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The daily Alaskan., 1922-03-18

plclous of that gang. believe they've got regular arson ring, maybe with unScrupuIOuS Stockinen behind them. and perhaps just penny-winming deal of their own suppose you know about Landy HIldrelh-hOw hes prom. ised to turn states evidence that win send about a dozen of these vipcrs to the peuitenJIary?
 "SnowbIrd told me something about It."
 He's got a cabin over toward the marshes, and II has come to me thnt he's going to start tomorrow, or maybe has already started today, down into the valley to give his evidence. or course, that Is deeply confidential be. tween you and me If the gang knew about 1t, he'd never get through the th'ckets alive"
 But Dan was hardly listening. Ills attention was caught by the hustled intermittent sounds that are always n. be heard, if one listens keeuly "rous' ID the wilderness al night. "l wish the pack would sound again" he said, "I suppose 1t was hunting"
 "Of course. And there k no living thing ln these woods that can stand against a wolf pack in its full strength"
 Except man. of course"
 "A strong man. with an accurate rifle. of course. and except possibly in the starving times in winter he'd never have to fight them. All the beasts of prey are out tonight You see. Dan. when the moon shines, the deer feed al night instead of in the twilights and the dawn. And Of course the wolves and the cougars hunt the deer. It may be that they are running cattle, or even sheep
 But Dams imagination was aire. He wasn't content yet. "Thev couldn't be-huutiuG manT" be asked.
The daily Alaskan., 1922-03-18

Three attempts Co rescue the cargo ot the steamer Merida. sunk ten years ago On the Virginia cspeS, have failed. The cargo consisted of gold and silver bars and coin. The failures are al tribured Co storms which inflicted damage upon the SaIvu-.uE equipment on each occasion. The vessels lies in only rhlrty-dve sa,houS of water SD that the project Of rai>iu- her lS en- ylreIy feasible and within .hr limits Of recorded achievements. Four million dollars. however, is quickly absorbed In maritime engineering and nno'hrr failure will render further urtemp.S unprof,uhle. The idea of rr~rnlug suuken treasure from the sea has ui- ways had a hold on the imagination and perhaps there will be efforts made toward accomplishing the salvage for the sport ot the thing
The daily Alaskan., 1922-03-18

