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The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-01-23
Operating unear Difficulties.

The Huan provincial government Is
operating directly the Shut Kou Shan
lead silver mine, one Of the largest
In China. The ore Is being smeited
as It is mined, but the government
IL short Of funds and the lack Of sufli-
Client capital IL serious handicap.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-01-23
Second Hand.

"What lovely Dutch landscape! =
exclaimed the admirlng visitor,
you've been to Holland. Of course?'
"Why. no." answered the artist, mod
estly.
"Then how were you ever able to
paint such realistic picture?"
ITO tell the truth, copied It of
beer ."-Birmingham Age-Her-
aid.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-01-23
Playing No Favorites.

The Caller-Is Miss Peachbl0w in?
The Maid-No. sir: she's just gnn'
out. But she left word II any gentle
man should call for me TO say she
wanted him especially to call again.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-01-23

REWARD.
Ths undsrsignsd win pay the following 70.
wAeGs -! information leading to the arrest
~ conviction Of any person or persons fol
~ crime Of grand larceny for stealing the
heGoin nansd stock In Nevada and owned BY
~ msnbes Of the undsrsIgnsd Association
ss-wits $4,000 for stealing cattle.
Reward 70 b. paid upon conviction spd
1mpgioonment In State Prison.
1his rewsrd rsv0oabls ct any time By an
4es6eae4 by posting notice In three lS) pub
yAtels IsbguAry .. 1919
OoUx2Uln MzvxDA CATTLE OWNERS
A0D0WA1yo0. oelAlslA. NsvaAs.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-01-23
Pittnan Land Bill Proving Popular
EadAral Land Racaixor A r Gra "

Federal Land Receiver A. B. Gray
Of the Carson land office continues to
receive many applications for lands
under the Pittman bill allowing q
filing for one cent an acre on land
that 10 to be developed through the
underground water prospecting. Some
have applied for the full four quarter
sections but most OF the applicants
have confined themselves to 64v
acres. hoping to secure the pro rata
through water development. Several
thousand dollars are now on hand
awaiting land schedules from the de-
partment. which to date have not
made their appearance.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-01-23
Caliente-Pioche
Auto Stage

CONNECTS WITH ALL DAYLIGHT
TRAINS OUT OF CALIENTE.
No unnecessary delays. The safe,
sure and comfortable way of travel
Ing between Phoebe and Caliente.
Leaves Phoebe Postofice every day
ct II o'cloc.- except Sunday.
Leaves Caliente Postofice every
day ct 8 q. m. except Sunday.
Fare $500
Panaca Fare el.5O Either Way.
Special trips on Sunday - tho oc-
casion demands.
w. E. SMITH, Manager.
, 1920-08-16

Gently SIX stills of large capacity. 1000
lbs. OF sugar, 1000 gallons of beer and
ZOO gallons of Whiskey were seized. In
this raid twelve moonshiners were cap
tured, while one was killed.
In New York five agents of the De-
partment Of Justice were indicted on a
charge OF permitting liquor to be sold
WhlLe 1t was charged that a ring has col
lected $500, 900 for permitting violations
OF the law. One man arrested was a
volunteer Federal agent who had asserted
that ne was a person Of wealth interest
ed IN the enforcement of prohibition.
Raids are common IN cities. -Four
stills were recently discovered in Gary,
Ind, and another in Boston with a ca
pacity of 500 gallons a day. In Dayton,
ONO, authorities discovered, in raiding a
still, d cache Of many rifles, revoIVers,
army cartridge belts and 200 rounds Of
ammunition.
government reports on the subject
state that since the going into effect Of
Var time prohibition more than 5000
Illicit stills have been put into successful
operation 0Ve~ the country, some of
which had daily capacities as high as
500 gallons.
In Virginia the -outrages upon proper
ty,, persons, common -decency, and even
life itself, perpetrated in the name of
prohlbltl0hJ bred d scandal which echoed
thru the whole country. The Anti
Saloon League, in control of the enforce
ment machine, distributed the well paid
JOBS, like so many meal tickets, among
It's Jealous agents. -NeW YORK. Tribune,
Sunday Nor 25rd.
, 1920-08-16
CRIME WAVE IN U. S. LAID TO
DRY LAWS.

