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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-09-14
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Mrs. Grace Petrie has been secur>
ed as teacher for the Edgewood
school in district No. IS, for the COM
ing school year to begin October 4.
Walter LANCE and G. H. Kingsbury
and wife, and e. w. Daley and wife
left Friday for their homes in the
southwestern part Of the state after
a>weeks visit with relatives here. ::
Casper Knapp and family visited
Mrs. Sarah Knapp Sunday.
C.. H. Kingsbury and wife, Fred
LANCE and family and Walter Lange
autoed to Fern Hill Thursday to Wis
it Geo.. Greigg and family and Mrs.
E. Mills.
Services by Rev. Lambert will be
held at the Edgewood school house
at 3 p. H., Sept. 10. ~"-~',- ~
Following the services there will be
a harvest picnic. Every one is invit-
ed. Bring a few OF your finest veg
etables, corn or grain that we may.
to prove our bountiful harvest
and inspire the minister. Bring any
kind of sandwiches you wish except
limberger cheese and any kind Of
cake except Devils Food.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-09-14

films put on by high class artists. It
is because OF these features that the
Clearbro0k theatre has been able to-
keep up its full houses with pleasing
entertainments to young and old,
with more coming. .,.''TTs ~: - 80
.s .a Ole Stevenson has become real
booster for the Dodge aptomob1le.
He invested in a brand new Dodge
last week, purchased from the Clear.
brook Garage, The shortage of cars
has held up several sales for the
boys up to date, but it is expected
that the company will be in position
% relieve the situation in short
: IN. g.. ..,.." .''-.5 y
!. Arthur. Chase the twirler for the.
Clearbrook baseball team has been
hired to play with the Red Lake team
during the fair, Sept. 1915.
. o. Carl Weinberg has been chosen by
acut county "dadies''s to operate the
Zig 4s-horsepower tractor just pur-
chased by Clearwater county for
grading purposes. At present it is
at work in Greenwood township
where. three highways are under con-
struction. This big tractor With the
big heavy grader purchased some
time ago will be kept busy from now
on on the different highways thru
out the county.
= Mesde mes Henry A. Engebretson,
Brynil Brynilson and Henry L. Lewis
will entertain the Silver Greek Ladies
Aid at the home Of the latter on Fri
day, September 18th. All welcome to
contribute to the good cause. r.:
Hiram Kahler announces. that he
will be ready to begin buying, po-
tatoes on Monday, September 18th! ;
Mrs. Ole G. Berg of Glover town,
ship was a busy shopper on our city
Saturday. She is happy over iWo-
mans suffrage and the chance it will
give them to put in "a sledge hammer
blow for good roads this fall,when
amendment No.. l comes up for de-
cision November Q. r. r?
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-09-14
NATIONAL CONVENTION l..
OF LEGION AIRE WILL II !.
HAVE ACTIVE PROGRAM
Endorsement F our-Fold Bonus
Bill Is Expected From
\ All Delegates b


