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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-04-08
Bylaws Are Changed That
Directors Must Attend
to Hold Office
PRESIDENT BARKER URGES
PAYMENT OF DUES EARLY
Usa of Association Rooms Is
Referred to the City
Council

Amendments were paSSeU upon
and accepted by the members Of the
Ben1dji Civic and Commerce associa-
tion in regular session Wednesday
noon following the luncheon, and
these amendments to the bylaws of
the organization will tighten the du-
ties of the officers at the time of an
nual election and at the same time
allow every member to ballot al
though not present in person. Here
tofore the annual election of direct
sors has been a task, especially since
the mem bership Of the association
has increased so greatly, and at the
last annual meeting it was recon-
mended that a change he made.
Such change allows the balloting
open for one week previous to annual
election night, and the ballots may
be sent in by mail during this perio1.
No nominations for directors will be
made but the members in good stand
ing receiving the highest number Of
notes will be elected to the director
ship. The board Of directors of this
organization is composed of Is mem-
Ebers and under revision of the BY
laws made today any member missing
LuT0S COA0oCILAtS uA0SSAu6o IL VIC
board without sufficient reason 20
satisfy the remaining members will
be automatically dropped and sue
scessor named.
Use of Rooms Discussed.
considerable discussion was he'd
concerning the granting of the use OF
the association rooms, since it has
been the general understanding that
the rooms were not to be used for
anything but work which was a
benefit to the community, partisan
meetings being excluded. Several
arguments for and against it's Use by
other parties were held and the mat
Ter was finally decided to he brought
to the attention of the city council
by committee of three to be ap-
pointed by he chair.
Interesting Talk
Daniel Dvoracek, South Beitraml
county's new agricultural agent gave
a short talk regarding his views OH
the present situation in the county
as regards Farm Bureau work and
gave a brief outline of the work
which must be done here in the agri-
cultural line. Throughout, his talk
was of deep interest and we'll intro
duced Mr.. Dvoracek to the business
men of this city. At the conclusion
of his talk President Barker assured
him that the Farm Bureau would re-
ceive the hearty support Of the asso-
citation at all times.
Charles Carter, secretary Of The
CONTINUED on Page Eight)
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-04-08
FRENCH F0RCES0F
OCCUPATION CLASH
WITH CITIZENS IN
FRANKFORT TODAY
WORLD NEWS
(By United Press.)
U. S. MAY SUPPORT
FRANCE VIEWPOINT

u. S. MAY SUPPORT
FRANCE VIEWPOINT
Washington, April SIT was
strongly indicated in official circles
today that the United States, Great
Britain and Italy will at least lend
their moral support to Frances &C.
ton in occupying German cities.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-03
TALK OF THE TOWN

|
Dance, Rowland hall, Saturday, Dec
d. Music by the Oriental Six.--adv.
Tonight, special electric car at 7;3t
for Gardner and Ketonen match.-adv
Organ recital at the Universalis'
church Sunday at A p. m. Everybody
invited to come.
Watch and clock repairing. Prices
right j.. o. Holmes, Maple Grove
street. Tel. 24I-X.
Don't forget the Glee club concert
tonight at 3 o'clock in Spaulding as
sembly hall. Dance after.--ady.
Friday, Dec. 3, is the day of the sale
of candy and fancy articles at the
Church of the Good Shepherd.-adv.
| Miss Alba Rizzi of New Britain
Conn, is passing a few days with
Mr.. and Mrs. j. 0. S. Movalli of How
ard street.
Miss Charlotte Hutchinson of Ca
naan, N. H., is visiting with her niece,
Mrs. Harold p Human of Hill street,
for few days.
Bradford G. Patch, member of the
Cook Watkins Manufacturing Co., with
headquarters in Boston, arrived in the
city yesterday to remain a few days
in the interest of the firm.
Edward Hughes of Clyde, o.. owner
of the Calais granite quarries here in
Vermont, was in town yesterday Wis
iting granite manufacturers and 9TH
er friends while in the district on bust
ness.
Found: An exceptional opportunity
vulcanized. Anyone can secure this
opportunity by calling on James Hast
ings at his vulcanizing and repair
shop, 37l North Main street.-adv.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Gage Of Bur
lington. who so successfully staged
the three act farce, Always in Trout
ble," for the American Legion here,
left yesterday afternoon for Malone,
N. ~ where they produce Marrying
Mary" the comedy given under the
Barre Legion post a year ago. The
knights Of Columbus of Malone are
fostering the plans for this produc-
ton.
Dee, | evidently marks the beginning
of the Christmas shopping season, for
since then practically all of the stores
have displayed to their patrons some
of the specialties carried for the
Christmas season. Spacious shelves
and Christmas colors gain the atteu-
ton of the average shopper and bring
to attention that the Yule tide is hut
three weeks distant Store keepers
are planning for the usual demand of
goods but feel that the depression in
the granite industry and the recent de-
yelqpment with the Barre Savings
Bank & Trust company will affect
trade somewhat.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-03
An Outdoor Refrigerator.