The Association Opposed to National
Prohi oition, in a statement issued last
might, Charges that OH account OF nation
al prohibition there has been a startling
increase in crime and laWlessness all over
the United States, together with a wide
spread inability or unWil1lngness to en-
force the law
''Prohibition," says the association,
rs breeding a dangerou contempt for
the law in every state, and is yielding a
CHASTITY harvest of crime and disease,
while the 'bootIegger' has within the last
six months de1eloped the status Of a ma
tional institution
investigations reveal that the drink
ers of six months ago are the drinkers OF
today. The big difference is that they re
now not only drinkers but lawbreakers
as well. Unable to obtain liquor of the
usual standards, they are now drinking
moonshine whisky, various wood alcohol
mixtures with their menace OF almost
instant blindness, hair tonics, liniments,
patent medicines and everything that
h IDS the percentage of alcohol necessary
for he kick.
The number of drug addicts has alarm
ing1y increased.
In Michigan the increase IN CRIME has
made itself manifest in over-croWded con-
ditions in the jails. In Detroit the au-
thorities state nat the prisons are made
uuate. and that there are more CRIMINALS
in the state than all Of the prisons IN the
Northern states could hold Inc House
Of Correction IN Detroit has become SO
Inadequate that it has been necessary to
build an annex to it. A few days ago 248
risoners were arraigned before a Detroit
in6Un
, 1920-08-16
Results In Illinois.

49, AAAC'0
Prohibition has worked no batter in
illinois. Discussing exact statistics Of
crime he Chicago police state that since
July l, when wartime prohibit on went
into effect, crime has increased 46 per
cent over the same period last year. In
a recent month of 1919 there was So per
cent more crime than in the same month
of 1913. During the first month of war
time prohibition crime increased 100 per
cent over the same month Of the previous
year.
Kansas, since war time prohibition
went into effect, has held doubtful hon
or, that of having the largest number of
drug addlcts in proportion to population
of any state in the Uni n according to
United States Senator France Of Mary
land.
"Staid New England has Jared little
better than the other states of the Union.
Reports from the police of the principal
cities OF Connecticut state that drunken
ness has vastly increased with the com
ing of prohibition. This drunkenness is
not due, according to the police, to the
use of whiskey, but Of such dangerous
liquids as wood alcohol, cologne, horse
Eminent and Jamaica ginger.
Bookkeeping Is General.
Revenue officers report that there are
at the lowest estimate two thousand iii
cit distiIleries in Oklahoma. Some Of
them manufacture 'Choctaw beer based
on an old Indian drink, where there is in
addition d dozen similar drinks, some Of
which have caused death.
"In West Virginia within a month,
revenue officers found thirty stills. Some
SIS, 600 worth OF Whiskey was found
buried in a garden
In Alabama near Mobile, IA of the
largest raids of the South was recently
conducted by revenue men. Over l, 500
gallons of beer and 1000 gallons of
whiskey and two stills of 240 gallons
capacity were seized. Two stills, one
warm from the operating, were found in
the basement Of the new postoffice build
ing in Birmingham, now under construc-
ton. s
I'm Tennessee. Federal officers are
finding that moonshiners and bootleggers
are infesting the Mississippi River, oper-
ating from boats. The officers are using
armoured cars With which to patrol, the
river.
Prices Still Soaring
I'm Georgia the prices obtained For
illicit liquor are so large that many stills
are operating in that state, and daily
-o:lc - wapOr+Ij Moar Atlanta ~
, 1920-08-16

The ST. CROIX AVIS
IS printed and published daily tSumdays
and Holidays eGcepted) By G. Johdns8n
at the AVis Office.
TERMS--5O cents monthly IN advance.
2 cents per single copy.
Entered as second-cLoss matter May
goth 1917 at the Post Office at Christian
;ted, st. Croiu, r. I. OF the Il. S. A., M
der the Act of March 3, 1879.
Contribution TO th1s paper wiU be glad
In received when the same deals NTH mat
terS Of general interest, and IS Gccompa-
MED with the authors name, as q qWGr
ontee Of good faith. The editor cannot be
responsible for the vleoOs OF has co1Tespom-
dents nor does he necessarily endorse Them
, 1920-08-16
NOTICE

II is hereby made known that the
I Colonial Councils Ordinary Meet
ing which was fixed for Monday,
August 10, has, by consent Of Gov
eminent, been postponed to MON
DAY AUGUST 23RD, at one o'clock
p. m.
Colonial Council Office s. .rcm.
August II, 1920.
f. COULTER.
w. Cl1 -
, 1920-08-16
Prices Still Soaring

I'm Georgia the prices obtained For
illicit liquor are so large that many stills
are operating in that state, and daily
raids are reported. Near Atlanta re-
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-10-09

Release Granted From Charge
of Ticket Scalping for
Afternoon Came
(By United Press)

