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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-12-16
1921 AGRICULTURAL PROGRAM.

Elsewhere in this issue The Pioneer will be found the
outline the to be undertaken in the state the coming
the Minnesota Farm Bureau federation Every farmer
and business aso for that part should read line OF
this report constructive program that
doubtedy will not be realized in its funess in IS
too that but is ag goal to keep aiming for and
nshcs comprehensive for legislator and agricultural
work It strong contrast to the destructive pro-
gram advocated by so-called panaceists.
No successful manufacturer bndy sets the selling price
goods without knowing their COST No successful farmer
inegeny set selling price his products without
Knowing his costs and he cannot know his costs without an ade
Quate though simple system Of farm accounts There
fore the Farm Bureau recognizing this includes the providing
Why should not every farmer know the daily market
aons his products the available supply and the trans
poraon conditions? What better work could the Farm Bureau
undertake.?
Storage facilities vital the producers of prod
uc and adequate storage facilities they certainly have not
Read the proposed action in this regard
Nothing of greater Importance to community than
the land settlement and development of Northern Minnesota
could be introduced into agricultural and this is
of the chief divisions of the Bureaus program.
Section of the program reads follows I'm order to
give the OF the rural the educational
favor the levy of twom for state aid and increased
portaton aid and the of vocational agricultural
departments wherever PRACTICAL Surely this what Beram
county and other northern county in Minnesota needs
Why should not the boy and girl in the woods be able
good education their city cousins? has been the proud
boast of the nation that the great majority it's
from the red country school houses The material there
why not develop it?
- Other matters pertaining to highways rural Credits
labor land leasing and federal legislation have been made OBJ
contained this the farmer will surely
his own and why not?
Acquaint yourself with the program farmer
by reading the Farm Bureau Program
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-12-16
Rocks That Bend.

There are rocks that will actually
bend If placed in certain positions.
Some sandstoncs will bend like
pieces Of India rubber. If a moder-
ately thin piece Of sandstone is sup
ported only at it's two ends, it will
sag in the middle; while if\a piece is
supported in the middle the two ends
will drop.
Flexible rock Is found in India, and
also in America, more especially in
Brazil. 1t contains a proportion OF
mica, which is largely used for max
ing lamp chimneys on account of it's
lexibility.
The presence Of mica does not, how
ever, account for the bending quail
ity Of the rock, which is due to the
fact that the particles Of quartz or
which it is composed are interlocked
together like hinges, with spaces in
between the particles, in such man.
ner that though the rock will give to
a certain extent it will not break.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-12-16
SHE SLEEPS IN BATHROOM
Requires Influence Of Four Officials to
Get Quarters for American Wom-
an in Vienna.

Viema.-Like nearly every other
city in Europe, Vienna's rooming ac'
commodation is taxed beyond capac'
ity.
The hotels are overflowing at ex-
orbtant rates Gin crown values). t'v-
cry train unloads it's quota Of new
corners to travel in taxicabs and fla
ores from one end Of the city to the
other in search of sleeping quarters
while even the government room re-
questioning system fails to house
many thousands.
An American visitor wishing to go
from Vienna to Budapest telegraphed
daily for week, receiving daily the
reply, "N0shing available"
An American woman. wife of con-
sui, arrived the other day, and 1t re-
CURED all the influence Of four Amer
lean officials to obtain for her bath
room in which to sleeD.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-12-16
WC7L1's DEBT TO UNKNONNs
Fitting That Services Rendered to HUI
manity by the Anonymous Should
Ee Properly Recognized.

Underlying the splendid tributes Of
France and Great Britain to two I'M
known soldiers. as symbols of all the
unknown heroes Of the war, is q
thought that should find more general
application III times OF peace.
1t is something new for unknown
soldiers to be buried in Westminster
and under the Arch Of Triumph. State
!;uriaI WAS once reserved for marshals
and generals and conspicuous heroes,
among military men. 1t is only JUST
that the victory Of democracy over ALL
tOcracy should make such a difference,
and 1t is only natural that an anony-
mons soldier should symbolic common
service in war.
Such service has always been anony-
nous, but the anonymous have not
previously been so hOnOred. Common
service Of an official character is usu-
ally performed by men in uniform
whether as soldiers, policemen, fire.
men or sailors-Who for the most part
remain anonymous When one of these
millions Of official servants steps out
OF the usual routine and performs ex-
traOrdinary service and becomes
hero, the public demands his name.
Not that it matters; the deed is the
thing, but henceforth the
name and the deed are associated.
Otherwise the anonymity Of the liero's
service is preserved.
Some years ago DR.. Nehemiah Boyn-
ton made an interesting address in
which he emphasized the debt we
owed to the anonymous in all walks
Of life. Unofficial service is but
slightly less anonymous in character
than that OF persons in uniform. We
live in an interdependent world, yet
we know but handful of people out
of countless millions. Life Is sailed on
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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-12-16
The Snail and the Screw.

