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The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-12-01

In the pursuit of Villa and his bandits through
the arid regions Of northern Mexico the United
States troops traversed a region whose only vege-
tation Is the barbed and forbddlng cactus To
any but cowboy or trained plainsman of the
Southwest, inhabitants themselves Of the cactus
belt" this plant seemingly has no more value than
the yeriest weed but 1t may well be that 1t may
prove of great value to the troops In the absence
of water fodder. or even food for human beings.
In the punitive expedition there are many COW
punchers Of the cactus belt" serving as scouts,
and in the cowboy and the Indian of the South
west the lowly cactus has its greatest admirer for
they know what game struggle for life this plant
has to make against an unlaved desert soil Even
their ponies and cattle and the poor beasts Of the
desert know of these uses of the cactus for water
and fodder, says the New York Herald.
There are some thousand varieties of this mon
strous vegetable family, not counting the 800 va
rieties OF the agaye, century plant-incorrectly
included by many-in northern Mexico. The va
rieties Of the yucca palm and all other forms OF
vegetation known to the arid region have the same
faculty Of sucking up from the soil every drop OF
the all too little moisture In 1t and storing 1t up In
their tough and leathery leaves and roots.
OF the many varieties perhaps the most remark
able Is that member Of the family known to those
schooled In desert craft as the water BARREL This
plant Is shaped somewhat ike a beer keg and is
about the same size. Through all the years Of its
growth 1t has been soppng up what moisture the.
famished earth contained and retaining it. II is the
sole reliance of desert dwelers ia time of drought
and the troops. far from water holes and with wa
ter scarce. may yet be obliged to drink from It
The water barrel" Is tapped by slicng Of the
top with a sword or machete and pounding the
pulp until the water contained in it wells up into
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-12-01

And so we firmly believe you do feel.
We all hear 1t repeated that patriotism is a
thing of the past that our people have become
commerciallzed; that the masses have no deep
rooted loyalty to the country; that our rich men
put dollars above the obligations of their citizen
ship that our poor folk care little for the ideals
Of free government; that we Americans are de-
cadent in the virtues and valor which marked
our fathers.
That is not true.
If there be any power in the world which plots
war against us Americans and promises itself VIC
tory over US on the assumption of our decadence
in loyalty, that power will find how terrible was
It's mistake when our country calls her sons to
battle In her defense.
We have, 1t is true in our capacity as a col
lective people, left undone things that should
have been done and done things which should
have been left undone; and there is more truth
than there should be In much that is jeeringly
said by those who hate us.
We acknowledge that much of our politics Of
tends common decency.
We see, here and there, painful evidence OF cor
ruption among lawmakers and even among the
judges, who should know only justice and In
tegrity.
We see rich men who do betray their country
and foul their hands and soil their souls with
most infamous dealings and most shameful
profits
We see Americans who do put the dollar above
every consideration of right and duty, above the
claims of our common humanity
But while these things are true, 1t is true also
that the heart and conscience of the American
people, take them as a nation, are sound and
sane and wholesome.
The blood Of our fathers still runs In the veins
of their sons. The spirit of the nation may In
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-12-01


