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HE CAN'T PICK A WIFE
King of Siam Has 425 Girls Wait
 ing But None Pleases Him.

Paris.-King Rama VI. of Siam wants to ge-- married and is look ing, for a French, English or Amer iean girl to become his queen, ac- cording to Siamese officers in Paris.
 Rama is 40 years old and has never been married, an astonishing fact in his kingdom. Not one of his ancestors over a period of g. 500 years ever lived to such ripe age without leading several wives to the altar. For instance, it is told that when King ChulalOngkorr died. eight hundred of his wives at tended the funeral ceremony.
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But Rama VI was educated at Heidelberg and at Paris and has more modern ideas. His father had reserved for him 425 of the pret- tiest girls in Siam and presented them to him on his return from European universities, but Rama announced that he only wanted one wife and that one must be some one he really loved. For IS yetars he has been waiting for Cupid to come on out to Siam and now he is thinking of taking a trip himself.
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ARKANSAS FRUIT WIN
 PREMIUM IN STATE OF IOWA

Fayetteville, Ark, Nov. 23.-Ar- kansas fruits gained one premium in every class of exhibit at the Med West Show held last week at Council Bluffs, Iowa. Ten states competed and the Arkansas eX- hibit was declared the most beauti- fcl display. :.
 The fruit was placed on display by Prof. J. R. Cooper of the de partment of horticulture in the University of Arkansas, who ar ranged the exhibit. Prof. Cooper also acted as judge in the student judging contests which were held by the students of ten state unlVer- sities.
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Marianna and put it in the com press where it can be insured as well as protected from the weather.
 Farmers should begin now to plan what they are going to plant another year. There is but one safe and sane course to follow and that is to first raise all the food and feed needed on the farm and then devote the surplus energy to growing cotton. No matter what the price of cotton is the southern farmer can never afford to raise cotton to buy corn, hay, molasses, meal, flour, meat, and the other things that he can raise on his farm and that are consumed there. There is not 8 farmer in Lee coun- ty, who does not know that this is true but the per cent that actually practices 1t is woefully few.
 The chief obstacle to everlasting peace is one nations conviction that it can lick another-Albany Times Union.
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REPORTS ON RESEARCH

Fayetteville, Ark, Nov. 23.-Ev- erything from bookkeeping and bac- terial root-rot of field corn to the position of the adverb of degree in Roman comedy was urder investi- gation at the University of Arkan- sa the past year, according to a re- port just filed by the authorities. Nearly 100 books, bulletins and ar- ticles were published by members of the faculty during the school year of 1919 and 1920.
 Many of these important docu- ments were published as university bulletins for free distribution to the inhabitants of Arkansas, as for instance: spray calendar, Ar kansas plant disease, Storage rot of sweet potatoes, Building an income etc. A text book on coordinate geometry and a revised laboratory manual in physics were also written by two members of the faculty.
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Helsingfors reports a revolt ol Russian peasants against the So1a Government. Lenine may vet hsa to dance to the muzhik.-Columbl (S. O. Record.
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Now that the election is over, tHs only great blessing We have to looE forward to is the income tax New York Evening Mail.
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Meditation over the drift to Cox" of which we heard so much, it occurs to us it must have been a show Columbus (S. co Record.
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Prices may not be coming down, but they are not taking the hills on high gear the way they used to- New York World.
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The Grand Vizier of Turkey Damad. For that matter, 50 IS thl whole of Turkey.-Marion Star.
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We have learned of no casualHs, so far, resulting from the ultims1 consumer having been hit by fg ing pieces.-Columbia (S. CI Record.
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4 great many vamps look a. piciously like reyamps.-Columba IS. O. Record.
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We apprehended when the silk shirt craze began to lie down, that cotton would be more or less hard to Columbia (S. @ Record.
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There is some comfort in the re- flection that the indemnity leaves little room on Germany's shoulders for a chip.-Greenville (S. e.
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This year the Electoral College is a coed institution.-Ne York Herald.
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kERRIKL-SOBLEE SALES CORPORATION
 Syracuse, N. Y.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1920-03-11
LAMAs COURSE OF MONGOLIA"
They Live and Thrive on the creduI.
ity Of Their NeighDors, Care
fully Cultivated.

