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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-09-20
Mother. Doll Story
Billikins' Swim,

Bllikins was big indestructible
doll with bright blue eyes and rosy
lips and cheeks. His hair was plas-
tered down fiat to his head. In fact,
billikins was not q very good looking
doll. But, then, indestructible dolls
are apt to be quite homely. The nice
point about them Is that the little boys
and girls can treat them rather harsh
ly-leave them outdoors all night, step
on them, roll on them-without HARM
ing them In any way.
Billikins cost quite lot Of money,
but the little girl who owned him did
not care about that.
Near the back door stood nice tub
OF water that folks used to water the
sweet peas and the pansies with. One
day the little girl who owned Billikins
thought It would be great fun to give
Billikins a bath IN this tub. So she
just threw him In and sozzled him up
and down. and when the cook called
her to come and get some gingerbread
she quite forgot all about him and left
him In the tub.
The next day when she went to get
him poor Billikins was bald, and hts
cheeks were pale, and his eyes we're
gone. In fact, he was nothing but Just
q wet mass Of indestructible stuff that
looked like anything but a nice doll
So he had to go to the doll hospital to
get fixed all we'll again,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-09-20

price for the 1917 grain. The minimum
price for the 1913 grain has already
been set by congress.
+, Nothing must operate If possible to
reduce production. A fair price for
the farmer, therefore, Is supremacy I'm
pOrtant."
A native Of Ohio; Mr. Garfield was
graduated from Williams college In 1885
at the age Of twenty-five. Later he
studied law ut Columbia university,
Inns of court, in London. and Oxford.
Returning to this country. he was 40"
mitted to the bar In Ohio In 1888. IN
1903 he retired from the practice OF
law to accept the chair of politics at
Princeton university. Since 1908 he
has been president of Williams COL
lege, Williamstown, Mass, from
which institution his father was grad
uated in 1855.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-09-20
Head Of Price Committee.
OF Food Administration

The chairman OF the price commit
tee OF the food administration. Harry
A. Garfield, recently appointed to that
place by Food Administrator Herbert
G. Hoover, Is the oldest son Of the late
President James A. Garfield and Is
considered one Of the nations authort-
ties on politics, economics and educa-
ton.
In a recent statement Mr.. Garfield
said:
'"The food administration. through
the price committee, will strive first
to determine exactly what Is q fail
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-09-20
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PIGS on Pasture.

Pigs on Pasture.
Pigs on pasture usually get enough
exercise. They should have a clean.
dry, we'll ventilated shelter to guard
against exposure to storms and to sup
ply shade. A concrete wallow Will ada
to the pigs comfort. and layer OF OIL
on the water will keep down lice. Clean
bedding also helps to keep away nce'
as will an oiled sack ON rubbing post
or sprinkling the pigs with crude oil
every two weeks.
To supply mineral matter and tonic
the following mineral mixture is good
It always should be accessible. DIS.
solve the copperas in hot water and
sprinkle over the mixture: Copperas
two pounds; slaked lime. four pounds
wood ashes, one bushel; sulphur, -Four
pounds; salt. eight pounds: fine char
coal. one bushel.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-09-20

their pledges and others will be call
ed upon for the support of this high
grade course for winter evening en-
tertainments.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-09-20

HOME CANNING OUTFIT;
Made in five minutes.
All Won need.

= Made In five minutes.
+ All you need:
= A wash boiler.
+ A false bottom for it, made OF
= laths or sticks or Of corrugated
+ tin, with holes punched in it.
+ A square Of cheesecloth to hold
= fruits or vegetables when dipping
= into hot water
+ A kettle
Arizona republican., 1917-02-15

quince trees and also nectarines, both of which do very well, but neither Of them are ranked commercial fruits. Pomegranates are grown for hedges and are sold on the local market and a few of them are shipped east at a very profitable price.
 Berry Crops Good
 The strawberry is one of the most profitable of the small fruits and they are extensively grown for the local and state market The principal varieties grown are the klondyke, Arizona, Ever bearing, Aroma, Lady Thompson, Michaels Early and the Blue Ribbon. The Blue Ribbon berry is a variety of recent introduction, but it promises to become one of the leading varieties. The strawberry season opens about the middle of March and lasts until the middle of July. The price received for local berries depends a great deal on the price of California berries, the local berries commanding a premium of fifteen to thirty cents a crate above that received for California berries.
 We doubtsif there is. any place in the country where blackberries yield heav- fer than in the Salt River valley. Rec ords of over five thousand baskets from one quarter of an acre have been made, and with an abundant supply of water they grow to d large size and
Arizona republican., 1917-02-15
THE TREATY WITH BELGIUM