his life. Re didn't know ahy the iet fer he had written. asking for an armed escort down to the courts, had not brought results But u vas wholly possible that CrRnston would have answered this question for him, This same letter had fallen Into cer- tain soiIed, deadly pair Of hands which was the last place h the world that HHdreth would have chosen. and it had been all the evidence that wHs needed. at the meeting of The ring yhe night before. 10 sdjudge Hndreih Q mercjless and immediate end. Hil- dreth would have preferred to waii 'n the hills and possibly to write another letter. but & chill that kept growing ct hIs finger tips forbade it. And an these things combined Co stretch his nerves almost To the breaking point as he stole along the mconHt traI un- der the pines,
 A moment before the rush and whlr Of the grouse flock had dried the roof Of his mouth with terror. The tRn trees appaIled him. the shadows fen upon his spirit. And when he heard this final sound. when he saw the Cllnt that might so easily have been a Cun-harrel. his nerves and muscles re acted at once. Not even a fraction of g second Intervened, Ills gun flashed up and little, angry cylinder Of flame darted, as 8 snakes head darts from the muzzle.
 HHdreth didn't take aim. There wasn't time The report roared In the darkness: the bullet sang harmlessly and thudded Into the earth; and both of them were the last things 10 the world that Cranston hud expect ed. And they were no' 8 moment too soon. Even at that instant his finger vas closing down upon the trigger HNdrerh standing clear and revealed through the sights. The nervous TO. sponsc that few men i1 the world would be self-dIscInrned enough Co prevent occurred ar the same instant that he pressed the trigger. His owD fire answered. so near Co the other that both Of them sounded as one re port.
 Mosr hunters can usuaIly tell even II they cannot see their Cane fall whether they have hit or missed. This was one or The few times in h.s ''fo that Cranston could not have ,oId He knew rhar as his finger pressed he had held as accurate 9 head" as at any time in hIs life. He did noi know stun another circumSraOce-that ln The moonlight he had overcstimared the distance 70 the clearing. and instead Of one hundred yards it was scarcely fifty. He had held rather high. And he looked up. unkDowinE whether he had succeeded or whether he was face to face with the prospect Of duel Co the death in the darkness
 And all he saw was HIld0eth, rock Ing back and forth 10 the moonlight strange picture that he vas never
The daily Alaskan., 1922-03-18
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But Dan was not thinking about this now. All his perceptions had sharpened down to the finest focal point. and he was trying to catch the spirit of the endless forest that stretched in front of the house. His pipe had gone out, and for long time Lennox hadn't spoken. He seemed to be straining too, with ineffective senses, trying to recognize and name the faint sounds that came so tingling and tremulous out of the darkness As always, they heard the stir and rustic of the gnawlng people; the chipmunks In the shrubbery, the gopherS who, like blind miSers, had ventured forth from their dark burrows; and per haps even the Scaly glide of those most-dreuded poison people that had lalrs in the rock piles,
 Dnn felt that at last the wilderness itself was speaking to him. He had waited a long time 10 hear its voice. Ills thought went back to the wise men of the ancient world, waiting to hear the riddle of the universe from the lips of the Sphinx. and how he hImself-mOre in his unconscious self. rather than COnSCIOuS-had sought the eternal riddle of the wilderness, He had asked QueStions-never in the form of words but only ineTahle yeRrnings of his sOul-aud at last it had responded. The strange rising and failing song was its own voice, the articulation of the very heart and soul of the wilderness.
 "Its the wolf pack" Lennox told him softly. "The wolves have Just Joined together for the fall ruttInc."
 Then this means the end Of the summpr?" Dan asked.
 "ln way. but yet we don't count the summer ended until the rains break. Heavens, I wish they would start! I've never seen the hills So dry, and I'm afraid that either Bet Cranston or some Of his friends will decide it's time to make little mon ev fighting forest fires. DSu. I'm SuS-
The daily Alaskan., 1922-03-18

Ing arr-g grl urreStiug rNe stranger who was crunking lt, he would be more truukfuI ii they had held of bit un- m rnr fellow got her started.
 NJ, somebody wants to educnte prnDr, to live 100 years, all of which Is pfMp bunk and tommyrot says the Houston Post. Even lt it were pos sIrlr. why punish folks 30 years longer with tOurhlesSneSS. semi-blindness, crcuky Tmts and "ther Inarmltles? If heavpu is su good what would we want Co stay .or NuyhOw7
The daily Alaskan., 1922-03-18

A recent issue of the monthly hu''"- tin of the Italian emigration commts- sion states that the rrmlrrau"r~ "f Italian emigrauts To their native country amounted 60 9So75G.%N% lire CSISa.2S5.9S2 parl in 1920 as against 4o4. 4.3s6. 6.65l lire (S95,4l8.626 parl in 1919. Of the total amount of The remItrsuces made in 1920 90 per cent came from the United States. ar" most Of the rest from Canada and Brazil All other countries cnn- trihutpd insignificant amounts to rHt total The total amount Of the To mlrtauceS was twice as large in 1920 as In 1919. In 1919 the average "N- change value Of ,ae dollar Was S.76 lire and In 1920 lt was @lIS.
The daily Alaskan., 1922-03-18

We can scarcely blame Japan f"r irving -g get concession That "uG.a allow her little bigger teet than th" American program provides. hu' O. the orLer hand the United State~ and Great Britain would be making a miS take f lt were to give Japan what lt wants.
The daily Alaskan., 1922-03-18

Though rhr cables are silent. we feel .aar SN.rzrrJund foo, will approve a mt.aHuu ot naval armaments. to ,g, uurMfu- ur reduction in tourist rgrrS rnur will send more American dollars across.
The daily Alaskan., 1922-03-18

or course. the automatic pistols of rhp United States cannot be beaten into pIovShares or pruning hooks, bur ft might not be bad Idea to con vert them Into safety pins.
The daily Alaskan., 1922-03-18

