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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-04-05
A NATIONAL SURVEY

The national conditions made by the
Fidelity and Deposit company, while not universally favorable
does point favorable conditions which in Themselves
encouraging. The cost of living has diminished
precaby building operations show increase considerable
of the territory strikes evidence and greater
productivity of labor per is reported universally. Raw
materials plentiful and there have been few business fail
the outlook favorable and the banking situation
shows Improvement. Confidence in business circles
to be slowly spreading and the country working back toward
a stable condition.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-04-05
THE SLIDING SCALE in FARM LEASES

Last hard for tenants and in some cases
for landlords account of the slump in prices. Nobody
what of have before but it better to
provide against far as feasible making the
tract lease liberal and flexible possible The share rent
plan advised by the United States department of agriculture
Then the landlord and the tenant divide the losses and
its between them equitable Where cash rent
insisted upon the office of farm suggests that the
rental be made dependent the of the fixed at
given For instance the tenant might SO for
land with the that shall bring rs cents
bushel the first day of December Them for 10 cents
bushe the price of down. the rental charge
shall be increased lowered Of the above figures
used merely illustration The customary rental and
values will locality Even your lease
already written however, if have used of the stand
ard FORMS the landlord and tenant should be liberal and honest
with each other The Golden Rule
what is written in the contract.-Farm Life.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-04-05
CIVIL WAR VETERAN Il
RIDES MOTORCYCLE

A. G. Varney, Civil war veteran
Of Gardner Mass, doesn't let his 70
summers interfere with his enjoy
ment of the red-blcoded sport of mo-
torcycling. The veteran has been a
deyotee of the game for ten years.
He is hale and hearty today and can
turn a hand spring so slick that it
makes the young fellows green with
envy. Mr.. Varney gets more pleas
ure out Of his motorcycle than any
thing else and averages about 5000
miles, a year.. He makes numerous
runs of SO to rs miles -: and visits
many of the popular summer resorts.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-04-05

Regina, Sask.-Interest has. been
aroused over yet another lake report
ed to contain sodium sulphate which
is located near Rutland on the Cana
dian Pacific hallway. The new dis
covery which is controlled by prac-
tically the same interests as the SIM
liar deposits at Fusilier and Senlac
is at present under investigation.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-04-05

Stockholm The Swedish Parlia-
ment has definitely incorporated Wo-
man Suffrage in the Constitution.
Swedish women will vote for the first
time this year. The Swedish parlia-
ment mas also passed bill making
women eligible for all the higher
posts in the civil service on the prin-
ciple of equal pay for equal work.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-04-05

fungicide. aiding greatly in the con-
troll of scab, miIdew and certain other
fungous diseases. 1t can be readily
used in conjunction with arsenate of
lead as a combined spray.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-04-05

Paris An attempt is being made by.
the tionary party in Hungary to
disfranchise Hungarian women, and
bills, for this purpose may be intro
duced this spring. Will. i l= nv
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-04-05
THE PIONEER WANT ADS
BRING RESULTS 3.
Warning to Mothers

Mothers should
system cleansing Fink this spring NOW THE family
happier and
the stomach and bowels cleaned the
IN the SYSTEM
am IA one Of the very best and medicines take
difference the whole
feel fine and be well and
The Ward County independent., 1921-09-22
LARGER RETURNS ARE
DEMANDED BY LANDLORDS

Pettibone, N. D.-The old custom
of renting land in Kidder county is
going out of date. 1t has been GUS
tomary for years to rent land on the
following terms: The land owner
furnishing the seed and paying one
half Of the twine and threshing bills
and the crop divided on a $3.50 basis,
This custom went into effect when
taxes ranged from $45 to $50 quar-
ter. The land owners are now de-
manding larger percentage of the
crop, on account Of the increase in
taxes, thus passing part of the tax
burden on the renter. New contracts
for 1922 are being made on a 6O-40
basis, the land owners furnishing
the seed and paying 60 percent of the
twine and threshing bills and getting
60 percent of the Grip, and the renter
getting 40 percent for his work.
The Ward County independent., 1921-09-22
BEGIN LOANING CROP FINANCES
North Dakota Man Is Secretary Of
Northwestern Organization