I. will be the prevailing issues when
5000 delegates selected from a men,
bership of 100000 ex-service men
distributed among $500 local posts
turnout the world assemble for the
second national convention OF the
American Legion in Cleveland, w.
on Sept. 27? The selection OF dele
gates has been completed and In most
cases, they will go to the convention
guided by Instructions which repre-
sent the sentiment Of ex-service men
of their home communities. :
According to reports OF "a survey
Of the national situation received at
national headquarte these are some
of the things which stand paramount
in the minds of ex-service men! |.
y Continuance Of the Legion's vigor-
GUS program to obtain justice Tor the
disabled and the dependents OF those
who have died. The Legion has been
a caustic critic Of the administration
OF the various government bureaus
dealing with the disabled, but for
some months has been working IN
close cooperation with the Federal
Board for Vocational, Education, the
War Risk Insurance bureau and the
United States Public Health service.
The general situation has improved,
but apparently not to the satisfaction
of many Legionaires. -,.
90 Discussion of the political restrlc-
lions clause of the national const1-
tuition. There is a marked sentiment
for an official Interpretation. OF this
clause which shall be binding upon
all posts. The belief Is widespread
that the Legion would profit by a
more active participation in public
affairs, without becoming entangled
in any way with partisan political
activities.
=, The need for a means of disciplin-
ing posts and other units OF the Or
sanitation who fail to abide by the
letter and spirit of the, Legion con-
stitution. Unwise and sometimes H.
legal activities on the part Of isolat-
ed posts have brought discredit upon
the entire organization. 1t is impos-
sible that courts may be established
In the different elements of the Lee
gionwith jurisdiction clearly defined
and powers to review provided, so
that accused individuals or, posts may
be held possible for acts which bring
4censure on the entire Organization.
. Sentiment In favor of the four-fold
compensation or "bonus" bill which
passed the House last spring is over
whelming. It is expected that all
acts Of the retiring national execu-
tive committee which handled the
bonus question for the Legion will
be endorsed.
h.. The Legion undoubtedly will reaf-
firm it's stand Of absolute neutrality
In industrial disputes, and a move
will be made to enforce this decision
on all posts Within the past year
a few local posts, usually by deci-
sion of a minority Of the members,
have committed themselves to one
side or another in labor disputes, to
the detriment Of the organization as
awhole.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-09-14
NAY USE FIRETHROWER
< =$sz TO EXTERMINATE WORMS

Calgary, ,Alberta.-The f1ammen-
werfer or fire-thrower first used in
the recent war by Germany may be
used there to exterminate the web
beet worm which is playing havoc
with local gardens. J. G. Ross of the
public works department is agitating|
their use to repel the harmful insect.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-09-14
COMING. EVENTS ! !: N

nj eept. is. u, 15Red Lake Fair.
ned Lake, MINI. . aI
Sept. Is, IS. ! 7l-Beltrant County
a1air. !: b. Ns,s. Is. !,
fair at Bagley- MI NH @ vs. p B
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-09-14
1870 BUFFALO IN U.S.. -'%@%,.@
: AND CANADA, SAYS REPORT

Winnipeg, Sept. lathe, buffalo
once threatened with extinction-is
coming back. In 1889 there were
only 891 left in America, statis-
ticians estimated.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1920-08-18
AN 5000. YEAR.oLD BEAUTY
Well Preserved Mummy Of Egyptian
Belle Is Brought to Light by
Archaeologists.

London.-A prehistoric girl 5000
years old, whose hair and complexion
are wonderfully preserved, and who
was found in a sitting position with
her chin resting in her hand, Is one
Of the most recent discoveries re-
search has brought to light in an
cient Egypt, Prof. Flinders Petrie Of
University college, London, says.
Professor Petrie declared that ef-
forts would be made to bring the
mummy to England to add to the COL
lection in the British museum.
"While we were trying to find a
way into a queens pyramid" he said,
1--WE discovered on a rock face a door
which was so beautiful and exactly
fitted that 1t was difficult to see the
joints. We Immediately set to work
on this, thinking that we had found
at. last an entrance to the inner cham.
XffersH considerable amount Of work
we removed the door and found-solid
rock!!. It was a carefully arranged
blind to balk anyone who wanted to
find the entrance into the royal tombs,
and it had been made about 5000 B. c.
by someone with a sense Of humor."
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1920-08-18
CHEROKEE BILLS AGE 1923
Fought With Bow and Arrow Against
British in 1812-Enisted
at Fifteen.