Mongolia is one of the most print
tive and most interesting countries
in the world today, the inhabitants in
many ways resembling the North
American Indians. The Mongols are
very fanatical and blindly devoted to
the Buddhist religion, observes an ex-
change. Every third man is a lama,
a Buddhist monk. The lamas are the
curse of Mongolia, being parasites who
live on the religious credulity Of their
lay brethren.
The Chinese tael Gan ounce Of Sill
ver) is the medium of exchange. Small
squares or cubes of pressed silk are
also used, but brick tea will pass cur
rent for barter in any part Of Mon
golia. Tobacco is also used for trade
exchange purposes. Trade is In the
hands of the Chinese, with the excep-
ton Of the Russian traders at Urga,
which was formerly the residence Of
the Chinese lieutenant-governor or
:'Lamban," as he Yves called.
Mongols throw the bodies OF their
dead outside the town, where the dogs
soon make short work of them. The
natives believe that the sooner the
bodies are disposed Of the better
chance the spirit Of the departed haa
in reaching paradise.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1920-03-11

cutlasses, beads, iron cooking pots and
axes. "The Tucucus are very shy
race" the explorer observes, "and
only came when they wore in need
Of ironmongery."
Dwarfs Who Dwell In Fog.
Tucucu runners were sent out to re-
quest for De BODY the privilege OF
visiting the Macoas. Most Of the
Tucucus thought he was crazy and
predicted that he would never return,
but finally the permission was obtain
ed. At the end of the first day of
travel he ran into the fog country.
practically every day the mists roll
down the mountains at about mid
day." he says, land one spends the
balance of the day in an enveloping
fog which makes one forget that the
equator is but ten degrees distant"
Weather was so cold that at night the
explorer was forced to use two blank
cts. Describing the settlements Of
the Macoas, he says:
- mo two huts are found in close
proximity. In fact, these Indians ap-
pear to take pleasure in living as far
removed from each other rs possible,
which may be due to the eternal
fights they wage among themselves
Each hut is on separate hilltop, so
that while the entire village is with
in mailing distance, it often takes as
much as half an hour to 60 from one
abode to another, by first descending
one slope and then ascending the 9TH
er. Their clearings and plantations,
on which they grow yucca, sweet po-
tatoes, corn, bananas, plantains and
vans, are also far removed from their
huts, so that it frequently takes q
man the half of day almost to walk
to his farm. Why this is so, when
the hill slopes directly underneath
the Indians abode are just as well
adapted to agricultural purposes, I
cannot state, and inquiries failed to
give a logical explanation"
The MacOas really are race of
dwarfs, the average height Of the
men being five feet one inch, and that
of the women four feet eight inches.
The first thing they did for De BODY,
who is more than six feet tall, was to
build him hut about four times as
large as their own.
De BODY found the Indians so Gu
rious and so persistent that he had
to ask the chief to build stockade
to keep out the children" In this
he did his Photographic work. The
natives had never before seen white
man of light complexion and De BODY
was q constant source Of wonder to
them.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1920-03-11
HOWE CONSIDERS MEXICO HOPELESS

Conditions in Mexico were de-
scribed as intolerable by Gen. Robert
Lee Howe, commander of the Ell Paso
district, when he testified before the
senate subcommittee investigating the
Mexican situation. He expressed
opinion that affairs in that country
had grown steadily worse in the last
ten years. and that, '1eft solely in the
control of the Mexicans," the future
Of that country was hopeless" he
said, among other things:
'The intolerable conditions which
have covered period Of nearly ten
years have continually grown worse
and am convinced the apex Of shame
fitness and horror as viewed from the
American conception of Justice and
decency was reached last fall, q con-
dition which still exists.
'"The- Mexican government during
this ten years. of critical time has
never, as far as can determine, done
one genuinely friendly thing toward
eur government. On the other hand,
pie. has done no end Of discourteous,
large Importance toward our governn
been an increased estrangement and
pie Of the United States"
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1920-03-11
JOHN BARTON PAYNE SUCCEEDS Lane

