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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-11-18

There was a special assistant to the
French ambassador in Constantinople
years ago whose friends in Paris
wished to play a trick on him, and so
they told him to take a cargo Of wigs
with him to Constantinople. and he
would make a lot of money. The man
bought the. cargo of wigs, only to find
on arrival that the people had never
heard Of wigs and had no use for them
whatever. The ambassador noticing
that his friend was melancholy, discov-
cred the cause to be the unsold cargo
Of wigs, so he told the story to the
grand vizier, who told the sultan.
Whereupon the sultan SEM an order
to all the synagogues in the city that
all the Jews in the city must wear
wigs. The Jews didn't even know
what a wig was, much less where they
could get one. And this vas just the
moment for the p~ossessor of a cargo Of
wigs, who put them on the market and
made a pocketful of money. 81
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-11-18
PEARL MOSQUE WELL N
Structure at Agra, India, Admittedly
One Of the Most Beautiful
In the World.

Among the most beautiful Of Shah
Jahan's s%culptured monuments IL the
Pearl mosque at Agra. The entrance
gateway Of red sandstone contrasts
effectively with the interior Of white
and ~blue-veined marble. An inscrip-
ton in letters Of black marble states
that this mosque may be Iikened to o
precious pearl, for no other mosque is
similarly lined with marble.
The Indian influence upon Mahome.
tan architecture Of this period Is evi.
denced in the lotus petal cap decorat.
ing the dOmes and In the purely Hindu
finals, legitimate Mahometan mosques
bearing instead the simple spire. with
the star and crescent. The fOliated
arches come from a Buddhist source,
symboiizfng the ~lotus-leaf shaped aura
around the body of Gautama. The
pointed upper foliation Is derived from
the shape Of the leaf Of the bodhi. or
pipul tree, under which Gautama at
tanned to enlightenment and Budda-
hood, and Is commonly used In Bud.
dhist idolatry to indicate the nimbus
around the head. "
The master builders Of MOgul days
were chiefly Indians from Bengal, and
since they were artists and artisans
rather than mechanical workers. much
Of the inspiration Of the architecture
OF this period must be accredited to
them.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-11-18
HeiuoIand Beliefs.

Helgoland was called Hertha in an
cient times. The island was indie
teenth centuries, until the dukes Of
'Schleswig took it over and used it
mainly as a pawn for loans until the
Danes acquired it 400 years later. Den
mark ceded it to Great Britain in the
nineteenth century and the British
fortified it for, defensive purposes.
The islanders absorbed customs and
ideas of the many ~nationalities that
visited them, adjoining each with a dis
tinctive touch. They even had a curl
II quirk in their Satan, a wooden leg.
Hence the Schleswig saying: "In Hell
goland the devil goes on crutches."
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-11-18
Buffalo Roam in Australia.

When Australians refer to their
empty north, they do not always re-
call the fine herds Of buffalo which
roam In the northern territory. The
buffalo has prospered greatly since the
first animals were imported, and his
hide and horns offer a fairly easy
source Of revenue. In the hot. wide
territory over which the mud taffalo"
roams, it is moi feasible to use him as
q new source Of food supply, and at
tempts at yarding have shown that the
buffalo is a true Australian, as he re-
SCENTS being driven and expresses this
resentment vigorously. 1t Is stated
ths ; the mud buffalo has four stomachs
and does not chew the cud.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-11-18
louise MOVING!

AGA nOuS3 10 move
n ne ina position to dos il, no
itter how large Or small. WI
] q Do AL kinds Of cOncreteHork
y A CRAWFOlRDl
Otpeinees Dak.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-11-18
XII Him.

Where are you going?' asked the
returned hero's mother as he strode
toward the door, q vicious look on his
face.
10 lind the man who sent me this
letter suggesting that take 4 course
In physical culture. wa the savage
response as the door sIammed.-Home
Sector. !,
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1920-11-05

mlnado en- cuanto su respoHsabili-
dad de contribuciones.
ri extranjero que satisface su res=l
ponssbilidad de contribution Sc le, en-
tregara un certifcado de cumplimien-
Ito por Ell collector, que debera ser PREF
sentado al agente de rentas internas
len el puerto de embarque, qnieM en-.
tregara al extranjefo una certificaci6n
de contribution.
Extranjeros que no son examina-
dos por el collector >seran examinados
por ell agente de rentas internas en-
iel puerto de embarque.
Una certificacion de contribution So
lamente puede ser expedida por el
agente de rentas internas en- ell puerto.
La classification del extranjero Co
mo residente por todo parte del
tempo que el ha estado en- los Esta-
dos Unidos y el importe del impues-
to, 81 alguno, que lie sera requerido el
'pagar, puede depender en- los hechos
.en el case segdn sea revelado en- 81
examen del extranero por Ell collector
o por el agente de rentas cargo del
puerto de embarque.
'Lo que me complazco en- hacer pd-
blico para conocimiento general Y de
q -quienes pudiera interesar las dis
posiciones que anteceden.
j. M. Lomba,
Consul de Espaha INFERNO.
Deparmento del Tesoro, ~
Rentas Internas,
Washington, septienbre 20, 1920,
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1920-11-05