He reflected that across the Atlantic millions
of human beings were at that very moment en-
gagged In the dreadful task of killing other human
beings with every invention which ingenuity and
skill could bring forth from the laboratories Of
science and the workshops OF industry.
In other lands at that very moment tens Of
thousands upon tens of thousands of helpless
folk-feeble aged men and women, mothers with
babes clingng convuslvely to their breasts, little
children sobbing in terror. vast army of the In
nocent and the anguished-were enduring the ex-
nemities of exposure of hunger, and Of despair
as they fed from their wasted farmsteads and
burning villages escaping from the pitiless cruelty
of savage men only TO lie down to suffer and die
under the pltiless skies Of God In the winter and
the bitter storms.
AT that very moment most dreadful war hid
half the world in the blackness Of its darkness
and from that horrid cloud ralned destruction
upon unhappy Europe-upon her ancient capitals,
upon her pleasant cities, upon her villages, her
fields, her temples her treasures Of art upon all
the accumulations Of thousand years Of genius,
of learning, Of industry, of skill and Of patient
advancement of the happiness and the civilization
of the race Of man.
So he that considered all this wickedness that
WAS being done under the sun, this drunken dance
of death and hell above the fetid corpses and the
multtudnous graves, this awful nightmare of in
of his heart that no God ruled over such maniac
world and there was no Thanksgiving due to the
Oliver Of Gifts that were not good but everyone
altogether evil.
And when. the man had made an end Of his
thinking, he went and stood In a window and
hooked out upon the evening" because It was fair
80 see.
He saw in vision at that instant the vastness
of the republic and the multitude Of the good and
happy folk who live under the shelter OF Its
strength He reflected how brief time had thus
lmagnined the works Of our pioneer fathers and
our pioneer mothers those brave and simple men
and women whose names should never be men
toned with anything but profound gratitude.
And to this American glad with a great pride
IN the deeds Of his people and the story OF his
country, and grateful to the Goodness which has
guided and sheltered his fathers and his folk.
lifted up his eyes to the night to the quiet stars
to the brooding immensely above, and said In his
heart:
THANK God that am an Americana
And. citizens, that Is the one outstanding,
splendid fact for which each one Of us should
soberly and most gratefully thank God on Thanks
giving day this year.
The finest thing you possess or ever can pos
sess is Just your American citizenship. II Is
neither necessary nor becoming on this day or
on any other day TO cheaper this birthright OF
ours BY brag or spreadeagie defamation.
But II Is highly becoming on this Thanksgiving
day TO feel deep gratitude and manly pride
"a this heritage --.-
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-12-01
Mul. p.po, Ordered Reopensd.

The Tennessee railroad commission
heard the argument In the matter Of .
petition fled BY the Guyton-Harring-
ton mule company to have the COM
mission immediately promulgate an
order to compel the Nashville. Chatta-
nooga & st. Louis railway and the
Louisville & Nashville railroad to re-
open the live stock depot at Seven
teenth and 10 Johnson avenues for
the loading and unloading OF mules
and horses. The commission ordered
The depot reopened and kept open.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-12-01

Persons extremely reserved are Ike
old enameled watches. which had
painted covers that hindered your see
ing what o'clock 1t was.-Walpole.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-12-01
pRAISE HIN toro
tThis11ost Precious
Gift

N AN evening of this week 1t occurred
to a man, sitting alone in an upper
room, that Thanksgiving day was
right at hand. So he bestirred his
mind to consider those things for
which an American might senslbly
offer up gratitude to God.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-12-01

n Old be merc and bless and his face shine upon
VI Seah That thy way may be known Earth thy saving
health among all nations Let the people praise Thee God let all the
people praise Thee Then shall the Earth yield increase Cod
God shall bless God shall bless and all the ends of
the Earth shall fear him. Evm&6
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-05-25
JUDGE ELY WRIGHT
WILL LEAVE WALKER

Walker, Mimi, May 25.-Judge
Ely Wright, Walkers oldest citizen,
Civil war veteran, and one of the best
known G.. A. r. men in the state; has
been signally honored by his COM
rades in the East, by. being made a
life member Of the original army: post
Of the United States, No. i, Ports
mouth, N. H. Mr.. Wright is now ar
ranging to dispose Of all his prop
erty in Walker, preparatory to his
departure for Chicago where her will
make his home with a. daughter. For
over twenty years he has made his
home in Walker and during a greater
portion of this period was the only
living G. A. R. man in the village.
He is IS years of age.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-05-25
TO SPEND $4,000 i
FOREGOOD5 ROADS

Moorhead, Mimi, May 25.-More
than $50,0OO-,will~ be spent on good
road work in Clay county this year
by the individual townships, aside
from the amount, spent by the county
and state.
The gross total of township levies
for road purposes is placed at $780,
$40, making an available total of
from $4,000 to 100000 for road
work.
The, biggest road job this year is
the construction of a 214-foot steel
and concrete bridge across the. Buf-
OLA river in Moland township
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-05-25
RUTTER CONTEST AT
NATIONAL CONVENTION

