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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1920-05-28
HAVE NO BUSINESS ScRUPLES
Why Firms That Have Dealings With
the Willy Jap Must Be keenly
Alert and Watchful.

A British firm once contracted TO de-
liver a piece Of machinery in Tokyo.
but because of somes unavoidable de-
lay was unable to live up to its con-
tract. Fearing lest the japanese con-
signees should make efforts to collect
the money indemnity due them for
nondelivery, according to the Living
Age, the Japanese agent Of the British
firm sent to the home office sugges-
ton for avoiding payment. Mr. F.
is the English agent Of the same firm,
also stationed in Japan:
Regarding the matter Of escaping
penalty for nondelivery Of machine,
there is a way to creep around same
by diplomat. We must make state
ment Of big strike occur in our factory
(of course big untrue). Please ad
dress my firm In inclosed form Of let
ter and believe this will avoid pen
atty Of case. AS Mr.. E. is most
religious and competent man and also
heavily upright and godly. it fears me
that useless apply for his signature.
Please attach name by Yokohama Of
Ace making forge, hut no cause to fear
prison happening. as this is often Oper'
ated by other merchants Of highest in
tegrity.
at is highest unfortunate Mr.. F.
so godlike and excessive awkward for
business purpose. I think much better
add little serpentlike wisdom to up
right manhood and so found a good
business edifce."
In these few sentences. concludes
the Living Age. lies all the wisdom OF
the East applied to all the wisdom OF
the West
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1920-05-28
Fetishes of Riksha PuIIers.

Although the diffusion of education
among the Zulus and other natives Of
Natal is removing many fetish customs
from their social life, some practices
are held tenaciously by the children
of bigoted natives. At one curlo es-
Establishment in Durham, Natal, ii is said
that on rare occasions natives ask
for Jokelosi mutt" or magic medi-
cine made from the flesh Of native
children. This mutt" (Which. 1t is be-
lieved, was once used by the warriors
Of Tshaka and Dngaan), is supposed
to convey tine virtues Of youth and
strength. 1t is occasionally asked for
In Natal by ricksha boys. The rick
sha pullers have firm faith in the fat
Of lions, tigers, crocodiles and hip
pos. These are stored in jars for sale
to Kaffir clients. Snake mutt is also
q favorite decoction for those desiring
cunning. "a good deal of the fat for
these medicines is imported by uS."
said a well-known curio dealer, from
Central Africa; and we are supplied
by firms in Livingstone"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1920-05-28
GEORGE ELIOT ON PEDESTAL
Great Novelist May Be Said to Have
Been Victim Of Her "Fool
Friends"

The gay world, which forgets every
thing. has forgotten what solemn,
what pOrtentous thing was the con.
temporary fame of George Eliot, Ed
mund Gosse writes i'm the London Mer-
curry. 1t was supported by the Sc
rious thinkers Of the day. by the peo-
pie who despised mere novels but re-
carded her writings as contributions
to philosophical literature.
On the solitary occasion when
sat in company with Herbert Spencer
on the committee of the London H.
brary he expressed a strong objection
to the purchase of fiction and wished
that for the London library no novels
should be bought. except, of course,
those of George Eliot"
When she lived critics compared
her with Goethe, but TO the disadvan-
tage of the sage of Wemar People
who started controversies, about "evo-
lutionism"-a favorite Victorian pas
time-bOwed low at the mention of
her name, and her own sound good
sense alone prevented her from being
made the object Of sort of priggish
idolatry. A bigwig Of that day re-
marked that "in problems of life and
thought which bafiied Shakespeare her
touch was unfaling." For Lord Acton
at her death 1.-The sun had gone out"
and that exceedingly dogmatic historian
observed, ex-cathedra, that no writer
had lever lived who had anything like
her power Of manifold but disinterest-
ed and impartial sympathy. II Soph-
ocles or Ceramics had lived in the
light Of our culture, IL Dante had pros
pered like Manzoni. George Eliot
might have had a rival"
II Is very dangerous to write like
that. A reaction Is sure tn follow.
and In the case Of the novelist so mod
est and strenuous herself but so ride
ulously overpralsed by her friends II
came with remarkable celebrity.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1920-05-28
Mark Twain's Imagination.

