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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-03-29
COLOMBIA'S CLAIM

If congress should take Mr. Harding's advice
and ratity the Colombian treaty, it would not only
put a bar sinister on the greatest world-entcrprsc
ever carried out by this country, and make gratu-
itious fling at the record of former administration
which none Of the present administration would
dare attack if its head were living but it would
be surrender TO the greatest back-mailing scheme
ever put forth in the worlds history.
For this country owes Colombia nothing If
thero is a single fact upon which Colombia can base
just claim for twenty-five millions. that fact has
never appeared in type. Even admitting everything
claimed by the Colombian lobbyists, there is no
basis for such claim, because the establishment
of the Republic of Panama, and the building of the
canal. benefited Colombia great deal more than
the secession of the Panama republic cost AID
hitting the claim IN principle would still leave Co
lombia out of court on a quanam meruit, as the
lawyers say
If the deal is put through it will not be because
anybody believes it just, but because it will help
the administration automatically 1t is a sop
thrown out to quiet laxative little bully But
whether II will really increase the respect of the
South American republics for the United States re-
mains TO be seen. We doubt it very much.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-03-29
EVIL TIM
(By Walt Mason)

There is a crisis everywhere, and all the world
is in despair read the news from day TO day.
from countries near and far away and I'm dis
couraged | mark prospects, desolate and
dark Oh. anarchy and doom and wreck and
countless evils are on deck: some crisis every
day appears and humps its back and wags its
ears, and statesmen cry, as they've long cried
1.-The tail must travel with the hide" For six long
years H's been the same; the crisis played its
low down game and filed us with the dumps and
blues, and kept shaking in shoes. We had
a crisis months ago because prices then were
low, and profteers were on our trail demanding
all our hardearned kale. That crisis sumped
another rose, and now low prices are our foes;
because the cost no longer scars, a thousand mills
have closed their DOORS and voorhees, workmen
walk the streets and clamor vainly for the eats
and soak the sken shirts they wore when
tother crisis had the floor I'm tired of all this
crisis stuff: they've fed me up-Ive had enough
Let's drill along with sprighty tread and talk
of happy days ahead, and practice thrift and do
our stunts. and heave some smiles instead of
grunts.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-03-29
INCREASE VALUE TAX

Increase in the value of capital invested must be
taxed as income, the supreme court has decided,
provided there is a sale of the property whose
value is enhanced AS this proviso lacks much in
strict logic, it is liable to be upset at any time.
leaving the whole subject brst!ing with interesting
possibilities.
The value of all property in the United States.
real and personal, has increased about Is billion
dollars in the last FIVE years If it were possible
tc reach and tax this entire value at regular rates
it would add something like fifteen to twenty bill
lion dollars to the federal treasury. Indeed it is
possible that out of such increase in valuation
enough money could be extracted to pay the ex-
pcnses of the war.
In the year 1920 increases throughout the
country amounted to perhaps forty billion dollars
and if even half of that sum could be brought
within the income tax provision it would practically
double the amount of revenue from that source
this year
But how will the government distinguish be-
tween increase and initiation. The simplest applica-
lion of the rules of economics to the existing stu
VIII prove uldt the DuIk OF tnS SO-CdlleQ In
is merely the result of coming paper instead
of gold for money. Measured by Federal Re
serve currency the increase appears tremendous
Measured by the most stable article of which the
value is known silver bullion. the increase would
be very small, Measured by gold-if it were pos
sble to apply the gold measurement at this time
we have a notion the entire increase would dis
appear, and in its place there would be shrink
age representing the amount of the country's loss
in the war
What will the government do about this9 If
1t taxes enhancements Of value. caused by initiation,
should it not give rebate on depreciation caused
by dehationp Can it, or will it, undertake to dis
tinguish actual from apparent enhancement Some
interesting discussion from initiated as well as in
terested sources may be looked for.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-03-29
As Others See 1t
PARALLELS OF sAFED THE SAGE
. (By William e. Barton,)
Knowing WIZ cooth ITO the sen

