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Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-12-25
Soaring Pefer MinL

Now I've caught you!" soma.
body cried. And something sharr
gripped one of Paddy Mushnt'.
legs.
Paddy knew at once that Pete,
Mink had found him, He .strug-
gled to swim away. But, Peter
Mink held him fast.
Been eating fried fish, have
ou?" said Peter. "I'n te,ach Won
TO leave my fish alone!''
i haven't eaten a, single fish,
Paddy Muskrat said.
"Well-you've been frying .em /"
said Peter Mink, 'and that al
ways spoils 'em for me.''
Il haven't fried a single fish,
said Paddy.
I've heard differently" Peter
Mink jeered. You've been telling
people that you had fish to frv .
But I just meant that I was
very busy" Paddy Musknat told
him.
Weli-you're going to be busy
now Peter Mink remarked, as
he gripped Paddy's leg still hard
err And as for your excuse-I
don't believe a word Of it. I know
you've some fish hidden some
a fire, too. After I've
lhlshed with you, I'll look for
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-12-25
Let California Do It

Commenting with evident satisfaction upon the failure
of Portland capital to underwre the hotel project at Crater
Lake the Portland Oregonan halls with satisfaction the
suggestion that San Francisco capital deveope this Oregon
enterprise, remarl1ing:
Why Francisco?
that city is Portland But if Crater lake
Portland Medford California
should
Here you have the Portland spirit that builds Oregon
lunatngy set forth in the leading paper of the metropo
lis By all let San Francisco enterprise develope
Crater Lake and other parts of Oregon rather than spend
Portland money in the projects.
Having already commercially annexed Klamath and Lake
counties by investments and Development and the good
will Of Jackson and other southern counties California has
only develop Crater Lake to cnch large part of Oregon
tourist traffic.
Portland continues the Oregonan "has many and
varied interests and responsibilities and it does its share
and in all matters of state concern which share by
the way consists in occasionally sending glad hand hot air
unket of trade drummers to the provinces to promise
cooperation forthcoming Every little while high hopes
held forth of what Portland to accomplish Oregon
discovered anew and that is the last heard of until the
next. journey of exploration
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-12-25

Then Paddy Muskrat thought Of
a way to scare Peter.
'.You don't suppose you've step
ped in my fire, do you?" he in
quired.
At those words Peter Mink
turned pale,
"Im afraid have" he said. II
never felt anything just like this.
My foot's beginning to grow numb;
and Il can't move it,
you'd better lei go OF me and
swim away" Paddy Muskrat adj
vised him. aIf your other hind foot
should get in the fire I'm afraid
you'n never be able to walk any
more" -
When he heard that. Peter
Mink turned still paler. He was
And he loosened his
hold on Paddy's leg
Paddy Muslsrat hurried home to
bind up his hurts. He didn't wait
to see what happened to Peter
Mink. He was only too CHAD to get
away from him.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-12-25

But something happened ~
Peter Mink-something that sur.
prised him. He had expected-as
soon as he let go of Paddy ~ u
swim to the bank and run away
But to his dismay he felt himself
dragged straight down to the hot
tom of thu mill pond.
At first he noticed only what
seemed to be n flat stone. which
appeared to be hanging from his
foot But as he looked more close
ly he saw that what he had taken
for a flat stone was really old Mr.
Turtle.
Peter Mink was terribly fright
ened when he saw that. He knew
that when Mr.. Turtle took hold Of
a thing he usually held fast to n
for long time.
Peter bit Mr.. Turtles head Ru+
all his biting only made Mr.. Tur-
ties jaws shut tighter.
Now, Peter Mink soon began 70
feel that he would like to 60 to
the top of the water to get a
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-12-25
Shinbone Replaces
Vertabrae In Back

Billings. Mont, Dec. 25.-James
Laughlin, former soldier, has been
discharged from a local hospital
and has left for Minneapolis, Minn.,
after a cure that is pronounced by
local surgeons to be miraculous.
Laughlin was injured in 1918 at
Camp Dodge. Iowa. when army
mules attached to a commissary
wagon that he was driving ran
away.
For more than two years Laugh
lin was a helpless cripple. Eight
inches of vertabrae in Laughlin's
back has been replaced by his own
shinbone. and after months Of
knitting the operation is declared
the former soldier be-
ing pronounced strong and fit for
work.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-12-25
LOganberry
Laughs
BY Robert CULLEN.

