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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-05-22
BROWNING. INVENTOR
OF DEADLY GUN. HAS
BEEN MYSTERY MAN

There is no use denying that the
DELAY in providing machine guns for
the Sammies has been a matter OF
about a year, which, has caused the
Americans to be obliged to- use guns
=. made by their allies, France ana
England, but through tall the name
of Browning has become mentlone9
and when the government=adopted
the Browning gun, Americans more
than ever wondered just VINO tnls
Browning person was. For that rea-
son the Pioneer herewith gives a
brief sketch as to the identity OF this
man of mystery, at the same explod-
ing long cherished ideas concerning
gun history. ..+
John M. Browning lives in Ogden,
Utah. He made his first gun Of
A complete list Of the weapons
Mr.. Browning has invented would
only be understood by an expert In
arms. Roughly, his work includes
the following: I ~ -.,s$.s5 =
Every rifle that the Winchester
Arms company has produced, from
the single-shot to the repeating rifles.
This includes the world-famous mod
els of 1885, 1890, 1892, 1894, 1898
and 1897. Every new model brought
out by this company has been a
Browning product. -
Every gun manufactured by the
famous Fabrique Rationale, OF Llege.,
Belgium. More than a million OF
these were manufactured before the
war and Mr.. Browning received roy
alties on them up to that time.
Every automatic pistol manufac-
TIRED by the Colts Rapid Fire Arms
company, which includes all OF the
nistols carried by United States army
officers. These in all calibers from
20 to As. ~~. j."
The Colt machine gun. s.
The Remington shotgun.
The Remington repeating rifle.
The Stevens rifle. ..S.s
The box magazine used by the
United States in the Spanish war
Only an old-timer, acquainted with
the guns of couple of generations
ago, can fully appreciate the genius
of Mr.. Browning.S Just as Edison is
the wizard of electricity, so is Mr..
Browning the wizard Of firearms.
When he turned out his famous 1885
model rifle it was so superior to al
others that they we're practically
RELOCATED to the scrap heap. That
model is still made for high-poWer
gun of .33 caliber. ,-
He also invented the lever shotgun,
and his 1890 model has ousted al
other models of rifles in the world
It was Mr.. Browning who was re-
sponsible for the radical change in
rifle calibers. Men Of today VINO
were familiar with firearms thirty
wears ago can remember that the
calibers of ~, .3S, 40 and -
seemed as set and permanent as the
everlasting hills. But Mr.. Browning
developed such calibers as the go.
go" the "25-20" and others known
to sportsmen the world over.
For many years the bright nicke
barrel and the round,; revolving
chamber marked the revolver. Toda,
that type is not SO familiar. we
see more and more that ugly, nat
cold-blooded looking weapon, the au:
tomato. It is the most powerful
single-handed weapon made and au'
tomatically shoots to kill. 1t is the
work of Mr.. Browning. 49,. 49,,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-05-22
BUSINESS CHANGES HANDS

Ed Anderson has added another
second hand store to his Minnesota
avenue place of business, having pur-
chased the business of William Nor
ris & Co., northeast corner Beltrami
avenue and Fourth street. Martin
Longballa, who was an interested
party, has moved his real estate office
from the Morris store to the Schroe-
der block. IS
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-05-22

at Aardahl church Friday, Saturday
and Sunday, and evening sessions
will be held at the Nymore church
Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sun
day evenings, beginning at 5 O'Clock.
Rev. George Larson of Thief River
Falls, Rev. j. Mortons Of Fosston,
Rev. j. Hjelmeland of Maple Bay,
Rev. George Nilsson of \ Bagley and
Rev. A. Logeland of Nevis will be at
these meetings. All ere cordially in
.yited to attend.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-05-22

FOR Rhode Island Red
chicks, 5 weeks old. Price soc
each. COS 18th st. Phone 337.s
- ss 5E5lssE s55 = Il. 5.5 5s 5-527#
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-05-22
TORNADO SWEEPS VICINITY OF
", PARK RAPIDS. SAY TOURISTS

During the trip of the Bemidji
band to, Park Rapids Sunday, the
visitors observed signs of young
tornado in that vicinity, the result Of
the recent wind storm. E.
Just north of Park Rapids large
barn was RACED and another farm
barn was leveled and several sheep
killed. Other farms suffered from
the depredations Of the storm.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-05-22

WANTED-Girl for. general house
= work. 1903 Bemidji Ave. Phone
433. -',.,> -. 515tf
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-05-22
HOUSE MAY FORCE ORDER
FOR MAKING AMERICA DRY