Knowing Nh7t Cccth lr'o the Soup
have friend who owneth Large Hotel. And
he wrote an Epistle unto me, saying, When thou
contest unto this Burg let no main beguile thee of
thy wealth. Come thou to mine Hotel, and eat
that which is good and it shall not cost three One
Red Cent.
Now had occasion to visit that City, and he
met me with an Automobile, and took me to his
Hotel and gave unto me a Swell Room with
Bath and fed me with feasting. And we had a
fine Breakfast, and a Lunch that was Some Lunch.
But when came to Dinner behold, he was
weary And we looked over the Bill of Fare, and
nothing looked good unto him.
And said, will have Planked Whitefsh.
And he said, Nay l have been trying to get
Chef who could plank an Whitefish as it should
be done; try something else.
And thus he spake of everything proposed.
And then he said, Come, let us get out of this
mob | know nice little Chop-house. Let us
run over there and get a good Beefsteak.
And | said Not on thy life There is no Chop
house that can put up such eats as have here.
intend to eat this Whole Bill of Fare
And he blessed me- and he said, Our food is
good and this is the best Hotel within a circle of
Five Hundred Miles, and l know it. But get so
weary knowing what goes into everything, and
the process by which things are done, that | get
tired Il.
And | said unto him, o. my friend, thou art
not the only pebble the beach. What thou
sayest is true of all men when they come to know
the seamy side of their job.
And he said 1t cannot be with thee.
And said, 1t is even so. l know too well what
goeth into my homiletic Soupkette. And know
that when l roast people from the Pulpit it is
often Overdone and Scorched
,AAnd | said, Come, let eat this Food, for it
seemeth this is One Good Square Meal.
And he said, You can just bet that meal you
are eating is All Wool and Yard Wide.
And it was Some Meal.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-03-29
(By Z

lobe Moseley finds the world has
changed a heap in the past few years.
He recalls when the old-fashioned
thief used to steal "A persons silver
watch and go on home perfectly salts
fled with his days work.
During the recent heavy snow the
Deputy Constable observed good
many human tracks going thither and
yonder, and upon tracing them to
their lair he found that most of them
led to or from heating stove and
c.ialf.
Cricket Hicks is rapidly becoming
one of our most noted singers, as he
has Just sent a dime away for another
book of one hundred of the most pop
ular songs
copyright, 1921, George Matthew
Adams)
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-03-29

This Sad Scene always gets a Laugh,
because Everyone knows some Poor
Father who Totes the Baby round
Nights and Means about it Days. We
all looked Just Like this Baby once
upon a time. Isn't it a Wonder that
Poor Father didn't Sell Us Down the
River?
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-03-29

Secretary Hughes says the Bols will have TO
mend their ways before Uncle Sam will trade with
them. To which Mr. Hoover adds they'll Lave
to gel something to trade on. A case Of nothing
doing
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-03-29

Lord Chancellor Birkenhcad of England says
there is not chance in the world of that country
gong dry. Some people in America used to say
The same thing. Members of the head" family,
too, Wooden.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-03-29
Member az The Associated Press

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to
the use for republication of all news dispatches
credited to it or not otherwise credited in this
paper and also the local news published therein.
All rights of republication of special dispatches
herein are also reserved.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-03-29

Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan have moved their church
membership to Miami and Mr.. Bryan S running
Bible Class. That almost makes them Crackers,
doesn't ftp
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-03-29

Surely we can't be far from normalcy when we
have Republican president calling congress to-
geher to pass protective tariff BILL
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-03-29

AT any rae, it has been demonstrated that the
air tournament is safer than an automobile race.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-10-24
May Get Treasure From Ocean.

A ships treasure buried for 139
years has now" It is thought, been To-
Gated. Anyway, the East India COM
pany's ship Grosvenor, which foun-
dered off the coast of Pondoland, South
Africa, in 1882, with $S,573, $50 in spe-
Gle, numerous gold and silver ingots,
and precious stones, including an al
most priceless parcel of emeralds on
board, has now been located. The
GrosvenOr Bullion syndicate has been
organized and survey work IS already
proceeding. The consulting engineer
in the operation confirms the report
that the ship, which is said to lie IN
from 10 to 25 feet Of water only, is
intact from keel to deck. A 9O-foot
tunnel from shore to ship is proposed.
A large silver Spanish coin bearing
worn date that appears to be 1722,
a lighter silver coin which appears to
be Indian and small gold piece on
which an image may be fairly dis
cerned have been obtained from per-
sons living on the Pondoland coast,
and are believed to have come from
the sunken GrosvenOr.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-10-24
Causes of Winds.

