Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 18, 1922, Page 10

Century Beats Our Record A .communication from a regular j patron of this column asks, us to answer a_question which calls for another question. ‘Dear Twentieth Century: Since when is it permissible to hold speed dashes on the principal streets of Bemidji, in the dead of night? Sat- urday night I was awakened by hear- ing a pistol shot about a block away and by the time I'had put my head out of the window I caught a fleet- ing glimpse of one of our = local “rounders” clattering along the pave- ment. He had evidently beaten the gun on the start and was well ahead of any others. who may, have been in the race The world’s record for distance running was smashed, no doubt, but it will never be recorded. —Tried for Home Before Sunday— Say; It With Flour Pillsbury’s Jocal representative is offering a number, of priZes in the guessing contest on the weight of the large sack of -flour in the Pio- neer office window. The understand- ing is that the one who guésses near- est the correct weight of the large sack and the flour ‘inside of it, or watever there is inside of it, will be rewarded by being allowed to car- 1y it home. —But Not In One Trip— Has One Big Weakness We know a very promising young fellow about town who is generally a very truthful man but it has been rumored that he will go any length in telling a fish story. In that respect he is a great deal like almost all fish- ermen, Aint It A Fact?— Indoor Sports A coal famine appears to be in the offing, but they don’t tell us zt whether it is a new oné of the: same one we have been having for the past several years. If its true, ‘twill be hard on the hat stove leaguers. —Utellem— STATE COLLEGE NEARS END OF SUMMER TERM (Conflnuad From Page 1) usual merit and were greatly en- joycd preceded the Dance Story, “The Magic Garden,!’ in which a pumber of groups appeared in fancy dances, The bright colorings of the cpstumes and the perfect rythm of the dances made a beautiful picture and showed much preparation, and were loudly applauded by the large crowd gathered on the lawns. Refreshments were served and were followed by.the ‘“Water Par- ade,” in which decorated boats and canoes lighted - with Japanese lan- terns appeared. While these slowly glided by, music was furnishe by the “Hawaiians” the Misses Paddon, McCrady and McGhee and Mr. Nel- son. The evening’s program’ closed with a display of fircworks and a bonfire. During the afternoon and evening a wonderful display of the work done by the Industrial Art and Drawing classes, which has been con- ducted under the supervision of Prof. Glenn Lukens, during the sum- er term, was held at the college. ne could hardly belive that 50 much could be accomplished in so short a time, and the results be-speak for Mr. Lukens as a teacher, a very successful term.. These courses are planned to afford training for the teachers in rural and consolidated schools. The aim is not to make artists, but afford an opportunity for definite, thorough and practical training in the various phases of drawing and elementary industrial work. The work consisted of clay modeling, toy working, book bind- ing and sand table work for the primary grades. Book binding, toy- making, clay modeling and decora- tion for \the intermediate gradas; and dccorating, colored cement and basketry for the upper grades. The articles made are all articles that have a definite. and practical use, .. an@ any teacher .who is alive to aling applicatfons can with the above work, arrange a very. s‘.omplnte course in industrial arts in even a ane-room rural ‘school. In the dfaWing'course, many dif- iyferent mediums were used, such as charconl. pencil, crayons, and water pIOF, ‘with-an aim for order and a j{nr beauty applications in class ade daily to dress, interior n and places of every-day Lukens, said, “Art doesn’t mean oil painting or classical music. Art is expressed as well in the dress or neck-tie we wear, the yard about the hnuse, the page of the book we read or in the sleeping room, and through \the ‘practical applications of “the cipais governing art the ‘students strive ‘to acquire that fine appreciation of the beautiful which we call good .taste.” A ver large number of summer