Cleveland, Oct. 9.-Chief of Police,
Smith, announced that a warrant
that charged Rube 'Marquard, star
pitcher for the Brooklyn team, with
ticket scalping, was issued today.
Smith said one Of his officers took
Rube from the Winton Hotel, where
the Dodgers had their headquarters,
on the charge that he was trying to
sell a set of tickets for the four
games here for $3.50.
When Vanguard arrived ut police
headquarters Smith said he pleaded
to be released so that he would be
available for the game this afternoon,
if Manager Robinson, wanted to use
him. Smith released him but said
he would order another warrant is
sued and RUDE would be ararigned
again Monday morning.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-10-09
PARENT TEACHERS ASSN
HOLDS FIRST MEETING

The first meeting Of the parent
teachers association was held Friday
afternoon at the Central school at
three o'clock. \ fair representation
OF the parents was present and. after
an opening song by one of the classes
Of he school, the topic Of what
training do We need for Gus boys
and girls besides reading. writing
and arithmetic was introduced by
a paper prepared by Mrs. G. w. Harm
web followed by a talk on the same
topic by Miss Hazel Aldlrich, grade
supervisor. Interesting discussion
followed by many Of the parents. The
method of marking the work OF the
pupils was generally discussed and
seemed to he topic in which many
parents were interested.
After the close of the discussion
two little songs "Wec Willie Winkie'
and "Fire Fly" were given and third
grade pupils gave a dramatization of
"Hansel and Grettel." It is planned
to have regular meetings in each or
the schools every six weeks and eff
forts are being made to have as large
a representation Of the parents. both
fathers and mothers, as possible at
the meetings.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-10-09
Harding Emphasizes Fact
That America Cannot Sneak
Out of Obligations
RECEIVED WITH HEARTY
APPLAUSE AT WICHITA
His Idea of Association of
Nations Includes Court
of All Nations
(By United preSS)

Wichita, Kan, Oct. 3. (By Ray
:nond Clapper. America must not
go into the league of nations on the
theory that it can sneak out of it's
obligations" Senator Warren G.
Harding declared in Il speech at the
Wheat Show here.
What do you thing Of honorable
America going into the campaign on
the theory that we can sneak out Of
our obligations he asked. Il want
III honorable America that keep it's
pledges at home and to the people
across the sea as WE'LL
His sallies in the league covenant
brought the same cheering response
in this part Of the wheat belt as 1t
has made all thru his campaign trip.
1t was here that President Wilson
collapsed on his league tour a year
ago.
Senator Harding said his idea OF
an association Of nations INCLUDES an
International Court to decide justifl'
able questions, cOdify international
laws and "do all the practical things
possible" without surrendering Am
erican sovereignty: ~
"I have not much patience with
any citizen who Is more concerned
about the people across the sea than
he is about his own" Harding said
II do not want a marketed republic
I do not want a marketed manhood
and wOmanhoOd in America. much
less a mortgaged youth
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-10-09
TRAINING QUARTERS FOR
LOCAL FIGHTERS OPENED
Mike Gibbons, st. Paul Fistic
Artist, Will Referee Bouts
Armistice Day

Training quarters for the local
boxing match on Armistice Day have
been opened in the Crookston Lumb-
ed company reading room on Fourth
street and the men are working out
each night in preparation for the
best bouts ever staged in this city.
These quarters are open to the pub
lie and anyone desiring to workout
with the boxers may do so, since SPAR
ring partner are desired in order to
put the loc' xers in better trim.
Mike 6 e. we'll known hstic
artist of s. Co.. las been secured
to referee thu e2> six rounds Of
boxing which " s. aged under
the auspices of tn co. ~acie post
This fact alone shOul draw
ing card to fight fans. = ices
will be maintained for the I'd
it is expected that the al -hlce
will be extraordinarily large. The
fights will be staged at the Armory
following the football game at the
ball park between Mechanic Arts of
St. Paul and the Bemidji High eleven.
Dick Franklin and Farmer Lodge
will, head the bill as wind up. This
match will be set for ten rounds. The
series will be opened with a fast pre-
of probably six rounds, fol-
lowed by another of four rounds. The
will be staged by Thorn
as Tibbetts and Gene Dwyer of Hib-
bling.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-10-09
New Transportation Company
to Operate From Bemidji
to North Towns
70 MAKE STOPS AT ALL
POINTS ON NEW ROUTE
First Scheduled Trip Will
Be Started Here Next
Tuesday Morning