Mark Twain had such a vivid mag
ination, such a brain for embroidery,
that 1t was a difficult task for him to
tell straight story just as 1t nap
pened-he could make up one that
was so much better. We all know that
Albert Bigelow Paine, working on
Mark Twain's Life" found it neces-
sary to discard much of the autObio'
graphic material Mark Twain had writ
ten. Investigation, talks with men
still living who knew the facts, simply
proved that the tales were not so.
And Mark Twain was no liar. He had
glorious, almost superhuman, mag
ination. AS he approached threescore
and ten he said, as quoted in tie
life" "When I was younger ! could
remember anything. whether 1t hap
pened or not; but 1 am getting old,
and soon / shall remember only the
facts. William w. ellsworth, "A
Golden Age of Authors"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1920-05-28
The Grounding.

Nobody knows where the grounding
got its "rep" as a weather forecaster,
but belief in its powers in this regard
seems to be very ancient.
1t is kind of ,marmot (therefore
related to the prairie dog) and makes
it's home in hurrow 20 on 80 feet
long, which descends obliquely four or
five feet, and then gradually rises to q
large round chamber, where the
grounding family sleeps and brings up
the young ones.
In the daytime the woodchuck (as ii
Is otherwise called) never gets far
from its burrow. When angry or
alarmed it makes a chattering noise,
or sometimes utters a shrill whistle.
It's bite is severe, and it will make a
desperate figlH against dog.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1920-05-28

WANTED FARM-Wanted, to hear
from owner of farm or good land for
sale. Price and description. Fall de-
livery. L. Jones, box 55l, Olney, Ill.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1920-05-28
Why Introspection Is Good.

When you build to endure you must
do 1t in the light Of your limitations.
Only the few are satisfied that they
know 1t all. There are more who
need the prod of circumstances TO
force them into use Of their pow.
ers. The wise man knows better than
anyone else the limits Of his power
Accordingly he husbands his resources
and measures well his possibilities be-
fore he attempts the impossible. Yet
he is ever ready to acknowledge the
great when he sees 1t. It's better far
to acknowledge your own shOrtcom-
ings and then strive to rise above
them.-Grit.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1920-05-28
WHY
UNDERGROUND Workers
Are Supcrstitious

Underground workers in coal and
other mines are full of superstitions,
some Of which are extremely weird.
Darkness means mystery, and mag
ination has created various hobgoblIns
that are commonly believed to lurk
In such subterranean places.
For instance. there Is the ladder
dwarf" a hunchbacked demon with a
large head and enormously long and
powerful arm. His favorite trick Is to
climb the ladders in mines and, as he
passes the rungs, to kick them out one
by one.
In Germany the mines are haunted
by two supernatural beings called Nick
ell and Kobold-the former being be-
nevolently disposed and the latter evil
Iy mischievOus. They are the gnomes
who fill or empty the lodes. Nickel, IL
properly propitiated, will reproduce
metal-bearing ores as fast as they are
removed.
Kobold, on the other hand, will steal
away the metal from the lOdes. He
blows out the miners lamps and. II
he catches man alone he may drag
him about by the nose or hair If he
has a special crouch against an indi-
vidual miner he will throw him down
ladder or crush him beneath down.
fall Of rock.
To gain the goodwill OF these
formidable COLLINS the miners leave
bread. cake and even money in odd
places. And as a special means of APP
peasing them, two metals. nickel and
cobalt, have been named after them.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1920-05-28
How Electricity May be Used.

South African gold mines are expe-
rimenting with blasting by electricity,
with q view to minimizing the fine
dust, which Is thought to be the chief
cause Of miners phthisis.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1920-05-28
Other Mems Affairs.

"Every man should mind his own
business" remarked the severely In.
dustrious citizen.
"But what are you going to do" pro-
tested Senator Sorghum, when you've
got a whole lot of constituents, every
your business -
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1920-05-28
How Merchant Marine Has Grown.

According to figures made public
by the National Marine league. the
American merchant marine has ex-
banded from four ships in deep-sea
commerce before the war to fleet of
9,773,0OO tons in ocean service, says
the Nations Business.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1920-05-28
How pistance-camera Works.

With French inventors camera
lens for long distance work II IL pos
sible to get a picture Of man 600
yards away large enough to all a plate.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1920-09-15
BEdlDu DAY HELD AT
RED LAKE INDIAN FAIR

Bemidji Day was held at the Red
Lake fair yesterday and a number OF
residents of this city were in attend
ance. "A special program previously
arranged for the occasion met with
the approval of all Bemidji visitors
Nearly all who attended from Be-
midi made the trip by automobile,
returning here last evening
The work of the Indians is to be
compliment according to visitors,
and the showing made this year is
among the best ever staged.
Today is Clearwater county day
and it was expected that large num-
ber of people from that county would
be in attendance. A baseball game
was to be one Of the features of to-
days program.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1920-09-15
RALPH @AuEP0ST HAS
1 TENT AT FAIR GROUNDS