John Barton Payne Of Chicago, is
doubly in the limelight-or in two
spotlights. He is to be President VIII
sons new secretary of the interior,
succeeding Franklin K. Lane. Mr..
Payne has served as chairman OF the
shipping board since last August, pre-
viously being general counsel of the
railroad administration.
Mr.. Payne's appointment came as
a surprise and attracted more than
usual attention because Of the manner
in which he has been brought into the
limelight in connection with the sale
Of former German passenger ships.
Mr.. Payne said that he would, OF
course, accept the appointment If con-
frmed by the senate, but that he had
requested the president to allow him
to remain where he was until the Ger
man ships were sold. He also de-
sired to complete the reorganization
of the shipping board and Emergency
Fleet corporation which was then
nd saving thousands of dollars.
IT, old ond has
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1920-03-11
SURGEON GENERAL HUGH S. CUMMING

DIR. Hugh S. Cumming, (portrait
herewith) succeeding Surgeon General
Rupert Blue, becomes head Of the bu-
reau Of public health service Of the
treasury department and not the sur
geon general of war department, that
position being filed by Maj. Gen. M.
w. Ireland.
The act approved August IA, 1912,
changed the name of the public health
and marine hospital service to the
public health service, and consider
ably increased it's powers and func-
lions. The bureau Of the service at
Washington comprises seven divisions.
The division of scientific research
conducts the scientific investigations
of the service. Intensive studies of
diseases of man, including hookworm
disease, malaria, pellagra, trachoma,
typhoid fever, and tuberculosis, of
school, mental, and industrial hygiene,
of rural sanitation, Of public health
administration, of water supplies and
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1920-03-11
SWEET, OF THE new YORK ASSEMBLY

Thaddeus G. Sweet, speaker OF
the New York assembly and the man
responsible for the suspension and
trial" Of the five Socialist members,
entered a long defense Of his attitude
at a New York city public banquet.
Mr.. Sweet not only condemned
the Socialists and defended the action
Of the assembly, but he referred to
the action Of Charles e. Hughes IN
the early stages Of the case as "hasty
and ill-advised." He said there was
no room in this country for TRAITORS"
and that he could find no difference
between the Socialist party and the
Communist party, and referred to the
Socialists as "these five undesirables."
He also contended that the proceed
ings at Albany had been misrepre-
scented to the people. Speaker Sweet
in part said:
II have always held to the beliet
that the time to smash riot is at
its inception. Americans have always
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1920-03-11

special headquarters
in local health authorities
12S
nae) quarantine enforced the
anohIhs includes
ofe idemcsa interstate carriers
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1920-03-11

eniency 1t Is naron
qualifications can no longer
dealing our
Support found the action OF the assembly,
joint
assemblymen members OF ne
conjunction with their osn
best interests OF the state ana
deralg government"
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1920-03-11

thousands dollars
John Barton Payne DID, and has
the superior
board Of south park
miss 1911
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-03-13
REAL GENIUsEs NOT "QUEER''
For Instance, Taking insufficient
Nourishn1ent Cannot Be Taken as
Mark Of eriiliancy.

The legend that Meredith lived on
the contents Of a sack of oatmeal Will.
he wrote his masterpieces is pure
myth, writes St. John Ervine in the
Manchester (Eng.) Guardian. He was
particularly addicted to the pleasures
OF the table and could not have writ
ten his books on a diet Of oatmeal. His
letters are full Of references to food
and wine and, like Doctor Johnson, he
contemplated writing cookery book.
He had the capacity, which every man
Of genius has, of being highly interest
ed in the most ordinary things.
It is your. third-rate person who is
not interested in food and drink and
the common things Of life. Your man
Of genius demands that these things
shall be so. attended to that he can
appreciate them at their best. More
over, since eating and drinking are
necessary to- all Of vs. he wishes them
to be done in such way that he shall
not be diverted from his Job by COM
plants of the. clumsy and insufficient
arrangements for them.
Herbert Spencer complained Of the
stupid spouts that manufacturers put
on jugs-so that it is impossible to
pour liquid out Of them without spill
ing it-and he went to the trouble to
invent a paper fastener because he
was dissatisfied with those in common
use. A third-rate person would have
been much too superior to think Of
such things.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-03-13
HUGE STATUE FOR Argentina
Towering Figure Of Christopher Co
iumbus to Stand At euenos
Aires Portals.