A good resolution doesn't las
long in the face of a good chance
There are no fair rules in thu
Irish row. Both sides use torch
ure.
The difference between dim.
pie and a wrinkle is about thirty
years.
The man who is too good to have
good time isn't too good to envy
the man who does;
A casual observer might con-
Liude that England's' Irish policy
is an accident policy.
When Europe's poor are starv-
ing, Europe's rich trust implicitly
in God and America.
Falling prices haven't affected
the BARRIERS. They are determined
to trim us to the last.
: A scientist who should know re-
marks that twins are never Illus
trious. What about Tom and Jer-
ry?
Just before q man tumbles into
obscurity he entertains the idea
that almost all men are fools.
In the old days they called a
servant the help. but now they ex-
pect the servant to do it all.
These scientists who oppose kiss
ing probably never stayed with one
long enough to understand it fully.
One may break some laws with
impunity, and any lawyer will tell
you that this makes impunlty an
accomplice.
Thank goodness. If the nations
agree not te use poison gas there
wiz be none Of it used until the
next war.
The wink is mishtier than the
Volstead.
A Kentucky man has married
his mother-in-law, and we are just
wondering If his son will be his
brother-in-law.
In some countries the groom re-
ceives a ring also. He doesn't,
however, as one would suppose,
wear lit in his nose.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-12-25
Open Safety Pin
Is Removed From
One-Year-Old Babe

Brockton, Mass, December 25,-
BrocktOn hospital surgeons are
elated over the discharge from the
institution this week OF Clyde Fow-
Ter, aged one year. minus an open
safety pin he swallowed several
days ago. When the little one
was brought to the hospital it was
feared an operation would be nee
essary. The pin was located in the
stomach Of the child by the X-ray.
but the surgeons withheld the
knife and ''nursed'' the pin along.
The pin has been recovered.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-12-25
Just Folks
by EDGAR A. GUEST
(Copyrighted)
Christmas Time.


oh, ! am glad 1 lived to know
Those Christmas days of long ago
10 see the candle-lighted tree
With all the pomp of mystery,
To stand before it open-eyed
AS some new unseled toy i spied.
To wake before the dawn had come
And find beside my bed drum,
And then to rouse the house with
joy,
As now does many a little boy.
Those glorious Christmas days, it
seems.
Have vanished in the mist of
dreams,
Yet other little boys must know
The self-same charms of long ago;
But there's no table long drawn
out
For all the folks to sit about,
No shouts Of glee, no welcoming
smiles
To those who'd driven miles and
miles
To be with us and share the day
Those good old friends were called
away
The mother smiling at the door,
Her eyes with tears Just brimming
Glad tears that seemed so strange
to me
] wondered Oft how they could be.
Because. till I'd grown old, thot
That Christmas day with joy was
fraught.
And didn't understand or know
That it is touched with grief and
woe.
And howsoever large the list.
There always is a loved one missed |
The gifts were simple then, but oh.
With love they set all eyes aglowl
For ivory pen or picture framed
Just what / wanted." each ex-
claimed
'1How did you guess. Aunt Jane,
that 1
This very thing had longed to
buy?"
And then the gift for mother camel
Loves altar candles were aflame
A. we produced our big surprise
Waich brought the tears into her
eyes.
But qVe who we've the children then
re now the women and the men:
rhe girls are mothers and they cry
As neither did in days gone by.
Ind I have learned through chang
ing scenes
lust what the Christmas morning
means;
fcei their kisses on my cheek.
md find il difficult 10 speak ~
we come to understand and know
usi how they felt 50 long ago.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-12-25

