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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-10-13
Parade, Public Services at
Armory, Football, Feed
and Carnival Dance ,
BISHOP BENNETT WILL
GIVE ADDRESS OF DAY
Game Dinner and Program of
Entertainment for Post
to be Held Oct. 26

Final plans for Armistice Day oc-
cupied the bulk of the regular meet
ing of the Ralph Oracle post of the
American Legion held at the rooms
of the Civic and Commerce associa-
ton Thursday evening and every in
dication is that Bemidji will observe
that day in a manner long to be re-
membered. Reports of the general
chairman of the day, N. E. Given, and
the various subcommittee show that
plans are even now practically COM
pleted for this event the one big
event in the life of every ex-service
man who took part in the World
War.
A parade will open the doings of
the day, this parade to be composed
of ex-service men in uniform if pos
sible, a large number Of floats for
which prizes will be offered, decor
ated automobiles and large number
of marching bodies. It is hoped that
the general response to invitation
vii be hearty.
Following the parade a public
memorial parade will be held at the
new armory. Bishop G. G.. Bennett
of the Duluth Diocese of the Epis-
copal church, who gave such an en-
tightening message here last armis-
tice day, has been secured again as
the principal speaker. In addition
there will be silent prayer for the
buddies who "went west" number
solos and assembly singing Of pat
riotie songs. ''sF ,''s
As a part of the Armistice Day
program. the Bemidjis high school
football team will stage d game against
the fast Hibbing high school team
and there is every indication that
this will be one of the features of
the day.
But as far as the ex-service men
are concerned, they are sure to find
that the supper to be served in the
association rooms by the Legion Aux
iliary will be the most enticing part
Of the program. Ex-service men from
out of town,who bring their wives
or lady friends to Bemidji for this
celebration are to be allowed to take
them to supper. This feature of the
program will be free, according to the
present plans, and arrangements will
be made to care for an exceptionally
large attendance. The gang will
probably be fed in two relays and
will be given tickets accordingly when
they register at 1.-THE new armory
early in the morning of Nov. II.
The program for the evening Is
complete in itself. A gigantic car
nival dance will be staged at the new
armory. Excellent music Is assured
for the dance and b humber Of
unique features are alread arranged
for the carnival. The armory is to
be decorated for the occasion and
those who attended the May Day dance
given by the post are assured another
similarly enjoyable affair In the ev-
ening Of Armistice Day.
Minstrel Show
DR.. D. F. Mccain, who has so ably
directed minstrel shows in the past,
has been named chairman of COM
mittee to put on minstrel show or
other show of that nature for the
Legion post in the near future. In
any event, plans for the winter en-
tertainment have been started.
Game Dinner .
Every member and prospective
member of the Ralph Oracle post is
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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-10-13

=. Valenciennes, France-A workman
and his wife were seriously gassed
when huge fungus growing in the
wainscotting of their cottage ex-
ploded with bomb-like effect. ,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-10-13

A. B. Smith, passenger traffic
manager of the Northern Pacific
Railway, was elected president of
the American Association of Pas
senger Traffic officers at their 9th
annual convention in Louisville, Ky.
Mr.. Smith was until early in 1922
general passenger agent of the New
York, New Haven and Hartford
railway. Since his association with
the Northern Pacific, it's aggressive
advertising of Yellowstone Park, the
states of the Northwest, their re-
sources and products have attracted
wide attention. q 49,"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-10-13

! Brownsville, Texas-Mexican fl
nanciers are developing rich delta
lands of lower. Rio Grande in Mex
leo.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-09
What Will We Get?