Winds are produced by a disturb
ance of the equilibrium in some part
Of the atmosphere; disturbance al
ways resulting from a difference in
temperature between adjacent Sec
tons. Thus, if the temperature OF
certain extent of ground becomes high
err, the air in contact with it becomes
heated, the air expands and goes to-
ward the colder or higher regions of
the atmosphere; whence it flows, pro-
ducing winds which blow from hot to
cold countries. But at the same time
the equilibrium is destroyed at the
surface of the earth, for the pressure
OH the colder adjacent parts is greater
than on that which has been heated,
and hence current will be produced
with velocity dependent on the differ
ence between these pressures; thus
two distinct winds will be produced
an upper one setting outward from the
heated region, and lower one setting
inward toward it.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-10-24
IT LOOKED SUSPICIOUS
But What Prohibition OFFICERS Thought
Was a "stiII" Was Really Some. 49,,
thing Quite Different. &..,

State and federal prohibition officers
were silent concerning Al recent expert
ence. when they swoOped down on the
shack of John Finn of She-bourne
mountain to- raid what was supposed
to be a giant still.
Finn. Il Russian, was nowhere to be
seen, but ut the rear of his clearing
was a rough .conical stone structure,
about six feet high. its chinks filled
with clay. Under it cracked log
fire, while from it's top issued smoke
and steam.
One still.hunter pried open the
small iron door, thrust hand into
the steam-filled. interior and emitted
a shrek. 's>fs
"A laig!" he cried. "a human laig !!
And it's alivet"
From the doorway emerged first the
foot, next the t"laig," and then body
Of John Finn, clad only in the muddy
mantle of innocence.
"What y doin'?" was fired at him.
"Takin' hath" he answered in
broken English. "a
Finn explained he had built himself
a Russian BATH obtaining the steam
by letting cold water drip on heated
stones.-Rutland (Vt.) Dispatch in
the New York World. - +
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-10-24
improvements in Palestine.

Assistant Trade Commissioner JUL
an E. Gillespie, who has just complet-
ed visit to Egypt, Syria, Palestine,
and Smyrna, states that the govern
ment Of Palestine has projected an en-
largement of the ports of Jaffa and
Haifa, the erection of large wa
terpower plant sufficient to meet the
needs Of all Palestine, the irrigation
Of the Jordan valley, and the construc-
ton of a railroad from the Sea Of
Galilee directly east to connect with
the lBagdad railway. However, it is
probable that only the port improve
ments at Jaffa will see accomplish
ments IN the near future. This prof.
ect Is being urged by the orange grow
ers and, shippers of Jaffa.--7Scientific
American.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-10-24
HER AFTERNOON QUITE -' BUSY
Violet Grace, However, Had Intervals
OF Leisure, and Took Advantage
o.. Y Of All Of Them.

Violet Grace dressed to 60 shopping.
Last of all she powdered her nose.
She went first to a certain store, for
II was having sale, but she didn't
see bargain in the whole store, so
she left. She paused moment at the
ribbon counter and powdered her nose.
She stopped at the blouse shop. She
simply had to have blouse soon. But
they had nothing that appealed to her,
so after powdering her nose she went
out.
She visited We baby shoppe to see If
she could find little gift for Candles
baby, but everything was so frightfully
expensive that she decided to make
something to give. She powdered her
nose at the doorway. There was such
good mirror there.
Feeling weary, she had a cup Of
chocolate and some waters. The chOc-
olate was not very hot and the
whipped cream looked mussy. She re-
solved she would go somewhere else
next time. Those tea shops deteri-
oEaLeu 80 utter tney nau estdDlisheu
a reputation She powdered her; nose
before leaving the table. y
It was early to go home, so she
thought she might as well see pic
ture. She was disappointed in it. how
ever, and she went out before it was
altogether finished. She powdered her
nose again in the rest room. .
She boarded street car for home.
She wished she did not have to walk
two blocks when she got off, but there
was no help for it. She powdered her
nose and alighted.
The afternoon was over.-Katherine
Negley, in Judge.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-10-24
81 ---------------------- -
Venetabie Ola In China.

