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Middletown transcript., 1921-01-01

Several suits had been instituted
during the early months Of the year
attacking the validity Of the eight-
eenth (prohibition) amendment. All
these cases were taken to the United
States Supreme court and on June Z
that tribunal decided that the amend
ment and the Volstead enforcement
act were constitutional.
Big increases in rates We're granted
the railroads Of the country by the
interstate commerce commission July
81 to enable the roads to meet in
creased wages. Passenger rates were
increased 20 per cent, with a Pullman
surcharge Of so per cent for the rail-
roads. Freight rates were increased
from 25 to 40 per cent in different Sec
tions of the country.
The trial Of the Communist Labor
party leaders in Chicago, in progress
for several months, ended August z
with the conviction Of 20, who were
given Jail sentences.
The five Socialist assemblymen ex-
PEELED from the New York legislature
in the spring. having been reelected.
were again unseated when the legis-
lature met in special session Septem-
Der q.
Sharp drops in the prices of cotton.
wheat and other farm products
brought appeals for assistance, from
the farmers of the country during the
latter part of the year. Night riders
appeared in southern states in an ef-
fort to force the growers to hold their
cotton for higher price and move
ment was started to secure the holding
of wheat from the market.
Figures of the 1920 census for con-
tinental United States were announced
October 6, showing a total population
of 105,683, ,108, an increase of 14.9 per
cent in 10 years. The report showed
New York still leading in population,
with Pennsylvania, Illinois and Ohio
following in the order named.
Middletown transcript., 1921-01-01
A baseball war wassthrearened by

Asbaseball war was sthreatened- by
conflict between clubs of the American
league over plans for a reorganization
of the game. Peace was declared,
however. on November 13. and a new
board Of control was established with
Judge Kenesaw NJ lands of Chicago
as chairman with an annual salary Of
$42.5O0 a year.
In football the University of Ohio
established clear claim to leadership
among the Big Ten conference teams
in the West by going through the sea-
son without a defeat. In the East,
no team succeeded in establishing a
definite claim to the championship.
Roscoe Sarles won the 25O-mile au-
tomobile race at Los Angeles Novem-
ber 25. In this race CASTOR Chevro-
let was killed in a collision.
Middletown transcript., 1921-01-01
8OYearSOld
Was Sick
Now Feels Young After
Takinf Eatonic for
Gn,vr Stomach

81 had sour stomach ever since had
the grip and it bothered me badly
Have taken Eatonic only week and
am much better. Am 80 years DID,"
says Mrs. John Hill.
Eatonic quickly relieves sour stom-
ach, indigestion. heartburn, bloating
and distress after eating because 1t
takes up and carries out the excess
acidity and gases which cause most
stomach ailments. II you have tried
everything" and still suffer, do not give
up hope. Eatonic has brought relief to
tens of thousands like you. A big box
costs but a trifie with your druggists
guarantee.
Middletown transcript., 1921-01-01

Constipation can be cured without drugs.
Natures own remedy-selected herbs-is
Garfield Tea.-Adv.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-10-31
Treasures for University.

-Four important manuscript letters
from the Sixteenth century have been
placed in the manuscript room of
the University of, Chicago. Two are
letters Of King Henry Ill of France,
notorious in connection with the mas
sacre Of ST. Bartholomew, and are
dated in 1874. One is letter of his
successor, King Henry w of Navarro,
signed by him in 1889. Two Of these
letters are on parchment anu one
bears the royal seal. A fourth letter
in the collection is that of Cardinal
de Rambouillet addressed to King
Charles IN of France and dated in
Rome December ., 1910. These orig
inal letters are important documents
bearing upon the religious wars in
France in the Sixteenth century, and
were discovered in Paris by Prof.
James Westfall Thompson of the uni
versity in the course Of his investiga-
tons On the Huguenots. Professor
Thompson has presented them to the
university.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-10-31
AMERICAN PLAY DIDN'T n ~
a.- MAKE HIT WITH GERMANS
\ BY Carl D. Groat,
Omitted Press Staff Correspondent :