Governor Small has secured a 30-day post
ponement of his trial on grounds that it is i'm
perative for him to be in Springfield to direct
the states elaborate hard roads building pro-
gram for 1922.
That is interesting news, but judging from
past performances it will little effect Rock Is
land and Rock Island county. We have heard
much and seen little of hard roads in this vi
cinity, and we have no reason to hope that the
courts action in excusing the governor from
detention at Waukegon this month will mean
anything to this community.
Last Saturday The Argus published map of
the state, showing the progress which has been
made in the campaign to pull Illinois out of
the mud" 1t was graphic illustration of the
long strides the state has already taken in the
construction of permanent highways, but it
clearly depicted Rock Island county's complete
failure in competing with other sections of the
state for its just share OF the $4,000 900 bond
issue Except for a short stretch of approx
imately two miles route No. leading out Of
East Moline the county has not been touched.
Rock Island county ranks third in payment
of state automobile license fees, yet scarcely
penny of the thousands send to Springfield
each year has come back to US for hard roads.
Why is this? Why doesn't the state highway
commission come here AMI hold the meeting it
has so long promised? Why haven't the state
engineers been over the ground? Why aren't
the contracts let and why won't the dirt be fly
ing route No 8 as soon as the frost is out of
the ground as Governor Small promised local
officials? Why don't we get action?
Mr.. Landowner who has a farm along the
Turkey Hollow route and wants the highway to
go past his front yard knows why, as does Mr..
Landowner, living along the Monmouth way.
Mayor Schriver, who has made several trips to
Springfield to urge speedy action for route No.
3 and officials of the Chamber of Commerce
know why.
It's because the state highway department is
waiting for the people and interests of this To-
cality to get together and tell the department
what they want. AS long continue to
fight among ourselves the department will
build roads elsewhere. And Governor Small
and his highway commission can't be blamed
for that. They going to build roads where
the people know what they want and ask for
it; and they aren't going to trouble much with
what it wants.
The Argus is not particularly interested in
what route the road takes south of Milan. 1t
owns farms. But The Argus is vitality inter
ested in getting road built this summer and
1T knows this will never be accomplished unless
end to the fight between the two factions of
land owners and politicians, who doing a
mighty good Job of talking the matter to death.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-09
Remembering John Ericsson.

Illinois residents of Swedish blood meet
once every year to commemorate event in
American history in which one of their dis
tinguished kinsmen played an important role.
John Ericsson designed and built the Monitor.
The Monitor sank the Merrimac. You are ia
miliar with the history of the Civil war, and
need not be given the details here.
The John Ericsson league of Illinois is hold
ing its annual meeting in Moline today. There
are in attendance several hundred delegates
from all sections of the state They the
men who either were born in Sweden or the sons
of Swedish fathers. They are prominently
identified with the civic, commercial, profess
sional and agricultural life of the state. 1t is
a thoroughly American organization. Orig
inally it was called the Swedish Republican
club of Illinois, but when the war came on that
name was dropped and the present one substi-
tuted, in order that there might not be any
grounds for suspicion that the organization was
anything than what it represented itself to be
one hundred per cent American.
The John Ericsson league, while primarily
existing to keep alive the memory of the great
man whose name it bears, also strives to play
part in the general welfare of the state, lend
ing its cooperation to any and all movements
for general betteTment And in doing so it
does not necessarily have to ignore the fact
that it's members carry sentimental attachments
for land across the seas. Many of the mem
bers were born in Sweden. So that it is but
natural that when the league holds its annual
meeting there are "reminiscences of the father
land. The meeting is a pleasant reunion for
many men-men who came from Sweden as
boys and have attained success in the land of
their adoption.
Tonight the delegates and number of dis
tinguished visotors invited to be present at the
affair, to have banquet at the Augustana
college gymnasium. 1t will be notable gath
ering of substantial sons of Illinois. There
will be speakers to tell of national and state
affairs. and there will be others who will dwell
on the part in history that John Ericsson, a
Swede, enacted. 1t will be an inspiring occas-
sion, one in which the spirit of American 10y
atty and optimism will be predominant.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-09