Washington, May 22.-The House
has tentatively agreed to an amend
ment to the administration food pro-
duction bill making the $11,OOO,-
600 appropriation. unavailable unless
a proclamation is issued by the presi-
dent prohibiting the use of food for
the manufacture of intoxicants.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-05-22

TIME FOR YOUNG MEN TO
ENLIST NOW + CHOOSE SERVICE
Corporal Bass of the BemidJls re-
cruiting station advises all young
men OF 81 years to enlist now and
choose the branch Of service they de-
sire. After registry on June 5 these
young men will take their chances OF
getting what they want. a@ "a. t-;
Today, Vincent D.. Williams left
for Jefferson barracks, via Duluth,
he having enlisted in the cavalry.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-05-22
FREE CHURCH TO
n HOLD THREE DAYS. MEETING

"a three days meeting Of the Foss-
ton district. Of the Lutheran Free
church will be held fat the Nymore1
and Aardahl churches, beginning
Thursday evening at 8 o'clock, at
the Nymore church. The forenoon
and afternoon sessions will be held
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-05-22
Want AID DEPT.
Il rn' x -tr II
NOTICE,

Advertisements in this column
cost half seEt d word per issue, when
paid cash in advance. Mo- ad will
be run for less than LOG per issue.
Ads charged on our books cost one
cent a word per issue. No ads run
Tor less than q 5c,Es IN liss ss
The Era-leader., 1918-07-25
~ JNTON
~
Lard Price Here
Too High, Charge

The Louisiana consumer pay
ing three cents a pound too much
for lard.
The United States Food Admin
istratlon says so, and it says there
must be cut in price or there
may be some charges Of profiteer-
ing.
The notice came to John NJ.
Parker, food administrator for
Louisiana. on Wednesday, and
he transmitted the word to the
district food chiefs, who will in
turn pass it to the parish leaders.
Mr.. Parker will do his own in
vestigating in regard to the city,
which bids for the rank Of the
best Southern market
The only defense possible to the
Louisiana merchants is that they
pay more for lard than do the
merchants of any other state, that
railroad rates are higher, or that
it costs them more to do business.
Adding up all three excuses will
will hardly span the three cents
which looks like overcharge.
The accusation comes from the
statistical department at Washing
ton. Comparison of figures for
the week ending June 20 shows
that Louisiana was paying more
for lard than almost any other
commonwealth, and that the food
was dearer here than anywhere
else in the south. The average
price in Louisiana was 35.6 cents
a pound. The average in Miss
issippi was 32.7, likewise in Ala
bama, and it was 33.1 in Tennes-
see. The lowest price was in the
west, where it just topped 31cents'
The Food Administration as
serts that the Louisiana consumer
is entitled to - 1-2 cents q
pound.
The Era-leader., 1918-07-25
The Kaiser's Shock.

We may assume that one Of the
reasons which impelled the Kaiser,
and Ludendroff to pick the Cham
pagne for their latest drive was
that it included a not inconsider-
able sector held by Americans.
1t would,have been worth a doz-
en- divisions for. the Germans to
break the line of the Americans
and demonstrate that the boys
from over here are no match for
Germany's soldiers, as the mill
tary critics and newspapers have
been telling the German people.
The moral effect at home would
have been tremendous. In spite
of what is printed discounting
American service everyone in
Germany now knows that it is
American mar. power which is the
unknown quantity in the equation;
and what weapon it would be to
hold all Germany in line for a
German-made peace if Germans
could be made to understand that
mere numbers do not constitute
an army and that a democracy is
incapable of producing in a year
or two or three or five, soldiers fiji
to grapple with the finished pro.
duct Of IS years Of Prussian mill.
tarism.
But it is a bitter cup of disap.
pointment now offered the Kaiser
and Ludendorff; for even the
crack divisions of Germany have
found American divisions foemen
worthy of their steel-indeed bet
ter soldiers. The American Line
has not been broken. But Amer
lean troops have given German
soldiers the worst licking the.
have had since the battle of th,
Marne.-Daily States.
The Era-leader., 1918-07-25
W.S s
Military Instructions
For College Students