Grand Junction, Col.-Cherokee
Bill, veteran Of the plains and SOL
der In the war of 1872; has just cele-
brated his one hundred and twenty
third birthday at the county home
here.
Cherokee Bill is the only name he
knows. In the early days he fought
with bow and arrow with the aborig-
ines and even used that primitive
weapon, he says, when he fought the
British in 1872. He enlisted in the
army when he was fifteen years old.
He was born June 6, 1907, and was
twice listed in the United States
census as the oldest native Of Amer
lea.
The aged Indian recently made a
cap for himself out. of the down Of
cattails, and wears this proudly when
he hobbies along the streets with the
aid of a cane he has owned since the
Civil war.
He is getting feeble, though he still
has a good appetite.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1920-08-18
DECLINE
DRAWING NEARER
Consumers Are Buying
More Cautiously
Now

Milwaukee, Wis.,, Aug. H.
State merchants were warned
to prepare for a. general decline
in prices Monday by Paul Find
lay of Los Angeles who spoke
at the convention of the Wilson,
sin Association of Retailers. Mr..
Findlay declared that merchan-
disc was already heading down.
ward. He said that retailers are
the first to suffer from a spirit of
conservatism which is prompting
CONSUMERS to buy more cautious
ly.
Retailers all over the country
are beginning to notice a falling
off in buying" he said. Cup to
the present time good jobs, with
high wages were easy to get, and
as a result the housewife went
right ahead with her buying.
Now good jobs cannot be procur-
ed as readily and the consumer
pulls down on his purse strings
against the grocer and small re-
taller first. Buyers are not pay
ing the groer as much profit as
they did,"
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1920-08-18
line town
HAS BAD BLAZE
Adams 40 Miles To The
Northeast Reported
Burning

Adams, N. D. Aug. ia fire
which evidently started underneath
the platform at the 500 depot here
at 1870 this afternoon entirely de-
stroyed that building, and burned two
freight cars standing on the side
track, one loaded with fence posts
valued at about $4,000 and the
other loaded with plaster valued at
about the same amount.
The wind was blowing a stiff gale
from the south and an adjacent Gle
vator caught fire. Had the flames
gotten a good start on this elevator
it is likely that the business district
of the two would have been seriously
endangered, as the fire would have
been carried by the wind in exactly
the right direction to threaten a num-
Der of frame business buildings. The
local fire boys, assisted by practically
all of the citizens Of the town, in a
hand fight, saved the elevator, using
water from the round house.
1t is estimated that the loss will
reach $4,000, presumably all cover
| ed with insurance. 1t is believed that
some one threw a lighted cigaret on
the platform of the depot and that it
dropped through a crack, starting the
fire.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1920-08-18
RED CROSS T
IN DISASTER RELIEF

When disaster hits a community
fire, flood, earthquake, explosion, bad
wreck or tornado-the American Red
Cross can be depended upon to follow
right at its. heels with help for the
stricken people. Red Cross relief is
almost Immediately forthcoming-food,
clothing, shelter and funds; doctors,
nurses and special workers with long
experience in handling similar trouble
elsewhere.
During the last year, ending June 80,
there was an average of four disasters
a month in the United States. One
hundred and fifty communities in
twenty-seven states suffered. The
largest and most destructive of these
were the tidal wave at Corpus Christi,
Texas, and tornadoes in Mississippi,
Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, Ohio,
Indiana and Illinois.
In these events Of horror $50 per-
sons were killed. 1900 were injured,
1900 were made homeless, about 80
600 families needed help, the property
loss was nearly $1,000 900 and al
most 100000 In relief funds, not in
Guiding emergency supplies was ex-
pended.e
To the sufferers from all disasters
during the year, the American Red
Cross sent $4,000 worth of sup.
plies, 40 Red Cross nurses and seven
special relief rams. To meet the
needs of the stricken, the organization
sot I'm ton relief Statf0ns Oporotod
thirty food c%anteens and as many
emergency hospitals. One hundred
and twenty-five Red Cross chapters
gave disaster relief sorvice.
II disaster ever strikes this town or
county, the citizens can be absolutely
sure the. Red Cross will be right on
hand to help them In every way.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1920-08-18
PAIR, 60, WE'D BY CONTRACT
First Case Of Filing Paper to Record
Civil Wedding Bargain in
Brooklyn.