:, A corporation to be known as the
Bemidji Transportation company,
has been formed in this city with
headquarters at the C. w. Jewett
company garage. The general nature
of the business Of this company will
be to transport passengers and
freight for hire upon the water of
Lake Bemidji, Lake Irving, and the
Mississippi river, and upon land,
around the said lakes, at and within
the city of Benidji and between the
city of, Bemidji and outlying cities,
towns and rural communities, sitdat-
ed within a radius Of $50 miles from
Bemidji, with the authority to acquire
such franchises licenses and rights
from the state and it's municipal sub
divisions as may be necessary to en-
able it. to carry on it's business.
In connection with the carrying on
Of such business; the company has
the right to purchase, own and oper-
ate boats of all kinds, to purchase and
operate autom obiles, trucks, buses,
aeroplanes and all other -conveyancee
now adapted or which may later be
adapted for use through the air.
The names and place Of residence
81 the persons forming the corpora
ton are as follows: Tams. Bixby,
president, Muskogee, Okla; C. W.
Jewett, vice-president, Bemidji;
Earle A. Barker, secretary and treas
-, Continued on Page Four)
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-10-09
CHRISTMAS SEAL SALE
BEGINS N MINNESOTA

St. Paul, Oct. 9.-Minnesota's an
nual Christmas Seal sale is on, organ
ization of special committees to con-
duct the 1920 drive for funds with
which to continue the fight against
tuberculosis and other diseases being
under way in every county in the
state, it was announced today by the
Minnesota Public Health Association.
The goal Of the 1920 Christmas Seal
sale in this state is $250,OO0 fund,
each county concentrating its EFFORTS
upon selling at least 10 cents worth
of the famous penny health seals or
the equivalent in health bonds FOR
every one Of its residents.
Last year Minnesota invested ap-
proximately $4,000 in health thru
the purchase of Christmas Seals ana
Health Bonds, leading all states IN
the Mississippi valley in per capita
sales. This fund. spent chiefly thru
the county public health associations.
is being used to educate men, women
and children of Minnesota in health
needs and for actual preventive work.
Disease never quits-Ne:ther does
Minnesota!v is the war-cry of the
public health crusaders who are de-
termined to surpass last years record
by obtaining the largest per capita
sale of Christmas Seals of any state
in the union. The intensive selling
drive is from December I to 10.
Il More than half of the counties al
ready have appointed seal sale direc-
tors and are completing their CAM
paign organizations.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-10-09
AGlTAT0RS ARE
;T0BEARRESlED|
Department of Justice Orders
Nationwide Arrests to
Thwart Plots
('By United Pres)

Chicago, Oct. 9.-Nation-wide ar
rests Of known radicals were ordered
today by the Department of Justice
to thwart a plot of anarchists to TO-
ment an immediate armed revolution.
This became known today when
agents were rushed to a number OF
places in Illinois, and Indiana to CON
duct a raid.
Similar activities of special agents
in St. Paul, Detroit, Milwaukee, New
York, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Den
yer, Los Angeles and Kansas City are
expected.
Names and addresses of alleged
radicals implicated in plots have been
furnished to agents in these cities by
the Chicago bureau, following a raid
on Thursday on Anarchist headQuart-
ers. Two men were arrested in the
raid and valuable information obtain
ed.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-10-09
DOCTOR ZENTZ SECURED
FOR METHODIST CHURCH
Newly Appointed Pastor Will
Preach First Sermon Here
on October II

Word has reached Bemidji to the
effect that Doctor e. II. Zentz, pas
tor of the Methodist church at Brook
ings. S. d., has been appointed to the
passionate OF the Methodist church in
Bemidji.
This news Is being received with
much enthusiasm by the members Of
the local church, as Doctor Zentz is
considered one OF the biggest men in
the conference.
He is an able. forceful speaker and
a church and community worker of
the highest caliber. Previous to his
going to Brookings, Doctor Zentz was
pastor at Fergus Falls. Minnesota.
which was then considered the best
charge in the Northern Conference
district. 1t also paid the highest sal
airy in this district
The Bemidji church recently is
sued call to DR.. Zentz and secured
the consent Of Bishop Mitchell thru
whom the appointment was made. He
has the faculty OF drawing large
crowds wherever he goes and the big
churches in both Fergus Falls and
Broolings have been packed TO stand
ing room practically every Sunday,
both morning and evening.
The church has outlined extensive
plans for the coming year and under
the leadership Of DR.. Zcn,z expects
to carry thru Il program for which
Il budget Of over Sc, 900 has been sub
scribed.
Rev. Blaine Lambert expects to re-
main in Bemidji. he having been Sc
lected to do special missionary work
in this sect ion of the state. subject to
the action or the Conference which Is
now in session at St. Cloud.
Dr. Hcntz and family. which COM
prise a wife and three ''young Ameri-
cans as he describes them. will
leave BroOllings in their car Monday
and expect to reach l}emidji the lat
ter part of The coming week. lie
will preach his first sermon here Sun
day morning. October II.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-10-09
URGES CONTINUANCE OF
WAR RISK INSURANCE

