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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-02-10

Ex-Service Men and the Hand Organ.
"Any work taken. I feared no foe
for king and country. I fear no shame
for wife and family"
This announcement, according to the
London correspondent Of the Manches-
ter, (Eng.) Guardian, adorns one Of a
score of hand organs that stretch in
something like a battery formation
along a populous. stretch of London
j highway. All are being operated by
cx-service men, many of them dis
abled.
"Ordinarily this industry would not
i, be permitted" continues the CORE
spondent, "but the police do not inter
fere with ex-service men who can pro-
; duce their papers. The ex-soldiers
pay about half a crown a day for
hire of the organ and make anything
from five to thirty shillings a day.
The last sum is of course exceptional,
due to some particularly piteous dis
ablement appealing to the shopping
crowd. Some of the cripples have to
hire boy to drag the organs about.
A man who happens to be moved on by
a policeman is sure of shower of
coppers from the passcrs-by. A few
of the organ grinders are officers,
some of whom wear masks"
Disgraceful? Not particularly.
There is nothing dishonorable about
turning THE crank of hand organ,
or, as John Bull prefers to call it,,
a barrel organ. It is not productive
occupation, perhaps, ordinarily. But
in this instance it is definitely and de-
cidedly productive. It keeps before
the: eyes of the civilian Briton the
plight Of the men who fought his war.
"Thank God we don't have to resort
to spectacles of that sort" the Ameri-
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-02-10
ONE HIGH scHooL.A DAY.


In a pamphlet on high schools in
this country, issued BY the federal bu-
reau of education, 1t is stated that the
total number Of these schools in 1917
10 was 1851. The mailing list of
the bureau includes the names of
1890 high schools. The number
Of these. schools has increased over
452 per Gent since 1890. This means
that one high school has been estab-
lished in this country each day in
each calendar year since 1904 high
school day for % years.
In 1890 608 per cent. of the high
schools were under public control, but
in 1918 the public-controlled high
schools were 81 per cent Of the whole.
The average size Of a city high
school is $50 students and Of rural
school 50 students.
In 1890 only 312 persons in each
1000 population were enrolled in pub
lie high schools. In 1913 the CORE
spending number was 1916, or almost
five times as great a proportion. Cali
fornia leads in high-school education,
with q persons out of each 1000 in
the population. Kansas is a close Sec
ond, with South Carolina at the bot
tom Of the list, with 5.3 persons.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-02-10
The Yellow World.

It is easy to see why China's i'm
perial color is yellow, writes cor
respondent from Yangste river. Her
rivers are yellow, her long plains are
yellow-especially In a famine year
such as this, and as for her seas-the
boundaries of her world-so desert
yellow Is their color that string of
camels crossing them would look more
In keeping than string of junks.
And so one can understand why the
very heart of the heart of China, the
Imperial city, should lie like SHIN
mering lake Of golden tiles within her
lotus-besieged walls. Even against the
evidence of my own eyes cannot be-
lieve that the Great Wall is built of
solid ordinary stones laid one upon the
other. Rather it seems moulded out
Of the stuff Of which the mountains
themselves were made. long ago when
the world was plastic and empty of
all save possibilities. There never
was so sinuous thing as the Great
Wall built by men, think, so sinuous
and so aspiring.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-02-10

tors cleans" room By sweeping all
the dirt under the sofa, but the par1or.
is still dirty. America cannot boast
that she has done everything possible
for the disabled veteran merely be-
cause, instead Of playing hand organs:
in full view of the passerby, he is
tucked away out Of sight in thousand
and one corners Of distress up and
down the land.-American Legion
Weekly.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-02-10
coppers Value as Alloy.

The use of a small proportion of
copper in all iron and steel products
exposed to air and moisture is ad-
vised by D. NJ. Buck, metallurgical en-
gineer Of the American Sheet and Tin
Plate company. The use Of OILS to
OPS per cent, in normal open-hearth
or Bessemer steel greatly lessons cor
rOsion, but heretofore the use of cop
per steel has been chiefly confined to
sheet metal. It is estimated that the
life of the sheet metal is at least
doubled by the addition. Copper melts
at about 700 degrees F. below the aver
age tapping temperature of the steel,
and it diffuses readily through the
metal without tendency to separate
out afterward.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-02-10
State Versus Federal Control.