BrOOklyn.-What was. said to have
been the first case of filing a paper to
record a marriage by civil contract in
the Queens county clerks Office, ia
maica, was one brought there by Law
yer Joseph f. Soviero of the Butler
building, jamaica.
Giuseppe Boccla, sixty, was the
bridegroom, and Tonia Rosicca, same
age, was the bride. Boccia, who said
it was his, third matrimonial venture,
appeared with the prospective bride at
the office of Mr.. Soviero. The couple
stated that they desired a marriage by
civil contract. BOccia said that his
second marriage was performed in
similar n and it had proved in
every way a success
Soviero drew up the necessary pa
pers and the marriage contract was
witnessed by Lawyers Elmer ]. Ash
mead and Louis Cohen.
The contract paper had to be &C.
knowledged before a court of record
to be made a legal instrument and Mu-
nicipal Court Justice Edgar F. Hazzle-
ton performed this necessary function.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1920-08-18
YANK WINDMILLS MEET FAVOR
South Africa, Argentina and Belgium
Furnish Big Markets for Amer
lean Mills.

New York.-Many are the wells that
the farmers are just now digging, or
have just finished digging, In British
South Africa, for the severity Of the
recent drought has compelled a wide
spread tapping Of the earth for water,
and besides many a farmer has de-
cided to take time by the forelock and
prepare for other droughts.
And where the wells are being dug.
new windmills are becoming part and
parcel Of the South African landscape,
and a considerable proportion Of the
new windmills are coming across the
ocean from the United States. which
follows naturally the fact that for
some time past the South African
farmer, scanning the advertising col
umns Of his journal, has been reading
about windnills "made in the United
States" and how superior they are
to windmills made anywhere else.
Something more than $4,000 the
farmers Of British South Africa spent
in 1919 for American windmiAs.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1920-08-18
WAR HEROES ROBBED
Conspiracy in the War Risk In.
surance Bureau Unearthed.
Men Involved Were Handling Claims
Of Crippled Soldiers for
Compensation.

Washington.-A conspiracy Of en-
ployees in the val risk insurance bu-
reau to defraud veterans of compen-
sation due them for disabilities sus-
tanned during the war has been un-
earthed by the United States secret
service, according to announcement by
the treasury department.
Three arrests have been made. The
names of the men arrested were not
made public.
"All those concerned in this out
rage will be prosecuted to the limit of
the law" said Secretary Of the Treas
ury Houston, in a statement issued
here.
The men involved in these crimes
were engaged in the task of handling
claims of e%x-soldiers for compensation.
The method employed, as reported by
the secret service, was substantially
as follows:
A soldier, presenting his claim in per-
son, a advised by one of the con-
spiratOrs who handled it that he was
entitled to 5000 or. $500. At the same
time the employee denounced the fact
that the award was so small.
Taking the matter under further
consideration, he told the claimant
that he thought he would be able to
put through an award for a greater
amount, but that, Of course, he would
want to share in the excess payment.
The claimant agreeing, a check for
the larger amount was made out. The
truth was that the soldier was emit.
tied to the larger amount and to the
full proceeds of the check.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1920-08-18
Miss Barrett And
Mother Leave City

Miss Adelaide Barrett, the city's
only public ~stenographer, has CIV
en- up her quarters in the w. H.
Wilson insurance offices and left foa
H%erradura, Cuba. Mrs. M. A. Weig-
mann, Miss Barret's mother, ac-
companied her. The trip is being
made by way Of Logan, Utah,
where they will visit at the home
of Mrs. c. M. Harris, another
daughter Of Mrs. Wiegmann's. Miss
Barrett expects to remain for some
time with her mother in Cuba,
where the latter holds extensive in
terests in garden produce lands.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1920-08-18
DAK0TAB BANK
Gets LAbORS'
CASHDEP0SI
Chicago Workers To Use
This State For
Surplus