& On Tuesday afternoon several men,
bers OF the Ralph Oracle post of the
American Legion erected tent at
the Beltrami county fair grounds
where during the entire three-day
period it will be maintained by the
Legion and the Auxiliary as a rest
room.
I, 7 Applications for mem bership to the
American Legion or to the Women's 8
Auxiliary will be received there and
1t is urged that all who intend to
Join do so at this time. Literature
esaneerning tue Legion and other in
Formation may be had upon request.
Applications for the Victory medal
will also be received. Field Clerk
Bruce Humphries, who was to have
been located there during the fair,
yesterday received orders to report
to Minneapolis. Consequently this
work will be, done by the Legion and
the Auxiliary. TO make application
for the medal at this time, ex-service
persons are asked to bring their dis
charge certificates with them.
On Friday afternoon, a bus which
has been chartered by the Legion
will transport ex-service men and
their families to and from the fair
grounds free of charge and will take
them to the American Legion tent.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1920-09-15
ENTRY DAY AT COUNTY FAIR
BRINGS N fine EXHIBITS
Opening Day Indicates Keen Competition Entrant
and Assures Big Program for Beltranni
County Day Tomorrow ~ * $<&. d. ~

Bea1 countys fair opened this morning with exhibitors
preparing their products and stocks for the main portion of
the fair which begins tomorrow Prospects are, exhibits
already entered be used mark by whch judge that
in this county -;
Carpenters busy todayas we'll yesterday putting
stands for the sale of refreshments Various
aterna organizations have erected stands and tents With
everything in readiness by nigha early forenoon
to bring forth large attendance.%< F"~<~
Tomorrow, Betrami County Day will be busy for
fair officials and exhibitors Judging exhibits and stock
will be begun then and completed the following day.
Especially entertaining acts Of vaudeville which will be
staged free of charge both forenoon and afternoon promise
to be drawing card for visitors. S%%%5I
The Beltram County Agricultural association, under the
auspices of which the fair being staged extends all
hearty invitation to attend and all patrons enjoyable
and profitable time :: H. .x. u~<:. ,.~-s
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1920-09-15
SOCIAL AT NARY WAS
. VERY ENJOYABLE AFFAIR
Bemidji People Spend Pleasant
Evening as. Guests Of Boys
Club at Nary

! Nary has recently organized a
boys club and to encourage the work
| in the community and to explain in
detail the benefits of membership in
the American Legion an invitation
was sent to the Ralph Oracle post to
attend a pie social at Nary last even
ing. In response to the cordial sum-
mans, several automobile loads of Be-
midi people, the majority OF which
: were Legion members and their fam
flies, went to Nary last evening.
At the old school house there\
large delegation Of residents of that
vicinity received the ,Bemidji dele
/ CATION and proceeded to stage very
ENJOYABLE entertainment for the visit
orS.
George Boobar of Nary, a member
; of the Bemidji Legion post, pres1d-
ed at the meeting. Although Be-
midji's bunch furnished the majority
of the program. the part furnished
by the Nary boys club was. by far
the most enjoyable to the Bemidji
visitors. This was the pie social
which followed the speaking pro-
gram. The lunch consisted of sand
wiches, pie and coffee and was serv-
ed by ladies and young, men OF the
community but thoroughly enjoyed
by all.
Attorney c. L. Pegelow gave very
interesting talk concerning the Am
erican Legion, which was backed up
by a short talk by N. E. Given, COM
mander of the Bemidji post. Both
tended to clear up in the minds of the
ex-service men in that district con-
siderable doubt as to the purpose and
work of the organization. AS re-
suit it is expected that several new
members will soon be added to the
Legion rolls.
Thayer C. Bailey spoke concerning
the benefits Of boys club to the
community and heartily encouraged
the continuance of the club at Nary.
A quartette composed of N. E. Given,
G. l.. Pegelow Raymond Hannah, and
E. D. Boyce rendered several selec-
tions which were we'll received.
Similar meetings are being plan
ned by the local post and every ef-
fort will be made to thoroughly
acuuaint all ex-service men in this
part of the state with the American
Legion activities.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1920-09-15
ADMITTED TO
sVZENSHlP TUESDAY
OPENING OF COURT
First Case of September
T Is That of Currie
rsus NJ. & l.