/ llozando el marinero que Sc neg6 g
contar el hechoAI Aquel rapaz era mi
hijo 70 el que lie lleye muerto hasta
la playa, atado por la faja a mi cintu-
ra, para darsele g SUI madre -.
Estamos consternados, silenciosos. I.
Solo Sc oye ell sollozar, contenido ron
60, de este grande y bravfsimo sin ven
tura, rimando con la elegfa .aspera que
dice ell viento al chocar contra la vela
tendida.I
| Y 70 pienso en- el crimen que comete-
mos todos, todos los que, indiferentes,
hsblando de cosas frfvolas en- Ia playa,
vemos llegaF estos lanchones pescado-
res, tendida al viento la vela 7 Feple-
tos de estos pescados rutilantes, que
nosotros adquirimos despues por un pu-
ilado de miserable calderilla...
Alberto Votero Martin.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1920-11-05


jada furiosa, y nado no hubieran po.
dido ganar la playa. Sc hizo noche ce-
rrada. Rugfan las oIas y los vientos
Entire Ell espanto y la desolacion de la
noche clam6 la voz de un rapaz:
Y mi padre? iD6nde esta mi pa.
Dire?
II Adelante, valiente lie contesta.
ron ocdpate de nadar, y adelantel
va estamos cerca! mo pierdas la bar
ca ! Adelante!
-;Y mi padre? torn6 preguntal
con desaliento Ell chico.
II iDejate de ESQ, y duro, NADIA duro
rapaz, que va estamos en- TERRA!
II Padre! Padre,!. CRITIC tragica-
mente el mozo.
Yamos, ealla que tn padre estd
con Dios !-replie6 una voz aspera.
Y en- aquel instante, como ST el mu-
chacho Sc hubiera convertible en- HE.
rro, desaparecio para siempre entire Las
olas.
Tras Ell rapaz aquel intervalos de
'siguales, Y agrandando ell terror de los
otros, fueron desapareciendo catorce
marineros mas. AL romper Ell dfa so
no implorante otra yoz:
II Padre, un beso. que me muero
Que. no pnedo mast iUn beso. padre
i Que lie juro asusted que me muero :.
Volvi0se Ell padre, agarrado la bar
ca como estaba, y tirando del hijo: !
Amino, hijol fPor Dios. animo
i va estamos en- tierral
lConcebfs algo parecido Desde el in
fierno danteseo hasta @Ei jardfn de los
suplicios', de Mirabeau, pasando POI
"El rey Lear ;habra algo mas horri-
blemente espantosog les possible un
mayor dolor y una mas negra TRACE
dia?
Pero ;como pudo ser eso2 pre-
gunto.
-NiPudo ser, pudo ser l-exclanla so.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1920-11-05
Consulado de Espa1a