Chicago, Ill.-The Chicago Fedora
ton Of Labor has voted to withdraw
its surplus funds now on deposit in
local banks and %redeposit it in the
Bank Of North Dkota.
A resolution calling for removal Of
the f%ederation's funds, recommend
that all locals of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor should take similar
action. 1t was adopted after Carl
Thompson of Bismarck told a meet
ing Of union forces that labor should
cooperate with farmers in financing
harvest in North Dakota cor the far
mers will have to go to capitalistic
Wall street."
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1920-08-18
MINIMUM WAGE
IN CALIFORNIA
Eighteen Dollars Least
Weekly Salary To
Girls

San Francisco, Calif.-A minimum
wage of $18 weekly was set Monday
for women and minors in California
factories, except beginners, by the
state industrial welfare commission,
employment of women later than II
PM, without express permission is
prohibited. The order affects book
binding, printing, engineers and lith-
ographic establishments and involves
the wages of approximately 10000
women.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1920-08-18
Miss Marion Bell

Miss Marion Bell, daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. John J. Bell, former resi-
dents Of Devils Lake, died August 9Th
at Mecca, California, according to a
letter received by The World from Ada
B. LaRue, now at Redlands, Califor-
MIA. Miss Bell was twenty years old
when overtaken by death. Miss Lydia
Bell, a sister of the deceased is at
present a guest of her uncle, Edgar
LaRue Of this city.
Funeral services were held for Miss
Bell, at the Christian Science Church
at San Bernerdino, California.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1920-08-18
POLYGAMY IS DROPPED
Girls in the Philippines Are Aban-
.doning Old Ideas.
Uplift Through Education and Assocl-
alton With Christians Affecting
Even Sultan Of suiu's Domaine.

Manila, P. 1.-Practice of polygamy
In the Philippine islands is being re-
duced through education Of girls Of
the leading families Of the outlying
provinces, according to Frank W. Car
penter, retiring governor Of the de-
partment of Mindanao and Sulu.
Mr.. Carpenter is here to turn over
administration Of his office to the Sec
rotary Of the interior, who will act
through the bureau Of mont Christian
tribes, in accordance with a new terri
tortal law.
This law leaves in effect a treaty
under which the sultan Of Sulu re-
nounced all pretensions to temporal
sovereignty, but gained recognition as
ecclesiastical head of the Mohamme-
dan church in the Sulu archipelago.
The treaty guarantees to the sultan
and his people "the same religious
freedom had by all adherents of oil
other religious creeds, the practice Of
which is not in violation of the basic
principles of the laws of the United
States"
1T Is important to note," said Car.
penter in one Of his messages written
as governor, "that this includes a linn
itation as to religious practice which
necessarily includes the abandonment
of polygamy.
"An effort to impose upon the peo-
pie of the sultan at this time the in
valuation of polygamous marriages
heretofore contracted, the prohibition
at this time of polygamy OF the dis
continuance of divorce, must unavoid-
ably result in the active resistance Of
a people imbued with fanatic determi-
nation to die rather than submit to a
privation of their religious liberty in
matters they believe to be fundamen-
tai and sanctioned by divine author
ity."
Mr.. Carpenter said that girls OF
prominent families in Mindanao and
Sulu are being sent to Manila public
schools where they associate with
Christian girls and gradually become
imbued with the homogeneous ideas
held by the Christians. When they re.
turn to their own people their influ.
ence tends to eliminate plural mar
riages, according to Carpenter, who
predicted that the practice will be vir.
tually wiped out in the course of q
few years.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1920-08-18
Transfers Recorded
Real Estate