1t is no doubt true that nearly all
human Inventions have been suggested
by natural objects. Fremont Of the
French school Of mines pNints out an
interesting example in the case of the
screw, the fundamental idea of which,
he believes, was suggested to primitive
man by the spiral shape Of the edible
snail.
1t was not the shape of the shell
that suggested the screw, but the spi.
raj motion which it is necessary to
give to the body Of the snail in order
to withdraw it, from the shell. This
at once showed that an object of 4
screw shape embedded in solid pow
erfully resisted attempts to withdraw
it by straight pull.
The hint was enough, and the screw
became one Of the earliest of maR's
inventions.
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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-12-16
CHARGE BRITISH
WITH ATR0C|TY
Indian Statesmen Disclose At
tack by General Dyer on TO-
600 Unarmed Natives
TWO ARRESTS START TROUBLE
Natives Seek to Present Petition for
Release Of Leaders and Are A.
tackled by SoIdiers-1,000
Are Massacred.

New 1Ork.-An attack Dy HFl(lSI
soldiers upon q crowd of llnarInel ma
tives Of India, as they were seeking
to present to British deputy commits
siOner a petition for the rc!ra>" Of
two Of their leaders, led few days
later to the massacre Of 1000 Indians
in great square at AlnritSar, in the
I Punjab district of India in the spring
of 1919, says report prepared by the
Pun,jab subcommittee of the Indian na-
tional congress.
Dissatisfaction among the natives
first became apparent with the pas
sage Of the Rowlat bills, designed to
punish seditiOn.
All over the country resolutions
were passed by huge mass meetings
protesting against the law and de-
handing it's repeal
The trouble, the report states, he
gan in earnest when two influential
natives, Doctors Kitchlew and Satya-
pal, were arrested and their friends
heard they were to be deported.
Many Natives Killed.
hC ASDOI WIN NCSSl ~
ton Of the fight between natives and
sOdiery, during which many of the
former were killed and the survivors
inflamed to such pitch Of fury that
they returned into the city and ap-
piled the torch to several principal
buildings.
The occurrence which directly led
to the subsequent wholesale massacres
in the Jallcanwala Bagh, the report
asserts, was proclamation issued
about this time by Gen. Dyer forbid
ding the natives to assemble publicly.
'The public meeting in the Jallean-
wala Bagh," the report states. twas
called before the proclamation had
reached more than han the population.
Shortly before the arrival of Gen. Dyer
on the scene with ninety soldiers and
two armored cars. Hans Raj had taken
charge Of the meeting, the audience
numbering about 10000.
What happened afterward is given
by the Indian investigators in Gen.
Dyers own words recorded during his
testimony at the subsequent inquiry:
"When you got to the bagh what
did you do?" Gen. Dyer was asked.
Opened Fire in 80 Seconds.
Il opened fire. Immediately had
thought about the matter and don't
imagine it took me more than thirty
seconds to make up my mind as to
what my duty was," he replied.
I'm firing, was it your object to dis
perse?'
"No. sir. I was going to fire until
they dispersed"
Did you continue firing after they
had dispersed?"
YES"
"After the crowd indicated that it
was going to dispense, why did you
not stop" sbf~
II thought it was my duty to so on
until they had dispersed. IF I fired
little, I should be wrong in firing at
ALL"
Continuing their report, the investi.
gators added
"He, Gen. Dyer. said he continued
firing for about ten minutes. until he
had expended 1850 rounds of ammuni
ton He said he had made no provi
sion for aiding or removing the wound
cd. That was medical question, he
declared.
Zone eye witness said: 4 saw hun.
The worst part Of the whole thing was
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-12-16

an anonymous sea, and It IS only once
in a while that we speak friendly
ship. "What's in a Nance" might lie
rendered "Wlly- name?" A rose with
out any name at all would delight us
still.-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-12-16

President Harding make be
He getting big
headed enough make the Daily Journal
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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-12-16
Too Much Lightning in One Day

Too Much Lightning in One Day.
Greenfield, Ind.-When lightning WIS.,
its mans place once in a year it is
usually considered sufficient, but three
visits on the same day are by much
too many, according to Jasper KEN
Der, a farmer living near here. With.
IN n period Of ten hours lightning
killed Il horse, then Il COW and finally
a third bolt struck his E0uSe.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-12-16
Died at the Steerinu Wheel.

Ironton, O.-When an automobile
came to sudden stop on the incline
leading to ferry boat, spectators in
vcstigated and found that the driver.
Jefferson Champion, aged y, a pro-
minent Huntington wv. Va.) business
man, was dead lat the wheel. His
dying struggle resulted in locking the
brakes.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-12-16

:huT firing VAS directed toward the
gates through which the people were
trying to run out. Many got tram
pied undcr/th feet of the rushing
crowds and thus lost their lives. There
were heaps of bodies at different
places. I think there must have been
over 1,OOO'"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-12-16

surest
ana honest police force Too
hold
hold the cimber the thieves
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-12-16
Two Meanings In Dream.

