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The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-09-01
CHIEF RIPPLE DESERVES PRAISE

CHlEE hAffAE UEOChV E0 fhA1OE
Praise usually is as pleasant to
present as to pocket. Public appre-
citation seldom finds a vent unless it
be in public prints.
The approval Of the citizens of Be-
midi expressed readily and willingly
the past few days in regard to the
efforts made. in wiping out Bemidji's
"oasis'' ought to please and spur
Chief of Police Frank Ripple.
The head of the body of law here,
of the corpus juris, which hears and
sees and thinks has displayed marked
ability, efficiency and sincerity in his
work and those under him not only
have preserved the municipal peace
but their activity and sagacity in the
apprehension of offenders have had a
salutory effect.
But if an effort would be made to
curb the sale of tobacco and cigarettes
to small boys and the offenders who
sell to the boys be dealt with, the
police force would deserve more
praise.
And while we are thus irradiant
let up slap the United States special
officers on the back, literally and fig
uratively for what they have done
in the pursuit of their duties.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-09-01

War has been declared on the COM
mon washrag.
United States public health Off
cials declare that it is even a greater
menace to health than the common
towel
The hotels and public hostelries
have recognized this for some time,
and have supplied their guests with
sterilized wash cloths in individual
sealed packets.
The damp ''sour" smelling wash
rag still exists, however, in many
private bath rooms. Imperfectly
washed out after use, frequently not
Wrung out at all, it is often hung
over rack or radiator near an open
window, there to collect dust and
dirt. Frequently the same washrag
is used by the entire family, thus
affording an easy means of transfer
renee of mouth secretions from per-
son to person. In many households
each individual has his own wash
cloth and his individual towel, but
these hang so close to one another
that there is ready interchange of
bacteria. vs.. '5.-
Each Individual should have his
own wash cloth. 1t should be thor
oughly washed out with clean hot
water after use. 1t should be then
wrung as nearly dry as possible, and
if possible hung in the sun to dry
1t should not come in contact with
other wash cloths. we .M... .,,.. ......~... .
In the Investigations the U. S.
Public Health Service is conducting
in regard to the prevalence of ira
choma it has been found that COM
mon towels probably acted as q me
dium Of distribution Of the germ of
disease
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-09-01
Crookston Saloon Closes,

Crookston, Minn., Sept. 1.-The
thirst parlor at the corner of Broad
way and Third street, that has been
operated by Bert Cochrane closed it's
doors last night and no more will the
"tall ones" grace the mahogany Of
that place.
The last of this week the buffet at
the Palace hotel will do likewise
while on Nov. 27 next all of the re-
naming saloons of the city will
cease to do business under the old
license.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-09-01
School Children Sent Home.

Davenport, Ia, Sept. 1.-When the
Davenport public schools were opened
yesterday for the fall term, several
hundred children were sent home,
because they could not show certi-
ficates that they had been vaccinated.
This was in accordance with rul-
ing of the local school board that
all new pupils in the schools who
have not been vaccinated will be
barred from attendance.
Some parents declare they will
fight the order in the courts.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-09-01
Bishop Heffron Now Beyond Danger.

Winona, Minn., Sept, 1.-Dr. H. F.
McGaughey, who is attending Bishop
P. H. Heffron, who was wounded
twice last Friday when shot by
Father L. H. Leaches, a demented
priest, announced this morning that
the bishop has made such satisfac-
tory progress since the shooting that
his recovery is now practically as
sured, the danger. line having now
been passed. The bullet in the thigh
was extracted. 1t is probable the
bullet in the chest will be allowed to
stay there. .-. f..
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Edward Bridgman, 81, who fought
with John Brown, died yesterday at
Madison, Wis.
Over 500 middies on annual cruise,
arrived at Panama today from worlds
exposition.
Foreign exchange rates reached
their most serious stage yesterday
with an overnight break of ~
cents in sterling, the English pound
selling in New York markets at
$4.5S12, close to the mark where the
curtailment of big foreign orders
in the United States would follow,
opinion Of bankers
reports the settlement Of.
the. trouble in South Wales which
threatened to develop into serious
coal strike.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-09-01
Italy's War Loan Boosted in u. s. 1

Duluth, Mimi, Sept. Italians
throughout the Northwest have con
tributed many thousands Of dollars
to the Italian government war loan,
according to Consul Castigliano. He
said today that the fund will close
this evening and that yesterday $17,-
900 was received. Within the last
few days: 100000 has been received
at the local office
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-09-01
Wants Canada to Buy Crop,

Winnipeg, Man, Sept. 1.-At a
large gathering of grain, elevator
and commission men with represen-
tatives of the farmers of Western
Canada in Calgary this afternoon, it
was decided to ask the Canadian
government, acting either in con-
junction with the imperial authorities
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-09-01
Candidates Lining Up.