The United States did not sign the treaty with European nations guarm- teeing the neutrality of Belgium. The treaty contains eighteen articles. The essential one are g and 10, as follows:
 Article 9-Belgium. within the linn it's traced in conformity with the prin- ciples laid down in the present pre- liminaries, shall form q perpetual neu tral state. The five powers. withoat wishing to intervene in the internal af- fairs Of Belgium, guarantee her that perpetual neutrality as well as the in tegrity and inViOlab bility of he~ terri tory in the limits mentioned in the present article.
 Article l0-By just reciprocity Bel gium shall he held to observe this same neutrality toward all the other states and to make no attack on their internal or external tranquility whilst always preserving the right to defend herself against any foreign aggres- sion
 This agreement was followed up January g, 1929. by definite treaty. accepted by Belgium and by the Meth erlands. which treaty regulates Pel- giJm s neutrality as follows
 Article S-Pelgiuin. within the limits defined in articles !. , ard 1. shall form an independent and per petual neutral state. She is obliged 10 preserve this neutrality against all the other states"
 All the articles of this treaty were powers. It was signed by England, June 26 1881, in London.-kansas City Star
Arizona republican., 1917-02-15

ing dates in Arizona. of varieties that ripen on the tree, including the famous Hayanys and Rhars, from the govern ment date farm at Tempe and also from the famous date palm at the Ari- zona capitol grounds, from which the governor of Arizona sends a box of dates every year to the president of the United States. The dates from this palm are delicious and while the vari- ety is unknown, it matters not, for the character of the fruit marks it thor oughbred. All dates from Europe have to he cured, thereby spelling the flavor, while Arizona dates can be shipped to New York without any curing process and are sweet, sugary and of delicious flavor. Plant some date palms and you will never regret it. no tree is more ornamental and besides the beauty, it bears fruit that is distinctive. Every home in the Salt River valley should have at least two date palms, for there is no fruit more delicious more palatable and more nutritious nor is any other fruit bearing tree anywhere near as profitable Mir. Helm will take pleasure in talking to you about date culture and will give you the benefit of his study and available data. which means much to the intending pur chaser.
 The moving of date palms has here tofore been attended with considerable loss, but digging and halling them with Helms patented balling machine. without disturbing the earth or their thin fibrous roots, insures against loss and admits their transplanting at diff ferent seasons.
Arizona republican., 1917-02-15
CAT LICENSE IS PROPOSED

Indiana's good" cats are to have a bill in the legislature. if all goes well. They wish to be licensed. Self preser vation-the first law of nature-is the motive.
 Tales of how thousands and thous- ands Of the bad" memberssof the fam Ky who live in the city and state of New York have been killed since last summer because it was suggested that they might have something to do with the spread of infantile paralysis, have reached the ears .of. the Hoosler con- tingent. Now. the Hoosier good cats even with nine lives-wish to be fore armed. hence the cry
 M -e-o-w-w. we want tc be li- celsed."
 Elliot k. Tihbets. a member of the Indiana Audubon Society and the Nature Stud" Club of Indiana is one of the principal advocates of the meas ire. He points out that a licensing la-- would be a grea. protection to in sectivorous and song birds. which all ways are in dang~r Cf destruction from stray cats, many of which have no owners and are not properly fed. de- pending on foraging for living
 Under the proposed measure cats 7Ot licensed when three months old wo d be humaneiy put to death. Memb $ of the family with license tag arou 4 their necks would be immune. T license cost for individuals would be { to s3, with q special fee to cover all cat kept in kennels for show purposes. Any surplus. left after the cost of admins tering the law would be used for the public good-possibly for the relief of the poor.
 . The bill now is being prepared, and 1t ''s planned to have it introduced in hoth the house and senaje.-lndi;tnapo lis News
Arizona republican., 1917-02-15
DATE PALM, SACRED PLANT n ARABS, CONSECRATED IN EDITH
 PUBLIC AND PRIVATE WORSHIP