has been given to jury the jurors must re-
main together until there is verdict or disa-
greement The st. Paul jurors stuck together
for two night and two days.
The case simply illustrates how an awkward
situation may arise where persons are seeking
new experiences. The good women who became
Jurors at St Paul had no idea that they would
be locked up over night in a room with several
strange men. While the experience involved
no moral question. yet it was an indicate sit
uation and one that must have greatly en-
barrassed the women.
womens suffrage is national blessing,
but it involves features that places those whom
it favors in danger of breaking down the in
visible barrier that has always existed between
the sexes. While it may be argued that woman
can do anything that man can do, yet we all
eralize there are lines of activity and service
we would not wish to see our wives, mothers
or sisters enter.
Woman is power for good in the political
civic and social life of the nation. OF course
she can give a good account of herself as a
Juror, yet we don't believe that she ought to be
called upon to serve in that capacity because
of the possibility of the embarrassment such
as was suffered by the seven women in st. Paul
She can have her place in politics, but we
don't want her to get into the ugly squabbles
in which the men sometimes engage. Let her
take an active part in politics, but in doing so
let her have her gatherings of the members of
her own sex and not expose herself to the
rough proceedings that form a part of so many
of the political meets made up of men.
We want to regard woman as the sweet
thing that she has always been, and we don't
want her to be dragged into situations that de-
prive her of the charm and the mystery that
she has exercised mere man from time
immemorial. 1t is not question of morality
or safety 1t is merely one Of womanlness.
Woman was never intended to do some of the
things that have always belonged to man. If
she had been she would not have been created
a woman. So that's that.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-09
Hartford MacNider.

The following is taken from the American
Legion Weekly of Feb. "A, being a quota
ton of editorial from the Seattle Star, in
which sentiments The Argus fully concurs
"Hanford MacNider, the Star takes off its
hat to you because it seems to US that you have
shown the country that you are a BIG MAN.
You turned down offer of Iowa's governor
to appoint you United States senator. Your
refusal is corking fine American act.
You, Hanford MacNider, had been entrusted
with the highest office in the American Legion.
If you had deserted it now for political prefer
ment you would have made the Legion appear
in the light of a political organization. weak
er man in your place might have yielded.
You did the BIG thing. You turned down
a senatorship for which smaller men would
have paid a kings ransom in money and have
mortgaged their souls. You came clean
Three or four million of your buddies under
stand and appreciate"
Hanfosd MacNider calls Mason City, Iowa,
his home, where he is in the investment and
bond business. He pays his own expenses
while on Legion business and turned down the
salary attached to his office.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-09

the lot of the president in this inchance is not
consoling one.
The contention develops from an attempt
on the part Of Secretary Fall to have the for
estry service bureau transferred from the de-
partment of agriculture to that OF the interior.
over which he presides. That would mean the
taking over Of complete control by the interior
department OF the forestry and other such mat
tiers in Alaska
Why the change should be made or what
influences are back of it, has not been made
clear. In any event, the suggestion has raised
storm Of opposition throughout the land and
the pronounced conservat:onists such as Clifford
Pinchot, who are for the forest preserve, and
against exploitation and ruthless extermina-
ton, are taking an earnest stand in favor Of the
bureau continuing where it is-in the depart
ment of agriculture.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-09
The Problem of Mixed Juries.

St Paul has been stirred by the confne-
ment of seven women and five men for two
days and two nights while they were serving as
jurors in court case At night they were
locked together in one room, denied the privacy
they were accustomed to in their homes The
women, it appears, sat up late and gossiped
and waited until the men retired before they
began preparing to turn in. But after the wo-
men finally got under the covers they aver they
were unable to sleep having been kept awake
by snoring of the men.
Husbands of the women jurors have protest
ed violently against the treatment their wives
received and have declared that they would
never again serve as jurors Governor Preus
declares that he would not allow his wife to go
through such ordeal the seven women
jurors experienced.
Women are now subject to call for jury serv
ice throughout the United States under the
provisions OF the suffrage constitutional amend
ment, Women have served as Jurors in other
parts Of the country, but the objectionable ex-
periences complained of at st. Paul have not
before been cited. The unpleasantness at St
Paul appear to have been occasioned by the
failure OF the Jurors to reach a verdict within
. reasonable time. Under the 1aw. after a ease
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-09
With Other Editors
College Students, Good and Bad.