If the United States supreme court
holds, as it probably will, that the
interstate commerce commission may
fix railroad rates within state, great
pressure undoubtedly will be brought
to bear on congress to restore to the
state this right. The Minnesota SEN
ate already has passed a resolution
asking this to be done, and similar
action has, been taken elsewhere.
Many of the railroad troubles in the
pre-war period may be traced directly
to confusion resulting from joint fed
eral and state control. The carriers
had forty-nine masters, composed Of
forty-eight state boards and the inter-
state commerce commission. Local
rates iinN Minnesota differed from those
Of all surrounding states. Some states
had strict distance tariff schedules
while in others rates were made with
out system.
The war made unifiaetion impera-
tive. When the test came the rail-
roads cracked under the strain imposed
by obeying -forty-nine masters. Fed
eral operation was the result and when
the roads were turned back to their
owners the general government re-
served to itself many supervisory pow
ers it had assumed because Of war
necessity. Now the states feel that
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-02-10

can may be tempted to say. But per-
haps the messed-up problem of our
own disabled would be nearer solution
if the hand organ as an engine Of
livelihood had been brought into play.
Which is the greater disgrace, a
non-productiye strcet-corner enter
tainer or disabled soldier shared in
a net of red tape, official parsimony
and public indifference? The untidy
housewife warned of impending visi-
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-02-10
Much Gasoline Wasted.

About One-third of the gasoline used
in automobiles is wasted. This Is the
: conclusion reached by A. G. Fieldner
Of the United States bureau Of mines.
from experiments under trafhc condi-
tons to determine the air pollution Of
the vehicular tunnels under New York
city. The waste is chiefly due to too
rich gasoline mixture. It is estimated
that an improved and practically au-
tomato carburetor might save Ameri-
can auotmobilists 100000 a year.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-02-10
Does Away With Long Climb.
Something unusual has been accom-


plished in the completion Of the en-
trance to the Southwest museum, in
Los Angeles. The building Is stu
ated on a high hill and until recently
it has been necessary for pedestrians
to make long and labori0us climb
up the hill to reach the main entrance.
Now, however, the climb has been OBJ
waited bytan artistic as we'll as prac-
teal Improvement. A tunnel, PA
feet long, was bored into the hill and
ended in large octagonal waiting
room, on one side of which is a
twelve-passenger electric elevator
Of the automatic type. The elevator
makes a climb of 108 feet, delivering
the passenger into the main hall Of
the museum.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-02-10
savaoes Give to Missions.

Two hundred boys from the Mega
Hill tribes of Assam went to the war
in France, and all were baptized into
the Christian church whi!e in the
army. Upon returning home every
one donated a months pay to mission
work as thank offering for their
preservation.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-02-10

they have given up too much and are
asking the courts to determine wheth-
er or not congress exceeded its au-
thority. Paul Dispatch. J,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-02-10
A.E. Allen Go.
LOCAL MARKET QUOTATIONS

The quotations hereunder are those
prevailing on Thursday morning at the
time Of going to press:
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-01-24
THE HUMAN TOUCH IN BUSINESS

Walking down at the close of the week large
sign faced the pedestrian which he could not 1t read
KEEP OUT; NO MEN WANTED The big black phillst'nlc
notice grated Doubtless the words true no
doubt implication The supply of labor great
the demand The pendulum is swinging back But why
be so it? Are continue looking labor as
commodity soulless machine? 1t is hard enough to be re-
fused employment why be brutal in the rebuff?
We wish that Of the sgnpainers would get in ouch
with Babson who rendering notable service in these
porentous days through his preachngs He business pilot
sky pilot his preachngs have something to them not
those of the professional counsengs Mr.
Babson by profession atscan who make figures tax
tell Stories In his affairs he is supposed to
headed Unconditional business prophet All of which
may true his everyday business further than his
clients take the prophetic vision diagnose and give
warning time. 1t becomes of his duty to his individual
clients and the country at large therefore, to preach the
gon Christ Underneath the business structure below the
social that uphods modern business religion The
the Mount must be the creed of business cviza
the conflict which raging the world
Business is not of necessity materasm Mr. Babson, in
talk to business at Chicago day two made the
that business depression to Godesness and lack
religion business and he that only through
gon the boadest acceptance could there restora
ton. Was he right? Mind NATTER directs our
Religion faith OPTIMISM belief in the goodness of God
and His work truly religious cannot be pessimist
Rocky Mountains News.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-01-24
Twjlioht Varies With Latitude.