The date palm is something more than a fruit tree which furnishes the principal means of existence to hun dreds of thousands of people, for, to the Arab, it is sacred institution identified with the Semitic race since the dawn of history and consecrated by Mohammed in both his public and private life.
 There is, said the prophet, one tree among trees that is blessed, as in the Muslim (among mem: it is the palm, and hei eiexplained on another occasion the reason of this confluence, as follows:
 Honor your uncle, the palm. l call him your uncle because he was created from the earth left over after the creation of Adam ton whom be peace and the blessing of God). The palm re- SembleS man by it's erect position and it's height. by it's separation in two sexes, by it's necessity for the pollina- tion of the female. If its head is cut off, it dies: it it's heart is exposed to too great a strain, 1t periShes. Is 1t not the same with man? If it's leaves are cut off. it cannot grow others in the same place: no more can man, If he loses his members. It is covered with fibre, analogous to the hair Of man.
 Tradition continues that Adam was on his face in adoration before d palm and that Gabriel appeared designated the palm as his future food, saying You were created of the same mate rial as this tree which shall nourish you" Tradition also says that the palm served as a shelter to Mary when she gave birth to Jesus Christ and the sweet, ripe dates were her nourish ment. An early tradition puts the birth in Egypt near the town of Ahnas: Sa'ab al Akhbar declares he saw the identical palm there and MakriZi bears witness to the same effect. but lbn Batuah, one of the greatest and most accurate of Arab travellers, says he saw traces of it in the church at Bayt Lahm (Bethlehem), On the basis of this story Mohammed- advised all mothers to nourish themselves with dates, in order that they. might have good and abundant milk.
 Thus the growing of dates here. linNs the old and the new worlds as nothing else could. and besides being orna- mental and carrying sentiment to a high degree. the date palm is profit able, for the date market can never be overdone as in the United States they can only be raised in southern parts of AflZOnd ana near the Salten Sea III California. The possibilities of produc- tiOn of dates in Arizona on mateured palms would range from 609 to 1000 pounds, remembering of course, that dates. like other plant life. produce according to the care they receive.
 Arizona is fortunate in having eli matic and soil conditions peculiarly adapted to the culture Of dates, and she produces dates which rival in flaw or those grown in the famous date dis tricts in northern Africa The more general use of these producing date palms for ornamental and bordering purposes would add wonderfully to the beauty of the valley and be constant source of increased revenue.
 C. I. Helm is now roofing on his nurseries in 9 scientific Way the off shoots or suckers from the best bear
Arizona republican., 1917-02-15
DEC|DU0US FRUIT. F[0UR|SHES HERE

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Arizona republican., 1917-02-15
Wateymel0n, Nectar IO Gods, GYows M Rank Abandon Hene