Refrigerators indoors are common
enough. but it took the farmers in the
southwest to devise one for outdoor
Iuse.
A farmer who had happened to plant
a large field of alfalfa south of the
farmhouse, noticed during the hot sum
mers that followed that his family did
not suffer from the heat as did the
The thermometers showed
Ia temperature five to ten degrees in his
flavor.
Someone suggested that il might be
due to the alfalfa. tried the tempera-
|ture just north of other alfalfa fields
and found the same marked difference.
Now the farmers of that region arc
planting alfalfa around their dwellings,
and enjoy summer temperatures that
make a trip to the seashore needless.
The cause of the GOODNESS of winds
passing over alfalfa fields is that the
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-03
Pre.hvferian Supner Menu.

Presbyterian church supper Dec 3
Menu.
Chicken PIE Mashed potatoes
Cranberry sauce Cabbage salnd
Hot rolls Cake Pc
Tea Tefrr
supper served from - :. Admis.
sion eec; children, soc--sdv.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-03
FUNERAL OF MRS. B. LEONARD.
Many Flowers Showed Esteem of Her
Acquaintances.

The funeral of Mrs. Bert Leonard
who died Monday at the home of Fred
Leonard of west hill, was held there
Wednesday afternoon at 1870, Rev
f. o. Hokerk officiating. Burial was
in the Wilson cemetery.
There were many contributions oil
flowers, including carnations from the
children; chrysanthemums from Mrs
Ezra Hamlet carnations. j. u. Robins;
roses and carnations, sisters; carna
tions, j. Il. Rollins. Mrs. Kinds. Mr.
and Mrs. Homer King, Mr.. and Mrs
w, Nye. Mr.. and Mrs. j. Worcester,
Mr.. and Mrs. p. ID, Ladd, Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry, Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Blanchard
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto George, Mr. and
Mrs. f. Rock, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Adams, Mr.. and Mrs. w. Comstock.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Howard, Mr.. and
Mrs. G. Riddell, Mr.. and Mrs. M. Lew
is, Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Ducharme, Mr..
and Mrs. Ross, Mr. and Mrs. O. Bush
ey, Mr.. and Mrs. j. Hollenbach, Mr..
and Mrs. J. +. Donahue, Mr.. and Mrs.
w. Carr, Mr.. and Mrs. II. O. Persons,
Mr.. and Mrs. Percy Fleetwood, Mr..
and Mrs. J.. A. Donahue, Mr.. and Mrs.
A. l.. Bellville, Mrs. Olive Laughlin,
Mrs. Emma LeBarron, Mr.. and Mrs.
Arbuckle, Mr.. Wilson, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Persons, Mrs. Emma Dudley,
Mrs. Mary Beal, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Owens, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Lewis,
DIR. and Mrs. C. NJ. Scribner, Mr.. and
Mrs. G.. L. Morris, Mrs. Clementine
Estabrook, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Heath,
Mr.. and Mrs /. Mcleod, DR.. and Mrs.
Bancroft, Mr.. and Mrs Ira Wright,
Mr.. and Mrs. George Seager, Mr.. and
Mrs. George Kent, Mr.. and Mrs. J.
Thow.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-03
An Unexpected Response.

A certain rector just before the serv-
ice was called to the vestibule to meet
a couple who wanted to be married. He
explained that there wasn't time for
the ceremony then, but" said he, 'if
you will be seated | will give an oppor-
tunity at the end of the service for
you to come forward, and / will then
perform the ceremony"
The couple agreed and, at the prop
er moment, the elergymen said, "Will
those who wish to be united in the
holy bonds of matrimony please come
forward"
Whereupon 13 women and one man
proceeded to the altar-Farm and
Home, London.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-03
HOUSING REFORM NOT WANTED.
"a Reason Why the Poor Are Always
With U.s."