Acadia de recibirse de la Embajada
de Espana en- Washington, la comu-
Inicaeion que Sc transcribe, relacioria-
da con las contribuciones para extran-
Ejeros RESIDENCES en-. el pals y no resi-
dentes.
Lo dispuesto por el Departamento
del Tesoro de los Estados Unidos, es
como sigue:
"Los extranjeros en- los Estados
Unidos Sc conceptuan como residences
Q no RESIDENCES para fines de contri-
fbucion. Los que estan conceptuados
como residences pagan un impuesto
de todos los ingresos pof Ell. mismo
valor v en- la misma i11anera que los
ciudadanos de los Estados Unidos, y
ellos puede1 reclamar la misma exen-
cion personal Y .deduciones como ciu-
dadanos, Extranjeros que son con-
ceptuados como no-residentes contri-
buyen solamente a un impuesto de in
gresos en- los Estados Unidos.
La tarifa de contribution normal
lrequerida de los extranjeros- no resi-
denies por el afio 1917 era de dos por
ciento, ell 1918, doce por ciento, y
1919 y amos subsiguientes, ocho por
ciento. La tarifa de contribution nor
NAL para extranjeros residences Y ciu-
dadanos del 1917 era cuatro por cien-
to, del 1918 seis por ciento en- los pri-
nleros $4,000 de impuesto neto en-
exceso de las exenciones estatuarias
~ deducciones y doce por ciento sobre
dicha suna; del 1919 amos subsi-
guientes, euatro por ciento en- los pri-
nleros $4,000 impuesto .neto en- ex-
ceso de las exenciones deducciones,
y ocho por ciento sobre dicha suma.
En- el aio 1917 no Sc concedi6 exen-
cion personal creditos para subal-
ternos los extranjeros no-residentes.
En- 1918 y amos subsiguientes, Sc con-
cede exencionz personal y credito de
subalternos los extranjeros no resi-
dentes 81 ell pals de- donde ell extran-
jero es ciudadano sujeto, concede un
credito similar al ciudadanos de los
Estados Unidos no residences en- tai
pals.
Tn extranjero que desee retornar a
su TERRA Sc lie requiere ell obtener una
certifcacion de contribution que indi-
que que ell extranjero ha satisfecho
todas las obligaciohes de contribu-
cion de 1917 y amos subsiguientes, y
por el periodo de impuestos del CO.
rriente ano, que es desde enero pri-
nero hasta fines del mes precedente.
Ell extranjero debe presentarse al
collector de rentas internas en- ell dis
trito en- que reside para que sea exa-
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1920-11-05
Sordera y Ruides en- IL
Cabeza.

ST padece usted de este, .vaya
dlonde cuaIquier farmacia y pids
CON NCENTRATED SOURDAL. Gu.
yo preciO es 4 6 'pOr lata. Este nue.
vO remediO produce una cHra cas-
s.empre Immediate y sus prontOs
efectos una cura permanente. PEE,
netra en- los sitios donde Sc asienta
el dolor y ha realizado curacioncs
cOmpletas en- muchos casos en- que
Sc habian perdido las esperanzas.
ST SUI .droguista aun no ha recibidO
el SOURDAL, no acepte ningln
sustituto Y ST envie uh giro postal
para que lie sea proporcionadO de
cho medicamento, /"SOURDAL
DISTRIBUTING CO. SS, STA
TION ROAD, CROYDON, 1SU-
RREY, ENG, y recibira un pa.
quete por correo, su direction.
= I
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1920-11-05
LIE HIcIERoN UNA CONTRA
oFERTA

FL Comisionado del Interior senior
Esteves, ha hecho una contra oferta
mas baja en- ls subasta para la cons
trucci0n de la carretera de Naguabo a
Juncos.
Sc nos ha informadO que el contra
tista que hizo la oferta mas baja fue
Eel sefior Benftez Rexach, de 10000,
cuando el presupuesto del Pueblo de
Puerto Rico .es de 100000.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1920-11-05
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GUIDE SU VISTA COMO Ell
TESORO MIS-
INAPRECIABLE DE SU VIDA.
)OCAS personas Sc toman el de

IL u u 3
OOCAS personas Sc tolnan el de-
bido interes por la preserva-r
cion de su vista. La mayor par
te sepone leer o escribir a los refle-
jos de una luz que es danina por su
calidad intehsidad. La luz muy
brillante o titilante tiene los ojos en-
I'm constante parpadeo, por la fuer7
"a con que hiere, las pupilas, 10 cual
irremediablemente es causa de gra-
yes futuros resultados, dificiles de
curar.
Pero como todo en- la vida .puede
evitarse, talnbien estospeligros; 81 Sc
pone prueba I'm medic el mas eff
.caz y menos costoso. La protection
de la vista con la Pantalla
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1920-11-05
Unicos Agentes en- Puerto Rico:
Cantero Fernando & Co., Inc.
SAN JUAN, P. r.

sR vENDE UN AUToMoyIL en-
buen estado de siete asientos y ocho
ciIindros Allen derecha. TelefOno
666. San Juan. Advt.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1920-11-05

Blusas GeOrgette a tres pesos y fall
das a peso en- LAS Noyedades". Brau
As, San Juan. Advt.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1920-11-05

cuyo palido reflejo de sus cristales
verdes atenua el resplandor de la luz
electrical, es de sOrprendentes resul-
tados; ademas de ser Tin defensOr de
las pupilas, ola TN tono artistico a Ia
oficina, sala, habitacion y cualquief
otro sitio donde este colocada la
la1npara que esta fabricada de bron-
ce dorado o quemadO. siendo su re-
flectOr de criStal verde.
La variedad de Pantallas EME- :
RALITE es numerosa y todas Sc di-
ferencian en- forma, tamano y fineza
segun para el uso que Sc les some
ia. Lo mismo para ser colocada So
bre el piano, el eScritorio, el velador,
Ia maquinilla; va portando SUI juego
de tinteros y portaplumas, para el
hoinbre de negocios y de letras; va
luciendo un reloj o un almanaque,
EN- la columna de su ase.\Pero en-
todos sus usos ell fin que realiza la
Pa1Malla EMERALITE es el 1nismo,
este es, protejer la vista de los rayos
de luz que la hieren, en- tOdas las no.
ras de la noche en- que Sc utiliza para
estudiar, escribir o trabajar.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-10-09