Fargo, N. D., Sept. 1.-North Da-
kota, the first state to hold a presi-
Dental primary, is already lining up
for presidential candidates. Presiden-
tial preference will enter into a sena-
torial fight with Porter J. McComber
favoring Burton of Ohio and L. B.
Hanna favoring Justice Hughes, or If
he is unwilling to run, Senator Borah
of Idaho.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-09-01

Accepts Call to Duluth.
Baltimore, Sept. Rev. Robert
E. Miller, Baltimore, has accented. a
call to the First Methodist Episcopal
church at Duluth.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-09-01
HOW TO ANSWER BLIND ADS.

All ads signed with numbers, or
initials. care Pioneer must be an
swered by. letter addressed to the
number given In the ad. Pioneer en-
ployes are not permitted to tell who
any advertiser is. Mail or send your
answer to Pioneer Mo-. or Initial
and we forward it to the ad-
veI tiser. :
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-09-01
HELP WANTED.

WANTED-Setter and five other saw
mill men at once, for $1,000 capa-
@s city mill. Apply Bemidji Employ
ment Co. .4 ... -.y. =. ....
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Northwest News

or Independently, to purchase the
wheat crop Of Western Canada in IT'S
entirety.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-09-01

lWANTED-Kitchen girl at the Mark
ham hotel. Apply at once.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-09-01

FOR SALE-Gasoline launch, also
five-passenger car; cheap if taken
! at once. - Phone 129-W.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-09-01
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FOR SALE.


FOR sALE-At new wood yard,
wood all lengths delivered at your
door. Leave all orders at Ander-
sons Employment Office, 2O5 Min
nesota Ave. Phone lat. Lizzie
Miller, Prop.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-09-01

FOR SALE-New Duck boat or might
| exchange for new or slightly used
| automatic shot gun. S. G. Brown,
! 1115 Bemidji Ave.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-09-01

FOR .RENT-12-room house, all
modern, good location. Inquire
Henrionnet Millinery parlors, or
phone 21O.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-09-01

WANTED-Painter. Call 10 Sixth
street or Phone 231.-.> ii, ,--.s'.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-09-01
FOR RENT.

FOR RENTAL modern rooms, two
for light. housekeeping, one .parlor
and bedroom, two bedrooms. Reas-
enable. Close in. Call at Fair
Store.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-09-01

FOR RENT - Groom house. All
modern. Inquire Henrionnet Millin-
cry parlOrs or Phone 21O.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-09-01

FOR RENT-Furnished room, mod
ern, with sitting room adjoining.
1923 Minnesota Ave. Phone 317-R.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-09-01

FOR RENT --Thr, houses, one with
bath; close in. Smith, 317 Am
erica. 49,, s.-t---, -.
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CLOSING HOURs--W,ant.

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The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-09-01

FOR .RENT-Five rooms upstairs,
918 America Ave. Phone 26-F-11.
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volcano cup about the capital with teams
of plantation boys, spurred on by the
promise of big rewards. If | had not
trusted Red Bob as | trusted no one else
on earth, should have gone out of my
mind with anxiety. But | was as certain
that Red Bob could put his finger on the
missing BRIDE when he liked. as was sure
of the sun rising in the morning.
Next day we sailed out of Friedrich
Wilhelmshaven harbor could have sung
for delight.
"It's beginning at last" | kept saying
to myself, as our little schooner flew
through the water under heavy breeze,
heading toward all the smaller, unnamed
islands that tangle themselves about the
end of New Britain.
What at" might be did not specify.
But everything on board the schooner
was "it." The Winchester rifles slung on
the bulkheads of the tiny cabin, the outfit
of long bush-knife, cartridge-belt, and AS
Colt revolvers, in a leather holster, worn
by Gore and myself, the crew, naked New
Britainers with fierce bison eyes glowing
under bison-like shocks of hair, the wild,
wonderful ranges of New Guinea that
opened out behind us as we sailed-the
scarcely charted ocean-even the narrow
ness and inconvenience of the little Cecilie
after all those months Of luxurious travel
on great steamers.
Red Bob was captain, and | was mate,
of this little cockle-shell, manned by black
savages who had eaten human flesh, and
were doubtless ready to do SO again if the
chance presented ITSELF We were tossing
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SUNDAY MAGAZINE for August 90, 1915