Beginning with the next COL
lege year in September, 1918, a
comprehensive plan for providing
military instruction for college
students will be put into effect by
the War Department, according
to a letter received by President
Thos. D. Boyd, of L. S. o., from
the Secretary of War. The de-
tails remain to be worked out, but
in general the plan will be as
follows:
Military instruction under Off
GERS and n.commissioned off,
GERS of the Army will be provided
in every institution of college
grade, which enrolls for the in
struction of 100 or more able -bodi-
ed students over the age Of 19.
The necessary equipment will, as
far as possible, be provided by the
Government. There will be Great.
ed a military training unit in each
| institution. Enlistment will be
purely voluntary but all students
over the age of 18 will be encour-
aged to enlist. The enlistment
will constitute the student a mem.
Der of the Army of the United
States, liable to active duty at the
call of the President. 1t will
however, be the policy of the gov
ernment not to call the members
of the training units to active
service until they have reached
the age of 81, unless urgent mill
tary necessity compels an earlier
call. Students under Is and there
fore not legally eligible for en-
listment, will be encouraged tx
enroll III the training units. Pro
vision will be made for co-ordi
mating the Reserve Officers Trall
ing Corps system, which exists il
about third of the collegiat
Rinstitutions, with this broade
iplan,
The Era-leader., 1918-07-25
Notice..

Notice is hereby given that the
Police Jury will receive bids on
wooden bridge to be built across
Bogue Chitto river near Clifton.
Bridge to be $50 feet long, and
16 feet wide, with 3 inch flooring.
Two 40 foot spans across the main
stream, with seven stringers size
3x12 and all lumber to be 80 per-
cent heart pine.
The Board reserves the right
to reject any and all bids. Bids
received up to IL o'clock, noon.
August 2, 1918.
G.. M. Tate, Chairman COM
m!ttsa.
The Era-leader., 1918-07-25

In their great counter attack
Thursday the French and Ameri-
cans won more in six hours than
the Germans in three days.
The government planned to as
sumo control of the medical pro-
fession to supply the army and
navy.
John H. Overton attacked Col.
onel Robert Ewing, Mayor Behr.
man, Edward j. Gay in an ad-
dress at Bunkie, La.
The Navy Department announc-
ed that the American supply ship
Westover had been torpedoed in
the war zone.
Millsaps College at Jackson,
Miss, ara" ed to become a mill.
tary trainln,, school.
There were many developments
in the political situation, includ-
ing the arrival of Ransdell from
Washington.
A dispatch from Berlin con-
frmed the death of Qnentin
Roosevelt, whom the Germans
buried with military honors.
Tho Germans began a retreat
northward Sunday after the fall
of Chateau Tbiery, the corner
stone of their southern offensive.
Franko- Americans broke the
German line and taking Chateau
Thierry, advanced three miles
into enemy ground.
A tug and three barges were
sunk off Cape Cod Sunday morn
ing by a German submarine.
The Era-leader., 1918-07-25
General News items IN Brief

French and Americans in their
offensive have captured 1900
Germans, including many officers
and more than 800 cannon.
The smashing blow dealt by the
Americans and French, was de-
clared only a foretaste of what
Germany will feel this year.
The United States armed cruiser
San Diego was sunk off Fire Is
land by a German U.boat Friday
The American Red Cross an.
nounced dispatch of a relief ship
with food, clothing and medicines
to Russia.
A party of United States con
gressmen arrived in Paris to study
war conditions, having completed
a ten.day tour OF Italy.
Advances by French and Amer.
lean troops turned the flow Of
battle Berlinward and the Ger.
mans were being beaten at their
own game.
The armored cruiser San Diego
was probably sunk by a German
mine.
Sugar certificates issued fol
July by the Louisiana Food Ad.
ministration totaled 5.500,00(
ponnds.
CASTOR B Means, confessed
agent of Germany, told of receiv
ing $4,000 in Trinity churchyarc
New York.
American labor proposed t(
make next Labor Day the SECOND
big 'sbip-launching day. O
America.
A District Court judge at Alex
andria, La, declared the Coope
dry zone law constitutional.
Provost Marshall General Crow
der called $4,000 mon to join tn,
colors between August 5 and 8.
Cotton growers in conferenc,
with government board oppose,
price fixing for the staple.
Americans advancing rapid,
drove tn: enemy back six mile
at points 1nd established all stat
headquarters inside German -hel,
~ 1nd Thursday.
The Era-leader., 1918-07-25
OvER7ON
TO SPEAK

.Jobn H. Overton Of Rapides,
o,rd;date for United States
.onator to succeed the late
pobort T. Br0uSsard, is spend
;no this week in making a tour
If the Florida parishes. Mr..
overton has never held office or
aspired to office, but has taken
a prominent part IN state affairs
a,d is strongly supported in
North, central and western
Topisiana. He has the reputation
Of being one of the states fore
most orators and the people CT
the various communities he visits
will no doubt be glad to hear
him.
On July "A he is to speak at
S!dell at / P. NJ. and Bogalusa
7,SOP. NJ. Thursday July 20,
at FranklirtOn at 2 p. N.
The Era-leader., 1918-07-25
Asks Million And Quarter Of
Roads In Free Pass
Case.