St. Paul, Mimi, May 25.-The first
of the state butter making contests
was held in St. Paul today. Six con-
tests will be held this summer, on
June %, July 20, August Is, Sept.
% and Oct 26. The last contest
will be held in conjunction with the
meeting of the National Creamery
Buttermakers' association. ::
The rules and prizes offered will be
the same as last year, with first and
second prize each month and a grand
prize for the two highest averages
during the season.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-05-25

many wore they gathered here
today for the opening session tomor-
row under former President William
Howard Taft, but that was the idea
they wanted to convey.
eve believe" said Herbert S. Hous-
ton, president of the Associated Ad-
vertising Clubs Of theR World sand a
prominent member of the league,
that, permanent Internationally peace
ssas5hlsinessapr proposition. that has to
be organized and pushed through by
men with red blood in their veins
Just as anything else that is worth
while has to be. handled. :
Permanent peace means a great
deal to the business interest of the
world and they are behind~this Or
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-05-25

Some people are always waiting for
opportunity to take them by the
hand. 1t never does and it never
will.
Don't sit still and wait for oppor-
hunt it, and hunt till you find it.
It's flirting with you every day i'll
the year, every hour in the day.
One of the greatest opportunities
lies in what you may accomplish in
the aid of your home town, for what
is good for the town is even better
for you.
Your future is not up to opportu-
nifty, it is up to you.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-05-25

A newspaper is in no sense a child
CT charity It earns twice over every
dollar it receives, and it is second to
no enterprise in contributing to the
upbuilding Of any community. Its
patrons reap far more benefits from
it's, pages than it's publishers, and in
asking for the support of the COM
munity, it asks for no more than in
all fairness belongs to it, though
Progress.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-05-25
STATE MAY. FURNISH
so NAVAL AIR MEN

St. Paul, MIMI, May 25.-Minne-
sofa may furnish fifty aviators under
a plan of naval and military authori-
ties to provide 1900 trained air men
for. national defense, Governor Burn
quist said Tuesday night.
The entire force could be trained
during this summer for 100000,
including the cost of machines and
equipment, it is believed by those
supporting the scheme.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-05-25

1t is reported that an organized
attack on the state highway commits
sion is scheduled for the next legis-
lature. About the best features of
the. good roads law in the provision
requiring the supervision of the high
way commission, and the people in
terested in good roads will do we'll to
get busy in support of the commits
sion.-Elk River Star.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-05-25
STATE GEOGRAPHICAL
NAMES AND THEIR HIS
TORICAL SIGNIFICANCE

X prepared by the Minnesota
X Historical Society for the
X United Press.)
X MEEKER COUNTY
X One of the first judges of
X the supreme court of Mime
X sofa territory was Bradley B.
X Meeker, who served from
X 1S49 to 1853. Meeker was
X born in Connecticut in 1915
X and practiced law in Ken
X lucky before coming to Min
x nesota. He presided at the
X first term of court in Min
X neapolis which was held in
x July, 1S49, in the old gov
x eminent grist mill. Judge
X Meeker was a charter men,
X Der of the Minnesota Histori-
X cal society, established in
X 1849, one of the first regents
x of the university, 1851, and
x member of the constitutional
X convention, 1857. He owned
X a large tract of land on the 4
X east bank Of the Mississippi
x below the Falls of st. An
x thony, including Meeker's
X Island His death occurred
X in 1873. The county named
K in honor of Judge Meeker was +
x established in 1856.
4
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-05-25
"U" GIRLSzTO HIKE
TO LAKE GENEVA

Minneapolis, MIMI, May 25.-One
hundred pretty University of Mime
sofa goods today agreed to hike to
the Lake Geneva, Wis.,, national Y.
Nv. &C. oA.seonferenceAA Aug. % to Sept.
1. . Because school will not be in
session then, they will leave their
homes August Is, ride to within 100
miles of Geneva and finish on foot.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-05-25