Omitted Press STAFF Corresponding
Berlin.-(By MaiD-Hisses, some
times mingled with applause, tonight
at the opening performance of the
American production, "Johnny's Bus
.enfreund" (Johnny's Bosom Friend } !,
in the Kom oedianhaus. The applause
was for the noted comedian, Max
Pallenberg, long an idol Of the Berlin
theatre-goer; the Kisses were for the
play itself, for it's burlesque and slap
stick comedy appeared to offend the
German sense of 'Kultur." =. .. .sa
"Jonny's Busenfreund,' 'one Of few
American plays produced here, is
from the pen of Walter d. Ellis, rem
dered into German by Julius Horst
and Alexander Engel. 1t is just the
sort of farce the stirred business man"
in America likes. He gets laugh
without too much effort. But the
German business man and the Ger
man frau are evidently built differ
emily. Many of the audience wore
the Observation-Disclosures look,
though, despite the critical reception
accorded the piece by share of the
duulcHCe3 many Nio SS1 q hsei'y io"SAi
therefrom.
The press critics were merciless
with their treatment of the show,
though they handled the beloved Pal
lenberg gently.
The play revolves around a man
who, during his wife's absence, dimes
with an enhancing blonde, comes in
to possession of pearl necklace she
had borrowed, and then, to square"
himself at home, gives it to his wife.
His attempts to get money for anoth-
er necklace involves him in numerous
ludicrous situations wherein his bos-
ON friend Johnny is employed to ex-
tricate him, only to be made the
"goat" in a number of embarrassing
predicaments.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-10-31
Washinuton's Harvest of Moss.

During the wet season the moss
grows luxuriantly on the roofs and
under the caves of the houses in
Seattle and that part Of Washington
and when the dry season arrives this
moss becomes so infammabIe that ii
offers a great fire menace. 1t is
necessary to tear it away and this
is done with the aid Of a l0ng-handled
tool something like rake. In many
communities there are laws which
make this removal compulsory. It
makes an excellent fertilizer.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-10-31
THRILLED BY STATE LINES
English Woman Surprised at Sim
pIicity of Crossing Boundaries
in the United States. a..


like the feeling of crossing from
one state into another, especially as
the American states are us big as Euro
pean countries. Especially also as
there is only stone to mark the
division, and the transit is as simple rs
going from one county to another.
At Ticonderoga you cross from New
York state to Vermont, or from Yer
mont to New York state. This might
seem an important process Actually,
you stand on one shore and foot your
horn, taking soft drink the while,
and presently vessel appears which
Is none other than Il rOOmy red punt,
propelled from the side by il small
launch. The punt let's down a tail
board, the motor gives a hiccup over
it, and there you are until the process,
reversed, takes place on the other side.
This is one Of the few ferries by means
Of which you span the great water
ways from New York to Canada
waterways over which, most Of the
time bridges are unthinkable.
1t is also the gateway from the Green
mountains in the AdirOndacks, blue
and shapely, and from the one you can
see the other on either side of Lake
Champlain, and between the two on the
sparkling blue surface of the lake plies
a little white steamer, bearing visitors
to the most historic spots OF North
America, and taking the place of the
birch bark canoe with it's load of ILL.,
dams, who also had their own par
ticular interest in historic spots.
--Muriel Harris in the Manchester
(England Guardian.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-10-31
pennark,s Motor Car Census.

A Danish motor vehicle census was
held on September l, 1920, and showed
that on that date there were in the
country 1854 private passenger cars,
2276 motor cabs and omnibuses, 3,7S7
,motortrucks and 1882 motorcycles.
The rapid increase in the number Of
cars and trucks in Denmark during the
past three years is noteworthy. The
increase was especially great in the
country misunderstanding American.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-10-31
Office Boy Got Even.

There was knock at the office door,
saws the London Chronicle, and q
clerk threw up the communication
panel, through which was thrust a
parcel wrapped in brown paper, some
two feet square.
Thinking to take rise" out OF
the office hoy, the clerk called out
"Johnny, here's your lunch arrived!'
Some time later another package
arrived, with quantity Of straw ex'
posed to view through an opening III
the end.
"Mr. JONES'" yelled the Office boy
"your lunch has come DUW;"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-10-31

Word Passing From Common UA1s.
The use Of fare as a verb Is lsl'
idly becoming obsolete, we seldom
speak Of a traveller "faring' on his
way, vet such usage is perfectly cor
rect. We still say that an enterprise
flares" well, although the modern
tendency Is to use turn out" Then
there is the meaning feed" as we
Jared we'll. Fare may be both the
sum paid for a journey and the per-
son conveyed, and this is the sense IN
. which the word is chiefly used nova
days. Fishermen will recognize the
word as term used to denote the to-
tai amount of fish caught on a cruise.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-10-31
Clean Your Clock.