Oberlin, La, July 20.-One
million two hundred and fifty
thousand dollars in penalties is
asked by A. V, Coco, attorney
general of the State of Louisiana
in two suits filed here today with
the clerk of court of Allen parish
against the St. L. l. M. and the
Missouri Pacific railroads for
violation Of Article 191 of the
state constitution for furnishing
a free pass to former Sheriff R.
E. Oden, of Kinder, who was oust'
ed from his office by the Sup
RENE court of Louisiana at thc
trial of the sheriff. 1t is claimed
that no denial was made of the
use of the pass either by Oden
or the railroad company when
they admitted that for two years
the sheriff made use of the pass
twice daily between his home at
Kinder and Oberlin, which is the
parish seat, each trip constituting
two Offenses, the minimum pen
atty of which is $1,000 for each
offence.
With the exception of the suit
filed two years ago by sugar
planters of the Third District for
several millions Of dollars penal
Hes against the American Sugar
Company by Attorney Genera
Pleasant. now governor, this is
the largest suit if it's kind anC
the first conviction and custer of
a.public official for violation oil
the antl-pass law in the history
of the state.
The Era-leader., 1918-07-25
w.. S S

T. M. Darlington, recently ap-
pointed enrolling agent for the
U. S. Shipping Board Recruiting
Service, reports numerous in
quiries from young men. who
prefer serving their counry in
the great war on the sea rather
than on land. Most of the would
be recruits want to know what
the pay is while training. They
are informed that it is $50 a
mounth, plus board and lodging,
and the use of a uniform. After
approximately two mounths on a
training ship, the Merchant Mar
inc recruits are placed in the
crews of cargo or passenger
vessels, for merchantile voyages
to various quarters of the globe.
They are exempted from military
service,
The Era-leader., 1918-07-25
Whitworth College

A standard College for young
ladies. Twenty-Five teachers and
officers. Two hundred and forty
eight students enrolled in 1917
18. Departments of Voice, Piano,
Violin, Art, Expression and Home
Economics. First class Com
mercial Course. Graduates i'll
Literary department teach in
Mississippi and Louisiana with.
out examination. For catalogue
address
WENTWORTH COLLEGE
Brookhaven, Miss.
The Era-leader., 1918-07-25
W.. S { !:
Describes Incidents at HOspi,
tai for Americans.

His forearm had been shot away
but when they put him down on
the hospital cot he laughed and
said:
"Gee, but this bed feels good.'
That is one of several incidents
about American soldiers told in a
special cable to the New York
Times by Charles H. Grasty.
Part Of the account follows:
"The largest hospital is Ameri-
can No. l, at Neuilly, and during
the last two days there has been
astream of camions bringing our
wounded from the Marne.
II walked through the crowded
halls, stopping and talking with
men classified as not seriously
wounded. One was boy from
New York, without sign of beard
on his lip, He scarcely looked
fourteen, although he doubtless is
older. He had a piece of sharp
mel in his thigh. He was a dis
patch rider at Cantigny. Another
vas husky lad who enlisted in
Idaho in April of last yesr and
went over the top at Cantigny.
eIn one ward | saw a woman
who lives at the Ritz wheeling
around a dressing table, and she
stopped at a cot where a nineteen
year old private was just being
brought. His right forearm had
been shot off and he had a bad
Rhrapnel wound in his left thigh,
! When they layed him down or
the cot he laughed out loud ano
said: Gee, but this bed feels
good.'
"a sister told me of a remark.
able case. A young chap was
brought in two days ago, badly
gashed. He died, and when they
looked him up they found thai
bis father was an :, officer in the
German Army, although the sol
was a naturlized American. Th'
address of his nearest relative
Easin Germany. He was wrapp
90 in an American flag and buriet
in Paris.
A few squares away | VISITED
he'd Cross Hospital No. DIR
blake's, with 500 beds-wher
similar conditions existed. Their
we're lines of camions and ambu
iances In the street filled wit
wounded Americans waiting fo
room on the operating tables
ufeat work is being done here
n all there are five hospitals un
uer the American Red Cross i
Paris.
I hear that 10000 militar
nurses have been called for fror
america, and >after seeing whs
nave today, | hope that Ameri
san women who are in a positio
. 90 50 will not miss this uneou
a'ed opportunity for the noble:
service it has ever been in tn
power TOR humun beings to rel
ger Nurses and surgeons shoul
'ane quickly"
The Era-leader., 1918-07-25
w. s 6