Buenos Aires.-As voyagers enter.
ing the harbor Of the greatest city Of
North America behold the majestic
Statue of Liberty, so within the pres.
ent year those coming to the greatest
city of South America will behold q
majestic sentinel, q towering statue
Of Christopher Columbus.
The monument Of the great navi-
gator will not, like the Liberty statue
in New York, stand in the harbor, for
Buenos Aires has no real harbor, but
will rise nearly 100 feet in height from
a point near the waters edge.
Representing ten years. labor Of the
sculptor, Arnaldo Zocchi, the monu-
ment soon will be shipped from the
artists workshop in Rome to Buenos
Aires. The image Of the navigator is
% feet high carved out Of a single
block Of marble.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-03-13
Ex.DUKE WINS AGAINST STATE
'confiSc&tion 'of Estate by Peoples
Commissioners In Germany
Held Illegal.

Berlin, Germany,-The former reign
ing duke of Gotha has won his suit
against the free state, which peremp-
torily confiscated his property and IN
corporated it among the states as
sets without affording the duke the
slightest reimbursement. The duke
Immediately began suit to recover the
estate and also claimed damages. In
their defense the peoples commission
er pleaded that they had acted within
the letter of their prerogatives and
we're not answerable to the court. This
plea has been rejected by the new
tribunal. which has decided that the
seizure Of the dukes property was L.
legal. A special commission Will now
negotiate for a compror ise.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-03-13
LID IS ON IN ALASKA
Newest Mining Camp Is Real
- "SpotIess Town."
Gold Seekers Rushing There In Spring
Will Find Place Quiet
as Church.

| Ketchikan, Alaska.-Hyder, newest
Of Alaskan mining camps, is spot
less town" and many stampeders who
may rush there in the spring are not
going to find drinking, dancing and
gambling going on wide open, as in the
gold camps of the first stampede in
98, long before prohibition came, &C"
c0rding to reports received here.
If Hyder's new residents find any
thing out of the ordinary next spring
they may find It in Stewart, a Canadian
town not far from Hyder. 1t Is prob
able, however, that the relocated con-
stables Of the Royal Northwestern
Mounted police, who kept order at
Dawson in the gold days, will be at
Stewart next spring to see that things
are within the law. -
For q very brief period this winter
Ryder was "wide open," according to
reports. =:
"Whisky and beer were sold at many
bars, girls were dancing, pianos were
thumped and roulette, blackjack and
faro were being played" wrote one
miner from the town.
Then John Roman, former territorial
senator, was appointed United States
marshal and he closed everything up.
"Bang went the lid and hundreds could
not get away from Hyder fast enough"
the miner wrote. MANY went to Stew
art. There everything seems to be
wide open"
/ Hyder would have had population
Of 10000 in three months If the lid"
had been left of, the miner predicted.
But the lid" was clamped down and
the population dwindled. e
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-03-13
BOY: SCOUTS HELP
= TAME WILD TRIBE

Kavali, Madras Presidency, India,
Jan. 10.-Under the direction Of the
British Indian Government American
Baptist missionaries are adapting &C.
cidental methods in educating and 9th.
erWise making good citizens Of one Of
the so called criminal tribes Of India.
This tribe, known as the Erukalas. 10
made up OF what In another country
could be called gypsies or brigands and
has been rounded up by the govern
rnent into this region.
The "wild' men and women Of the
tribe are being taught to work, and the
boys and girls Of the tribe are put In
school with other children Of this place.
The "criminals," as they are called,
number two-thirds of the enrolment in
the school. Exhibitions from time to
time Of the work Of the pupils brought
out procession Of the Erukalas, and
the sight Of one Of their children recit-
ing in a class was a source Of intense
pleasure.
" So responsive have the Erukala boys
proven that q pageant was given re-
Gently dealing with the Great War.
Several government officials who were
present At the pageant were surprised
At the discipline.
Discipline has been aided by the in
PRODUCTION Of the Boy Scout movement
The Head Master of the Kavali School
first took the training in Madras, and
then he put some twenty of the boys
through the training. The administer
ing Of the Scouts oath and the presen-
tation Of slaves and scout handker-
chiefs was an unique event and was at
tended by several officials. This is the
snly troop in the Madras Presidency
that has boys from the criminal tribes
u e. ,r
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-03-13
Hard to Combat.