Minneapolis-The War Finance
corporation, which has come to the
relief of agriculture with fund of
$1,000, ,000, 900, a portion Of which
$4,000, ,0O0-is to be loaned to finance
marketing Of crops and livestock in
the northwest is operating in Mime
sofa.
It started operating when the Min
nesota committee, of which r. E. Mac
Gregor, vice president of the North
western National bank, Minneapolis
lis chairman, opened offices today,
N. Q. Grangaard, banker of Rogers,
N. D., has been appointed secretary
and is in charge of the offices.
Hundred of requests for loans
from the War Finance corporation
have been received from the banks OF
the northwest by members of the COM
mittee, Mr.. MacGregor said.
The chief duty Of the Minnesota
committee, he continued, is to con
slider the applications for loans from
the banks and to pass on the collater-
al offered.
The Ward County independent., 1921-09-22
TRAIN KILLS EIGHT.YEAR-
OLD BOY BROTHER SPARED

Tappen, N. D.-John, 8-year-old
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Gallagh-
er of Tappen was instantly killed,
while his six-year-old brother Clar-
ence, escaped with minor bruises,
when the buggy in which they were
riding was struck by Northern Pacific
passenger train No. 8. They ap-
parently did not see or hear the on
coming train as they approached the
first crossing west Of Tappen going
south. The boys were thrown about
70 feet. The buggy was demolished,
while the horse escaped uninjured.
The body of the dead boy was taken
to Tappen, while Clarence was taken
to q Jamestown hospital.
The Ward County independent., 1921-09-22
FORTUNE LOST IN MARKS
Decline of German Money Blow to
L. s. Spectators

New York-The collapse of the
German mark to a point below l
cent has caused a loss of millions of
dollars to American investors and
spectators in the mark.
The guess Of one banker is that no
less than 100 million dollars worth of
marks have been disposed of in the
United States since the armistice, and
that the average price paid for these
marks was approximately 2 1-2 cents
On that basis, and at the present quo.
tation, approximately 60 cents OF
every American dollar put into Ger.
man marks has been lost.
The Ward County independent., 1921-09-22

woman's gold watch, taken from the
banks vault.
The yeggs gained entrance to the
bank by tunneling through the brick
wall of the banks vault, making a
hole about two feet square. Tools
were obtained from the section
house, where telephone wires leading
from the town had been cut. The
banks money safe was untouched.
All of the Is safety deposit boxes in
the vault were torn open and the
The Ward County independent., 1921-09-22
NORTH DAKOTA BONUS
WARRANT RECEIVED

Fargo-Of general interest to serv-
ice men of North Dakota whose claims
are pending before the adjutant gen.
eral is the receipt in Fargo of a war
rant from the state treasurer for the
payment of bonus claim No. 1916
from the returned soldiers fund.
The Ward County independent., 1921-09-22
DUCKS TAGGED TO
TRACE ROUTES

Fargo The Manitoba Trading
company Of st. Paul has sent out a
message asking nimrods in the north
west to watch for ducks with bands ON
leg and wing when hunting this fall,
and to send in the exact location Of
killing. It is said that 500 Saskat-
chewan ducks have been tagged for
the purpose Of Ascertaining their mi
grafton routes to their winter feed
ing grounds.
The Ward County independent., 1921-09-22
WOBBLY PLEADS GUILTY
Pulled Gun On Detective Given 60
Days In Jail :

Dickinson, N. D.-After spending
two months in Jail, w. H. Cox, 20,
selfconfessed !. ". W., pleaded guilty
to assault upon George Nolan, special
Northern Pacific officer, and was
sentenced to 60 days in Jail. 1t was
charged that he held up Nolan at the
point Of gun, when Nolan attempted
to search him. Cox then boarded a
freight train just pulling out and went
to Mandan, where he was arrested.
The Ward County independent., 1921-09-22
CONVICTED SLAYER
DENIED REHEARING G

Fargo, N. D. Sept. 23- Judge Cole
has denied the application for a re-
hearing in the case of Joseph Thrond-
son of Grand Forks, sentenced to life
imprisonment for the murder of Ell
mer Dezell on the Dezell farm, near
Emerado. Throndson pleaded guilty
and Judge Cole holds there is no rea-
son to believe Thorndson did not
know what he was doing when he
entered the plea.
The Ward County independent., 1921-09-22
WOMAN CHECK WRITER
JAILED AGAIN

