Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 26, 1922, Page 8

* PAGE SIX THE Twentieth Just Imagine It Less than -half ‘the people struck by lightning are killed. But even at that we have no desire to be struck by lightning. Imagine going around half-killed. [ —Worse Than Half-Dead— More or Less Someone has calculated that it would take a [typisi nearly 4,000 years of working time to write “Dear Sir” and. “Yours Truly” to all letters posted ‘in.a year. iSuppose letter writers did away with this form! According to those figures, nearly [ 4,000 typists would be out of work every year. —Aint It A Fact?— Did It Ever Happen To You Whenever a married woman ex- presses the desire that she had been born a-boy, it is usually the case that her husband is fully in accord with her desire. —One Time He Agrees— Modern Definitions What is rent and why do we pay it? is a common question of the day. In:the first place, rent is the monthly reminder that you do not own your own. home, In the second place, the ' best reason we know why we pay it is because ‘the landlord usually insists en it. —The Main Reason— In The Best of Families Nearly every hard‘working man hopes that the time will come when he can take a couple of days off and figure out a plan to make himself rich. It .usually results that he is a couple of days pay poorer. —1If the Time Ever Comes— Why and Wherefore “When you are through speaking, say goodbye and hang .up the re- ceiver,” says a book of telephone instructions. But why the goodbye? Why not, “go to the devil” or some- i thing more in common use, ' * ¢ —You Tell ‘Em— GOV, SMALL ACOUITTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON (Continued ‘From Page 1) transacted tie state business while en route. He 'reached'Chicago and wired the sheriff-of Sangamon coun- ty he was ready to be arrested. The sheriff refused to come to Chicago after him and Small con- tinued on his trip: ‘After a 'month’s absence from the state capitol, he £ returned: and ‘“‘invited” the sheriff EE, to arrest him. Small was formally taken . inta custody at: the state capitoly When 1 the trial of Small, Sterling and Cur- tis was called in.court, the gover- nor .and Curtis asked for a change of venue, It was decided to hold the trial i¥ Waukegan, Il C. C. Le Forgee, attorney for the executive, there launched arguments to quash indictments against Cur- tis and -Small Judge Claire C. Ed- wards, after weeks of debate order- ed the confidence game charge and certain counts in other ‘indictments quashed. The next move of Le Forgee was to ask the corut for scparate trials for Curtis and Small. The court, af- ter more weeks of arguments, grant- ed the motion on the ground that Curtis would be deprived of a fair trial if tried with Small, Small’s trial on charge of con- spiracy to embezzle state funds started April 17. The state elected to dismiss the embezzlement charge and try him fr alleged . conspiracy alone. It took three weeks to select a jury. The evidence against the governor was ]yrp.i!ly documentary. Records of banks- and ‘the Chicago- packers were/ introduced in an effort to prove ‘thdt Small and’ Sterling con- spired | with the Curtis brothers to take ‘monies belonging to Ilinois. Small, throughout claimed the in- dictment was the result of a plot of his political enemies. He said the traction and cement interests were instrumental in preferring the alle- gations, James H. Wilkerson, assistant at- torney general, whose chief, Edward Brundage, is a political foe of the governor, was the chief prosecutor. He was assisted’ by Fred C. Morti- mer, :state’s’ attorney of Sangamon county. : During the capitol of Tllinois' was moved temporarily to Waukegan. Small conducted the af- fairs’ of state from’the Salvation Army hotel there. [N Monitroa!, Quebee—To date, 5,000 head 'of cattle have been shipped out of this port to Liverpool and the con- tinent this season. : THE P ER WANT ADS SLIGHT CHANGE MADE Butone change from, the program advertised in the Chatauqua book- lets has been made. Mr. Vawter, ever watchful for good attractions for his patrons, had an opportunity af- ter the program was made up and printed, to secure the famous Hip- ple’ Concert €o: to fill the place for which- the Mercedes Concert Co. was announced. It was too good an opportunity to pass up, for the Hip- ples are one ‘of ‘the most delightful company “instrumental -entertainers in the chautauqua world. They- fea- ture a magnificient large marimba- phone, and various combinations- of