sssE Sixteen ons we're admitted to
citizenship IN the United safes at the
Fifteenth, judicial district court here
yesterday, out Of a total number OF
20 who had applied.
Ten applications were continued
over, three dismissed. OF the three
dismissed, two failed to appear for
examination and the other had claim
ed exemption from the service OF
the United. States during the World
War on account of being an alien.
consequently his case was also dis
missed.
Those who were accepted and who
received final papers emitting them
to citizenship are Arne Olson Storei1
of Nymore, Albert Emil Lund of Be-
midi, returned soldier, Ole Strand OF
Nymore, Joseph James Pete Of Pu-
posky, Olaf Risland of Nymore, Har-
riet Jane Frizelle of Bemidji, Gusta1
Larson of Bemidji, Alfred Davis .o1
Bemidji, John Moe Of Kelliher, OLAF
Ongstad of Bemidji, Johann Haglund
of Highwood, Charles Larsen of Sol.
day, Michel Nicholson of ..Nymore
Hans Anderson of Bemidji, Nels Ly'
beck or Bemidji, and Ella Saterlfe OF
Schilling.
The first case to be tried by jur,
in this term Of. court, went on The
stand this forenoon, that of Alexand'
er Currie VS.. Minnesota and Interna:
tional railway company. Mfddaugh
and Cuthbert of Duluth are repre-
senting, the plaintiff, while Bum and
Frost of St. Paul have the case fol
the. railroad company.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1920-09-15
BIG LEADS SECURED IN
n. Y. STATE PRIMARIES
(By United Press)

Albany, N. Y. Sept. 15.--Republi-
can and democratic candidates swept
New York state in the primaries, ac-
cording to virtually complete re-
turns today.
Judge Nathan Miller received tn Q
republican nomination for governor,
defeating Senator George Thompson
by more than 10000. James Wads-
worth, Jr., was renominated repub-
lican candidate for United States
senator.
Governor Alfred Smith was unop-
posed, receiving the democratic NOM
ination to succeed himself. The dem
ocratic candidate for United States
senator, Lieutenant Governor Harry
Walker, defeated George r. Lunn,
anti-Tammany aspirant, about three
to one.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1920-09-15
Present Information Indicates
That He Will Make Number
Trips Before Election
HAS FIRST DAY OFF.
IN MORE THAN WEEK
~. = =
Plans for Speeches in Missouri,
Nebraska and oklahoma
r Still Stand, 1t /. Said =:
, (By United Press.)

Il wy oAAAsS>~ .
\ Marion, o., Sept. Is <(by Raymond
.Clspper).-All was quiet on Senator
Harding's front porch today and the
republican candidate had his first day
or in more than a week. No delega-
-tions were scheduled until Friday,
when a number of groups from varl-
.ous Ohio counties will come here to
observe constitutional day.. 4,
Official opinion as to Hardlng'a
campaign plans from September 25
to election day showed that once
there was an intimation that aPacific
coast trip was strong possibility
Now. the project seems to have been
Abandoned. :. .,'..:::'5 ~ '}f'.'t;:1s',:;. .
- Present information indicates
Harding will make number Of short
speaking trips out of Marion, none
to last more than week or ten days
He probably will 60 no further
than Sioux Falls, S. D. The plan
for speeches in Oklahoma, Missouri
and Nebraska still stands, it was
/
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1920-09-15
.(By United Press)

Marion, Ohio, Sept. is. tBy Ray
mond -Clapper. IA new proposal to
other nations by. prevention of war
and establishment of Tree relations,
was urged by Senator Harding today
in letter to the republican women
thruout the country.
"We are all desirous Of preventing
war" said Harding. "Let US not
break the hearts of the world Dy any
more delusions. Let us unite Amer
lea behind a new proposal to the 9th
er nations for prevention of war and
for amicabie relations in world ad-
ministrations. And let us preserve
our own national conscience at home
and not check it at Geneva. Let us
establish working rules. I do not
what one fair in promise that fails
to prevent bloodshed, to which our
own mems veins contribute"
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1920-09-15

LOGGING OPERATIONS AT J:
MARGE TO BEGIN SOON

Cochran & Robb, who have been
logging for the j: Neils Lumber com.
pany OF Cass Lake for some time,
have taken new contract to log ap'
proximately twenty million feet oi
that company's timber.
Half of this amount will be logged
this winter near Margie on the Min.
nesota and International railway, the
balance to be logged next summer
near Turtle River.
=. All logs ARE to be loaded on cars
and shipped to Cass Lake. Plans ART
announced to. begin operations at
once. =. -.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1920-09-15
HUNTING SEASON WILL
OPEN TOMORROW MORN