citizens down into the oil district and
show simon-pure, bona fide flowing
wells to the property to the said ex-
hibitors." / wonder who in our crit
les estimation would be reliable?
We have taken several delegations
to our oil fields and shown them u
real oil wells. We have nearly two
thousand stockholders in u COM
pany. About two hundred of them
consist Of some of the leading and
most progressive Negroes in Kansas
City, the other eighteen hundred are
scattered throughout the United
States, Canada, Mexico and Central
America. AS to just what the invest
ing Negro public thinks of our COM
pany is shown by the large number
of stockholders we have and the way
they are increasing daily. They are
satisfied. We are ever ready to take
any prospective subscriber to u oil
field and show them what we say is
true. That what we advertise we can
back UP. We are not, though, wasting
the company's funds taking critics to
see our oil wells simply to convince
their feeble curiosity when we know
from their past records that they have
never invested a nickel in their lives
in any legitimate Negro enterprise.
In the beginning of this article the
question was asked, Are ]. Dallas
Bowser's writings an uplift or a detri-
ment to our racer" l say here, and
l am certain that you will agree with
me by this time, they are a detriment.
We asked some place above, who is
J. Dallas Bowser? In reading a sketch
Of his life, which appears in the biog-
raphy of Kansas City Negro Business
and Professional Men and the Trip
South, by H. L. Kinsler, it states in
part: He was born in Ohio; has lived
in Kansas City fifty-two years. Dur.
ing that time, according to his sketch,
he taught school forty-two years, and
held a few minor political jobs the
other ten. No place in his life's
sketch do we hear of his being in any
kind of business. Never have We
heard of him opening an office ant
giving employment to any of our boy
and girls; yet he is ever ready to crit
icize, condemn and tear down ever.
legitimate Negro enterprise for tn,
good of his race, unless it strikes hi
fancy.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-10-09

Another place in the sketch of his
life, it states that he has retired from
service except for an occasion
al "dabble" in real estate. / don't
quit understand the word "dabble,"
unless he means to buy an old house
for a small figure and sell 1t at an
enormous profit to some of u poor
Negroes who are in great need of a
home at any price. This is not the
case of the writer of this article. With
In the last twelve months he has sold
approximately two hundred thousand
dollars worth of the choicest property
in Kansas City to Negroes and not one
person who has ever purchased a
piece of property through the COM
pany he represents, known as b
Square Deal Realty and Investment
Company, with one of the finest suites
of offices in the West, located at 1915
East 18th street, giving highly paid
positions to many of our young men
and women, can say that they have
received anything at our hands other
than one of the best real estate bar
gains obtainable.
Then again, to dabble in real estate
may mean that one does not have a
business address or pay a brokers' IL
cense. l mention these things simply
to prove that the critic who is con-
demning legitimate Negro business in
Kansas City has never been in any
kind of business. One should not sit
around basing their theory or suppo-
sitions and hearsay, condemning at
will without any cause, without any
foundation, without proof, those that
are striving to make a success in the
various lines of the Negro business
world.
Such articles as written by J. Dallas
, Bowser are, as l have stated above,
not only a detriment to the Negro
business of Kansas City and else
where, but are %set-backs is not dis
proven in time to our entire Race as
well.
This article was not written as a
personal matter nor in defense of the
Negro oil companies alone but in de-
Tense of Negro business enterprises
in general and the welfare of the en-
tire Negro Race.
Are you a Mason, Pythian or an
Elk?
SAMUEL r. HOPKINS.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-10-09

numbers ever heard in this monumen-
tai structure. They r trying to
raise, in time, sufficient funds to buy
or build suitable headquarters, and
the money from this affair will be
placed in a sinking fund already es-
tablished for that purpose. Tilford
Davis, Jr., is president Of this now
truly splendid organization which un-
der his quiet and u~nassuming leader
ship has grown steadily until, both in
membership and finances, it has long
since passed the experimental stage,
besides Identifying and protecting the
musician who would live by his pro-
fession. Their first fall was highly
successful. Let's all help make this
one bigger and better.
Ua haEa Our Daetry .Joffa
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-10-09

day, November 4. Director Cooper of
the End Regiment Band has been
commissioned to assemble and re-
hearse a special band of so pieces
and they are now preparing to render
the jazzingest-no, the jazziest-the
most jazzinstical program of dance
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-10-09

AGENTS WANTED.
Hustling Agents wanted to
write standard Life Insurance, the
strongest and only OLD LINE
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
owned and operated by Colored
people.
STEWART & SMITH.
Agency Directors,
1915 East 18th Street,
KANSAS CITY, MO.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-10-09
MUSICIANS SECOND ANNUAL
BALL.