students have taken .advantage of this summer course and all feel that it has been very much worth while. LIMITED | From the Tiles FHR BEMIDJI DAIL Issued Ten Years Ago Tomorrow. Indians May Exhibit Here Indians of the Red Lake agency will have exhibits at the Beltrami county and state fairs this fall if men are carried out successfully. It is proposed that the Indians have an exhibit of industrial work and other products at both the county = and state fairs. R T School Bonds Are Bought At .a special meeting ofithe school board Thursday, the $6,000 issue of bonds recently voted by the - city were sold to A. Norris of Princeton IIl. Mr, Norris is spending the sum- mer in a cottage down the river. He is to furnish the stationery for the bonds (an§ hi¢: bid, itook them at par, accrued interest, and a premium of $170. They run for fifteen years and bear five per cent interest. The money is to be used in building an addition to thc Nurth End School. * Adurhulncnl A ten cent hit on the counter for Saturday only—*“Lily of Lehigh Valley.” It is one with a tune that haunts, At Abercrombies. LR Mrs. E. L, Wightman went to Walker this morning. where she will join her daughter, Mrs.. C. W. Van- dersluis .at their summer home at Ten Mile Lake. On Wedncsd‘ay of this week Clerk of Court Fred Rhoda issued a mar- riage license to George Miller and Miss Anna Bertram both of Beltra- mi county. § L] ., N Socialist Picnic August 11 Socialists of Bemidji. and vicinity will hold their annual pienic on Diamond Point on Sunday, August 11, of Various Types of Highways Are Displayed. Closc-ups of the actlvitles of the bureau of public roads are contalned in two fllms released, “Building ;Bi- tuminous roads,” and “Mixed Asphalt Payements.” The new films show how Uncle Sam, who has become ithe world's greatest road builder through the federal-ald road.act, makes use of bituminous materials -in :the‘eonstruc- tion of the Natlon's highways. divectly with the surface: treated and penetration macadam type of bitum- inous roads. “Mixed Asphalt anements" em- braces the construction of asphaltic concrete and sheet asphalt ronds, and plant, where the materials are mixed, traffic. - Scenes depicting -the ' agtual roads were made under the direction public roads, United States Depart- ment of Agriculture, and are designed to ‘instruct ‘the layman as well as the tices. - ' Several graphlcally depict the details of con- struction. ROAD BUILDING IN KENTUCKY Highway Construction in the United 8;“0.. “In 1821 the augurated the first: Ing policy United Slnte?‘?' 8. Jordan of murznwm committee University of Kentucky. Long Alaskan Highway. scenic attractions along this highway derness of the surrounding regions, Aood Roads Organlzation. fed States, the plans put under way today by, Agent Dickens and several Bemidji | FILMS SHDW ROAD BUILDING | Ounu Depicting M:ull Cumtrucqlon ; “Building Bituminous Roads” deals carries the audience from the paving to .the completed highway, open; for construction of - the .various .types af of skilled engineors of the bureau.of | B englneer In modern road-building prac- animated :close-ups Tor— Was First Staté to- Concaive .Idea of Kentucky In state road. builds . concelved in these aecording to Edward of the’ Natio#iE Automobile Chamber of commerce, speaking recently at the An_ nutomebile highway, available for tourists, has been completed in Alaska, covering ‘a distance of 270 miles, from Valdez to Kairbanks. The are said to be marvelous, because of canyons, dense forests, and: the (wil The American Road Buildexs' Asso- clation is the oldest and largest or- ganization for good roads in the Uni- INSTRUMENT TO TEST SOILS | By Maans of Modsrn Apparatus It Is Possible to Obtain Most Valuable Information, (Propared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) An lnstrument for testing solls en which foads ‘are to be built has bern devised by the bureau of public roads of /the United States Department of Agriculture. ‘It consists of a metal disk resting on the soil and support- ing mscylinder into which shot:can be poured. E The apparatus s ‘held in wertically by means ‘of a t the top .of which is mounted a: small: dial that tells to one-thous- andth of ‘an inch how far the disk sinks into ‘the sofl as shet