|
Four brick dwelling houses ha,
oeen made over into one will
studios on every floor-a rathe
pretty Colonial effect with gree,
shutters, white doorway, ana iror
fence painted white.
In the quaint vestibule with it.
classic fanlight and delicate side
lights, he found her name on a let.
ter box and pushed the electric
button. The street door swung
open noiselessly. NJ
On the ground floor, facing him
on the right. lie saw door on
which was copper plate bearing
the names, Miss Davis; Miss
Quest" The door opened as he
touched the knocker; a young girl
in stained sculptors smock stood
there regarding him inquiringly, a
cigaret between her pretty, clay
stained fingers.
Miss -" he checked him.
self, reddening Mrs. Grismer, |
mean?" he asked.
The girl laughed. She was
brown-eyed, pink checked COM
pactly and beautifully moulded,
and her poise and movement be-
trayed the elasticity of superb
health.
She's out just now. Will you
come in and wait 2"
He went in, aware of clay stud
les on revolving stands, academic
studies in unframed canVases,
charcoal drawings from the nude,
thumb-tacked to the wall the
the usual mess of dusty draperies,
decrepit and nondescript furniture,
soiled rugs and cherished objects
of art. A cloying smell of plasti-
cine pervaded the place. A large
yellow cat, doing on sofa, OPEN
ed one golden eye a little way,
then closed it indifferently.
The girl who had admitted him
indicated a chair and stepped be-
fore revolving table on which
was the roughly modelled sketch
Of horse and rider.
She picked up a lump of waxy
and kneading it infone
hand. glanced absently at the
sketch, then looked over her
shoulder at Cleland with a friendly
nquiring air: 1
Miss Quest went out to see
ibout her costume. l suppose
she'll be back shortly"
What costume? ?" he saked.
"Oh, didn't you know? It's for
he Caricaturists' ball in aid of the
Artists fund. It's the Ball of the
iods = the great event of the sea-
on and the last. Evidently you,
lon't live in New York"
-"I haven't, recently"
81 see. Will you have a ciga-
et?" She pointed at a box on a
ea tray; he thanked her and
GIFTED one. AS he continued to
emain standing, she asked him
gain to be seated, and he COM
lied.
She continued to pinch off lit
e Jumps of waxy, pliable compo-
Ition and stick them on the horse.
till fussing with the sketch, he
aw smile curve her cheek in
rofile; and presently she said
ithout turning:
why did you speak of stephan
Quest as Mrs. Grismer? We
ont, you know"
Why not? Isn't she?"
The girl looked at him over her
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-12-25

breath Of air 81
a .-isu perfectl
DOWN there at ths
mill pond.
Turtle;
eggs!" oV1
=, " nen he heard |
tie let go Of Peter |
hurried away.
~ Peter Mink hurl
anu ne would havJ
loot hadn't pained /
ty Coon dug Mr.|
out of the sand nj
:, You see. Peter \
Turtle. And Pet Il
near the mill-pond1
after that.
AS f. Paddy N
fry' When peopl|
what he was going
told them-or ii
that was the end \
THE n
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-12-25

w. CnamDerS)
shoulder she was startlingIy pret-
W fresh and smooth skinned as a
child. +r-
Who are you2s she asked, with
that same little hint of friendly Gu
! riosity in her brown eyes, sI'm
Helen Davis, Stephanie's chum,
You seem to know good deal
| about her."
I'm James Cleland, :" he said
i quietly = her brother"
At that the girls brown ewes
flew wide open:
Good Heavensr she said. adid
Steve expect you? She never said
word to me! thought you were
fixture in Europe!"
He sat biting the end of his ciga-
ret. not looking at her:
She didn't expect me-" he said
ringing the half-burned cigaret in
to the silver slop-dish of the tea
service. II didn't notify her that
l was coming"
Helen Davis dropped one elbow
on the modelling table, rested her
rounded chin in her palm, and
bent her eyes on Cleland. Smoke
from the cigaret between her fin
gers mounted in a straight, thin
band to the ceiling.
so you are Steve's Jim she
unused aloud. Il recognize you
now, from your photographs, only
you're older and thinner - and
you wear a moustache. You've
been away a long while, haven't
your"
Too long" he said, casting al
sombre look at her.
. "Oh. do you feel that way? How
odd it will seem to you to see Steve
again. She's such a darling! Quite
wonderful, Mr.. Cleland. The art
lists colony in New York raves
Does it?" he said drily.
ever her"
Everybody does. She's so
so clever, so full of talent
and animation - like a beautiful
and mischievous thoroughbred on
tip-toes with a vitality and the |
sheer joy of living. She never is
in low spirits or depressed. That's
what fascinates everybody - her
gaiety and energy and high spirits.
knew her in college and she
wasn't quite that way then. Per-
haps because she hated college.
But she could be a perfect little
devil if she wanted to. She can be
hat still" u
Cleland nodded almost absently:
lis preoccupied gaze travelled over
he disorded studio and concen-
rated scowlingly on the yellow cat.
He kept twisting the head of his
stick between his hands
md staring at the animal in silence |,
while Helen Davis watched him.
Presently, and without any ex.jIf
use, she walked slowly away and h
Yanished into some inner room. !;
When she returned, she had dis II
'arded her working smock, and II
Ter smooth hands were slightly
osy from a recent toilet.
Observation-Disclosures here
re considering the ACCESSIBILITY or
establishing q receiving station at
for the Puyallup-
umner Fruit Growers Canning
company, to supply the plant at
Albany. 1t is apparent that the
oncern will enter this field by AM
ther season and handle the fruit
rom the region around town.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-12-25
The ReStLeSsNex

~ noDert Cnanb Author "Barbarians" mrha rl..,
- lCopyrgnted 1913 by w. chambersi o''i'
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-08-31
No Hay In. Philippine.