Irving to better the conditions of
the Individual Is more often than not
an ungrateful task. Take, for in
stance. Toronto's experience in re-
spect to the housing problem. A year
or two ago people elamored for houses
in which to live. Houses that would
be cheap and good Taking advantage
of the federal governments offer OF
cheap money for housing purposes,
Toronto organized its commission, as
did lot of other centers, and went to
work At the moment this commits
sion has 236 houses completed or under
construction, all residences that any
man of moderate means should be glad.
to occupy, particularly as the fnsn.
eial arrangements are such that
over a 20-year period the occupant
would upon terms that approximate
rental be able to call himself the sole
proprietor Or, to put it in another
way. person pays the commission
say, $50 per month and a trifle down
on account, for a house which possibly
might be rented at S25 or S2S per
month in the ordinary way. the diff
ference being that renting from the
commission means sole proprietorship
at the end of a 20.year period or earl.
Ter if the tenant is prepared to pay "
larger rental.
The average business man would
imagine that a workman would be only
too eager to pay for his home on a
plan so liberal as that outlined above
Such. however, is not the case. The
houses are going begging. OF course, Ell
Their gross stupidity or lack of bust
ness training has much to do with this
seeming indifference. For instance.
woman applies for a house. She is told
that the rental under the commissions
plan will be S3l per month, including
taxes, water, etc To which she replies
that she is only paying $50 for the
house she now occupies The commits
sion's representative does his best to
explain that more than half the rental
asked bv the commission would be
an expenditure that would eventually !
90 back into her own pocket in the |
form of a house all her own. But in |
vain. She goes her way, probably mag |
ming that the commission is trying TO |
''put one over on her"
II is sad to contemplate that such \
dense ignorance exists, and the instance !
described above is by no means an ex-
eeptional one What can be done for I
people under such circumstances They !
should be helped, they must be helped, /
but howY
Imagine homes. comfortable, slightly, |
well built, with every modern eonven-
fence, and far cheaper than would be
possible for any individual TO con
struct, going begging in . community ]
where for years there has been a short
age Of Just such houses The above
problem properly solved would 90 far
10 give the lie TO the old saw TO tho
Effect that the poor are always with |
rs From Toronto Saturday Night.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-03

plant absorbs much moisture, tbs
evaporation of which reduces the TEN.
perature of the air and lessons the sum.
mer heat in the adjoining land over
which it blows.
The suggestion now is for farmers
that wish to profit from the presence
and the board money of summer vaea
tionists, to combine the profit and util.
ity of alfalfa with higher rates from
hot-weather boarders attracted by the
GOODNESS of the ten-acre refrigerator
around the house.
Little by little men are beginning to
learn how to utilize the means pro.
vided by good creator for their com.
fort and we'll being.-The Golden Age
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-03
Not Yet, But Soon.

The portly gentleman strolled up "a
one of the seats in the park, and, hav-
ing seated himself comfortably, was
soon absorbed in his newspaper. After
while he began to be annoyed by a
small boy who persisted in steadily
staring at him, and at last he could
bear it no longer.
What are you looking at, little
boy?" he inquired. as there anything
funny about met"
Not yet" replied the youngster,
"but there's going to be when you get
up. Them seats have just been paint
ed"-Farm and Home, London.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-03
1he Homer Fits CO.
incorporated
"The Store Where Quality Counts
Christmas Gift Stocks
Are in Readiness

Every department of this store has been
stocked with Christmas gifts for everybody
for home folks, friends and children. More
over, you may shop here thriftily-which is
truly consideration when so much must be
bought. So get your gifts little better at
prices little less in the Christmas store with
the thrift appeal.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-03
BEYOND His ContrnI

Robert had entertained his cousin fer
two or three days, but at the end Of
the third day a discussion arose and a
hand -to-hand fight ensued. His mother.
hearing the commotion. quickly rushed
to the scene and sdmonished. st isn't
nice Ia fight. Robert she said. "espe-
cially your own relation and guest. IS
but her son in the heat of passion. re-
piled. 1T don't make any difference
" neither DC is nv 1ation or not. nv
mad feels Just the same. Boston
Herald.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-03
Special Notice.

On socouut Of the illness Of the
financial secretary. :. F. Perry. of the
Jumpers, boxers and derrickmen's un.
ion. viii the members II the union call
at his home. IS Maple avenue, 20 Psy
their fues 50 he may straighten out his
books BY Jan. -
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-03
Inventive Genius.