Major r. E. Firth. recruiting Off
Ger for the U. S. Army in Minnesota
feels that the following information
will be of great interest to returned
soldiers, and wishes to take this OPP
portunity to urge those ex-servlce
men in the State of Minnesota, VINO
have not already taken advantage OF
the War Risk insurance now being
offered by the government, to 40 so
before time beats them out OF 1t.
The government has made the re-
uuirements for reinstatement OF war
Risk Insurance, very liberal. Any
soldier who has not been out OF the
service more than eighteen months.
can. any time prior to January ISL,
1921, reinstate his insurance without
q physical examination. Only the
nayme Of two months premium on
the amount of the insurance relnstat-
ed is necessary to again place the IN
surance in force. -.
IT appears that some OF the dls-
charged service men must either be
merely putting off the reinstatement
If their insurance, or else they think
they do not need it. Those who pro-
crastinate perhaps do not appreciate
the fact that the rates go, up eacn
wear. Among the others may numb
or some who are sufficiently well
healed to disregard mere matter OF
ten, thousand dollars.
Any one interested in this matter
may write to the U. S. Army Recruit
ing station, Al South Third street,
Minneapolis, or to the Bureau OF war
Risk Insurance, 4o9 Plaza Hotel,
Minneapolis, and full, information
will be gladly furnished them.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-10-09
CLEVEL AND CAPTURES FOURTH GAME OF SERIES
SALVATION ARMY DRIVE
BEGINS MONDAY MORNING
Beltrami Co. Advisory Board
Urges Citizens to Put Its
Quota Over Top

The Beltrami county,. Advisory
Board of the Salvation Army is bend
ing every effort to make this the first
county in the state to raise it's ap-
portionment of the state budget CALI
ing for $26S,O50 from Minnesota.
Everyone who subscribes to the
Salvation Army Home Service fund,
which will insure Salvation Army
greater than ever before, will be CIV
en- button signifying that he or she
believes in helping the needy citizens
of our own county.
The confidential study of Beltra-
mi county ny the county advisory
board for the Salvation Army has re-
vealed conditions which none of us
ever knew existed. Thru it's investi-
cations the Salvation Army finds that
the source Of much of the social dis
order lies in the smaller 5cities and
towns. Because of that it has launch
ed its 1920 Home Service program
which will bring its sixteen major ac-
tivities into the county toqthelp REM
use of it's institutions to the rural dis
tricts on scale never before attempt
ed.
1.-THE Salvation Army slogan "A
man may be down but he~is never
CUT should appeal to every citizen
said G. w. Harnwell, chairman of the
local advisory board. Americans be-
lieve in giving a man a chance. and
the Salvation Army is helping in its
own way. Let's do our bit for AM
ericanism by putting Beltrami coun-
tvs apportionment over 100 per
cent S., 100 is the quota set for
this county.
In reality. the 1920 Home Service
program OF the Salvation Army means
bringing all of the institutions and
activities Of the army to the door Of
each and every county in Minnesota,
according to Henry G. Hanke, chair
CONTINUED on Page Four) +,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-10-09
MRS. FEATHERST0NE TO
: SPEAK HERE THURSDAY

Mrs. J. E. Featherston, nation
wide prominent speaker, will lecture
in Bemidji on Thursday of next week.
Mrs. Featherstone comes to the city
under the auspices of the National
Federation of Women's Clubs. her
subject will be, Good Government:
She will bring a message that Will
be interesting and instructive ana an
citizens are invited to attend. lae
time and place of this meeting have
not been decided upon as yet, but will
be announced later. -
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-10-09
(By, United 'Press)

Pelican Lake, Wis, Oct: 9.-Dam-
age estimated at 100000 was caused
by fires which nearly swept out the
town of Monico, three miles north Of
here, yesterday. Thirteen buildings
were levelled by the flames. The Or
igin or the fire, which started in the
Northern Hotel, is unknown.
st. Paul, Oct. 9.-Adjutant Cen
eral Rhinow went to Pine county this
afternoon to investigate forest fires
spreading along the WISCONSIN bord-
er. He agreed with Adjutant General
Holway to go to Wisconsin, if neces-
sa1y:-- Forest fires are raging in
Douglas and Burnett counties. The
town of Burnett was surrounded on
three sides by fire within two miles
of the village. Guard troops from
Superior were sent to watch the fires
in both counties.