According Co a newspaper article, 'ev know .nat many of The beautiful rnar> wort ny m:'aIy are made from rabbit fur An that a lOr of people knew about it wuS that the price can IWup
The daily Alaskan., 1922-03-18

IL does no good for the paragraph CTS to make fun of The emaciated German mark. A German mark at par now would be worth hundreds of millions to American industry.
The daily Alaskan., 1922-03-18

Over in China all moturcars are said 10 have bells attached to front wheels SO that pedestrians may know Of thr vehicles approach Don't the mutorrurs in China have cutouts| Asks au editor. Maybe. but not so many cumpS
The daily Alaskan., 1922-03-18

The wan who makes fool of him self .s different from others only t" the respect that he cant control his impulses. That sort of impulse is human. The man who keeps his f"n. on the brake and isn't always feeling gas Co his mrmuriOa> is To be en ylpl.
The daily Alaskan., 1922-03-18

Although the regent of AhySSlnia owns an automobile he often has his chauffeur go on ahead while he fnl- lows on a mile We take il that it anyone wants to buy an Al autumo- Ible right cheap heres a chance.
The daily Alaskan., 1922-03-18

An Eastern pura=rupher wants to know what has herome 0t the oId- fashioned editor who used 70 write that Bnlsheyl>m was nearing it's fall in Russia. Perhaps he is telling how ROIshevIsm saved itself by changing all its clothes
The daily Alaskan., 1922-03-18

It might comp'icate matters If the natives of the Pacific islands were 70 look rhe situation over 10 see whether they had any vested rights which ou-ht to be respected in civilized re aLius-mert.
The daily Alaskan., 1922-03-18

r. nS Princeton professor says, ..wraItn Is a disease" he Is not going to make himself popular by hunting up a remedy.
The daily Alaskan., 1922-03-18

There are nearly S,OOOOOO men un- der arms In the world. and the feed Ing of them Is making millions of oth- or people hungry.
The daily Alaskan., 1922-03-18

An Eastern clergyman asks: May wr hope for a world without war?' Surely a man has the privilege of hoping for anything he desires to hope
The daily Alaskan., 1922-03-18
A Cruel Condition.

Fdith-Why Is Alice always so short Of money; didn't her father leave her lujs
 MadCe-Ycs. bur you see shes not to gel t uH shes thirty and she'll never own up to that.-Boston Tran
The daily Alaskan., 1922-03-18
(Continued on Tuesday,
E0r- Earn

A lady writer has her style" Which isn't bad. And critics telf her all the while Snt mustn't pad
The daily Alaskan., 1922-03-18

While the owner nf the automobile h u4guAfuI to ue police for A4ppea-
The daily Alaskan., 1922-03-18

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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-05-16