Twilight is the liffuSed illumination
of the sky which Immediately pre-
cedes sunrise and follows sunset. When
the sun sets below the horizon we are
NOT at once plunged into total dark
ness. There is an intermediate peflod
of partial and slowly increasing dark
ness. That period is twilight. 1t is
caused by the reflection Of the sun
light by dust and particles OF water
vapor in the upper atmosphere. the
same phenomenon occurs just before
sunrise, and, to distinguish it from
the evening twilight, is called dawn
Dawn begins and twilight ends when
the sun is about eighteen degrees be-
low the horizon, and consequently
their duration varies with the lati tude
and season of the year. The higher
the latitude the smaller the angle ut
which the suns path meets the hor-
lion, and hence the longer it takes
the sun to sink Il distance of eighteen
degrees below the horizon. In the
tropics twilight rarely is longer than
thirty minutes, while in the north or
Scotland about the middle Of summer
there are several nights ON which 'twi-
light fills the entire interval between
sunset and sunrise.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-01-24
'sImoN PURE" 4 STAGE HERO
Name of Hero Of Popular COMEDY has
Become Synonymous for the
Genuine Article.

The expression, "Simon Pure, mean
Ing "the real man." had it's origin IN
tho name of Pennsylvania Quaker
in Mrs. Centlivre's comedy, "A Bold
Stroke for Wife, Being about to
visit London to attend the quarterly
meeting Of his sect, Aminadab Hold
fast sends n letter Of recommendation
and introduction by his friend, Simon
Pure, to another Quaker, who is guard
ian Of Anne Lovely, Il young lady re-
putcd to have fortune Of f3O,OOO.
Colonel Feignwell, another character
in the same play, being enamoled OF
Miss Lovely and her fortune, awaits
himself Of an accidental discovery
of the letter of introduction and Sue
ceeds in passing himself off as Simon
Pure. But virtue is triumphant IN
he end. Simon Pure appears with
his witnesses and the scOundrelly
t'eignwell is exposed.
The play scored a great success, ana
the name of "Simon Pure was grad
ually applied to anything which was
genuine and above imitation.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-01-24
Glue Stronger Than Steel.

\ new field for wood has been
opened by the use of what is called
.pIy-wood and glue made from the
blood of the animals killed at the
slaughter house and Of the casein, OBJ
tanned from milk.
Remarkable Sturdiness under all con-
dtions has been shown by this COM
bination. The combination was first
thought of in connection with the man
ufacturc Of airplanes.
Thin sheets Of wood are laid one
over the othe, with dry sheets of pa
per coated on both" sides with the
new glue. The mass is then heated
under pressure and the result is that
4 structure is formed which is strong
or than steel and has many other adj
vantagrS over pct"l.
Panels were glued together with
these ant! tested in boiling water for
eight huur;..., At tue expiration of this
time none of the pieces showed any
sCparation,- of the plies.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-01-24
FAMED FOR GIANT POTATOES
District Just North Of Denver Has e..
tabiished Its Reputation for the
SuccuFent Vegetable.