To dream of flood where houses
and people are carried away forete'Is
great disaster. loss in business and
mental weakness, unless you swim out
Of the flood, when it signifies power
aud wealth.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-12-16

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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-12-16
Three-Months- Old Babes
Matched to Play Tennis

Paris.-During a recent visit
to Paris J. G. Parks, British rep
rcsentative in the Davis cup
tournament, and A. II. Colbert,
4 great French tennis player,
- matched their three months old
infants to play lawn tennis 20
years from now.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-12-16

Every time distinguished Ohio he
meaey slated for cabinet position by
They have thus far generally with
sets.--St Cloud Daily Journal-Press. WE'VE ~
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-12-16
OVERHEARD BY EXCHANGE EDITOR

"A hat breaths one can
his feet This situation provided
Siberian stretch of noleum
News-Journal
The consolation for political losing candidate
ways look forward to vndcation in the
l924-Crookon Daily Times 90
last wears alcoholic
and don't drink radiator hghbas-Crookston
portatons-a Of much little Evening
Russell Harrison member Of the Indiana legislature
New York Their names arc
They
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Hoppe.-New York Evening " ~
Twenty-Five North Dakota will be hard
tor North Dakota farmer
sances-Potland Oregonan
. When adjournment Geneva appears delegates
depart recting Half league system with two
would
We Harold said the proud father you've gone through
colleges wnat DO you think OF following regular
correcting family English
Every time distinguished appears Marion Ohio he is i'm
moaey position
They have thus far generally provided
ses-st Cloud Daily Journal-Press ~ '
The provide an ADEQUATE
police
hold ups the climbers and the Daily
hold the second-ory climbers thieves
President Harding be for want of adj
He getting in big probably clear
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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-12-16

lous motorists Remember last years alcoholic faaitie
" radiator highballs.-Crookston Daily Times.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-10-28
COMMON SENSE OF THE
 COTTON HOLDING MOVEMENT

What is the common sense of the cotton-holding movement? ? It can be very easily explained. The New York Economic World, in it's latest issue now before us, gives the reasons for the present low price of cotton in very simple language. The Economic World isn't trying to please cotton growers or to help cotton prices. IL IS simply reporting the undisputed facts for the information of it's readers Tn New York and elsewhere. Here is the way it sizes up the situation:
 "The difficulty is, of course, that the spinners in every cotton consuming country in the world find themselves almost completely at sea with regard to the future of the goods market, or else fatally handicapped either by the abnormalities of the international credit and exchange position or by po- liticai and social disturbances of a very threatening kind Hence they do not dare to commit themselves upon the customary scale in respect to their raw material for the coming months even though the price a. which it is now obtainable is entirely satis- factory. They must perforce pursue a purely hand -to-mouth. policy, taking for the present only such cotton as they have immediate use for and leav- ing it to the cotton producers to carry the main part of the supply until the future determines how much of it can be consumed and at what price"
 In other words, the Economic World says that the reason mills are not buy ing cotton is not that they can't spin it at profit at present prices, but sim ply because their inability to get bank credit, etc., makes it impossible to buy except on a 'hand-to-mouth" bas- is. They are taking just enough cot ton to get along on from day to day. Consequently if farmers try to force them to buy enough for three, six, or nine months ahead the mills simply say, Well, if buy whole lot more than I want now, you will practically have to give 1t to me"
 To try to feed the cotton market now is like trying to get more corn down a foundered horse. It is like trying to make man eat three more pieces of chocolate cake after he has already filled himself with dinner and dessert. He doesn't want it NOW but if you just wait till tomorrow. he will be for it.
 What is the remedy? The remedy is to get the facts before the farmers. We must educate the farmer who is trying to overfeed the market. VI Wr must get hi into read the papers that are trying to fight his battles and give him more information and guid- ance about his marketing problems. We must inform him concerning such triumphs of cooperative effort as Cal ifornia growers have achieved We must get him to attend the meetings where his interests are discussed. We must get him to attend the meetings organization provided for his benefit. But the first step is to get him to read. If he gets the facts about the market and the causes and remedies for pres ent conditions, then these other things will follow.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-10-28
EXTENSION WORK PLANNED
 FOR ALL OF ARK ANSAS