Saturate cloth or pad Of cotton
with kerosene and, laying it In small
receptacle, put it inside the clock, The
lures will loosen any foreign substance
on the wheels and cause it to drop ;
it ALSO lubricates. Or remove the
works OF an all-metal clock, put it in
to clean vessel, cover tie works with
clean Kerosene; cover tightly until the
grease and dirt are. cut and removed;
tll(,n return to it's case.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-10-31
Duration Of Thunder.

The chief factor in the pro)ongation
Of d peal of thunder is the difference
Of time required for the sound TO travel
to the observer from different points
along the path of discharge, which
may be mile, or. perhaps several
miles, in length. Under so3De con-
ditions reflections Of the sound from
clouds, hills, etc., further prolongs the
peal.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-10-31
5.oO0-Year.OId Seeds.

A morning glory seed, reputed 5000
years old, has been planted in the
garden of Mrs. w. Champlin Robin
son, in Maryland village. The seed
is one Of twelve found u, the hand of
a mummy ofea young Egyptian girl.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-10-31
Another Vision DispeIIed.

"Wouldn't you like to see an old
fashioned comic opera with chorus
of merry villagers?" "No, it would
be too untrue to life. Everybody
seems to think that in order to be
happy he must move into town."
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-10-31

Women Careful With Letters.
Women, as rule, are more careful
In addressing their letters than are
the men, according to veteran at
tache of the dead letter office in Wash
ingtOn.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-10-31
Seems So.

One reason why it would be waste
of money to maintain chorus girls
home Is that no chorus girl ever gets
old enough to retire. -. 81
Gunnison news-champion., 1921-08-05

and nourishcs commercial rivalry. The
city is the life of the newspaper and
the newspaper is the life OF the city.
One cannot grow without the other.
The newspaper, therefore, has an un-
usual responsibility to the community
and every newspaper with con-
science guards carefully its own char
acter that il may truly reflect the
character of its own home city.
IF | We're to name two things that
distinguish the newspaper from all
other advertising mediums, | would
probably say "the timeliness of the
appeal and Concentration. Other
mediums cover the country thinly and
have n long life. But the newspaper
makes a quick definite impression and
multiplies itself many times with the
largest possible audience in given
area. 1t is the only medium in which
you can concentrate your advertising
in certain well defined areas where
YOU have distribution"
Gunnison news-champion., 1921-08-05
THE VALUE OF
ADVERTISING

On May 10, Clinton L. Oliver, well
known in this section, now president
of the Kansas City Advertising Club,
addressed the Wichita Advertising
Club meeting and among the many
interesting things he said on that
occasion, We CLEAN the following which
should be of interest to our readers
and the whole address should be read
by every business man in every COM
munity.
"The great distinctly American hab-
it is the Newspaper Habit In the
older countries across the pond, news
paper reading is largely confined 10
the educated and prosperous few.
step into n street car in any aver
age American city and you viii see
most Of the passengers deep in their
morning or evening paper, sight that
cannot be seen in any other country
on the globe. To these people their
newspaper is the only source of infor-
nation on all the activities and events
Of life.
"The newspaper is a welcome visitor
in every American home where even
the faintest rays of education and in
telligence have entered. On the thres-
hold Of the home the newspaper meets
the glad hand of every member of
the family eager for news of the
town and the great world of work
ers and players. With noiseless
step the great friend of the family
enters into millions of homes clad in
raiment of white pulp upon which is
imprinted the motion picture of the
worlds doings. He is with the fami-
ly at breakfast and sits with them
around the evening lamp-the first
guest to enter the house at break of
day and the last to leave at night.
The message that this friend carries
goes directly into the very heart Of
the family circle.
The Life of Community
After all that is said and done the
newspaper is the thing that gives life
to city. It supplies the daily infor-
nation from the outside world which
enables a community to build proper
~ and permanently on the right
foundation. It acquaints it readers
with the elements of real progress.
It creates civic interest and social in
dependence that contributes to muni-
cfpal solidarity. 1t feeds civic pride
Gunnison news-champion., 1921-08-05