"You say he owes his success to an
invention?"
"Yes, he invented long line of ali
cestors and captured e rich blueblood. "
Boston Transcript.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-03
BARRE DAILY TIMES
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1920.
The Weather.

Partly cloudy and warmer tonight
Saturday unsettled and warmer, prob
ably rain or snow in New Hampshire
and Vermont moderate variable
winds, becoming southerly and increas-
ing
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-03
Lying Tongue.

Restaurant sign-0ur tongue sand
witches speak for themselves.
The one we tried was liar If il said
It was good Boston transcript.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-03
No Time to Lose.

"This mark down fish is, | suppose
all right for immediate cooking"
yes, but run home. Boston Tran.
script.
The Prescott daily news., 1920-01-28

yers, cIergymen, you must pay for 1t, or we won't serve you"
 But Europe, alas is beginning to do without the clergyman. The state lawyer is beginning to supplant the private practitioner. Only the doctor Is left, and he, poor devil, is being nationalIzed under national health reg ulatiOns.
 Here in England the middle class family of four or five has become two or three. Medical men, without exception, are united in their opinion that during the past ten years the birth rate of that class has been going headlong to perdition-
 Now come the figures of the mar riage age, published a few days ago. Between 1811-14 3e per cent of all bachelors married in 1917 only ST.o per cent. In 1SS8-90 90 per cent mar ried. The proportion of bachelors who marry at over thirty-6ve has been steadily rising, with a swift upward climb in 1916 and 1917. Only o4.o per cent of spfnsters marrying during 1917 were under twenty-five years or age. :.
 Among the middle classes the age IS rising at an alarming pace It LOOKS as though within 2 comparatlveiy short time here in England the mio- dle class will, with the Increased age of marriage, give to the race only those stunted specimens Of cpiid hAe which are so often, though not always' the fruit of late unions.
 If is significant that no single per son has come forward to contest tne above. It cannot be contested. we are looking on the passing or a class'
 Members of parliament are pegin- ming to sit up and take note.
 1ables Fewer In Germany Even.
 Hven Germany, the nursery of Flu rome. which produced its million babies at inc bidding of the war lord as fooa for his cannons, is fast depopu- lating. The war has done 'nls' lns Germans of the cities refuse 10 nave ;, ohs,dren "We cannot feed them' thsv say. we cannot even feed our selves" ososI
 During the war the German pro,es sors solenlnly debated polygamy as remedy. Some of them approved ". ssus Germany is no Utah and Berlin ro solt Lake City Today's Father- ,ana m is strictly homogeneous Econ on,v is the fathes of mora'''sss V W
The Prescott daily news., 1920-01-28

Crowd human beings and you kill them as surely as if they were rabbits. And many of these hunted, harried peo- pie are rabbits. Nibbling at diversity. With the brains of rabbits. Seeing to- day-but neither yesterday nor to- morrow But that is picture of Flu rope itself.
 Will such people have children? Can you expect them to have children? Can you expect them to think of the dignity of the race-traditionless, hope less as they are? Can you be- lieve that they will give heirs to pos terity? 'sD posterityl What has posterity done for us7' you would hear them say if they could speak. But they are past speech. It is that which makes them dangerous.
 Yellow Peril Seen Afar.
 And all this in the face of yellow millions. Articles are once more streaming the European press about the yellow challenge. A book just written upon the awakening of Asia by one of the most brilliant living Englishmen has focused the atten- ton of thinkers in every country. One can see the muItitudinous babies pouring out in resistless yellow stream of slant-eyed young devils from the overfowing cornucopfa of the east. Bright eyed, interesting, in terested young devils The yellow challenge. The yellow peril.
 And all this in the face of young America.
 Europe seems to look more and more to America. Today 1t is an uncon. scious groping across the Atlantic, as of blind man. Tomorrow it is going to be conscious cali. Europe's s. 10. SI
 Can America do it? Can America give to Europe the desire to live? Can the land of exuberant vitality and ex- uberant effort give to the mother from whom she drew her own life trans fusion of youth? Can she? Shaw Des- mond. in New York Sun.
The Prescott daily news., 1920-01-28