When Horace Greeley gave the.
Young men Of America-a loose foot by
saying, some decades ago: Go West,
young man." he incidentally succeeded
in getting A very fine brand OF po-
tutoes named tor himself, writes Will
liam &. Shepherd in the Saturday Eve
.uing Post, = A group Of men who went
to the Nest at that time settled in
district north of Denver and east
If the Rocky mountains, and perhaps,
because they thought of nothing else
to raise, they planted potatoes About
them. in the highlands, the only wild
potatoes in the United States We're
growing luxuriantly. This district, is
similar dramatically and otherwise to
the highland district in Chile, where
explorers are believed to have come
across the potato for tho first time:
These Colorado wild potatoes prop
agated themselves by means of SEEDS
and it is from the pods OF these seedS
that the Colorado pOtato experts get
the material by means OF which they
have produced the Greeleyville potato.
Eastern railroads, on which huge
baked potatoes, served in the dining
cars, have come to be strong allies or
the passenger agent and heavy draw
ers Of patronage, send to the Colorado
tlistric for the potato giants. Trans
continental railroads which use the
northern route send men into the Mon-
tanu and Dakota fields to pick out, al
most by hand, huge potatoes which
have been grown from the Colorado
seed.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-01-24
SALESMAN NOW
ENTHUSIASTIC
II Can't Praise Tanlac Too
Highly" Says Olson-Troub-
les Ended.

"The very first Tanlac testimonial
I ran across that fit my case sent me
to a drug store for a BOTTLE" said
Joe NJ. Olson, 1924 Tenth Ave. S.,
Minneapolis, Mimi, popular salesman
for the Warner Hardware Co.
"For four years T. suffered from
rheumatism and many times my joints
were SO stiff and the hurting was SO
intense I couldn't bend them, and the
pains would hang on from three days
to week. At these times l suffered
agonies and got <frightfully nervous
and often had had headaches fol-
lowed by dizzy spells. Nothing did
me any good and tried nearly every
thing before taking Tanlac.
"Tanlac didn't seem to help me
right from the start either, but as I
finished up my third bottle I realized
l was getting better. After that I
improved rapidly and now I don't
have touch of pain of any kind and
my nerves are perfectly steady. l
feel that am perfectly well now, and
l can't praise Tanlac too highly for
what it has done for me-"
Tanlac is sold in Bemidji by CITY
Drug Store, Knutson & Lila at
Graceton, V. M. Owen & Co. at
Hines, Jaes Taylor, Tenstrike and by
the leading druggists in every town.
Advertisement.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-01-24
Polish Melodies.

The Poles have remained singularly
free from eastern influence. Theft
melodic invention is sometimes rather
limited, but their tunes are always
wonderfully embellished, and they Of
ten make use Of difficult intervals
which would seem to he more suitable
for an instrument than for the voice.
The effect of these songs is sad but
full of interest and in hearing them
it is easy to realize that Chopin was
a thoroughly national" composer.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-01-24
Remarkable Family.

A woman with six young "hopetuls
in assorted sizes entered the day coach.
She selected il double seat and occu-
pied One-half herself. The oldest chlld
lay down on the opposite seat and the
other five sat on his PROSTATE body.
BY and by the conductor appeared and
upon being hapded one full-fa!re ticket
he sized up the little group and said ::
youth have to pay for some of these
children. What is the age Of the old
est?" 10 which the lady answered
tartly: GO on with ye; the Oldest one
Is under fivc.'
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-01-24
Thackeray and Dickens.

It has often been observed that per-
IONS who care greatly for the writ
tngs Of Dickens seldom care greatly
for the writings Of ThaCkeray, while
those who care greatly for the writ
ings Of Thackeray seldom care greatly
for the writings Of Dickens. Tlre rea-
son is plain. Dickens deals with the
masses, Thackeray with the classes !;
in the one we find democracy, in the
other aristOcracy.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-01-24