In any country where the sun is hot,
 and where the days are long and the
 summer is equally long, the cool juice
 of good ripe watermelon is hector
 from the Gods. It soothes, it satisfies,
 it refreshes. Because of this, no coun-
 try similarly situated as the Salt River
 valley or nearly so can think of farm
 ing without thinking of watermelons.
 But even if the watermelon vine is
 apparently luxuriant it looks as if ii
 might grow anywhere Certain care
 must be taken in its cultivation and certain steps must be taken to prepare
 the land in which it grows as well as
 bring the plant and the crop to the
 greatest fruitation.
 This led the Republican represent ative to visit several farms in the dis
 trict last season and look on the water melon patches. They were marvels of
 beauty. of industry and of promise.
 Long Mines of melon plants paralleled each other over many acres. They were
 growing; you could almost see them
 grow. ana no plant in the lot looked as
 if 1t had been struck by chill. The melons are planted on the south-
 side of these long beds, and the furrow
 runs below the plant a slight ways and
 carries the water One plot was origin
 ally an alfalfa field, but there is noth-
 ing there now but watermelon plants.
 The alfalfa has been plowed under. disced, and narrowed until it all has en- riched the soil.
 Speaking about his melon patch. our
 rancher said: q think l will be able ! to grow two crops of melons on this
 ground in successive years. After that will be forced to again SOW it to al fafa or some similar crop in order to
 replenish those elements which have been taken out by two melon crops A melon patch like any other real good crop, has to be carefully prepared Tor and carefully watched and while the plants are growing l keep the ground soft and loose with "a one-horse five foot cultivator, and train the plants away from the little ditch which car ries the water up onto the top of the bed l am careful about irrigating and ] use wooden headgates at the top of the iurroFys m order to control the flow. Everybody who nas seen my patch so | far has complimented me highly on it's appearance. I think quite lot of it myself because it represents quite lot of work done. but it is too soon now
 to say anything about the crop. l do know, however, that on other pieces of land have succeeded in raising fine
 melons. Florida favorites and Keckley sweets. and this year l hope will prove a good year
 This rancher is in the truck garden ! business on a 40-acre farm a mile anG half southeast of the Wilson school house. He has fine berry patch and ] netted well on it last year. Even when talking to the reporter he was busi,y /, engaged in gathering summer squash 1 for the peddler who would be around in ] the morning. and with whom he finds n constantly increasing market. for his | first-,ate vegetables.
Arizona republican., 1917-02-15

delicious quality. The season opens about the first of June and lasts until the middle of July. The average price per crate of fifteen baskets is about one dollar.
 Raspberres are not grown commer- cially, mainly on account of their being so much more money made on black berries, the raspberries not yielding near as well. The Black Cap variety is the poorest yielder and the Red the best. Raspberries are sold in the half pound baskets and bring twelve and a half to fifteen cents per basket.
Arizona republican., 1917-02-15
MAKING IT ALL RIGHT

An ol dlady who had been introduced to d doctor who was also a professor fn a university. felt somewhat puzzled as 10 how she would address the great man.
 Shall I call you doctor or pro- fessor'?' she asked.
 Oh, just as you wish was the reply; 'as matter of fact. some people call me an old idiot
 Indeed" she said sweetly. but, then, they are people that know you. Tit Pits
Arizona republican., 1917-02-15
PROGRESS

The people sleep. At unpredetermined intervals they
 awake Like volcanoes long quiescent And rend the sinful state with Venge- full force And sweep tho verdant valleys of snug content And the plains, needless of social
 wrongs, With long pentup and devastating
 wrath, Born or hoarded miseries and woe. The people wake. When their mighty force is spent in
 wreck and ruin They open their eyes in sodden won
 derment they'd done so much GAS a drunken Fiant sobered red-eyed.
 spent, Realizes his mad destruction of home
 and kin) And wearily in sullen sorrow, Go back tossleep again. -Jo Labadie.
Arizona republican., 1917-02-15

they are difficult to ship. and the summer rains interfere with the drying of them as commercial proposition. Those sold on the local market bring from two to five cents per pound.
 For long time 1t was thought that the summers were too hot here for growing apples, but many varieties have been tested and have proven to do exceedingly well, and now there are several commercial orchards of apples. On account of the warm weather and the absence of frost, the apples do not color up as well as in the cooler eli mates, but the quality is practically the same as those grown in the cooler climates. Apples bring from three to five cents per pound.
 Nearly every orchard has. q few
Arizona republican., 1917-02-15
FREE ADVICE

A man with the crop halted a doctor on a quiet street corner.
 Doctor" he said, coughing violently, what ought chap to do when he's got the croup?'
 The doctors eye emitted a steely light at the thought of being buncoed out of free prescription, and he said: Such man. my friend, ought to con- suit good physician"
 .'Thanks( doctor" sai dthe sufferer, as he took leave. That's what m do, then" Baltimore American.
 Hire little salesman at The Ro- publican office.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-03-02
LIFT YOUR C0RNS
OFF WITH FINGERS
How to loosen a tender corn
or caIlus so it lifts out
without pain.