Teresa stared, trying to adjust some
thing in her own mind.
al guess I'll go downstairs, if you don't
need me-" she said duly.
She went on dragging feet.
1t was so quiet at her own door that,
but for the strip of light under it, Teresa
would have believed her father and mother
asleep. She touched the knob. No
sound. She turned it and went in.
Mrs. Durgan was changing the dress
ing on the felon- always somewhat des-
perate adventure. Durgan's teeth were
locked, but the opening door startled
him into letting slip a groan. =, a.
= f"Did | hurt ye? I'm dom my best.
It's. bout through -anxiously-"if ye
can just stand it a minute more"
4'Twasn't you,", Durganf gritted out.
as got to hurt bout so bad. 'Druther
have you fix it than the doe -
"It'll feel better now. for a WHILE" COM
forted Mrs. Durgan "That stuff always
does seem to ease it up for spell"
Durgan relaxed in his chair with an ex-
pulsion of the breath he had been holding.
as gittin' leetle easier, b'lieve. You
go on, Teressy, an have some rest. You
look beat out"
Teresa had started forward as her
father called her name. She dropped
back pace as she remembered that it
was her mothers also. She recognized,
with some newly awakened understand
ing that he only pronounced it that way
when it meant the wife.
ooh, Pm all right" Mrs. Durgan was
waddling toward the kitchen door. 81 amt
tired. got a lot of things out here to do"
Teresa, following the familiar slogan of
work, found the small kitchen grotesquely
decorated with Durgan's clothing, laid
out to mend.
want me to help you, maw?"
"No; | can tend to 'era"
The tone held sort of jealousy, as if
Mrs Durgan felt the need of expressing
herself by means of stitches. She thread
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about on an ocean of which no good charts
were to be had. We We're going to I'M
known islands, which we had to find for
ourselves. Our food was timed and
bagged stuff from Friedrich Wilhems-
haven, to be cooked by Bo in galley like
a sentry-boX.
Yes, undoubtedly ait" had begun.
OUR native crew, though the toughest of
savages, had had some teaching from
white men, and could handle boat well
enough. We let them run the Cecilie that
morning, Red Bob and steering by turns.
While one held the wheel the other stood
alongside, and, safe from all possible over
hearing. we reveled-at least, | can an
swer for myself-in being able to speak
loudly and freely of our plans. 1t was
true that most of the crew knew pdgin-
English, but the following of a connected
conversation in ordinary language is not
within the New Britain natives powers.
First" said Red Bob, standing with
bare feet apart on the deck, and leaning
to the Cecilie's heavy list, as he turned
the wheel in his hands, eve go to the island
where the inscription is. I've got the
bearings of the arrow but | must see it
again, to avoid any possibility of mistake
After that we make for Schouten's pearl
island as quick as we can go. Then-we
shall see"
"How are you going to get the pearls?'
i asked.
The huge coast-line of New Guinea was
fading behind us into the pale, thin blue
of distance. Ahead, bright islands, purple
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as wisteria flowers, were pricking up out
of the sea. A December squat of fierce,
hot rain had just swept over us; the decks
were wet and shining; and over to wind
ward the sea was silver with new sun.
Red Bob laughed.
"You may well ask" he said. "You
don't suppose one could bring diving gear
through the customs at Friedrich Will
helmshaven or Rabaul, without questions
being asked that would be pretty hard to
answer"
NO." said. "And, by the way, sup
pose we get it all right, aren't we pearl
pOaching?"
ooh, yes" said Gore, laughing till his
eyes were nothing but two blue Sits in
mass of wrinkles. "You may certainly
call it that. Pearl-poaching and snug
Cling are about the two forms of dishon-
esty that you may commit without being
dishonest. It's up to you not to get
caught, that's all. Well, about the diving
gear. It's down in the hold, labeled
Trade goods A friend of mine managed
that for me at Friedrich Wilhemshaven.
Same friend who got me the boys"
"Are they safe?' | asked.
REASONABLY So, said Gore Owe done
what can. Couldn't get quite all of them
from separate districts, but three out of
the five are strangers to one another. All
the same, sleep with your belt on, and
overhaul your pistol now and then. This
climates the deuce on gunnery. | don't
know that admire that automatic of
yours. They're little too fine for these
equatorial countries. Have known 'em
jam"
mot nine" said. ats looked after,
and can shoot to hair with it. can't
do with that beastly kicking old navy
pattern"
at has it's points, said Gore. We
talked no more for a while.
The Cecilie, like Cores revolver, had
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ed needle, hunted out patch, and
shipped it into shape, before she seemed
to notice her daughter
"What you lookin' at, Tressy?"
"Nothin'."
There was no use for Teresa to attempt
to tell her mother what it was she saw as
shegazed at the shapeless figure and pudgy
fingers, the CRAVING hair and sweating face.
swell, ye needn't stand staring at me
as if | was show" Mrs. Durgan admon-
ished. didn't We never see me mend yer
paws shirts before? 1t amt any special
sight, is it? Whad we want, anyhow"
"Why won't you let me help you do
that?"
Teresa felt as if worlds ransom hung
on the reply to her question.
Because I'd ruther do it myself"
grunted Mrs. Durgan. Because nobody
but me ever could set patch to please
yer paw"
Still the girl stood. Her mother seemed
to have forgotten her. The bungling patch
that nobody else could set to please Dur
gan was going on with good will. The
first faint rasp as of some one saving a
board sounded from the inner room.
"For any sakes, don't wake yer paw