s poured into‘the- cylinder. instrument .4t is possible ito get in- formation .as to -how the soll will act in wet swenther. By means of the ‘The kind of soil beneath & road sur face has a-great deal to do with how it will stand up under modern traffic, and engineers.look upon :this as an im- portant _consideration. in . determinlag ‘the kind of road to.be built. This is confizmed by -a number of instances ‘where .two _sectiang .of the same road ‘have been bullt in exactly the same. manoer and subjected to .the .sgme traflig:but .on different types of oll.. Qe section has lasted well while the the road. ment. Ontarlo. grew. well. ever a'bduf. the died this plant “{Fraly - At frigento flies. as elmnles g- other has ‘broken up in & mapoer, that can only be explained by.a lack .of. supporting power of the soll beneath The bureau hps for some time-been investigating this guestion along varlk |, Mourwalk-Ashiand (Ohio) Road Betore and ~After Given Needed Improve- | ous lines both In the fleld and in the laboratory, - studying -the characteris- tics of different solls and experiment- ing with means' to keep down the molsture content of the soil and thus] Increase its bearing power. The latest development has been the new device. Pink Geranium Turns White, A few years ago a Saskatchewan gitl got a nice geranium. It had dark ‘een leaves. and .single pink flowers.) After having it for a year:she decided ! gn send a slip to her xmndmother in? Then the -following winter | the girl's geranium® dled and her: mndmother sent her a slip. It grew‘ well, but the grandmother’s plant ‘died: the following winter. Again the girl4 sent her grandmother a slip which) After a time the;grand- mother ‘took sick and ‘the plant went4 back to her grandchild. scheme for rldalng our Firdens, of: Insect pests has been gested by ‘a’ Richmond entomologist. His{ plan is to train harmless Insects to. kill ‘and eat lnj\lrloue grubs and Experiments. which have 'been myide metswith considerable success. It s well known -tbat certaln insects are the enemies of other creatures which are garden pests. thelr .eggs in convenient spots, often in the actual nesting places of their enemies, and ,whep the young come to life they feed “on the eggs. Sclen- tists are attempting to train these ine gects to feed upon harmful creatures which at present they ‘do not regoard, | Luu don Tit-Bits. 4 Bug- They lay ] Youngsters Not Content These Days {| that the time ha¥Tome when we must ] known to those who do not habitually Then this BOYS DEMAND BETTER BOOKS With Anything Dreamed by Olg-8chool Writers. A Chicago librarian has made the discovery that .boys are quitting the so-called “boy fiction” for reading of a different kind. They still read fic tion, -to he:gure, -but it 48 .no€ -their| “chiet reading :nor is the “fictlon “they read that .pravided by -the oldschool writers' of boys' books, who had the notion that the youthful masculine mind required- and demanded a Sp&- clally prepared and specially fla- vored food.” The boys of today, according to this finding, - are calling for ‘the hi- ograpbies Lincoln, Rogsevelt and Edison. They' ure reading Christy Mathewson's ‘“Book - of “Spoits,” the “Boys' Book of Mounted: Police,” the “Boys’ Book. .of Home Sclence and Construct .anid books oncamping and ‘woodcraft. When they go in for:fiction -they read Mark Twain, Scott, Dumas, Stevenson, :Jules':Verne and :Kipling. Phey do not read Henty and -Oliver Optle. The only thlng at all curious .about: this 18 that it should :ever-have: been believed. that:dioys had .standandized minds ‘capable of ‘taking .anythingbut spoon fnod.’ [ Boys want first of- all the genuine; ahd:it would be strange I they didn’t learn where to find it. A ‘boy:who: has heard of Roosevelt's: life in the West is not likely -to -be; mntent heréafter with . the ‘pretend- ed-adventures: q( the old-make-belleve: ! who g their - thrills ‘in; New = York -boarding houses. * X Boy “Who has read “Treas: ure Island” and,* “Kidnaped” will have.| small_‘use for’ Nick Carter—Kansas For pn " Countries. 