Grass cannot be cured in the Philip:
pines, because Of the great humidity,
As consequence 1t is cut fresh every
day and brought into the towns and
cities for sale at stipulated price per
carga, two bundles weighing about 125
pounds. It is cut with small home
made knife. and washed in running
water before being placed In the bun
die. American horses cannot live on
it but native horses eat it and grow
fat. Guinea grass and Bermuda are
the commonest kinds of grasses grown
for horse roughage in the islands.
For American horses and mules hay
is imported into Manila from the Pa
cific coast states and brings about SIS
a ton. Oats sell for about the same
price. On account of excessive rains
oats cannot be grown in the islands;
rust affects 1t. Corn grows we'll; Fill
Pine farmers can harvest three crops
a year from a single piece of ground.
To keep it, It Is necessary to leave it in
the husk; otherwise weevils destroy
it. It is tied in bundles and hung on
bamboo poles and husked and shelled
as needed Corn mills are now being
established in the Visayan islands,
where the natives prefer cornmeal
to rice as q staple food.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-08-31
ALL DELIGHT TO HONOR F0CH
whole World Paid Homage to the
Genius Of the Great French
Master OF War.

Marshal Foch's home In the Avenue
de SAKE, Paris, has become one Of the
wonderful. dwelling places Of the
world. Far more than a dwelling
place, it is now q museum Of glory
The rooms Of, that modest first floor
fiat are crowded swith the trophies
which all civilization has offered in
homage to the. man who led the allles
to victory: Suchiprofusion Of beauti.
full things and Notable works of art
Is rare. and admidst 1t the unassum-
ing figure Of the marshal moves al
most grieved. as it seems, by the pos
session of these precious tributes,
which only his kindly courtesy induced
him to accept
They come from every part Of the
world. That large, solid silver stat
uette Of a French general Of the Napo-
leonic wars is signed by Los AmsDs
de Francia a Francophile league in
Spain. Next to ii is an alabaster flg-
ure by French master. Over the
hearth stands a great gilt empire
=. clock inscribed ITO Marshal Foch,
!. from the grateful town of Cassel."
Gold caskets, jeweled swords Of
honor, antique and valuable NINA.
lures and worries, the splendid enam.
eled collar of the Grand Cross Of the
Bath, are crowded together in the
glass cabinets that line the walls.
Here is all the respect, all the enthu.
siasm, all the gratitude and Joy Of
victory Of a whole world, expressed
in the finest and loveliest forms that
the ingenuity of great artists, sculp-
, tors, goldslniths, can contrive. And
1t is proof and tombstone of the merit
OF the man to whom they have been
offered that he lives in this illustrious
treasury Of glory without seeming to
be conscious either Of it or his fame
: G. Ward Price, in the Continental
Edition Of the London Mail.
Subscribe for The Daily Pioneer.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-08-31
Really Not BADGER at All,

r. I. Pocock, curator Of mammals to
the London Geological society, has dis
covered what he says is a great hoax
upon the Americans. who for more
than 400 years have believed they had
badgers on their continent" An
American badger was taken to Lon
don to make an instructive COMPARE
son, was put in a cage with some
British badgers. The British badgers
slept all day, the American badger
all night. Doctor Pocock Investigated
and decided the American animal was
neither badger, skunk, stoat, nor
weasel. He said its skull and teeth
were "wrong" for q badger-it lacked
the scent gland-and its resemblance
to the badger was so superficial he con-
sidered it Of a totally different tribe"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-08-31
HERMAN SWANSON BECOMES
SUPPLY. SERGEANT

Sergeant Herman Swanson, who
for the past several weeks has been
in charge of the local army recruit
ing office over the Northern Nation
al bank, leaves tomorrow night for
Minneapolis where he will be sup
ply sergeant FOR the recruiting office
there. Orders to this effect have been
received by Sgt. Swanson today.
Private Pat. Farrell, star recruiter
for the Minneapolis office, will sue
coed Swanson.
In letter received today by Sgt.
Swanson from Private Elmer Rob-
erts, a local boy who enlisted here a
short time ago and is now stationed
at Fort Smelling, he is advised that
the Bemidji lad is well satisfied with
the army as far as he has gone and
urges him to enlist his old pal so that
the two may be together.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-08-31
lnnsrsolI Quoted Scripture.