Amos Schweitzer and VT. to An
drew Reiter, war. d. $3.50; lots IL, IL,
blk. "a, Starkweather.
A. P. Brainard to Laura L. Carnine
and Nellie J. Fowler, q. c. d. 81; lots
10, IA, Is, blk. 8, Rugers End add.
to Devils Lake.
Ole Serumgard and WI. to Emma J.
Holbeck, war. d. $1,000; lots Is, 16,
blk. 40, Devils Lake.
H. M. Creel and WI. to Ole J. Hol-
beck, war. d.; n 40 #. lots 20, %, "a,
blk. 40, Devils Lake.
VIM. B. Smith and WI. to D.. Lake
Town & Country club, a d. $4,000;
lots s and 6 and E IL Sc Ia z, and
SW IA 8-153-64.
J. A.. Kramer, auditor, to Village Of
Starkweather, Tax Deed $1.00; lots 81.
%, %, "a.
J. a. Kramer, auditor, toas':i F,
Clark Tax Deed, 81; lot ,SsbIk, 81,
Devils .take. y :.:s.
C. F. Clark and VT. to Harry o,
Burnham, q. c. d. 81; lot 8. blk. 81
Devils Lake.
M. Sigbert Awes Co., to E. H. Grit
fin, war. d. 81; W. 1-2. Sec. 31-155-62
Clarence Hendriksen to Oluf Hag.
en-, war. d. $1,000; NV IA 14-156-6C
D. Lake bldg. and Loan Assn. to I
M. Stansbury, war. d. 81; lots 10, II
IL, blk. so. Devils Lake.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1920-08-18
RAIDS NET.EoRTuNE IN BOOZE
5000 Gallons. Worth 100000,
Seized In New England Since
January I.

Boston.-Federal prohibition agents
in New England have seized more
than $4,000 gallons Of liquor and alco-
hol, valued at 100000. in raids con-
Quoted since January !, according to
William ]. Mccarthy, federal prohibit
ton enforcement agent Tor. this sec
ton.
In addition, thousands Of gallons Of
beer containing Q than half Of !
per cent alcohol have been confis-
Gated.
The liquor is stored in eight ware.
houses here awaiting removal to
Washington.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1920-08-18
C CASH GRAIN

Northern Spring Wheat - No. 1
$2.19; No. 2 $2.14; No. 8 5000; No. 4
$1.99; No. 5 $1.89.
Dark Northern Wheat-No. 1 1924;
No. 2 $2.19; No. 3 $2.14; No. 4 $2.04;
No. 5 $1.94.
Durum-No. 1 $2.08; No. 2 $2.03;
No. 8 $1.9S; No. 4 $1.88; No. 5 SITS
Amber-No. 1 $2..13; No. 2 $2.08;
No. 8 $2.O3; No. 4 $1.93; No. 5 $1.S3,
Flax-No. 1 1921; No. 2 $2.86; N. G.
$2.76.
Oats-No. 3 SO; No. 4 so
Barley-No. 2 .76; No. 8 ~; No. 4
sc.
Rye No. 2 $1.67.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1920-08-18
Danger Of podoIno = Dream Ira

Danger Of UoooIn0 OFeah Tram.
Louisville, Kyle was in the cen.
ter of a high bridge, below was a vhst
space and a train was speeding down
upon him when Frank Seifried, Jr.,
took the lone chance and swung be.
meath the bridge with his fingers grasp
ing the rail. Just as the wheels near.
ed his fingers he dropped. But in.
stead Of dropping from a bridge Sci.
fried really fell t%wenty-four feet from
q second. story window. An ankle
was broken and his dream ended. stimuli
6neOusly..
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1920-08-18
ST, PAUL LIVESTOCK

CATTLE-Receipts 5000; market
steady; top prize $12.75; bulk of sales
$3.50.
HOGS-Receipts 24OO; market
steady 10c higher; top price SIS; bulk
of sales SLABS to $14.50.
SHEEP-Receipts 100; market
lambs SOC higher; top price $11; bulk
of sales $11.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1920-08-18
,MiIton's Ojction,

How grandly Milton rolls and winds
through the arches and labyrinths 81
his magnificent and involved dictioif.
waking musical echoes at every turn
and variation of its progress!-E. P.
Whipple.