Fargo Miss Cleo Cullifer, better
known to the authorities as Marian
La Marr, who has been in the Cass
county jail all summer, may also
spend the winter there. She was
released two days ago, and when she
saw some articles she wanted in q
show window she proceeded to write
some checks without having funds in
bank.
The Ward County independent., 1921-09-22

J. 0. Barsness of Starbuck, Minn.,
arrived to hook after his farming in
terests near Surrey. He declares
there were poor crops in the vicinity
Of Starbuck this year due to drouth.
He would rather be back in North
Dakota.
The Ward County independent., 1921-09-22

contents scattered about the floor.
The watch taken was ladies' gold
watch with the inscription, Garry
Hanson engraved on the back.
The Ward County independent., 1921-09-22
EMERADO DOCTOR KILLS
SELF WITH RIFLE BULLET

Grand Forks, N. DIR. C. A. Nc
Kany Of Emerald, N. D. killed him
self by firing 20 caliber rifle into his
mouth. His body was found in the
garage Of his home by his wife few
moments after his rash act. Business
worries are suggested as the probable
cause Of DR.. McKany's suicide.
The Ward County independent., 1921-09-22

Yeggs Tunnel Norma State Banks
Vault.
The Norma State Bank at Norma,
was robbed Friday night and $45, a
few War Savings Stamps and a
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-02-10
MORE IN LIFE THAN WEALTH
Man Who Refuses to Let Money
Dominate Him Calls Forth EuIogy
From Rudyard kipIing.


Sooner or later you will see some
mar to whom the idea of wealth, as
mere wealth, does not appeal, whom
the methods Of amassing wealth do
not interest, and who will not accept
money if you offer it to him at a GER
tain price. s. At first you will be in
clined to laugh at that man, and think
that he is not smart in his ideas. I
suggest you watch him closely, for he
will presently demonstrate to you that
money dominates everybody except the
mai who does not want money.
You may meet the man somewhere.
but be sure that whenever or wher-
ever you meet him, as soon as 1t comes
to a direct issue between you. hts lit
tie finger will be thicker than your
loins. You will find that you have
no weapon in your armory with which
you can attack him. If more
wealth is necessary to you, for pur-
poses not your own, use our left hand
to acquire it, but keep your right hand
for the proper work in life. If YOU
employ both arms in that games O
will be in danger of stooping.-Rud-
yard Kipling.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-02-10
Application Wins.

The ancient fable of the tortoise
n the hare tells the whole story of
success and failure. 1t was the con-
slant application and answering de-
termination of purpose that brought
the tortoise in ahead of his ]1eet-footed
antagonist in that quaint race de-
scribed by Aesop.
Leo, the great pontiff, was an early
riser in order that he might not lose
a moment of time in the fulfllment of
his great and sacred duties. Thomas
Jefferson, though endowed by nature
with a brilliant mind and
by every environment conducive to
success, knew the need and advantage
OF constant application. During his
school days he held himself to a rou-
tine of 10 hours of work a day. and
during all his career he was an ex-
emplar and exponent of the thrift of
time.-Boston Globe.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-02-10
RANKED AS MARVEL OF ART
M~icheIangelo's Superb Decorations in
the Sistine Chapel Sufficed to
Give Him Eternal Fame.

Michelangelo's decoration of the
vault of the Sistine chapel was hailed
as the greatest piece of work ever
done by a painters hand. 1t was a
task of colossal proportions, the cell
ing alone measuring 1872 feet by A
feet. The painter shad to do much
work lying fiat on his back on a scat
fold. For some time afterward he
vas unable to read except when in
that position.
Michelangelo arranged the vast
space as though it had been roof1ess,
framing it with architecture in per-
spective delusion and filling the open
spaces with paintings. Just above the
windows are the figures Of the ances-
try Of Christ in attitudes Of eager
waiting; above them II gigantic fig
ures Of prophets and sibyls; in the
corners, four representations from the
history of Israel. In the center of the
vault the stories Of the Creation of
the World" the "Fall of Man." and
the "Deluge" are told in nine pictures.
Among the central pictures is the
Creation of Adam" Adam is depicted
just on the point of rising, just as
Gods touch sends the first thrill of
life through his veins. Of the proph-
cts, jeremiah is the image of deep
thought, and Zachariah a type of men,
tai absorption.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-02-10
DECISION CUT LEGAL fANGLE
Point involved in English Lawsuit
Seems Hardly Worth the Time
and Money Expended.