When DR.. Nicholas Murry Butler said that
1.-The modern college is a high class country
club" it is but natural that he was thinking of
Columbia university, and when Professor E. G..
Sihler added the criticism that industry and
hard study no longer part of the college
mans life" it is to be presumed that he had his
eye on the University of New York For there
are many institutions of leraning to which these
comments do not apply. That they do apply to
some of the eastern schools, however we can
not doubt. Newspaper accounts of the pranks
and escapades Of college students tell the story
only too plainly But in the universities of Mis-
souri,, Kansas, Iowa. Nebraska and the great
middle west generally the student bodies meas
ure up to high standard of industry and ap-
plication. In each of these institutions are
hundreds of students who are paying their own
way, many by working at humble tasks before
and after study hours.-St. Joseph News-Press
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-09
The Daily Short Story

still bent beneath it's burden of
| chestnut braidS when-what was
! that? Hoofbeats! Yes, and a
| strange voice
I'm sorry to bother you, but 1
can't ride farther without glass of
milk. l see you have a cow pas
tured here. but I'll be grateful for
condensed"
The man, hat in hand, smiled
pleasantly at her as he sank down
on the doorstep with a jingle of
spurs.
There's milk IL you wish it, -
Janet replied, with bright tinge
of color concealing the tear stains !;
but it is almost noon. Surely you
will stop here-it's a long ride to
the next cabin"
Il didn't intend to-" was the
laughing confession, for I'd rather
die empty than swim in grease as at
most in bewilderment. Il seem to
real picture place; and can it be
l smell baked beans?"
You smell my regular Saturday
dinner" said Janet, with long lost
dimple, Pickering in and out. THE
potatoes will be ready by the time
my brother returns. Won't you
have the milk as stop-gap till
them"
The man looked at the shining
glass with its creamy contents, al
most in bewildermen. Il seem to
have struck an oasis in a desert
a desert of treesi"
He did full justice to Janet's food
symphony in brown and gold: the
fluffy mashed potatoes, yellow with
cream, the smoking beans topped
with crisp pork, the steamed brown
bread succeed with plump raisins,
and the custard pie whose thick and
golden filling quivered under a
merinque light as foam and over a
crust that crumbled with fiaky rich
ness.
Dick ate in silence for once; per-
haps the strangers compliments for
the menu twisted his mouth a bit,
but he said nothing. He did not
leave until Steve Sargent, the new
forest ranger, had risen reluctantly
from the shining white oilcloth and
started on his way. Dick even
gent announced he would be back
IIIdL way uSAL "eCh-
This is a place to ride fasting
seven days to get to at last 1 hope
l shan't wear out my welcome, but
I'm going to try to this summer"
IF at first you don't succeed, try,
try again." teased Janet, releasing
her hand from Sargent's hearty
clasp-a clasp that yet had some
thing in it SO tender and reverent
that she was to dream of it hap
PLY.
That's a mighty good fellow if
the tales I've heard are o. H. said
Dick, as he swung onto his own
horse. He seemed to take quite a
shine to your fancy ways, Janet
Wouldn't be a bad thing for me to
stand in with him for lumber rea-
Sons"
Janet only nodded in response;
her eyes were fixed on the peaks
beyond. They were still swimming
like a blue lake, but her tears were
happy ones now.
What if l had given up in dis
coura cement before today?' she
asked herself. as she watched that
distant figure turn to wave her
parting salute with his broad
rangers hat.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-09
The Suburban Bungalow VS.. the
TWo-FaniIv.