instruments. Reports from towns where they hve appeared thus far indicate that ‘they ive one of - the headline attractions on the program which will be given here July 22- 26. “While we .don’t know a great deal about the Mercedes Co.,”” says the' Riceville, Iowa, Recorder, “we feel we did not suffer any from the substitution. The members of the Hipple Company are certainly art- ists.” “That the substitution met with the approval of the large audience,” says the Nashua, Iowa Reporter “was evidenced by the hearty, ap- plause given each number. The com- pany was composed of a lady and three gentelemen, everyne of them musical artists.” P S DISABLED uAR VETERANS MEET IN SAN FRANCISCO (Continued From Page 1) Elaborate plans for entertainmént have been madeé by ‘the citizens of San Francisco. Probably the most imposing patri- otic spectacle seen in the west since the war will take place on Tuesday 'when the veterans will parade through the streets of San Francisco. Those who can will march. For: those who cannot march conveyances will be provided. he parade will be headed by a “Living Hall of Fame”—48 men chos- en one from each state in the union. Each man will'be chosen by the governor of his state as the outstand- ing fero his state sent into the World war. . Major General Hunter Liggett, U. S. A., retired, second in command to General Pershing during the war; Major-General Charles Morton, com- mander of army headquarters here; and Major-General George Barnett, commander of the Marine Corps dur- ing the war, have been named as a special committee to greet and do honor to.the members of the “Living Hall of Fame.” NOVED IN UNITED STATES (By United Press) Syracuse, N. Y., June 26—The Truax hotel of this city, the largest and heaviest building ‘ever moved; is now.in the process of being transport- ed across the street from its present site at Harrison and Warren streets, in the heart of Syracuse’s downtown section. n The Truax is being moved to make way for Syracuse’s newest hotel, che Syracuse, which' it is said, will be the largest building oi its'kind between New York and Chicago. The old . hotel ‘weighs 12,400,000 pounds. - ‘The building is 134 feet by 41 feet and four inches. - It is four stories high. While the building is being m>ved across the street every room will be occupied, the, water will run and alt of the stores on the ground floor will continue to do business. i Although the firm which is moving the hotel have moved buildings &ll over. the world, they state that the Truax ‘is ‘the heaviest’ and |largest building ever moved-in' this-country. CITY COUNCIL TO HOLD REGULAR MEET. TONIGHT' The city council will meet in reg- urlas session in the council rooms City building, this ‘evening at "8 o’clock. .The proposed ordinance changing the- present soft - drink or- dinance will be -given -its second reading at this session and amend- ments if. there are.any will then be made. A number of other import- ant business matters are to come up. The public is always invited to attend these sessions. WUZ GONG o CHICAGO TooaM ! Washirigton' Specimen’ Uses the Street Car as His Particular Means of ‘Transportation. - * Now that spring is ‘here, it may in- terest bird lovers to kmow that at least orie bird has solved the problem of transportation’ without. the use: of wings: 7 f Birds are famous for their migra- tions, but hitherto they always have used wing power. Now' comes along one local bird who gets himself from place-to place with scarcely the flap " of a wing. This bird came riding down Penn- sylvania avenue about eleven o'clock one ‘morning last week. - He was perched ‘on the roof of a street car coming from Georgetown. When the car stopped at Eleventh street the ‘bird’ alighted, and walked gravely up and down the platform. He was a fine, big fellow, Wwith a black body and a blue head, but did not look like ,a_blackbird. ‘ ! After ‘surveying the post office de- partmént for & bit, the bird flew over to a car about to leave for Mount Ver- non, and established himself on'the roof. b When the car pulled out, the bird was with it—Washington Star. Time’s Changes in England. The poacher, the trespasser, the man who by accident léts his pigs or heifers out upon the public road, the urchin who robs -an orchard, and many minor rural “malefactors” are, ‘it is generally claimed, being more person- ally: dealt with by modern country magistrates, in England. The abolition of the old-time benches of squires and landowners, whose right' to be ‘made Justices of the