There has been no modern controver-
sialist who, In the audacious use Of
scripture, could surpass the once cele-
brated Colonel Ingersoll, most in0uen.
tial of agnostic lecturers In America
In hts day. His archaeological enter
prises did not exhaust bis energies;
Ingersoll was a powerful champion Of
sound currency during the epoch a
inflated paper money after TIE, Own
war Ina speech on this exciting: SUBJ
jet he once delivered himself I'd tho
following effect: 4cI hope. to- see tho
day when every greenback; in TIE
United States will be able to rias Up
on. Its edge and say'1 know that my
redeemer livethl"' ,' '":.* .
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-08-31
FO|R|||i>...CURE.>oF. ILLS:
Health Resorts Have FIourished
. in All Ages.
First Complete Institution Known wa
OF, the Eastern Coast Of the Polo
ponnesus-EmpIoyed All, Re-
storatlves Now Known.

Health resorts are far from being
new.fangled fads, according to tne
following extract from commun1ca'
ton to the National Geographic So
cietv by DR.. James J. Walsh:
-, In Roman times there was health
resort at Baiae, while In the later
medieval period health resorts gre"
up at Salerno. not far from Naples,
and at Montpelier, in France, BOTH OF
them serving eventually as the nuclei
Of medical schools.
1.-THE first complete health resort OF
history was at Epidaurus. This was
a town on the eastern coast OF the
Peloponnesus, in the district that was
called Argolis in Roman times.
I'm this free city there grew up q,
cult of Aesculapius. the Greek god OF
health, who had been an old-time ply
stefan and who seemed to the Greeks
of his generation to know so much
about the cure of disease that they
thought that he must surely continue
to help them after his death; there
fore they made god Of him. :.
1.-THE most interesting thing ABOUT
this great health resort Is that 1T mace
use Of all the natural means OF cue
that are sometimes thought in modern
times to be comparatively recent In
ventions.
1.-The features Of Epidaurus were
the abatons, or open:air sleeping
apartments; theater that would seat
over 10000 people. stadium seating
some 1900. and hippodrome for
amusements in which animals shared,
seating some 1000. Besides. there
were magnificently appointed bathing
houses, walks beneath shady trees for
the patients in the. warmer weather,
and In porticos between magnificent
columns and in the beautiful sur
roundings Of variously arranged Tow
er beds and landscape gardening, in
Guiding pools and small waterfalls; In
inclelnent weather."
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-08-31
NOVELTY DANCE MUSIC AT
ARMORY TOMORROW NIGHT

The Metropolitan Novelty Orches-
ira of Chicago, touring the north
west.- announces a feature dance to
be held at the Armory tomorrow
night, beginning at 9 O'Clock.
From all information secured from
places where this musical organiza-
ton has already played, this orches-
ira promises to turn !out exceptional
ly good dance music.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-08-31
COMMUNITY CLUB WILL
MEET or SEPTEMBER II

The regular meetings Of the Wo-
mems Civic and Community club are
to be resumed after the recess during
the summer months. The first meet
ing, which is to be a reception for
the teachers of the public schools and
the Normal school, has been postpon-
ed from Saturday, September 4, to
September II, which will allow the
teachers of the normal school to be
in attendance, as that school does not
open until September Z.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-08-31
Vlruinla Still Holds Record.


Even with the Inauguration Of an
Ohtoan as president next March as
sured, a. nearly as human events can
be, Virginia viii still hold the record
for native sons in the White House.
The record then will stand: Virginia.
Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Mon
roe. William Henry Harrison, Tyler,
Taylor, Wilsoa, g.; Ohio, Grant, Hayes,
Garfield, BENJAMIN Harrison, AcKin-
ley, Taft, Harding or Coz, z. OF Viz
ginia's sons i've were Of English pa
ternal ancestry. Two Scotch, one
Welsh. OF Ohio's sons three were II
English paternal ancestry, two Scotch,
enc scotch-lrish. We have seen no au-
thorissd statement Of the pateensl IN.
esg6y Of Harding q On.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-08-31
Opening Of Panama Canal.

A small steamer, Louise, actually
passed through the Panama canal from
Atlantic to Pacific on November II,
1913. On August 1, 1914 the first
steamer passed from sea water in the
Atlantic to sea water In the Pacific,
returning the following day. Since
that date the canal has been opened to
commerce. ar'' s heing used by an >av-
urage of about ~ steamers q month.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-08-31
FUNERAL OF EX-SOLDIEp
AT AURORA TOMORROW

Mrs. Given McGhee and N. e. Civ
en- left last evening for Aurora to at
tend the funeral of Mrs. N. e. Civ
ems brother, Thomas Quayle, whose
body has just arrived from Liverpool.
The funeral will be held tomorrow.
Mrs Given and children have been
visiting there for several weeks.