The Musicians Union, Local 627 A.
f. of M. are now hard at work pre-
pairing for their second annual ball
to be given at Convention Hall Thurs
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-10-09

In the beginning the term mule
cheek" is used. l should think that
the term "mule-cheek" would be more
applicable to the critics case rather
than the oil companies which he
speaks of so boldly without definitely
knowing anything about their real
progress other than hearsay.
He stated that it is gratifying to
know that the Government is taking
a look into the oil lottery in Kansas
City. He also stated concerning the
ten per cent dividend paid Thomas or
Brown are dollars that Williams or
Jones advanced for respective shares.
/ would state here that all the Negro
oil companies in Kansas City are not
lotteries. l might also state that the
company the writer has the honor Of
representing is a legitimately organ
lied corporation, incorporated under
the stringent Blue Sky Laws Of the
State of Missouri, known as the
Square Deal Oil and Gas Company,
with an authorized capitalization of
$99, 100000. Up to date the company
has drilled seven wells and has three
oil wells connected up and pumping
and selling oil. AS for its ten per
cent dividend paid, every dollar that
paid its stockholders was paid
from Justly returned profits made by
the company. AS for the Government,
most Of the Negro oil companies in
Kansas City have been organized for
more than three years and II the
companies were irregularly conducted
they would have been compelled to
lease business long before now.
In the latter part OF his article he
states: Let the promoters come for
ward and take a delegation Of reliable
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-10-09

We would CLEAN from the above
statements that the Negroes of Kan
sas City are to have no more carni
walls. You would also form the opin-
ion that the persons who were the
~instigators of these c~arnivals coming
to Kansas City were demoralizing,
grafters and gamblers. Let us look
back a minute and see who these per.
sons are whom are looked upon in
such a light. Let us inquire under
whose auspices they were held; who
are the Negro Shriners in Kansas
City? What class of men belong to
Allah Temple No. 6 of the Imperial
Council, A. E. A, Order of Mobiles
of the Mystic Shrine of North and
South America?
Being a member of this noble and
ancient order, l am aware that it is
one of the highest branches of Ma
sorry. A large majority of Kansas
City's leading Negro men are men,
bers of this great Order, yet it was
this great body of men, these Negroes,
this high branch of Masonry who
brought the first carnival under dis
cussion to Kansas City, which has
been described by our eminent critic
as a gathering of undesirables, thugs,
pickpockets and professional gamb-
lers.
Who are the Knights of Pythias
in Kansas City? What class of people
belong to them? Their membership
will also show that most of our lead
ing Negro citizens belong to their
rank, yet it was this commendable
organization, under whose auspices
one of these demoralizing carnivals
mentioned above were held. The last
and largest OF these so-called, mis-.
named educational shows which as
stated above by our self-styled critic,
comprise all the vicious influence Of
Coney Island, Monte Carlo and a Loui-
siana Lottery combined, was brought
here under the auspices Of our grand
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-10-09

We bake our pastry. Jeff's.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1920-06-11
SAHARA

Sahara, June 8, 1920.
Harlow Magnussen of Beryl spent
Sunday with his parents.
Those who planted spring crops
around here report everything is look
ing fine.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Baker and
daughter Tacoma of NADIA spent Sum
day with Mr.. Bakers mother.
Mr.. III. T. Griffin has purchased
Fairmont engine for pumping pur-
poses
Mr.. ]. +. House met with an acct
dent while at work with the b. & B..
department. Though not seriously in
jured he was unable to work SO is
spending a few days with his family.
A few people from Lund came
down and visited US at the dance Sat
urday night. Ice cream and cake
were served and all the guests seemed
to have good time.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. t. Griffin and
Mr.. and Mrs. Hal Griffin and Mrs. j.
l.. Holland of Provo were down to
look over the new home of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. T. Griffin.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. l.. Holland and son
Leroy motored down from Provo. Mr.
Holland went on to Los Angeles and
Mrs. Holland and son will stay here
until he returns and then they will
all go to Los Angeles in their car.