peace was almost re- garded as hereditary, and their substi- tution by men of integrity in -every walk of life, and now by women, has wrought a change In rural police court Justice which the country mind under- stands and ippreciates'to the full. On n ‘country bench recently, :a- promivent landowner, his: agent, :one of his la- borers were all adjudicating together. Gone Beyond Repair. I was returning on the eléctric train late’'one 'day from a long hike with my geology class. We were tired, and in getting our seats I pushed with my foot' the ‘back of the seat in' front 'so that we could face each other. I heard a crash, and with dismay saw I had knocked to the floor a bag which was on the seat. The owner promptly ‘appeared on-the scene with what seemed to me undue anxiety, I apologized for my act, adding that no harm seemed to have been done to his bag. His perturbation was explained when he announced in a loud voice, “Young man, there are eggs In that L bag !"—Exchange. Improved Automobile Timer, On a certain popular light automo- bile the standard timer in connection with the motor has-four wires, two of which, being next to'the fan' belt,"are goon damaged by it. In order to avoid this; & new ‘timer has been brought put that has only two wires on the side, and that Is'away from the belt.— Popular Mechanics Magazine. CROMWELL HAD LIGHTER SIDE Incident Recorged’ of "Him' Seems to Prove That He Could Enjoy a v “Practical Joke, - - It is told of Oliver Cromwell, the English leader and soldier, that ‘lie had a great love of fun, which he would Indulge often- at the expense of others, according to the Impulse of the moment. An example of this trait is shown In the following inclident. Cromwell had a very beautiful daugh- ter, and at the time Le came into power in England one of his attend- ants: took a faucy ‘to this young lady. One day ,Cromwell ivent into his daughter's room' and was surprised to seg his page ‘on his knees making u dexl;ratlon of his love to his daughter. 4What does this mean?” demanded Cromwell, “May it please your worship,” stam- mered the frightened page, “I am in love' with . yonder ‘waiting maid"— poloting to her as he spoke—‘and I have been beseeching your daughter to usa_her influence in my behalf.” “Ara you willing,” said Cromwell to the waiting mald;-“to have this fellow for your husband?” “Yes,” she ‘dvswered. “Well, then,” said Cromwell, we'll have a minister called fn and you two shall be married immediate'y,” and it was.no sooner sald than done.—FPhila delphia Ledger. d OAWGONNIY, HOURE MAKIN' A LIAR OUTA ME' HERE | WRIYE AW (EM N 608 PRINTED 1N ™' PAPER 'AT YA WENY LEHICAGO TODAMY BIRD-DOESN'T HAVE TO ‘FLY| YONKERS “HAS THE CUCKOO' Citizen Complains That the Birds’ Are ¢ _ Somewhat Too_Attentive to ! A proud but ‘truthful resident of |home after spending Yonkers admitted-that there were a|camping at Diamond Point lot of cuckoos there;’ ‘He wasn't proud | Mr. Hughes is a representative of thg cuckoos, particularly. As far'as |the ‘Bradly-Vrooman Co. of “Chicago cuckcos' are concerned, his pride is|having “the southern Minnesota ter-] It ‘one must have|ritory. He advises that they were cuckoos, he prefers the Swiss kind, |{uetructed to visit Bemidji and Dia- which are vocal only when wound up | mond Point by all’ means: strictly “civie. and then only at intervals. The Yonkers cuckoo doesi't have to be weund up. The imported eight-day cuckoo is a piker beside the Yonkers || The" Yonkers cuckoo stays || cuckoo. - awanke half the night waiting for the, dawn and each has the same pride in; being the first to salute the' earliest] gleam of the sky'that a farmer's wife has in getting her washing out before & neighbor's line is strung. 7 From the moment that the night be- comes faintly luminous until about 9:35 a. m. the air is tremulous with cuckoos. From 9:35 to 10:05, the cuckoos knock off- for lunch. Then they're at it agaln until dark. They yelp “cuck-00” at every resident of Yonkers they see ana even at strang- ers from Peekskill. When the street is utterly deserted they murmur “cuck-00, cuck-00” just for practice. . A Kind Wish. ‘When Jean went to her little neigh- bor’s to visit she often talked to the grandmotheér of the house. “I' have a grandmother, too,” she .would say. “but she’s In heaven.” And ‘she and:-the grandmother of the house were good friends until one day the grandmother was crgss. She scolded the two little girls for leav- ing the screen door open, for walk: ing in a::flower-bed -and ‘dropping crumbs on-the floor. The two youngsters sought refuzel on the porch. Grandmother started to follow them there a little later, ta try to make up. ‘She realized: the necessity of doing so, for when she reached the door she heard Jean say: “Ruth, I wish your grandmother ‘was visitin' my grandmother today.” VESSELS BUILT IN SECTIONS 8hips Intended for Operation on’Lakes Far Inland Are Now Trane ported Piecemeal. A well-known shipbuilding firm in || the north of England is at the present time bullding a vessel which will be carried to Africa in portions, It will be re-assembled at its ultimate destl-]| nation. 