he's dropped off now" Mrs. Durgan eau
toned, as the girl wheeled and ran.
al left somethin'-on bench-down
in the square. | got to go back for it,"
cried Teresa.
GETTING down the stairs was fairly
swift, though it seemed to Teresa that
their number was doubled. The street
was emptier than when she had left it a
few moments before. Would Billy be
gone? No; some one was sitting in the
same spot on the bench, his head still in his
hands. She ran for fear he would get up
and go away before she could reach him.
Love and terror, and something older and
stronger than either, winged her feet.
"Oh-Billy!"
"Tress!"
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the matter? Amt you going to marry
me? Is that what you mean"
"No-I amt. | amt never going to
marry anybody"
She ducked under his arm and ran,
fleeing as from pursuit though Billy,
after staring few moments toward her
retreating figure as it bounded over tracks
and gutter, turned and went back to the
bench, letting himself slowly down on it
and dropping his head in his hands.
She saw him sitting there as she turned
in at the door of the house. There was
no impulse to return to him. She was
numb, unable to think or feel. So far as
she had any impulse she wanted only to
crawl back safe into the old, unlovely life
of her childhood. Cropping toward this,
she wondered if Jess needed her.
SHE hurried past the Durgan landing,
out of breath, and stopped painting
moment before pushing the bell of her sis
ters fiat.
Her hand was out for this purpose
when the door opened quietly and showed
Carl there in shirt and trousers, his hair
sticking up over his head He looked
tired but triumphant.
"!Ssst" he whispered. "Don't you make
no noise"
"Why?"
"Jess's asleep"
"Jess?"
"Ye-ah.' His broad, shiny, blond face
looked more animated than Teresa had
ever seen it. The loquacity of achieve
ment seemed to come upon him. 81 put
her asleep he grinned "Doc give the
kid some'n an he slep'-an' then Jess
couldn't"
"You put her to sleep?" Teresa Won
dered.
"Rocked her an sung to her." The
brother-in-lawnodd happily. "Say-you
oughter heard me! She's asleep. Want
to come in an look at her? You darst if
you tiptoe."
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A moment they stood, trembling
toward each other. Then, with a single
movement, Teresa crossed the frontier
upon which she had hesitated, and en-
tered fully that World of Other Esti-
mates, never again quite to forget her
citizenship in it. For time there was no
need of words.
After a while the young fellow raised
his head to say:
"What made you run away from me
that way, Tress-and then come back?"
The language of this new place Teresa
was in, is not words. She put up hand
against her lovers cheek for answer; she
offered her lips in reply. Yet, so do old
habits and beliefs cling that when he had
kissed her again, she made some effort to
put her explanation into speech. 1t broke
down, crumbled into foolish little endear-
ments, before it had more than men,
toned that Jess's baby was better, and
gone off sidewise into the apparently ir-
relevant statement that she wished he'd
read that liburry book about Gladyse St..
Adams.
THE noise of the mechanical piano at
Gue upper eliu VI tHe SQUARE was IHuslc,
the trolley rounding the corner a car of
light, the policeman pacing his beat
friendly presence. And over all the high,
black night sky, studded with immemo-
rial stars, sheltered and kept them.
Billy hunted in his pocket for the
ring. With closed eyes she pushed
her hand toward him. With rapture she
felt the circlet slip on. Nothing new had
happened. 1t was not that she expected
her lot to be different from that of Jess,
or even her mother. Pain ambushed the
path ahead. She would meet disillusion,
loss. But ray of illumination had been
vouchsafed. In this light she could see
Billy and marriage, and what might
come with them, woman's HERITAGE
deep, true, satisfying, -ordained from the
foundations of time.
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~ L FFleuFlcLl w we were
"a able to make immediate arrange
~ ments for ourvoyage to the islands
L n lying north of New Britain. Eth
biological research was supposed to be the
object of our trip. In reality, it was to be
the widest, most dangerous and delightful
pirate picnic that ever gladdened the heart
of an adventurous youth.
This seemed to me the kind of thing |
had come out to see. | had honestly done
my work for Gore through all our journey
ing; nevertheless the secretary business
had been against the grain. In my secret
heart thought it an amazing thing that a
Jolly, splendid fellow like Red Bob should
care for such musty stuff as ethnOlogy,
while there was gun left in the world to
shoot with or an island to explore. am
older now; understand that the study of
ethnology was simply Red Bob's spiritual
tobacco. Every man, it seems, must have
spiritual tobacco of some kind, when he
is past the age that needs no narcotic.
Things happen to people as life goes on,-
horrible things, mostly and, though the
things pass over, the memory does not.
That is where the tobacco comes in-the
interest or pursuit that keeps a man from
thinking.
ONLY one thing troubled me in those
" delightful hours of preparing for our
adventure-the fact that | had heard
nothing more of Isola. If she had slowed
away on the AJfzelia, she kept herself in
visible and no one suspected it. If she
was still in Rabaul, she was in good hiding.
German New Guinea was of the opinion
that she had either drowned herself or run
away into the bush-which would come
to the same in the end. A launch had
come through from Rabaul on the day of
our arrival, bringing no news of the bride,
but reporting the bridegroom as half dis
tracted, and searching every gully and old
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The Girl of the Nutmeg Isle
By BEATRICE CRIMSHAW