~ Hunting season for ducks ana
shortsmen opens tomorrow and con-
tinues until December 81. The sea-
son for partridge and ruffed grouse
opens on October Is and lasts until
November so. There is no open sea-
son for prairie chicken this year.
The bag limit for ducks is fifteen
Der day and forty-five in possession
Geese, five per day with fve IN po-
session. Partridges, five per day with
twenty in possession. The shipment
&C game is prohibited except on Nc-
ense coupon.
The license fee for small game is
81 with two cents extra, II mailing
is. required. Blank applications have
been furnished to banks, notaries
and Others for the convenience OF
hunters. ..-:
|, Game Warden John Cline has been
very active in protecting game for
licensed hunters in season and will
use every effort to continue protec-
ton and apprehent violators of the
game laws. He will be assisted by
nther game wardens whose work will
he very active.
The activities of the game warden
are such that he has succeeded IN
preventing, in a great measure, the
violation of laws as to the taking OF
game. In view of the fact that many
people may not know the borders OF
lake Bemidji's Game Refuge, The
Pioneer desires to state that the Mis-
sissippi river from a point about one
hundred rods west Of the dam OF the
Minnesota Electrict Light &, Power
vompany thru Lake BemidJl to Lake
Irving up to a point in the river about
cne/hundred rods south of the Town
~! en- George Miller's farm is en-
lYirelv within the game refuge.
: All of Lakes Marquette. Carr and
Fern, Irving and Bemidji are within
the game refuge.
The game warden will endeavor to
arrest and prosecute any one hunt
ing ducks within this refuge and The
Pioneer is giving this information SO
that the citizens may not Intentional
ay violate the law.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1920-09-15
(By United Press)

Chicago, Sept. 15.-Illinois voters
all went to carefully guarded poles
today to choose their state tickets
and republicans expressed their
choice between the leadership OF
Governor Lowden and William Hale
Thompson, mayor Of Chicago.
The factional fight in the republic
can campaign was SO bitter that both
sides assigned watches over the vot-
ing booths to prevent possible check
cry or fraud. The situation in Chi
cago was tense and police officials
were assigned to all polling places in
the city.
The Lowden hackers contended tho
police were under the control of tho
Thompson faction and Charlotte Pc
ters, Lowden supporter, assigned .
deputy to watch the polling places
and police.
District Attorney Hoyne's force OF
deputies, augmented by 100 men
sworn in for the occasion, was put
on guard.
While neither Lowden nor Thomp-
son cOntended for office in the pri-
maries. the factions which they head
had complete state tickets in Illf-
nois in the final campaign. Rallies
were held thruout the state last
night.
The Lowdenites declared Thompson
had wrecked Chicago financially, and
that now his only desire is to get
his grip on the state funds.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1920-09-15
RACIAL EQUALITY TO /
BE MOST IMPORTANT
CONFERENCE PROBLEM
Belief Expressed That Japan
Will Withdraw From League
Unless Given Equal Rights
(By United Press)

Paris, Sept. Is. (By Henry Wood.)
The question Of racial equality for
the Japanese, over which the Versail-
les peace conference nearly split, will
be one of the most important prob
lens confronting the general as
sembly of the league Of nations when
1T meets in Geneva In pursuance to
the call of President Wilson.
Having failed to get recognition in
the treaty of Versailles owing large
ly to the opposition American and
colonial delegates, the Japanese pro-
pose to bring the matter before the
league assembly, it was learned.
The belief was expressed that If
Japan fails to win racial recognition
that would give her immigrants
equal rights and privileges with those
Of any other country, she will with
draw from the league.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1920-09-15
SOCIALISTS PREPARE FOR
TOMORROW'S ELECTION
(By United Press)

New York. Sept. 15.-In the hope
of returning to the legislature the
five assembly members ousted last
winter, the socialists of New York
today wound up one Of the, hottest
campaigns Of their party preparatory
to tomorrow's special election. A
special appeal was made by Julius
Derbe; executive secretary of the So
cialist party of New York to Mayor
Hylan, to take active steps to prevent
Irregularities of the polls.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1920-09-15
SAYS CONNECTICUT MUST
VOTE ON SUFFRAGE AGAIN
(BY United PreSSl

Hartford. Conn, Sept. 15.--The
Connecticut legislature, which yest-
erday ratified the federal suffrage
amendment, must vote on the ratifi-
cation again, Governor Marcus Hol-
combe, believing yesterdays action
unconstitutional, has called another
special session on Tuesday for the
specific purpose of action on the am
endment.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1920-09-15
PRESIDENT DESCHANEL
TO RESIGN THIS WEEK
(By United Press)

Paris, Sept. 15.-President Des-
chanel is to resign this week, the
French foreign office admitted today.
The president is suffering from neur-
asthenia, it was said, and his mental
condition is worse than his physical.