The Chinese, lacking an adequate
supply of animal fats, turn to vege-
table oils, which are their butter ana
lard. In their country, as we'll as In
India, the cake" or residue from the
oil presses, is turned to valuable &C.
count as cattle feed. The oil enters
into the manufacture of perfumes and
drugs, and in Syria 1t is used In the
preparation of Il Sweetmeat.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-10-24
a's. ~.
PROTECTED BY WHITE BONE
How People Of Eastern Algeria Guard
Themselves Against the Glance
of the Evil Eye. ... T.,

People who live in eastern Algeria
always have few beehives near their
homes. Sometimes the Berber Will
place the beehives on the roof of his
house. Ag...
The Berbers know bees so well and
like honey so much that from earliest
infancy they look upon the bee as a
friend who must be guarded and need
not be feared. The Berber housewife
takes great care of her bees. She
makes sure that sand storm suddeni
ly sweeping across, the great. desert
will not utterly ruin the beehive. She
protects the hives, their store OF hon
ey and the workers who make the
honey by covering the hives with mats.
Underneath the beehives, in plain
sight of every one who passes. a white
bone swings in the breeze. The Ber-
Der is superstitious, and his chief fear
is danger from the evil eye.
Fear of the evil eye has come down
through the ages. 1t is common IN
many other countries, particularly the
south of Europe. In all these lands,
various ,talismans are supposed to
ward off the dangers Of the evil eye.
The chief reliance of the Berbers IS
placed in a white bone. Any bone
will serve so long as it is white, and
so placed that it catches the eye Of
the passer-by.
The bone is believed ITO catch the
glance of the person who may have
an evil eye. Being attracted by the
cleaning white bone, the glance Of the
evil eye is believed to be held by it
and kept from banefully falling upon
the object it is placed to protect.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-10-24
Symbolic October Gems.

For Mcpherson born In October, who
wishes to have ring showing the
stone Of his guardian. angel and apos
tie for the month"; quaint old Gus
tom worth reviving-it is worth know
ling that for the angel named BARREL,
agate is the stone, and for the apostle
Simon jacinth is selected. The combi-
nation, though symbolic, might not be
altogether, pleasing. The hop, an,
tciently used as the symbolic flower Of
the month, Is sometimes used as the
design III an ornamental gold ring for
persons born in October. v 2iHl ,.,a4
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-10-24
"loadstone.A

This magnetic oxide of iron, or
loadstone, as it is called, was first
found in Magnesia, in Asia Minor,
the name magnet being derived from
this circumstance. The name load
stone, which is applied to this nat
ural magnet, was given on account
of. its being used when suspended as
u guiding or leading stone, from the
old Saxon word, "laeden," to lead.
Loadstone or magnetic oxide Of iron,
Is very abundant in nature, especially
In, Sweden and Norway, where 1t Is,
worked as an iron ore and furnishes
the best quality Of iron. 1t Is also
found in Canada. !.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-10-24
The Victor's Privilege.

The man and the boy met at the en-
trance to the little park, and walked
down the path together. The man
noted the disheveled appearance Of the
lad and questioned him.
"What's the trouble, sonny? You
look like you'd been in a wreck?"
"Nope. Been in fight the boy
informed him carelessly.
,"Been in a fight, eh?" the IMAM re-
peated. '"And who wlipped?'
II did. of course" the boy answered.,
contentedly. IF I hadn't whipped do
you think. I'd be tellin' you about :it?"
Kansas City Star. $50
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-10-24
SEEM v: TO Enjoy WORRYING
Persons Possessed of That Tragic
, Temperament Can Only Be Re-
~ ,boarded az Affections. 1t