Put two-family house on the usual size lot
and the neighborhood at once takes on a citi-
fed look. bungalow costing less than half
on the same lot, would preserve the character
of the neighborhood- But If the town in seek
ing to maintain its suburban characteristics
zones out the two-family structures, is it within
its constitutional rights or does it unreason-
ably infringe the rights of the property owner
There is very nice question here, the right
of the neighborhood as against the investment
right of a single property owner and compIi-
Gated by the constant likelihood of operations
by the real estate SPECTATORS. Probably it is
the last that make most Of the trouble It
would be quite an intricate calculation to say
whether the maintained value OF the neighbor-
hood would in of resale compensate the
individual bungalow builder for what he might
have earned by building a two-family house
and renting one f1oor.-Newark Evening News.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-09

@. In what country or by what
people were hotels first established
F. L. NJ.
A. In his Outline of History
Wells says that Lydia was reputed
to be the first country in the world
to provide the convenience of inns
for travellers and traders.
@. When were the first bodies
of American soldiers of the World
war brought back to this country?
A. F. D.
A. On Nov. II, 1918. the first an
niversary of the signing of the
armistice, an army transport reach
ed New York bringing the bodies of
113 American soldiers who had died
in northern Russia
@. How long can wild ducks and
geese be kept in storage?
H. U. L.
A. The open season for these and
other migratory game birds is over.
Carcasses of these birds may be
laws permit it. After Feb 10, pos
session of them. in cold storage
plants renders the owners liable to
federal prosecution.
@. Is asafoetida a vegetable or a
mineral? n. n. K.
A. Asafoetida is of vegetable
origin, being a gum resin found on
various Persian land East Indian
plants.
@. Where are the Aeolian islands
and are they cultivated? NJ L. NJ.
A. This Is group of seven large
and numerous small islands. north
of Sicily. in the Mediterranean. The
larger islands comprise Lipari. Sa-
Lima Vulcano. Filicuri. Strombol,
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-09
A Sermon for Stouts.

A Sermon for Stoats.
A reader whose front name is
George, contributes the text for to-
days sermon, stout folks. l sug-
gest that the thin folks skip this
column today
81 am a man so years of age,
weighing 220 pounds and troubled
greatly with my stomach and di-
gestion. My stomach becomes dis
tended and / feel a pain in the vi
cinity of my appendix. l feel sure
it is refuse that is crowding the or
gans. l am five feet and nine
inches tall. What do you think of
abdominal supporters or belts?"
GEORGE -.
1 shall endeavor to point out the
proper procedure and then let us
hope George will do it.
One of the hardest physiological
principles for the laity to grasp is
that neither health nor strength
nor yet physical endurance may be
increased one iota by eating more
than enough TO maintain normal
weight The simple truth is that
all three of these desirable endow-
nents are impaired or diminished by
even moderate overeating.
Another George who discovered
these things for himself had made
great progress by the time he reach
ed the age of 80 years, when he
weighed AS pounds and was very
inactive and puffy. Then he &C
quired a bit of horse sense, cut
down on the feed, reduced himself
60 1Jo
health and long life and actually
did survive 72 years. Unfortunate
~ George Cheyne's book is out of
print now.
l remember when 1 was a young
doctor and in my prime | used to
treat my horse too well-gave her
what the farmers along my ride"
all diagnosed at sight as too many
oats" Nearly killed the poor horse
with misapplied kindness. She grew
fat and short of breath, lOgy and
clumsy and her fine coat suffered
from the overlooking. But that was
because l lacked good horse sense.
Nobody who knows anything about
horses would overfeed good horse
that way.
Horses are generally better nour-
ished than humans. People who
own horses have more regard for
the proper nutrition of their horses
than they have for their own nutri-
ton in many cases I don't know
whether George owns a horse, but
it is quite evident that George needs
some aid from a good veterinarian,
as / received from the one l con-
suited about my horse.
There is one great truth in the
text George gives US today, where
he speaks of his stomach becoming
distended. That is the seat of
Georges trouble He distends that
stomach altogether too often. II
he would care to remain with US yet