A friend suggests to us that all this
note writing which the president has
INDUCED in since the Lusitania was
sunk may not be labor lost after all.
There will have to be letter of .ac-
ceptance after the St. Louis cOnven-
ton, you know. This is all very
true, but we are wandering how
"strict accountability" and all the
other phrases Of the past year are
going to fit into document like that.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-05-25

G. s.. Harding, manager of the
Grand theater, deserves much credit
for bringing "The Birth of Ma
ton" to Bemidji. Never before has
such a mighty attraction been
brought to Bemidji.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-05-25
state. No Broadway Chicken"
would endorse this plan.

n A New York court is solving a
heavy law question today It is
whether a swapping turtle can snap
and there is $5,OO0in question. The
defense says that it acannotssnap be-
cause it hasn't any teeth.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-05-25

Too long have the rights and opin-
ions of womankind been ignored in
the settlement of the great questions
of this day. But when was any
great question settled? And no great
question will ever be settled until
women are admitted to the franchise
privilege equally with man.-Little
Falls Transcript.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-05-25
NATIONAL PEACE LEAGUE
OPENS MEET TODAY

Washington, May 25.-"We are
not mollycoddles!"
Delegates to the first annual CON
vention of the National League to
Enforce Peace didn't say that in so
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-05-25
JUST WAIT TILL THEIR
WIVES HEAR OF. THIS

x Cleveland, May .25.-Mrs. +
x S. T. Brixley put sup4an elab-
X crate four apartment bird
X house in her back yard in
X . .EucId Heights few weeks
x z4ago. She was puzzled when
X half a dozen or more birds
X loafedl on the roof of the
x house but built no nests. She
X finally figured out the situa-
X ton.
x ~"While their wives were
X a:nesting elsewhere, the men
X birds, have, been using my
X bird house as a club" said
X Mrs. Brixley, Indignantly.
- ~ - - - - ~
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-05-25

Senator Harding's "keynote' ad-
dress at the Chicago convention will
he Enthusiastically Republican and it
will be easy to find harmonies for it
all over the country.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-05-25

Hens are laying for South Dakota
prohibition today. Women prohibit
ton workers are to use all profits
from the sale of eggs this week for
fund to further prohibition in that
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-05-25

sanitation, heart, soul and body"
Two Of the principal speakers at
the convention will be Secretary of
War Newton d. Baker and Major
General Leonard Wood.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-05-25

WANTED-Servant girl for general
housework; references. Apply 622
Bemidji Ave.. d523tf
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FOR RENT-During months of June
and July, furnished cottage on
Lake Boulevard. Address "Cot-
tage," care Pioneer office, Bemidji.
8d53O
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HELP WANTED.

acknowledgements at once;
one with some practical experience.
Apply in own handwriting to CIR,
Pioneer. 3d526
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WANTED-Girl for general house.
work. TIT Beltrami Ave. Phone
60. 4d527
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M5SCEELkEEVUk

FOR aSALE-Typewr1ter ribbons for
every make of typewriter on the
market at so cents and 7E cents
EACH: Every ribbon sold for Is
cents guaranteed. Phone orders
promptly filed. Mail orders given
the same careful attention as when
you appear in person. Phone 81.
The Bemidji Pioneer Office Supply
Store.
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FOR NT-Three-rOom house with
garden. Inquire P. M. Dicaire.
6d531
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WANTED-A bell boy. Hotel Mark
ham. 522tf
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FOR RENT-Three modern furnished
rooms. Phone 282. 523tf
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FOR SALE-SWA of SEA, Sec. 81
1862, Grown of Frohn), on
long time and easy terms. Call
on or write A. Kaiser, Bagley,
MINI. 58tf
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FOR SALE-Two fve-passenger Sec
ond hand touring cars in first class
condition; reason for selling, will
move away. Will sell cheap Il
taken at once Address W., clio
Pioneer 26d61
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FOR SALE.