Fayetteville. Oct. 27.--An extension course for teachers will be opened bv the general Extension Division of the University of Arkansas at Ft. Smith
 November 1, as part of it's program of bringing the University to the peo- pie of the state. The object of the course is to give the teachers of Fort Smith and Van Buren an opportunitv to equip themselves for teaching ana to lay the foundation for salary in- ereases without making it necessarv for them to be absent from their wort
 This is the beginning of movement to establish an extension center in Ft Smith where anyone who is interested may take work and receive Uniyersitv credit. If in any other part of h ths state there is demand for any co,,rse in which 20 students can be enrolleS the General Extension will secure ! teacher and an attempt will he made to establish an extension center at this place. ~
The Mena weekly star., 1920-10-28
LEGION AFTER
 LOUIS r. POST.
Displeased With His Conduct of Alien Cases Involving Disloyalty ana Want Him Given the
 Papers"

Washington. Oct. 26.--Formal re- quest for the dismissal from office q Louis F. Post, assistant secreatry oi labor, was submitted to President VII son today by committee of the Amer ican Legion. u.
 Representatives of the legion m ths Pacific coast states demanded last ma! an investigation of MT. Posts oineia' conduct with reference to the depor1a- tion of aliens and the national cVih. mander of the legion appointep = . committee of three to make tne l. quiry. This committee reccomnaaehl'a, sh ur ed Mir. Posts dismissal and on uesoootf :,.1. ~ |, the national executive comniitsse ea ea the legion approved the repor, a'le Y. authorized the national comnlanuei I V appoint a committee to visi' '''s White House. ,ar
 An announcement by the ies,vA committee today said the speelai sv;,. t;re mittee's report reviewed the s'ssss' 4hst matter of deportations and stated fsa,,, .nr, the labor department cancelled 7 Ss. Ss. January I, to June i5, l9zo, 1,l,v ,.+a-- ss portation warrants, ordered oepvi eo tion in 530 cases and deterie'
 cases. ur.
 Its main contention agalnss .hat Post" said the announcement a is .sare s',,s of the aliens ordered deported' a1 .so;nt wS actually deported but at tnae P1fe Ppsfer Mir Post took charge of the h'"s
 and the deportations ceased.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-10-28
Labor Statistic.

Statistics in the office of the Bureau of Labor compiled from 654 indi- vidual industries, show a total of IO.- 072 white men employed, 6,098 negro men, 1468 white women, 209 negro women and 152 children under 16 years of age. Last year the reports show there were 1,4l5 wage earners who were injured, of which 16 were feta. This IE!siis was in a total of 17,77f employed. An aggregate of f7,669 days was lost because of injuries sus- tained by workers. From April l9l9, to September 30, 1920, there was a total of 1863 permits issued to boys and girls under 16 years of age. to work in industrial plants. This is compared with a total of 694 for the two years preceding. The commis- sioner of Labor has been making an effort to secure complete data frcm the plants and industrial concerns but finds that many ignore his re- quests, altho the law provides that penalty shall be assessed aeainst those who fail to report.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-10-28
CENTER POINT cIRcLETs-

Bunyan Cummings and wife were in Mena Monday.
 C. K. Cartwright marketed bale of cotton in Mena Friday.
 Orestus Turner is having resi- dence erected near his fathers home. Crop gathering will soon be com pleted when we have fair weather again
 2 T. L. HolIowell arrived home Satur- day night from visit at his former home near Wilton.
 On account of the rain there was no Sunday school Sunday nor any spelling school Saturday night.
 Lee Scott and Mir. Burner moved last week tc place near Rock Creek where they have purchased a sawmill. Lee Gibson and Miss Johnnie Tom- zn were united in marriage Monday sy Es G C Terrell We wish them suc- se<sS.
 Mrs. Edna Cummings, son, Clement, and daughters, Hester and Janette, spent Saturday night and Sunday at the home of Eli Turner.
 Herchel Nichols. who has been hav- ing fever. has been taken to the home of his grandfather, George Miller, where he is improving nicely.
 Miss Inez Sargent of TaIihina and Miss Eunice Sargent~of Wickes spent Sunday and Monday Visiting the Will Maddox and Lee Harrison families. and other relatives here.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-10-28
DRAFT DISSIPATION
 TOTALS ARE HIGH
Over One Hundred Thousand Still at Large According to Fig
 ures Announced.

Washington, Oct, 2O.-Draft evad- CTS who have been apprehended up to July l5, and their cases disposed of by the military authorities numbered l65,7Ss, it was announced today at the war department,
 The total number of draft dauor tons which had been reported to inc provost marshal general was 335 .265 put examination of government re. cords showed that 6i,354 men elass- ea as deserters had enlisted in fhe army; navy or marine corps. or in inc armed forces of the allies. SO that tho total number of desefters still listed now numbers 163,911. " '''s0u
 The departments antource,,,a =. sad that as the examination of Inc tha records progressed, the number who l, served Tn the armed forces and who consequently were erroneouslv renort ,o ga as wllful deserters was beino vl ada 4 ca to from day to day. a''
 It was added that probah,v sovara, thousand men had been apnrehendad ai July 15. 'aeu oi before