Let folks step on your feet hereafter;
wear shoes a size smaller if you like,
for cOrns will never again send electric
sparks of pain through you, according
to this Cincinnati authority.
He says that few drops of drug
called freezone, applied directly upon
a tender, aching corn, instantly res
lieves soreness, and soon the entira
corn, root and all, lifts right out.
This drug dries at once and simply
shrivels up the corn or callus without
even irritating the surrounding skin.
A small bottle of freezone obtained
at any drug store will cost very little
but will positively remove every hard
or soft corn or callus from ones feet.
If your druggist hasn't stocked this
new drug yet, tell him to get a small
bottle Of freezone for you from his
wholesale drug house.-adv.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-03-02
He Loved Marie.

A sailor at the Seaman's Church in
stitute, just in from Cuba, came rat
Ting down the stairs the other day
with a heavy scoWl on his face. He
approached the institute interpreter
and threw down this letter addressed
to a young woman he had met during
the trip: 'Dear Marie: The more I
think of you the worse love you. I
seen my sister and she says she will
teach you English in two weeks if you
cum here. Marie, I love you awful
and send you $50 for you to cum here.
I seen your brother and he is wright
ing to you this minute. When send
a girl $50 for anything I'm crazy. AS
ever, Oscar" "Well," said the inter-
prefer. "Make that just like it is, only
in Spanish" explained Oscar, "sand
charge everything to me. I'll be right
upstairs until I get married. New
York Correspondence in Pittsburgh
Dispatch.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-03-02
JACK FROST PROVED POWER
Impressive Spectacle When Fifty Tons
of Rock, Loosened by Cold, Fell
Thousand Feet.

Delicate frost tracingS on the win
iow-panes seem to be the work of fan
ciful and harmless sportiveness, but
the hand that forms them is capable Of
greater deeds and other kinds.
An official of the geological survey
tells of an experience that must have
been wonderfully impressive to the
spectator. He had been spending some
weeks in exploring the Yosemite VAL
ley and the great rocks" like Gel
Captain" that wall it in.
Standing one day of late autumn
about the middle of the valley, he was
startled by a report like cannon-shot,
which filed the whole valley with
echoes that roared and doomed, re-
piled and multiplied, in long-con-
tinued, glorious tumult.
AS the deafening sound died away
in sullen mutteringS under the viZor
Of Ell Captain, the spectator was able
to distinguish the point of attack by
the long, gathering descent OF vast
quantity of rock.
The night had been a cold one in the
valley, and on the 1000 and 5000 foot
levels Of the upper rim the tempera-
ture must have dropped almost to
zero.
Frost, working quietly with his
Archimedean lever, had just succeeded
In shifting from the shoulder of the
Sentinel a trife Of 80 tons or so OF
granite. For near thousand feet the
bowlder fell sheer, swift and silent ;
then, striking the cliff, it burst like a
bomb, scattered into a myriad flying
shards and splinters, and dislodged a
smother of fragments that trickled
down to the Wiley in a stream that
lasted for minutes.
Then from the spot where the bowl
der had struck, dust began to rise into
the sunny air, slowly building up like
q summer cloud and every bit as
snowy. 1t was the flour Of granite,
powdered instantaneously by the ter
rific shock.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-03-02
IS CHILD GROSS,
FEvER|SH, SICK
Look, Mother! If tongue is
coated, give "CaIifornia
Syrup of FIGS"

Children love this fruit laxative"
and nothing else cleanses the tender
stomach, liver and bowels so nicely.
A child SIMPLY will not stop playing
to empty the bowels, and the result Is
they become tightly clogged with
waste, liver gets sluggish, stomach
sours, then your little one becomes
cross, half-sick, feverish, don't eat,
sleep or act naturally, breath is bad.
system full Of cold, has sore throat,
stomach-ache or diarrhea. Listen,
Mother See if tongue is coated, then
give a teaspoonful of California
Syrup of Figs" and in few hours all
the constipated waste, sour bile and
undigested food passes out of the sys-
tenn, and you have a well child again.
Millions of mothers give california
Syrup of Figs" because it is perfectly
harmless; children love it, and it new"
err fails to act on the stomach, HveY
and bowels.
Ask at the store for 50-cent bottle
of california Syrup of Figs" which
has full directions for babies, children
of all ages and for grown-ups plainly
printed on the bottle. Adv.