FOR SALE-Grocery, confectionery,
fixtures, consisting of soda foun-
tain, chairs, tables, counters, Day.
ton computing scale, cash register
and show cases. Call on or write
w. J. Palmer, Walker, MINI.
1w61-6d530
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FOR SALE OR 1RADE-For wood,
one light work Eorse. 233 Mis-
sissippi Ave. 4d526
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FOR RENT-Seven-roo house. In
quire Palmer's Feed Store. 1887
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FOR RENT-Seven-rOO house. A.
Klein. Phone 744. 3d527
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FOR SALE-Five acre lots in N.Y.
more, on easy terms. Tel. 249.
Mathew Larson. DAFT
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FOR RENT.

EVn AGN1.
FOR RENT-HOuse, barn and chick
en- coop, with two acres of garden.
Terms: $40 per month; one mile
from town. Inquire Larson Dairy
Farm. Phone 17-F-5. 4d525
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FOR SALE "A bunch of used pick
structiOn Co. 6d526
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FARMS FOR SALE.

Pioneer want ads bring results.
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FOR SALE-New and second hand
buggies and harnesses. Inquire at
McIver's Livery. 6d526
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FOR SALE+Five-room house, 1919
MINI. Ave. 6d529
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TWELVE KNOWN DEAD
|NARKANSAS TORNADO
More Than Thirty Persons Injured.
Property Loss Placed
at $3,OCo,Co0.
BY Lie A..nciated rres.-

BY the Associated Press.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark, December III
Reports received here up TO noon today
from the storm areas gathered by
roundabout communication indica ted
that twelve persons We're killed and
more than thirty injured in the tornado
that swept central Arkansas late yeSter-
day
Wires are down in all directions. and
it is only where courierS have reached
telephone stations that accurate infor-
nation of the extent of the damage
can be obtained.
A heavy downpour of rain and a high
wind accompanied the storm, and rail-
roads are facing washouts. high water
torn-up telegraph and telephone lines
making operations perilous. No trains
nave arrived in this city today from
Pine Bluff. just south of the stricken
area.
For a hundred miles from Grant coun-
ty, over portions of Pulaski Lonoke
Jefferson and Prairie counties. the tor
nado took toll of lives and stock. Esti-
mates of the property damage today
were placed near S3,000.000.
Apprehension regarding the state
convict farm and Tucker. southeast of
here, where 325 state prisoners were
stationed, was allayed by advices re-
ceived, saying no one WAS injured
there.
Passengers arriving here TODAY
brought further reports of the wiping
out of a negro settlement at Keo. be-
tween here and Tucker, with loss of
seventeen lives. Accurate information
on the situation there, however, is
lacking.
The tornado struck the ground a few
miles north of Pine Bluff and, cutting
a path four miles wide. assumed a
northeasteriy course and finally wore
out itself in the vicinity of Duvall Bluff
and Des Arc. Many homes were set on
fire by the lightning which attended
the storm.
Evening star., 1916-12-27
BIBLICAL SOCIETY MEETS.
Fifty-Second Convention Opens at
Haverford College.

PHILADELPHIA, December e7-The
ifty-second meeting of the Society of
Biblical Literature and EXegesis open
ed at Haverford College today Dele
gates are present from many sections
and numerous addresses by distin-
guished biblical scholars We're on the
program. DR.. Morris Jastrow, jr. of
the University of Pennsylvania. presi-
dent of the association, delivered his
annual address today. His subject was
Constructive Elements in the Critical
Study of the Old Testament"
Others who have accepted invita-
tions to address the meetings include
Wallace \. Stearns. Paul Haupt John
P. Peters, George A. Barton, Warren j.
Moulton. DR.. Immanuel Hensinger, Ben
jamin w. Bacon. William II. Cobb, An
drew d. Heffern, Harry c. York, Al
bert c. Lane, John A. Maynard, Clayton
K. Bowen. Elias N Rabinowitz. Max L.
Margoiis, Sartell Prentice. Kemper
Fullerton and DR.. J. A. Montgomery
secretary of the society.