4 Probably no’ saylng of Horace :Gree- {ley, -the beacon 1ight of multitudes .of “three—qunrters of ‘g .century @go, was | more widely read, more generally fol- | lowed,.or :lpnger remembered than: hix ntinually: - reiterated = .exhortation, “!oung Jnan, go West!” That, says the San Francisco Chron- {icle, was a satistactory way of re- (llevln" svhat was -then .thought con- gestlon of ‘population’ in eastern com- 'munities, but it no longer answers the purpose. Today the place for the en- iterprising young ‘man to look for ‘is dn some undeveloped foreign country. It will;be a new thought to most of us consider emigration as.well g8 lmmi- gration—that thete are lands of oppor- , tunity other than our own. This' was -emphasized .recently by | Frank D, Waterman, & name well use a typewrlter with special refer- ence to the centenary celebration Which begins at Rio Janelro, Brazll, | next September. It has become a mne- icessity with us, as it has long been with overpopulated Europe, to seek outlets:in foreign countries for the sur- plus products of our workers. - The one way to do it is by commercial Tois- | plnnnrles going to forelgn countries while still “forming thelr - minds and ptaying there, That 18 the way Europe has built up: -trade 1o :undeveloped countries That is the way we must adopt if 'we expect to suecessfully com- pete with those countries. Lot Was, There was an ‘explosion in' the pow-. der mill and: the proprietor hurried over to ascerwain the ‘damage. “How In the world did-it happen?” he asked the foreman=of ‘the mill as(| he viewed the wreck, “Who was to blame?” h “Well, you see, sir,” replled the fore- | man, ':&wumu way,: Bill went intoj| the ‘milxing room - and inadvertently " } struck:a mat “Strack | proprietor tn have sthought :¢ on_earth he -wo! “It was, ur, replled the forer lon ‘J.‘elemph. :For. thirteen years & bridgé, I8ng., was oblige@ito liveon liquid food: He nad swallowed u_tooth and part of the plate of his false teeth, and was' unable to toke any: thing” i At'Imd been dmpossible to remove the dbstruction; and:he was regarded .as -incurable. A few days ago, d|sregnrdm5 the doctor's advice about liquid f0ad, he ate a small plece of bacon. ‘Thi8 caused him to vomit, _sbrouglhit _up _the. -troublesome Bt R Ao ESKIMO HAS EAR FOR MUSIC [» Natives of the Arctic Regions Have Exclusive Right to Their Own Compaositians. Knut Rasmussen gnd -Fridtjof -Nan- sen and also Hinrich Johannes Rink, who was sent north years ago by facts about the the Eskimos. regions is in'the fleld of music. For years -he studied .and falthfully tran-. scribed the ] Eskimo, he s: pose his own song, and ‘no. person may sing the song of -another with< “fl? out. first “obtaining permisplon. The mother has her: cradle song, infinitely:|: Tow. and sweet¥4“The hunter-has his-}inj song: .of :the .chase, clear-.and ‘hold. Even ithe bad man ,of the tribe has his song, and it w propriately brazen. :Harmony Mas*'not been dnalppsd among the Eskimos.. :They singonly ini:unison. --But thelr. ‘melodles: ave- welrd .and. wistful, eften: -copsisting’ of only two or-three motives, which are’ strangely--effective. . 1 It is ddring the long - pchr nlght that the Eskimo has time to rest in his igloo and sing his songs. FEW SEA-OTTERS ARE LEFT Ingenious Dlvlu of the Eskimos for . Finding “These Valuable Fur. Bearing Animals, every year and will soon be almost unknown |s the sea-otter. :. These beasts are very llke seals and are found in parts of North Amerlca. :| A Yurlous feature about them Is ‘that they never' collect in big parties, but live in. pairs. The female sea-otter is her, young.”. The ,Esklmns hAva ldnpmd l very lm{enxo slevice for flndlnx out the whereabouts. 0f - the: 3 pumber of; holh mm pos and conpect ‘them by means of .strl which forms the animals’ hnunts Con¢ seqllenuy, when an otter s approach- | rings to warn the hi asleep, either on the ice or the top of | ; hv The denth rate for the first quarter § of 1922 among Metropolitan Life pol- ) icyholders ‘was ‘higher among " white:| policyholders by 538 :per cent. B ‘among ¢ eplored. ipalicyholders. -hy. per cent than for the same quarter 1921. This was due very largely -t the effects’ epidemic influenza There até, nevertheless, many favor. able tems in.the figures for the quar- ter. The outstanding one is the con: tinued ' low ' mortality - from tuber. culogls, ~* The unfavorable develop- ments, In addition to the much higher rates 'for ‘inftuenza and:pneumaria are the Increases for organie” hear! disense, cerebral hemorrhage and chronic nephritis. © A higher Tate was- also registered for automobilg uccl British Silver ping Expla!md. Inthls country the ‘word Bterling, when stamped on silver, means nlmply : arranzed in column glve &’ sort of his- |1 toty of the .article: * Usually the first? mark is‘the'maker’s sign} next ‘comes a mark that shows where the article | was: made—for London, a leopard’s | head; for Birmingham; an anchor; | -and for L crown. 