Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 1, 1922, Page 8

Oqlht To Be ' Ea Really:it ought to be- elsy to get plenty. of | candidates for the honor of being “Queen of the Pageant” during the Northern Minnesota Fair.<Nearly every woman knows some" other lady whom she would like to see in the contest. (If nothing 2] m_»re, just for the simple reason that 11 ou i to see somebody - crown: he —Aint.I6.A Fact? — Bemidji Property Goes Up Paul Winklesky -is' literally “rais- ing the roof”’ at the Philip Gill res- idence on Beltrami avenue. In fact he bas raised it six feet in order to keep a roof -ver his head and protect the interior while making repairs and |' i ~rging the -upstairs. ‘rooms - $o make-the home ‘more modern. —Flgunnvely Speaking— A Light Subject A fellow who tried it and was ac- cepted now realizes the possible re- syits ‘of oroposmg to ‘a young lady while riding in.an airplane, He ad- niits that the possibility : is very strmm ythat. she might “throw him | down.” —While Up In The Air— . No Doubt “About It The very highest clouds reach ten miles' above our 'heads. But it’s a cinch " that the very ‘highest” clouds won’t be far above the head of the young. lady who is. elu:ted “Queen of the Pageant.” —70r We Miss Our Guess— Doubly Safe ' During a-thunderstorm the safest place to be in is a train, with bed a8 a good second. In that case, a fellow in bed on a: train ought to be rather safe, at least as far as the thunderstorm is concerned. —That's About' All— LOVAL ORDER OF MOOSE, HOI.DS MEETING: 1ONIGHT Lo Muu!e memhprs who uttend thcl reyulnr business meeting tonight in tlpe Moose hall. can not only hear the reports and. results.of the . recent bazaar and learn about, the important mew. matters .to. he . presented, bul cpn algo ‘see:the’ newly decorated club “rgoms, . the, work on which is Just being completed today, by W. Nelson, contractor, Dictator H. 2. Mitchell is expected back *© from the National ‘Editorial _association tpip on" one of the, ‘evening trains, »eould nut be ‘matured: here so’early The keenest kind uf compsmmn is' manifested in the farmers’ ‘club booths ‘at the fair this year and all previous records for the display of .grains, grasses, crops of all kinds, as well;as home cooked, canned be shattered. Although the fair is held a month earlier this year the showing of crops- and - agricvltural - exhibits generally promises o surprass those, tof former years, Some farmers -even have :corn to bring in that is fairly well mature ‘which announcement comes as a surprise to the people of the state as it was always believed that corn cluh exhibits, If present plans of the fair association materialize. VOICE AMPLIFIER WILL BE USED DURING ‘FAIR HERE ‘A’ new Magnavox to he used by Governor ‘Preus and other speakers | at the Northern Minnesota Fair, has | been secured: and will be provided by the firm of George T. Baker & company. telemegafone and will transmit ‘the- voice so that in every corner of the ers the addvesses may be distinctly’| heard. NEW_RADIO STATION WILL START BROADCASTING TONIGHT (By: United Preas) largest Tadio stations in the. North- west.is scheduled. to start broaduast ing 'tonight., 'l‘he station will be able to reach ef!uLtlvEly gl parts of the . north. “ost A_ oup. of . Minp€apolis , busi- neds haUses .are: omu' tmx the sta- tior. { Concerts, and mnttm-s of mtcrest i:-mnn e Th» - uaily Plones .The machine is type MV-1 voice |. big grandstand and along the bleech-,L uo-strlckon Patients Fiil Offices +in the Tewn Gavernment and 3 Asasist in Work. “A .progressive Siamese leper “vil- Jage" is described by the Bangok cor-; /| respondent of the Lbndon Dally. Mail, Wondertul progress has beén made