Even if the manufacturers Of
worry only suffered themselves, 1t
would not be so bad; unfortunately,
however, they have knack Of trans
ferring their tragic feelings to: others.
A whole houseful of people can be
made miserable by one person with
tragic temperament.
The question arises: What Is the
best way to deal with them? Expert
ence tells me that we should never
show sympathy. At the same time,
nothing is gained by making little of
trouble which they regard as gi-
gantic. That has an irritating effect
The best cure is to ignore their
tragic tales" as much as possible.
Just express a passing regret that 1.-The
grocer has failed to send" or that "a
husband started on his journey with
out his tooth brush" Gas if he couldn't
buy one in the place for which he
was bound, or clean his teeth for
once with handkerchief) and nothing
more! u. - F.
+ When one has been polite, then pass
+ on to- talk .of something lelse. OF
course, one could quote: E
"A troubles a pound or troubles an
ounce, x
A trouble is what you make it.
It isn't the size of the trouble that counts;
It's just this-how do you take it," 90
But the verse is an old one, and 1
doubt if it has had the effect iOf de-
creasing the apparent size Of any
trouble which came the way Of those
with ''tragic temperaments." -London
Answers. : ~.-
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-10-24

then the railway and advanced freight and
conductor became grand the Brotherhood Of Railway
Tanmen assistant general OF the free delivery
the Posoce department. AS president Of the Illinois Highway
association had deal do with the good roads of the state
president bank noand Pm still green enough keep
ing mentally.
Avail yourselves of of learning Do not neglect
thing unmportan The people
tunes that they have contempt before they investigate They do not
admit that there anything be learned from and untried
ositon.. III
Here valuable aphorsms of Ben franklin earn of the
sku that himself has fool for MASTER "He that won't
be counseled can't be helped" sag
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-10-24
Use for Surplus Water Supply.


Having atiwater supply far exceed
ing the requirement Of its present
populatlon,sl the authorities of the
small town of Port Alberni, B. c., de-
cided to utilize this surplus for gen.
Grating electricity for lighting pur-
poses. The source Of the water sup
Div is n creek seven miles distant,
with head of 61O feet, and allowing
for friction and all losses in trans
mission, there was an effective head
at the power house of 353 feet. which
at ordinary rates Of efficiency made
available a force of 12O horse power,
being all that was required to gener-
ate enough currea: for lighting the
town for some time TO come.--Popular
Mechanics Magazine.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-10-24
Precautionary Measures.

Honey, when you go to break the
news to paw" whispered Miss Pinkey
Pertwhistle, an Arkansas maiden
who had just promised young Gabe
Gawley that she'd be his'n, YOU'D bet
ter ask him first thing for the loan
of his pistol, and when you've got 1t
safe in your pocket tell him we're
going to get married, and then stun
him right quick with a neck yoke or
something."-Country Gentleman.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-10-24
,a1 ~
Aurora AustraIis.

, During one of the British eXpedi-
tons to the antarctic regions, more
than sixty observations We're made
Of the aurora australis, the southern
counterpart of our northern lights.
The appearance of the light gresem-
bled that presented in the arctic re-
gions. But the maximum frequency
did not occur during the months of the
long polar night. and the pherome-
non was most intense at the tfnle Of
the equinoxes, when the sun is per
pendicular over the equator, and day
light is simultaneous at both the north
and the south pole., -rT,S 81: p, r,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-10-24
Our LANGUAGE Again.

Terriage is what you pay for riding
on ferry, hut salvage is not what
YOU spend for salve riding, and tte
money you pay for cab riding is not
cabbage. Railroad bonds are for run
nirg railroads, but baby bonds aren't
for running babies.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-10-24
"Just as Long as You Are Green You
Will Keep on Growing"
By W. G. EDENs, Address to College Girls Club.

Just as long as you're green, young ladies, you'll
keep on growing The way to keep on learning is to
realize that you need to learn You will learn as long
as you try; you will grow as long as you admit you are
green. But the moment you begin to think you know
enough, you will stop learnng.gs Your mental growth
will end right there. .>.,l.....~
I began life as Western Union messenger boy.
I was green and knew it and I climbed up because
realized that had pretty much everything to learn
So kept OH learning I got to be mail carrier;