'Dublln has- the Irish harp, | , usually comn last{">{Since eacl uses a different syftem for in- ng the year wijéi rticle was de, it is necessd¥y(lto:! know the: ‘“plate™ of the. town i other to find the date of a pnmcnlm- Dlece. .amw Money From ‘Policeman. London has a policeman philan- thropist, - Ha ' told the Marylebone| magistrate that while on duty at A bns—atop ing point on ©Oxford streef many P&fie “come ‘to him to borro money to get home, sn)lng they wera robbed” or stranded. Frequently the | coumble has obliged, and In most in- | hy Hy the borrowers have forgot- ten both bis kindness and the,loan, : 742,331 gallons. The previous month- fuel oil on hand June 1 were 1, 321,437,372 . gallons ‘| of -88,000,000. gallons over the pre- .|is w.e announcement that stocks of | lubricating oils -showed. a :decrease | ted: a:reduction .in-stocks to a fig- a very good mother and will flght for § ing,’she moves thg string and the bell | effield; famous for its silver; ; W so FAST WA " ALWANG THROUGW* U :’Ef" port shlpments of kerosene in May amounted to ' 63,000,000 gallons, which - is 17,000,000 gallons less than for April - FARGO LAND DEALER TO PAY FOR CITY'S PLANS SUPPLY OF GAS DECLINE, REPORT SHOWS From Page 1) (Continued Iy producnon record of this product wls 859, ,000,000 gallons attained in ecember 1921. :Stocks of gas and (By United Press) Fargo, July 18.—A decisive atep to: prevent Fargo from further heter- ogeneous growth will' be ‘taken this week when Harland = Bartholomew, city planning “engineer, arrives from St. Louis. . to gke a preliminary planning snrvey, i His service will he paid for entire- ly by W. J. Lane, local real estate ngent, who belieyes that a city beau- tiful is impossible without a plan. “The 'most’ lmpomnt thing in the planning of a city.is the plan itself,” Mr.. Lane declared. “If ‘a city had but $50,000 to devote to public im- provements,. it. yould, I believe, ‘be better to spend all of ‘the sum for a comprehensive plan -than to use it for a much-needed opening of a con- gested street.” Mr. Lane, for some weeks, has been asking . for suggestions from citizens to present to Mr. Bartholo- mew. an increase vious month. -Of .interest to automobile users of i‘w 837,000 gallons from the fig- for the previous month. The ‘production “loff lubricants in “May ambunted to 79,848,372 gallons an ase of apptoxmltely 7;000,000: lons -oyer ‘Aprii, but increased umption: of these products affec ure of 226,293,384 gallons as com- pared with 287,229,814 gallons on hand May 1. I estimated that ap- proximately’ 60~ per cent .of the lu- bricating :vils- produced are consym- ed-by automobile users. Stocks of kerosene-on hand June 4. amounted, to_318,890,131 gallons. Production and ' stocks <of ‘kerosene r ‘the month .of Mpy ocks having- reached the low: I eptember, 1919. Ex- THE PIONEER WANT ‘ADS ‘BRING RESULTS . +An-aniinal -that is becoming .rarer’||} ROAD PAVING COLERAINE and HOLMAN, MINN. Wages for Common Labor, 35 cents per. Jmur onrd, $7.00 per weok JOHNSON ‘DRAKE : & PlPER, INC., GENERAL CONTRACTORS A Apply At S Supenntendent’u Office--.- 4. « Phone 23 Coleraine, Minn. *E. R: EVANS, Manager Sec: tary-Treasurer 8. W.-LAKIN, President .C. L. ISTE - BEMID)I LUMBER & FUEL £0. OPPOSITE GREAT NORTHERN DEPOT LET US SUPPLY YOU WITH 'LUMBER ~ LATH - SHINGLES . o " LIME - CEMENT - ms*-rm ' New Tiré Pricés “CANTON and “BLACKSTONE” TIRES al TUBES Guaranteed to be fint ehu in ,lwnrlnum and materiale— TISFACTION. . Matland’s Vulcnizing Shop Mail Orders filled same day as received—or -drive p to our door—no extra charge for putting new tires on. - 1§ your tires go bad: en the road, phone 17-3and we wnll bring now tires and putithem on at prices quoted above, .. Next Door to City Hall '\ Phone 17-J