Ing . recent- times with regard to of ) Housed at the Ohtengmal lener asylum, which”was. established with the joint | uldof the Bumm government: i the mission ‘to lepers lmne thirte years ago. 3 . This agylum is run on the Tines of a Sinmese village, with a village hedd- he {8 still a useful citizen of the state, and not a soclal outcast” as hereto- fore. ‘They work under: their ‘hesd- mah, laok ‘after the roads, to the clearing ‘of the jul “There ave two schools, wlthln the settlement ‘for children ‘ot the lepers and the attendance is good, 'despite the fact that most of the puplls suf- fer .from . the terrible disease. The plague-stricken. boys . and girls, with tlelr nerveless, deformed fingers, wark At hayd as thelr more fortunate leps rosysfree schoolmates in the - other schoel of the asylum. The asylum hag its own currency, ®o_that the coins can be lvulded by the outside world The strangest people In the worla, ®ccording .0 Mrs, Y tace, 'who 1 ‘here o land ‘'and Africa, aré 'the worien of“a g ’fhese’women, she ‘says, have devel- oped glands in the back in-whi¢h they ltau water, ke, P.ll dnnk ' great (enl «wmr. the glands .nnke them appear deformed. , After 8 few days in the desert, with lttle ‘or ‘io “water, their Teserve supply’ u ab- sorbed ang they ook normal.’ ‘The, ¢in go . withiout water lopger than tflmel big 'game hunter, is English, and las spent 12 yeurs in ‘Africa shooting .big game with camera preparing for her and Is in' New York mlr San /Franéisco. B tionate when -you get to. understand ; tofarmgrs and. busines men guch, as’ mm-kut Teports, will is Larger” Sun or a ( The sun is the 'largest you can hold closeto yotre lose sight of e_cent e.sun. then. and’ mak ~$0 fi'tm'cmmnnumhm Is the. "qual\\ = ity léaveneri- 0 ‘bush tribe’in the Gordonis asert,’ cen- | ‘When they ' Jon. the icommodity. Mrs. Etstace, whose' husband s’ a Shg 'says snakes /are reull} nlfec-‘ Iw....u....u... TMAY. CAKE-EATR' ©aN O YouRM gfimqm \ WAD \mumo CARRIER IEADS HOLD. MEETINGIN N. Y. TODAY /6 (canllu\nfl From Page 1J noon tuday with pessimism freely. expressed over.the chance of an early settlément of the ‘strike. Sec- tetary of Commerce Hoover = de- livered' to the railroad, - presidents Personally communication” from Pres ent Hardl 2. . & ! He quietly red the conference room, remained about twenty min- utes_and on' his departure said: S ohvml-ls]y came to deliver a atgtement on: behalf of the president ! further I cannot say.” ‘Flaying reports that carriers hnd already agreed to submit to the ad- ministration’s program for rail peace as “propnm\ndn leaders of the east- effi execntives -were ‘plainly skeptical of ‘w scttlenient, as: the “rail chiefs admittéd they would ‘rather fight the strike“than to compromise, . BEMIDJI_FARMERS’ CLUB HOLDS' MEETING SATURDAY The Bemui;l Farmers’ club will hold its next regular meeting at the Carr Lake schoal house on Saturday August 5th, This is a. most important meeting according to the secretary AZ:P. Volkman, and he urges that all: members. attend. This club Will be among those which expect to :have a‘booth. at the or. ‘the _ collection of exhibits for: this dxspmy will start at'the meeting: next Snurdny maw E%IG}H mzfon in’ ifiterstate ‘rates in__question, ap-: plicable: 1uly - 155 1922 and which tcduction ithe . earyi ave volun-; the rates within' 3 "Dunnz ‘the: fadernl administra- ad, :the - so-called. o1 fuel moved’ from the’line of th¢ Minne- :International Railway. for. the ] ‘periad_of August'1st, 1919 to Feb-: ‘ruary ‘28th 1920° 871 ‘charges - on which aggregated :1$9,319.07, ‘and '282 ‘carloads in :the k per’nd of "August ht, 1920 to Feb- ruary 28th, 1921; chatges on which sgiregated. $9,436.69, "ascompared