When you have a puncture or
a blowout on the road, then you
need Monkey Grip to patch your
tube with.-Motor Sales & Ser
vice Co.. Ltd.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1918-05-23
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE
STATE OF WASHINGTON IN
AND FOR THE COUNTY
OF WHATCOM
NO. 1858
NOTICE OF TIME AND PLACE
FIXED FOR HEARING
PETITION

IN THE MATTER OF THE DISIN-
AND DISSOLUT-
ION OF THE LINDEN CO-OPERAT-
I'VE COMPANY, A CORPORATION,
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN that
the Lynden Cooperative Company,
corporation, duly organized and eX-
listing under the laws of the State of
Washington, has presented and filed
in this court a petition praying for
the disincorporation and dissolution
of the said Lynden Cooperative Com
pany, 4 corporation, doing business
at Lynden, Washington, and for
decree of this court directing that
upon such dissolution, the directors
of said corporation act as trustees
of the creditors and stockholders of
said corporation, settle its affairs and
divide among the stockholders the
money and other property which
shall remain after payment of all
debts and claims of and against said
anu bi1S liS Noui AAsA7
entered an order in said cause fix
ing Monday. the 9th day of May
1918, at 1870 o'clock P. M, at the
court room of said court at the court
house in Bellingham, Washington, as
the time and place at which said pet
ition is to be heard.
l.; 1r+ Of MaralN
1918.
ALITHEA ADAMS,
Clerk of the above entitled
Court.
First publication March IS, 1918.
Last publication May 23rd, 1918.
r. B. LIE coco,
Lynden, Washington.
Attorney for petitioner.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1918-05-23

To effect the needed saving of wheat
we are wholly dependent upon the
voluntary assistance of the American
people and we ask that the following
rules shall be observed:
/. Householders to use not to exceed
a total of IL pounds per week of
wheat products per person. This
means not more than 1s4 pounds of
victory bread containing the required
percentage of substitutes and one-half
pound of cooking flour. macaroni,
crackers, pastry, pies, cakes, wheat
breakfast cereals, all combined.
g Public eating places and clubs to
observe two wheatless days per week,
Monday and Wednesday, as at present.
In addition thereto, not to serve to
any one guest at any one meal an
aggregate of breadstuffs. macaroni,
crackers, pastry, pies, cakes, wheat
breakfast cereals, containing a total
Of more than two ounces of wheat
-four. No wheat products to be served
unless specially ordered. Public eat
ing establishments not to buy more
than six pounds of wheat products for
each ninety meals served, thus con-
forming with the limitations requested
of the householders.
8. Retailers to sell not more than
one-eighth of barrel of flour to any
town customer at any one time and
not more than one-quarter of barrel
to any country customer at any one
time, and in no case to sell wheat
products without the sale of an equal
weight of other cereals.
4. We ask the bakers and grocers to
reduce the volume of Victory bread
sold, by delivery of the three-quarter
pound loaf where one pound was sold
before, and corresponding proportions
in other weights We also ask bakers
not to increase the amount of their
wheat -four purchases beyond 20 per
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1918-05-23

cent. of the average monthly amount
purchased in the four months prior to
March /.
3. Manufacturers using wheat prod
ucts for non-food purposes should
cease such use entirely.
6. There is no limit upon the use of
other cereals, f1ours, and meals, corn,
barley, buckwheat, potato flour, ct
cetera.
Many thousand families throughout
the land are now using no wheat prod
ucts whatever, except a very small
amount for cooking purposes, and are
doing so In perfect health and satisfac-
ton. There is no reason why all Of
the American people who are able to
cook in their own households cannot
subsist perfectly well with the use Of
less wheat products than one and one
half pounds week, and we specially
ask the well-to-do households In the
country to follow this additional pro-
gramme in order that we may provide
the necessary marginal supplies for
those parts of the community less able
to adapt themselves to SO large a pro-
portion of substitutes
In order that we shall be sble to
make the wheat exports thai are Alb
solutely demanded of us % maintain
the civil population ard soldiers of the
allies and our own army, we propose
to supplement the voluntary co-opera-
ton of the public by a further limita-
ton of distribution, and we shall place
at once restrictions on distribution
which will be adjusted from time to
time to secure as nearly equitable dis
tribution as possible. With the arrival
Of harvest we should be able to relax
such restrictions. Until then we ask
for the necessary patience, sacrifice
and cooperation of the distributing
trades.