On the last day of the last month
in the year 1909 a, very curious legal
battle was fought between the English
crown and a gentleman, lord of the
manor of Holderness; it was a strug-
gle for a cask. Of wine thrown upon
the seashore on the coast Of that par
ticular manor.
The lords bailiffs and the customs
officers both raced to the spot and the
%contending parties each laid hold Of
the cask. Then the officers decided
to go back to the custom house for
further instructions, and during their
absence the bailiffs removed the cask
to the cellar of the manor house.
At the trial the arguments on both
sides were very learned and exceed
ingly lengthy. The decision Of the
court vas in favor Of the lord on the
grounds that no permit is required to
remove spirits unless it has paid duty;
that wine to be liable to duty must
be imported; that wine cannot be i'm
ported by itself, but requires the
agency Of someone else to do it; that,
therefore, wine wrecked, having come
on shore by itself or without human
volition or intention, was not import
ed, and was not subject to duty, and
did not require a permit for its re-
moval.-Chicago Journal.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-02-10
Fidelity Marked TeIegrapher.

One striking example Of the early
spirit of endurance under great stress
Of which the telegrapher of the old
school was capable was given by John
Carnahan, then a young man in his
th%irties, at the time of the Custer
massacre. He was operator and news
paper correspondent at Bismarck.
which was the nearest telegraph Of
flee to the scene of Clusters last fight.
800 miles west. Attending his regular
duties, and gathering here and there
from the incoming scouts and plains
stragglers the thrilling story of Custer
to send to the a%nxiously waiting world.
he worked 40 hours without rest, and
for several days and nights he. onlv
caught Il few winks of sleep, vet all
the newspaper reading world were
eagerly grasping for the thousands of
words of story he was gathering. They
never knew how one man was work
Ing to satisfy them.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-02-10
Coal as CONCEALED Gas.

Attention has been invited to an in
teresting explanation Of the burning
OF coal. Coal, petroleum and illumi-
mating gas L related to one another
much as ice, water and steam. For
this reason perfect combustion Of liu-
uid fuel is already a long step to-
ward Importation, just as ice is ad-
vanced toward steam, when turned in
to water. The volatile elements Of
coal are locked up in the solid form.
or virtually frozen solid. 1t has been
demonstrated how great an amount
of heat must be taken from the So
called permanent gases to make them
liquid, and how much more to make
them solid. Yet nature has solidifed
gas into the form of coal, and solid
coal, like solid ice, will dissolve into
vapor only through the expenditure of
heat.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-02-10
F|REWOOD MAKES
Good CASH CROP
Farmer Can Make His Farm Pay
Substantial Profits by
Producing Fuel.
USEFULNESS OF MACHINERY
Modern Apparatus Not Only Cuts
Wood and Standing Trees, but Is
Used for Various Other Pur-
poses About the Farm.

prepared by the United States Depart
nnent Of Agriculture.)
The farmers problems appear, all
of a sudden, to have become the lead
ing national problem. Congress is
talking of little else than legislation
aimed to help the agricultural inter-
ests. The bankers are busy explain
ing why they can't lend the farmer
the cash he needs. The plight Of the
farmer is the chief topic Of discussion
in railroad circles and among business
men at all the big markets. Farmers
themselves are organizing, everywhere
to force the prices Of their products
up to a point where selling will not
a loss to them.
Meanwhile what the individual
farmer needs is not talk. but cash.
Certain things he must buy right
along for himself and his family. He
can't wait for the national debate to
run down.
In this situation farmers who are
Yard pressed for cash may be over
oking the fact that all around them
money is growing on the trees,"s and
/ re crop is just waiting to be picked.
his is almost literally true. In 9TH
cr words the farmer can harvest an
other crop-his timber, All over the
country thousands of farmers are
turning to this immediate source of
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-02-10
IMPROVEMENT OF PET STOCK
OFFICIALS of Bureau Of Animal Industry
Puzzled as to Where to Draw
Dividing Line

Applications to recognize the i'm
proved breeding of such stock as Bel
gian hares, wild ducks raised in cap
tivity, game birds, and dogs is MAX
ing it difficult for officials of the bu-
reau of animal industry, United States
Department Of Agriculture, to deter
mine just where the dividing line be-
tween farm live stock and other ami
mails, including pet stock, should be
drawn in developing the Better Sires
Better Stock" campaign. The
classes in which particular efforts to-
ward improvement by the use of pure
bred sires are being directed include
cattle, horses, asses, swine, Sheep
goats, and poultry.
A supplementary list Of pet stock
and miscellaneous animals is being
kept, and thus far 176 such animals,
all bred to purebred sires, have been
listed. The predominance of interest,
of course, is in the improvement of
general farm live stock, of which
nearly 100000 head are now listed
with the department.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-02-10
Has Nasal Musicians.