 modern German finds 1t hard enough to keep one wife. He does not want half dozen.
 For ten years before the war Eng land. like the rest of Europe, had be gun to yield herself to the pleasure craze. With the war and that frantic desire to forget which became a cult. that craze passed into frenzy. Today. over. F months after the war. the music halls and picture palaces are crowded to the doors. have made the experiment. of listening to the con versation of IT couples of business girls in the early trans and busses. Of this number no fewer than II used the expression: Where are you going to- night?" but what has all this to do with the birth rate?
 Everything. Pleasure to the English man, as to the European, has become narcotic as essential as tobacco or alcohol. Pleasure costs money. Pleas ure excessful means selfishness. Pleas ure means effort and effort absorbs vitality. Pleasure means the breakup of the home. The modern European has to choose between pleasure and children. He chooses pleasure.
 The Unborn Suffers.
 Then comes the cost of living, the Europeans nightmare The war has practivally halved incomes. Wage and salary increase has done little to balance the lift in the cost of living. The middle class man who before the war just made both ends meet on $1 500 year is fighting fate upon the $75O that income is now worth. Eu- rope is suffering from a shortage of bricks and mortar. The war has pull verized billions of bricks and mil lions of tons of mortar. The Ger man housebreakers alone have knocked the buildings of the best part of a country into smithereens. People are smuggling together in single rooms. They herd like the beasts that perish. And they do perish.
 Take London. London today Is the problem of seven millions crouching over chalk pit. That seven Is soon going to be ten. During the war alone London, the octopus, sucked in another million. Possibly quarter of mill lion need houses as write. The Lon doner is becoming sort of city no- mad. He shifts from room to room. He crouches under the slates. He Is n troglodyte. He burrows into the eprth.- Building has scarcely begun.
The Prescott daily news., 1920-01-28
safe Now.

This little bit of conservation was overheard at the Essex Country club in Manchester, Mass.
 "How is your husband getting on with his golf?'
 "very we'll. Indeed, The children ure allowed to watch him row."B Bos- ton Post.
The Prescott daily news., 1920-01-28
GET READY
 FOR "FLU'
Keep Your Liver Active, Your System Purified and Free From Colds by Taking Calotabs, the Nausealess Calomel Tablets, that are De-
 lightful, Safe and
 Sure.

Physicians and Druggists are advis- ing their friends to keep their systems purified and their organs in perfect working order as q protection against the return of influenza. They know that a cIogged up system and a lazy liver favor colds, influenza and serious complications.
 To cut short cold overnight and to prevent serious complications take one Calotab at bedtime with swallow of water -that s all. No salts, no nausea, no griping, no sickening after effects. Next morning your cold has vanished, your liver is active, your system is puri- fled and refreshed and you are feeling fine with hearty appetite for break fast. Eat what you please-no danger.
 Calotabs are sold only ill original sealed packages, price thirty-fve cents. Every druggist is authorized to refund your money if you are not perfectly delighted with Calotabs. (Adv.)
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-01-29
PAGE ELEVEN
LEGAL NOTICE.

State of Indiana, Wayne County. S.:
William Timmons VS.. Einora Timmons
Wayne Circuit Court, January term,
1920. No. 1920. Petition for di-
vorce.
Be 1t known, that on the 21st day OF
January. 1920. the above named
plaintiff, by his attorney, filed in the
office of the Clerk of the Wayne Cir
cult Court. his petition against said
defendant for divorce. Said plaintiff
also filed with said complaint the
affidavit of Frank Lfchtenfels, a dis
interested person. showing that said
defendant is not a resident Of this
state. and also his own affidavit show
ing that his cause for divorce. as stat
ed in said petition, is abandonment.
Said defendant is therefore hereby
notified of the filing and tendency OF
such petition, and that unless she ap-
pears and answers or demurs thereto.
on the calling of such cause on the
Goth day of March. 1920. at the term
of said court which was begun and
held at the court house in the city of
Richmond, on the first Monday of
January, 1920, said cause will be
heard and determined in her absence.
Witness the clerk and the seal OF
said court, at the city Of Richmond.
this 21st day of January, 1920.
LINUS P. MEREDITH, Clerk.
Robbins, Keller & Robbins, Attorneys
for plaintiff.
Jan. 1929, Feb. 5.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-01-29
FOR SALE
GOOD CITY HOMES AND
FARMS

PORTERF1ELD. Colonial Building
FOFt SALE 3 roor-. mouse, modern ex-
cept bath, 424 So. 14th street.
FOR SALE-Farm of &c ACRES. all good
level land, 2 ga miles from New Madi-
son. Also.
Farm Of 152 acres. fine land near Eat
on, o., c. c. Hawley & Son. New
Paris Ohio.