi the mass of stone and monir «the nlt;r was“found' intact. Upon refurning to thelr devastated: hotwre the Erench villagers looked upon; the’ ligtle. almr as a gflpd omen and set about to’ clear upighelr ruined church building. Later they removed one of the altar pillars, and after ap- propriate ceremonies, sent it to Amer- i 1ca as the gift of appreciation of the commune of Bellean:to.the Yankee regiments, through thelr organization of the Legion. The pillar is carefully preserved at the Legion’s headquar- ters, protected by the French' and American flags. WILL PAY THE BUCKEYE BOYS Robert "Roberts, Former: Commander of Ohio Department, Will. Di- rect Disbursement. The payment of $25,000,000 to near- \y a quarter of a millfon’ of ex-service men is the task which has been assigned’ to Rob- ert R. Roberts of Youngstown, O., former vice-com- mander * of the Ohio . department of the American Legion. Mr. Rob- erts is director of adjusted compen- sation in Ohio. A sergeant ma- Jor in’ the Thirty- seventh division during the World war, Mr. Roberts has. been employed in the Carnegie Steel mills in Youngs- town. His selection by the state sink- ing fund commission was regarded as a victory for the American Legion, which has endeavored to keep the pay- ment operations of :the .compensation law out of politics. a2 y Ohlo is paying $10 for every' month's service to a_maximum,of $230 to all World war ngmer "Lmenod In" fiqu “Listening . 0" 'a’ thousan " iles away, American Legion men at Chat- field, Minp., heard Hanford MacNi- der dellver an addrgss on N,kqu compensation befofe an ‘audience' in Pittsburgh, Pa, If the speaker had known how large his audience really was ‘he propably would" have spoken louder. The Silent Partner. “Does yo' take this woman for thy lawfully wedded wife?” asked the colored parson, glancing at the diminu- tive, watery-eyed, bow-legged bride- groom, who stood beside two hundred Sanitation Engineer Distributora. of Kohler Ware Phone 122 113 3rd St. . Bemidji Floral Co. " ~—=Phone 418— and ten pounds of feminine assurance. ““Ah takes nothin’* gloomily re sponded the bridegroom. “Al’s bein® ‘tooked."—American r.exion Weekly. gor The Dally FPloneer. resident R.EVANS, Manager "C, L. ISTED, Secretary-Treasurer - \BEMIDJI LUMBER & FUEL 0. OPPOSITE GREAT NORTHERN DEI’OT LET US SUPPLY YOU WITH LUMBER — LATH - SHINGLES LIME - CEMENT - PLASTER PAPER——Roofing and Sheathing " BRICK—Comon, F ire and Fancy Sash Doors and' Ml“ ‘Work. ' FULL LINE OF DRAIN TILE AND SEWER PIPE ASK YOUR GROCER FOR i Ralph’s Horseradish Fresh From the Ground . A’HEALTHY RELISH BOTTLED HERE AT HOME Bicycles . and I-'urnih'n'e Repairin ; Phone 897 10th and Irvine Ave, Buy at Factory Prices=—From Factory Direct to 'You, ~BLEKRE TIRES and TUBES Unlimited Mileage Guarantee Consider and Compare Tube Prices That Defy These Prices iti Fabric Cord All Competition Size, Non-Skid Non-Skid Extra Heavy Standard 30x3 $8.50 $1.45 $1.15 30x314 $9.45 $1.65 $1.28 32x31 $1250 $19.90 $2.10 $1.35 31x4 $13.95 $22.85 $2.45 $1.85 32x4 $16.35 $23.95 $2.60. $1.90 33x4 $16.95 $24.70 $2.70 $1.95 34x4 $17.55 $25.45 $2.80 $2,00 34x434 $25.45 $33.15 $3.50 $2.45 § 30x3 “Bleco” N.-S...$7.35 30x31; “Bleco” N.-S...$7.95 ([ BUY NOW!—WHY PAY MORE? Mail Orders Solicited 0. H. OLMSTEAD Factory Representative 208 Second: Street Bemidji, Minn. JOHNSTON’S TOP SHOP WE BUY AND SELL New and Second-Hand FURNITURE |STOVES, RANGES, BEDS, etc. —Phone 300— IgGlornon & Son 317 Minnesota Ave. When :the Fines Come —as come they will with the years, you can stay " the ruthless hand of time by a judicious use of our Nyal’s facial cream. It and wrinkles and gives the skin the glow of youth. I.AI.IBERTE & ERICKSON Phone 52 Bemidjl Implement Co. lielidencg Phone 17-F-4 . Ol'fiée“Phone 232 SCHROEDER BUILDING ‘Manufacturers’ Agents and Dealer in FARM MAGHINERY OF ALL KINDS “Hudson” Barn'Equipment— “Stoughton” Wagons, Spreaders and Mo- tor Trucks— . . “Champion” Potato Machmery——- “Emerson-Brontinghan” lme of Plows, Standard Mowers and Rakes— “E.-B.” Tractors— - “Geisser” Threshing Machmes—— Hydro Toron Auto:Tires and Tubes Gasoline and Oils 204 Fourth St.- & Minnesota Ave. BEMIDJI, MINN. softens-and hides the lines - City Drug Store F M Péhdefgésf EI.EBTR!GM. SERViGE If your lights go out— If your iron won’t heat— If you need wiring done— If you need light globes— CALL US! Haling-Walker Electrical Co. Electrical Supplies & Wiring —Phone 202-J— Brosvik Tailor Shop 1 i CURIFED MK HAS NOTHING ADDED OR TAKEN AWAY Have it delivered to your door every morning! - MILK and CREAM from healthy cows— handled in a sanitary way. PHONE 16-F-4 ALFALFA DAIRY W. G. SCHROEDER Fred Webster, Mer. At graduation time your. friends expect your photograph. Phone 239 for an ap- pointment today. “The Photographer in Your Town” The HAKKERUP STUDIO uSE USES rs Dairy' (¥ICoors ?rodw:tm xl'qum ‘k A MILK OF - ' CHARACTER Do you know how good our milk is? Have you ever tasted it? Do we deliver it to your home every morning? If we don’t, get acquainted with it for your baby’s sake.