2 Every year ships are built in Great Britain for use on lakes and finland waters in all parts of the world. Usu- ally ‘these are built and bolted togeth- er in the shipyard before being taken to pleces and sent to distant parts in separate packages. A large mission ‘steamer built some years ago for use on Luake Nyassa, in Africa, was erected in England as If for launching. = But no rivets were used; bolts and. nuts held the steel, framework together. The! sides, port and starboard, were painted in differ- ent colors, and every bar, plate, and plece of steelwork bore a different aumber and letter. % Thus the builders in Africa could tell'at a glance whether a plate be- longed to one side or the other; the exact position it was intended to op cupy was “demnocted -by the reference number andletter. J In order to Tacilitate transport, this steamer was -divided into over three. thousand “packages, each of which weighed from half a hundredweight to five hundredwelghts. - The greatest difficulty encountered In sending these: ships abroad iIs with the’ bollers and masts, The bollers welgh many tons; and the masts are difficult to bandle on account of their length. To Honor Noted Frenchman. The French Academy of Sciences has been ofticially “inforfjed that ‘Switzer- and'ig’ preparing to commemorate the tentenary of the gréat® French .me- chaniclan and watchmaker, Abraham Louis‘Breguet. Boru In Neufchatel in 1747, member of the Institut and Bu- vreau of Longitudes; he dled in Paris in 1823, 'The ‘astroromical and nautlenl instruments inverited hy Breguet were aoted for the perfection of thier work- aanship. - His improvements ' In watches included the use of rubies In‘plyot holes. ‘He fled to London dur- ing the Reign of Terror, but returned nfter the ninth Thermidor. "On the oc- casion of this " centenary the Swiss councll of state: will Hold next yea Interpational com ion® for chrono- meters in the observatory of Neuf- MINNEAPOLIS - PARTY WELL IMPRESSED WITH BEMIDJI Mr. and Mrs, E. M, Hughes. of Minneapolis left Sunday for - their days park. of four AR R PAY REGULAR PRICE FOR ANY SUIT IN THE STORE, AND TAKE AN- OTHER ONE FOR— WELL, HoL ARE GOWNG NOW, OAWGONE YA! mond Point park. ‘They in which they were waited upon some of the leading stores. gained a very good impression and. hope .they will visit again’ soon - FOR DOLLAR DAY We offer have. Phone 16 r———— for ... - Gingham e azdaar Beltrami Avenue Mr. and' ‘Mrs. Hughes expressed themselves as being favorably im- pressed with Bemidji ‘and the Dia- spoke especially well of the treatment ac- corder them by the business people of Bemidji, mentioning the manner They Bemidji and those who came in con- tact with Mr. and Mrs. Huhes gain- ed a very good,impression, of them Bemidji WEDNESDAY JUNE $1.25 to $1.50, for ... s it s e Figured Voiles, 35¢ per yard, go on Wednesday; 6 yards. .$1.00 Children’s Aprons, while they last, 2 for. . . .$1.00 HOW THE TENANTS WON (By United Press) playing of a bassoon at | Bompa, an Italian. this buffonery,” he ordered. ‘Bompa: ery—makea da bassoonery.” tenants won. you one of these splen- did books, cloth bound, printed on plate paper, with illustrations. A book every music lover should SPECIAL AT $1.00 ~ GEO. T. BAKER & CO. The HALLMARK' Sgoré Cor. Third St. & Belt. Ave. Ladigs’ and Children’s Middies, priced up to $1.50, for. .$1.00 White Skirts, in pique and gaber- dine, worth up to $5.00..$1.00 s ——————————————— @ e L i R ey Aprons and House Dresses, good assortment and worth more, Petticoats, selling for o S s Children’s Bathing Suits, the 75¢ kind, 2for ............$1.00 onen s, a—— e s a bargain Store London, June ;26.—Tenants in a large apartment house in the neigh- borhood of Piccadilly objected to the by Erminio Bompa, who had a host of witnesses, played them into of | court on the offending instrument. The judge remonstrated. “Enough of Said “Me no makea da buffon-