are just what they were before the
resolution was adopted, and they will
remain unchanged until a treaty is
negotiated. That treaty, when nego-
tiated, must be in harmony with the
provisions of the treaty at Versailles
or the allies will not permit Germany
to sign II. And again, "That's that
as MIR. Harding would express it.
In the meantime waiting for the
League of Nations to die is a tedious
process in the midst of a hot and
sticky summer. The Washington cor
respondents had hardly finished put
ting out the inspired administration
propaganda which presented the dis
armament conference as the beginning
OF Mr.. Hardfng's association of ma
tons when Mr.. Balfour's speech on
the League of Nations before the i'm
pcrial conference was made public in
London. Mr.. Balfour Is likely TO be
one of the British representatives to
the disarmament conference and what
he told the British colonial premiers
was that If the League was dissolved
II would be necessary to frame n new
treaty of peace. As none of the prin-
cipal allied and associated powers has
the slightest intention Of framing q
new treaty of peace, and as Mr.. Hard
ing himself will be obliged to make
the treaty of Versailles the basis of
any treaty that he may negotiate with
Germany, the leagues actual ex-
pectations of life can easily be figur-
ed out by the administrators Justly
celebrated experts who have succeeded
the incompetent Democrats.
1t is possible that at some time and
in some place great government has
produced something more ridiculous
than the congressional peace resolu-
tion. but there is nothing in the re-
cords to establish the fact. Yet il
can be said of this resolution what can
be said of little of the work of the
Gunnison news-champion., 1921-08-05
MR.. HARDING'S PEACE
New York World:-

New York World:-
Mr. Harding's peace with Germany
is based on the well-known formula,
IF we had some ham we could have
some ham and eggs if we had some
eggs" Nothing is lacking to the
Harding peace except the ingredients.
Since the president signed the
knox-Porter resolution with the elo-
quent and inspiring comment Eyes,
that's that" the administration has
been trying to find out what to do
with the blessing that congress, under
White House leadership has conferred
on the American people. Some thot
the president ought to issue procla-
nation and tell the world that the
United States and Germany were no
longer at war. Some thot that the
least said the better. Finally the reso-
luton was returned to the Attorney
General, who turned it over to the
best minds of the department of jus
tice to determine whether there was
anything for the president to proclaim
and whether it would be prudent for
him to proclaim it.
As for the country, it still retains
much more interest in the Dempsey
Carpenter fight than in Mr.. Harding's
peace by resolution for the very excel
lent reason that the fight really set
tied something while the resolution
settled nothing. The relations be-
tween the United States and Germany
Gunnison news-champion., 1921-08-05
Exercise In Open Al.

The child who is brought up in
such way that he Il sensitive to
slight changes In temperature" said
DR.. Lleweilyn Barker Of the National
Committee for Mental Hygiene. .is
bound to suffer from 1t sooner or later.
II children be suitably dressed and are
early accustomed to taking a cool bath
In the morning and to wnlls out cf
doors each day. rain or shine, cold Of
warm. the skin and nervous system ac-
quire tolerance for variations in tenn
perature desirable for health. An out
of-door life for children also leads
them unconsciously to exeseise their
muscles more than IL possible for thg
child who stays indoofa.~
Gunnison news-champion., 1921-08-05
By JAMES FEsrxosE COOPER

a. the age OF
IL. james Feni-
more Cooper de-
trrmGned to enter
upsa = naval Ca
rrcr tn the service
Of his country.
M. apprrntice-
ship WIS begun
on = freiEhtrr
.zIIlnE from New
York to Cov~s.
In . stormy pas
.sE~ Of 80 dsy..
he radar-d the
yiEorou. b ID
ships Of nfe be-
fore the mast
This sSas foiEw~d
Gunnison news-champion., 1921-08-05