A scientist said in discussion OF
an anti-tuberculosis campaign:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Of hygiene
is our worst foe, and ignorance Is
very hard to combat,
II am reminded Of story about a
scieutist who once came upon an old
f1int-cutter digging fints from chalk.
The scientist, remembering supersti-
ton prevalent among flint-cutters'
said:
"'Do you think Hints grown
~ don't think nothin' about it, sir
said the old man. 4 know they grow
"'Well.' said the scientist. take a
flint home. put it on your mantelpiece,
and see how much it grows in q year.
"'All right, SIR said the fint-cutter ;
and you do the same with potater.
and see how much it grows
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-03-13
That EXPLAINS e.

Miss Peachbl0w-l must confess l
was quite astonished when heard Of
your engagement. What business is
your f1ance in?
Miss Leftover-He's a collector Of
antiques.
Miss Peachblow-Ohi I see.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-02-17
IN
STOCK MARKET

NEW YORK. Feb l6.-Rejection by
Tho Washington administration or the
allies Adriatic plan came as a great
surprise TO the financial community
and inspired the greater part OF ten re-
dictionary movement which continued
throughout the stock market sessions TO-
day, resulting in many new low records
Cor the current period. Exchange re-
Elected the tense international situation.
the London quotations falling consider
ably under It's recent recovery. Another
adverse development over the recess was
the showing made by the federal reserve
banks. The local Institution reported .
further loss Of reserve which fell to q
leyel approximating the recent unfaVor-
able exhibit.
The latter situation bore directly up
on the money market, time funds again
disappearing almost entirely. despNe
last weeks predictions OF approaching
Improvement Call loans were easy
opening at percent and declining 10 sr@
percent in tho early afternoon.
Rails rendered a better account or
themselves than any other group. prob
ably In consequence OF the acceptance
by tho Brotherhoods OF President VIII
sons plan and because OF the oeliet t7at
thu railroad bill now before congress
win soon como up for action.
Motors and oils. also high priced
steels and specialties, suffered most IN
the days reversal. General Motors
made a net loss OF - points. Cruciols
steel lost sN and numerous other lead
AIRS were two to seven points down AZ
the weak close. Sales amounted 10 S3''-
900 shares.
Bonds were irregular IN all branches
Of tho domestic list including Liberty
issues, with . variable tone to the Tor
sign division. Sales (par value) ssEre-
gated $1o.s60.oo0. Old L. S. bonds we're
unchanged on call.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-02-17

stenographer after being Ill At her
homo for several days.
Miss Helena Houck has resumed her
studies at the Elliott Commercial col
lege after a brief illness.
Harry INEgs has returned to MS
homo at Martins Ferry after . oriet
Miss Catherine Conner is able to be
out again after several days illness ~
Mrs. ]. II. Brown will return home
from Pittsburgh this evening, where
she spent several days.
Charles Schane, Jr., is improving u,
ter being Ill at his home Tor severai
Mrs. s. ]. Rial continues to improve
Mrs. WIN. Jones Is able to D. out
again after being Ill at her home Tor
number Of days.
Robert Lncberger continues to i'm
prove at his home on South MArShau
street.
Mrs. Harvey Marshall Is able to be
out after being i'll at her home Tor .
number Of days.
James Pastorius Is able to be out
again after a number of weeks illnesS.
Miss Essie Richmond is spending
number Of days with friends 2t FA1r-
mont.
Mrs. Arthur Lasenby returned 70 her
home at Warwood yesterday attse
brief visit here.
Mrs. Barnette. Of Sixth street. -
able to be out after a number Of days
illness at her homo.
Murray Kohl has returned to Weir
ton after a brief visit hero with his
mother.