HAVE you ever thought of the tremen-
III dous part that BUILDING plays in the
: affairs of the nation? Actual construc-
ton work itself requires armies of carpen-
tiers, plasterers, painters, steel workers, etc.
A large percentage of the people you know
are connected directly or indirectly with
BUILDING. Look over the list of manu-
featuring plants and figure out how many of
them have to do with the business of BUILD
ING. Its ramifications extend into every
part of the world and the number of people
who are making living out of the industry
runs into millions.
When there is great BUILDING ACTIV-
IT4, business is always good. The nations
prosperity hinges largely upon the amount
sof building that is being done.
This gigantic industry is now at a COM
plete standstill. The result is disastrous.
The effects are felt in millions of homes
where the daily income depends directly or
indirectly upon BUILDING.
What is the reason for the present stag
nation?
On first thought you might attribute it
to the money shortage but that assumption
would not be exactly correct. There is
inc OPERATIONS but IT Viii NOT COME
OUT OF IT'S HIDING UNTIL BUILDING
COSTS RETURN TO SOUND VALUES!
People who have had estimates made
have been bitterly disappointed with the
amount of money required to complete the
building. Costs are still too high. Financing
is impossible on the present basis. Projects
are abandoned almost as soon as the esti-
mates are read.
Money is available but the security is
undesirable when such large percentage
of the total cost. is made up of abnormal
costs. Until all the costs which enter into
building return to normal basis it will not
be reasonable to assume that money will
become available for building purposes. In
order to make the situation clear consider
the subject of homes.
Homes ARE high! They still cost en-
tirely too much money! The average man
cannot afford to build home now because
he cannot afford to stand the shrinkage in
value brought about by the return to normal
prices. While it is true that LUMBER is
back to normal it is necessary for the public
to know that LUMBER represents only
This article was prepared and its !
business men who Interested ~
several other hines, in effort to /
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Sheen sShearinq in Australia.

ShearerS, in Australia are paid by
the number Of sheep they shear, but
the ranch helpers are paid by the
week. Averaging everything, from
young, wethers, which are hard, to. old
ewes, which are easy. a good man VIII
smear about 30 to 100 sheep day.
The actual record is S27 sheep shorn
by Queensland shearer IN nine hours.
And other big records have been made.
But that was probably years back
with the BLADES, when the fleeces were
five-pound and six-pound, and not nine
pound and ten-pound, as they are to.
aay.r.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-01-24
OVERHEARD BY EXCHANGE EDITOR:

A GREAT IDEA

A GREAT
bghared
lFHk mankind oy
"eresSns the tax on large incomes corresponding
m would the
classes and the Something to invest in iber
nds.-Duluth World ~ '"s W ''S' J" Liberty
Glencoe Clergyman ended limo ,,o
stee rust we DO not know we do know
SOME Americans
are determined
iteers=Gencoe (Atinn) Reptile ' VIC i''e Vi '"e prof.
He an correspondent Of the International Falls
much these nights Moonshine Observation-Disclosures Light ~ "
need Of the Lord Mayor country to test
o1ore COMMITTEE hurdrsd
people Ireland willing to listen to his unarso
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-01-24
JUST S'POSING

Suppong 10000 motion picture and other low priced the
atsrS daily throughout the United States sud-
Denly TO close their doors for other eight
days. a dark house total of four days.
That would be pretty tough hardened movie
fans who have the habit but ~
Assuming that the average receipts of the heaters
amount to 500 daily S8o0O000 would the pnched
purses OF divers Americans young and old.
amusement and recreation u.s. to be necessar-jus
poor are provide old age the
person who prefers watching their bay broncho
over the Niagara Falls to watching their savings grow
AND then again. IT that SO 100000 invested gov
efnnent savings securities paying the good rate
what wonderful advance there be throughout
the nation IN the way OF thrf--The Liberty Bell
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-01-24
TEACHING MANNERS IN SCHOOLS

Discussion Of the subject Of teaching poeness the pub
lie schools the bulletin of the New York state department Of
education be accepted indication the need such
instruction along effective lines While poleness
thing which be acquired through instruction during the
school will probably be found that the child who
polite has had teaching along that line before attaining
If home training neglected. the will
be greater.
Many children lacking the principles poeness-
which not inherent but is acquired by imitation
Others and by careful teaching of the things po
lite conduct The rules of the Boy Scouts
deficiencies in poleness boys The teach
many boys to regard efemnate The
taught that poteness Of the first evidences maniness
and they recreant to their obligations they
lightly
Why should not poteness be made part of the
ito NOT grade school? years. at least it might
be to teach poteness in the high Schools
liking in the higher classes And many older persons might
learn something worth while through things taught to their
children in the schools polieness