COME time since an American pub
Usher invited group of men. in
~ Guiding among others Roosevelt,
Barnes. Spears, Connolly and the
writer. to select the six greatest ro-
mances Of the sea "The Two Ad-
mIrals" was the one of Cooper's sea
tales Included by unanimous vote.
Well does the book deserve its Sc
lection for 1t is without question the
greatest Of all the novels OF the sea.
all OF which have read and not few
of which have written.
II has more OF the best Of Cooper,
and less Of his worst, than any Of his
naval or other romances. No writer
was ever more at home on a ships
deck than Cooper-not even Marryatt.
And all his knowledge of the great
deep, the way OF ships therein, the
habits and customs Of sailors, hns been
utilized In full measure In this immor-
tai story. 1t rings true alike TO sea-
men and landsmen.
There Is subsidiary story concern
Ing the love Affairs of gallant young
sea officer. Sir wycherly wychecombe,
and Mildred Dutton- Bluewater, a dam.
sci as lovely. rs delicate and as inane
rs Cooper at his worst could describe
Whenever she appeared she was either
suffused with bushes or bursting into
tears. On one occasion she wept
steadily for above one half hour.
The supposed daughter OF drunk
en-, retired officer and a woman OF the
middle class. Mildred turns out to be
the lawful niece OF one of the two ad-
mirals. just in time to soothe his dying
hours: while her husband. Virginian.
turns up In the nick of time with the
papers In his hands to prove his sue
cession to the ancient title and lands
OF Wychecombe. All Of which is ex-
cessively tiresome.
Fortunately the greater part Of the
book Is taken up with the doings Of
the Two Admirals. The puerile. pre-
mid-Victorian romance will easily be
forgotten but the remainder will rich
ly repay the reader.
In 17i5 when George II relgned in
England the young pretender, Charles
Edward, made that daring and unsuc-
cessful dash for crown which came
to bloody end at Culloden in the fol-
lowing year. 1t is that abortIve but
gallant effort which furnishes the mo-
tive for the action of the novel.
Vice Admiral of the Red Sir Geryaise
Dukes commanded well fitted, well
ofncered. well manned, homogeneous
feet Of ships-of-the-line which had
been cruising In the Bay Of Biscay. As
sociated with him was Richard Blue.
water. rear admiral Of the White. ser
ond In command. These two men.
both welded to the service alone. had
been shipmates and friends, during n
naval career Of nearly forty years.
Oakes was typical English admiral.
superb sailor, a downright fighter:
biuewater his complement and oppo-
site. subtle thinker and a brilliant
tactician. The combination, was ideal
n was the completeness Of a friend.
ship. not to say an affection. as sin.
cere as 1t was lasting. Nothing had
ever broken 1t: nothing. 1t was be-
iieved. ever would break II,
In but one point did the true friends
diner. Oakes was a whig. Bluewater |
Tory. 1t did not seem possible. how
ever. for political consideration IN in.
terrupt their warm relations. The
bold adventure Of Charles Edward
bade fair to do that very thing. how.
sver. For Bluewater. frank. unworld- |
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~ ~ ewes reuKher period of - days
These adventure. furnished vivid ma
serfsi for thriiiink episodes In his ses
seS~i.-
After thi. he served In the navy In
various -APscities. storing mp laval
ashle esperirsee 20 be retiSed by
Thousands In The pages Of his boeks.
At the axe Of II he married. This
aery. irritable ssd strong -wiiied maa
va. easily tnasesced tbrougho his
life by his wife. 20 WHOM he was
deeply devoted. ThrosEh her he sbsa-
asaed his anbssios for . naval career.
Not ustii he Wa. 10. however. did
he begin 20 write His nr.s so~el was
duh beyond belief. Nevertheless his
frfends urged him to try nG.is. This
time he laid the scene In his ows land
snd wrote of patriotism the passion
of hi. own heart. -The Spy appeared
In 1871 snd was sooe popular as to
make the largest ssies yet wos ~ -
Americas writer.
Cooper hsd written hi. FIRST sovel
to prove that he could haven't . norr
Interesting tale thaa he had Just
read. He likewise wrote his ar.s sea
story TO rival scott's The Pirste.- and
TO prove that the suthor Of ses novel
should have lived on shipboard In order
to know not only the ocean. hut the
intimate way. and working. of ships.
The PILOT wp. convincing. u met
with Instantaneous and brilliant sue-
Gees n Europe and America
Gunnison news-champion., 1921-08-05

present congress-namely, that no
harm has been done. Everything for
all practical purposes is just as it was
before. Even the Germans have no.
been fooled and they almost always
guess wrong.
Gunnison news-champion., 1921-08-05

The states coal production for the
month of June was only about half as
large rs the usual June production.
The usual June production of the
state is 100000 tons while this
years figures are 547,473 tons. Gun
nison county's figures show 64,343
shortage of the usual production.
Gunnison news-champion., 1921-08-05

Mrs. L. o. Machlan left this week
to spend the rest of the summer in
Denver and Loveland. Mr.. Machlan
will join her later when school closes.