illustration by Harvey I. Dunn
Before you read this instalment, turn to
zone Minute ,Uith the Editor, on page
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AT Friedrich Wilhelmshaven we were
"a able to make immediate arrange
~ ments for our voyage to the islands
L n living north of New Britain Eth
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-06-24
Wood In Musical Instruments.

It is a fact that the supreme func-
ton of wood when employed in musi-
cal instruments, as sounding boards
in pianos, the top of the violin, the
organ pipe or the monograph horn, is
to modify and enrich the tones. They
originate elsewhere-in the piano,
harp or violin strings, the air column
in the pipe or the disk of the phono-
graph-but the wood picks them up,
beauties and enriches them in a
wonderful and mysterious manner,
and transmits them to the outer air,
from which the nearer receives them.
Therein lies the woods superiority
in the peculiar field, and there, appar-
emily, it will remain until some in
ventor shall discover something to
take its place but not in the musical
instrument industry, where doubtful
innovations are not welcomed.
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ORIGIN OF fooLscAp PAPER
Merry Little Joke Played by crom-
we'll on King Charles Before
His Execution.

Every time you write on foolscap
paper you help to perpetuate one OF
the many little jokes Oliver Crom-
well played on the merry monarch
before the royal head was removed.
When the royal treasury was low
Charles l, it seems, EARNED" out
certain privileges to manufacturers.
Cromwell turned this practice into
ridicule and had writing paper
printed with the foolscap and bells
as a watermark instead of the royal
coat of arms required by law. Par
liamentary journals, written on pa
per Of the size now known as FOOLS
cap, used a very conspicuous "cap
and bells" as a watermark. With
the disruption of CromwelPs parlia-
ment the cap and bells went out OF
use as a trademark, but paper of a
certain size is still known as fools.
cap.