with ' 188 cars shipped during -the Pperiod’ ‘of August 1st 1918 to:Feb- [ {ruary 28th. 1919 <which:: aggregate lcharges. of 1$4,741,76 :and 167 cars it Detween August' 1st, 1921 and-Feb- ‘fruary 28, 1922, with charges of $8,491.64. * “The’ increased ghipments during the period of 19189-1920, ;were un- doubtedly in large part due to the coal shortage existing at that time and which ‘was _not ‘a3 serious . -as conditions now threatened by the; inadequate supply at the head of the lakes and n ‘continued cessa- ton of produ W g the per- iod of 1921-1922 f,he mcrelsed rates were in:effect, : “The commission is nnt convinced [that under normal conditions = the lowering of 'fuel}’ wood rates would increase ‘the tonnage of tfie carriers but in- view of 'the 'present enierg-: ‘ency arising from. inadcqoate avail- ‘able fuel supplies in’ the State of Minnesota, non-contignous to other \ aggregate. producing areas; the necessity for giving the settlers of morthern Min- nesota an outlet for fuel wood pr duced, in the clearing ‘of ‘land; the! mcreased tonnage ‘that will resul from the demand for fuel wood due to shortage of coal, and the ulti-} mate benefit to be derived by the carriers in the development: of the so-called cut-over land, the’ Com- mission finds’ that ‘the prese! schedule of rates on fuel wood. ii ‘¢éarload jJots within the state of Min- nesota’ are, and will ‘be- unreason able between ‘the ‘I8t day ‘of August 1922 and the 1st day of ‘April, 1923. “Complaint was made by dealers in fuel”wood against, the schedule of rates wever, unless the consumer obtains/ advantage of. the réduction. herei be ordered the 'public benefit'td be derivéd from || this order will be lost. . The ‘Com- n on will keep ‘itdel{ ‘advised as £ marketing of the wood move: under ‘the rates with the purpose view ‘of reséind- ing this order in-the event that the advantages hereot are . not; passed on to tie. consuming pubnc _ “Thig _order .is mde n. view ot | the emergency " which the Commis- | sion finds now to exist, and with the | purpose of Teleasing. to the = rail roads’ all possible supplies of coal otherwise consumed within the state of Minnesata and which can_ be. re. placed by ‘wood fuel; hereby rec-. ognizing and réndeavoring to . miti- | gate the ‘national -emergency’ found:| by 'the: Inter State Commerce. Com- mission -in its: order of -July’25th. 1922, wherein it declared that in, the opmmn of the commxssmn 8 emernency which requires immediai present | herein “provided, [ including” the west bank crossings thereof, -on account ‘of the ‘inability 0f said common carrjers: propezly and completely to serve the public in the’ transportation Qf ‘essential ‘commodities.”. Wherefore a ‘new, schedule 'or the period from August 1, 1922 to April 1st,"1928. Thix aew | ‘schedule i5" based on three cents per hundrod ‘pounds for;five miles or under grad- ually increasing until::the i 10,5' cents 'per hundred: for . <400 respondents. to. publish. on or before August 1, 1922 the. .new. schedufe as otdered by.the commission. The new schedule of rates 'has little effect on the short hauls un- der 50 miles, but-over that distance there is ‘a ptaport:onate - 'decrease for ‘the longer hauls. The new rate for 100 miles is 5.5 cents, while the old rate’is 7 cents. The new rate on 400 miles is 105" cents’ while the old rate was 12 cents; The rates on action exists upon the lines of each and ‘all' the common'-carriers by rail-; roads subject ‘to the interstate com: merce act east of the Mississippi )RME ATRONS ESPECIALLY URGED TO: TRY us AGAIN Under the management of Marvin Hughart Special Dinners fServed carloads, |. Thewapdutnot fectly cleanses but onlyper- heals the