Hawaiian ukeleles have become one
of the most popular musical instru-
ments in the United States, but it is
doubtful if Americans would take so
kindly to another instrument, once
used throughout the Hawaiian group.
The nose fiutess' is referred to. At the
present time there are few of these to
be found in Hawaii, save in the mu-
seums and collections which belong
to old residents, but occasionally an
old 'native can be located who still
blows dulcet nasal strains. The
nose flute is a small whistlelike af-
fair, which the old-time natives used
in connection with the gourds which
furnished music for the hulas of his
time. 1t al blown through with
one %nostril, the other being held with
a finger, which closed or opened it for
the passage of air to vary the volume
of the notes.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-02-10
AMERICAN WOMEN-A EUL0GY
Frenchman Pays Pretty and Deserved
Tribute to the Sex as He \
Has Observed 1t.

American women are far and away
the prettiest, youthfulest and smart
est CLOTHES and brains) women on
earth. They can also be the sensiblest.
kindest and helpfulest, the hardest
worked-no, I mean the hardest work
fng-and they have no rivals for char
table enterprise.
They have a wonderful capacity for
being excellent housekeepers, even
though they may seem not to keep
their houses more than a few minutes
in the morning, before flying away, and
an hour or two in the evening when
they drop exhausted on q sofa. They
are good mothers, good daughters and
good sisters, and their husbands, who
ought to know, proclaim to the whole
world, to the earth and to the stars,
to the believing and the unbelieving,
that they are Incompatible wives. I
am ready to testify that they are in
valuable friends. But somehow the
American woman has faults from
which French women are free, and
the latter frequently criticize her to
the disgust Of the uncompromising
American man.
In England and France, and gener-
ally in all old countries, there is a
~providential excess Of women, and
men choose.
A Frenchman marries when he
needs help; an American marries
when he can afford it.-Ernest DIM
net, in Harper's Magazine.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-02-10
True Friendship.

But what is a friend: Someone said
iii is another name for God" and
he is right %inaSnnucil ais ,rue friend
ship is almost divine. n lrllp friend
is one who unhostilS fl advises
justly, assists readily. ADJ. ,t.les bold
~, takes all patiently, defends cou-
rageously and remains ii friend. I'M.
changeably. What ii great blessing
is a friend with u breast so trusty that
we may safely bury I'LL our secrets m
IT., whose conscience we may fear less
than our own, who can relieve our
cares by his conversation, our doubts
by his counseIs, our sadness by his
good humor, and whose Merry looks give
comfort to us.-Exchange.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-02-10
Salt Monopoly in Ecuador.

The production and sale Of salt In
Ecuador is monopolized by the govern
ment, which enjoys a good profit there
from. Salt is obtained from the sa-
linas in the provinces of Guayas, Ma
nabi and Ell Orc. The works consist
of blocks of land whose surface has
been lowered a few feet, into, which
sea water is permitted to seep. The
water is slowly evaporated by the
sun, precipitating crystals and thus
forming a considerable layer of salt,
which is broken into pieces for dis
tribution. 1t is estimated that the
average quantity of salt consumed by
each individual in Ecuador is thirteen
pounds per annum.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-02-10
SOY BEAN GROWING POPULAR
Rapidly Becoming Crop of Special Inn
p%ortance Because of Big PossibiIi-
ties of Seed.

The soy bean has become a crop of
special Importance throughout the
country, which is indicated by the
large acreage devoted to it in 1920
and The increased interest in the pos
sibilities of the seed for food and for
oil. The introduction of new varieties
by he United States Department Of
Agriculture has been largely RESPONSE
BILE for extending the growing area of
the crop not only in the North and
West but in the extreme South.
During the past year the Mandarin,
Easy Cook, Aksafben and Hoosier
were placed in trade in the northern
states. In the South, the Otootan,
Laredo and Biloxi are being widely
grown.