2O3% more than.in 1913, for limestone
at quarries 6O%; more and for, labor
$40 more. Freight rate on coal was
1919 greater and on limestone 52%
greater. A comparison Of these in
creases with the increase Of @48h%
in. cement price and $40 In the price
off, all commodities" is enlightening.
Cement is so widely used that users
themselves have standardized It.. To
day every cement maker, regardless
Of his brand, meets the specifications
set Jointly by the United States gov
eminent and the country's leading en-
gineering societies. All brands Of CO.
ment, therefore, are alike.
Jevon's Economic Law.
Because Of this, the prices of various
brands Of cement in any given market
usually are the same. The reason
for this puzzles many. But the answer
is simple and we'll stated by w. Stanley
Jevons, L. L. D., NJ. A., F. r. s., in his
standard work 1.-THE Theory Of Polit.
ical Economy" which says:
If in selling quantity Of perfectly
equal and uniform barrels of -four,
merchant arbitrarily fixed different
prices on them, purchaser would, of
course, select the cheaper ones. Hence
follows what is undoubtedly true
that in the same open market, at any
one moment, there cannot be two prices
for the same article"
Applying Jevon's economic law,
simple illustration of cement competi-
ton may be cited thus: A, B and C are
cement makers. Each seeks business
at NJ, a town with a 3O-cent freight
rate from A, IS. cents from B and 40
cents from. c.. This gives A a Scent
advantage over B and 10 cents over
G. A figures he can sell at, say,
mill price Of $3.50, SO adds the 30
cents freight and quotes $3.50 at NJ.
Then if B and G want to do business
at NJ they must meet AS price, requir'
ing B to go s cents below A In his
mill price and G to 60 10 cents below
A in his mill price. Unless B and @
Gull Hldhe lle IT'LL prize sdSIHuSeS 10
Quired by the market at Nj as made
by AS $3.50 price, then A will monopo-
lie the market at NJ.
Similar principles apply to other
materials. Prices are not arbitrarily
made. They are based upon supply and
demand and upon the cost Of transport
tation, raw materials and labor. Sup
ply of labor and materials now 10
plentiful. We cannot afford longer to
delay needed building improvements.
This is particularly true because
building is so entwined with the ma
tons prosperity that full revival
Of building will hasten a revival OF
other lines of business.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-05-16
HoARDS INCREASED IN VALUE
Austrian Psasants Who Buried Coins
Are Now Worth Enormous
Sums, on Paper.

Thousands Of central and eastern
European peasants. following a time
honored custom, buried their silver
coins against rainy day. These sill
YER coins, writes Joseph Szebenyel In
the Atlantic, naturally retained their
formal value. But the boarding was
done on such an extensive scale that,
as early as 1918, all silver coins had
disappeared from circulation in Ger
many, Austria Hungary, Jugo-Slavia,
ROumania and Poland.
Today a peasant who buried 100
5-kronen pieces Is millionaire; he
can exchange the 500 kronen in silver
for / ,OOO,OOO kronen in paper money.
In Austria Hungary alone there had
been in circulation something like
oOC 100000 krOnen worth Of silver
money before the war. 1t would take
Austria the enormous sum OF :O.OOO,'
OUOOOO kronen to buy up her half OF
this boarded silver currency.
The fact Of being a millionaire IN
those countries does not mean any
thing. Such million Is a million In
figures, but not in value; and when
| such a million is converted into a
sound currency, the shrinkage Is
fabulous. But the purchasing power
of the deprecated currencies OF CEN
trail Europe has not gone down quite
In proportion with the decrease Of
their exchange value. One million
| Austrian kronen, which were worth
| before the war almost S2OO,OOO. are
worth today not quite $40: but their
purchasing value in Austria Is con-
| sidoroh'v more than that
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-05-16
The Audience Smiled.

The Audience Smiled.
I introduced the speaker of the eve
ming to a large audience, and sat down
behind him on the platform.
In the course Of his address, wish
ing to illustrate point. he said, YOU
remember. don't you, few years ago
when J. D. Rockabilt had to have an
operation for appendicitis he had a
first year medic student perform his
operation?"
He turned and, seeming to speak al
most directly to me, he asked, didn't
her" ,.,... tF4+T
Not wishing to appear uniformed
upon a question that I was so mani.
testify expected to know, l nodded
gen,ally and said quite distinctly
Eyes, Isrenlember.' j ~
Imagine my chagrin when the
sneaker turned to his audience, ap-
uarently without having heard me, and
said: mo. of course. he did not. He
employed the best surgeon In the coun'
try."-Chicago Tribune.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-05-16

Next to farming, local prosperity
depends upon building activity. The
reason is plain. Building is the coun-
try's second largest industry. It en-
ploys millions Of workers directly, mil
ions to make the materials for build
Ing and hundreds Of thousands in lum-
bering, quarrying and mining.
Everyone knows that a building
shortage exists. One way to restore
prosperity then, is by lively resump-
ton of building. Materials and labor
now are plentiful. Costs are lower.
Cement will serve as good example
because it goes into nearly all build
Ing
For every ton, Of cement, TX tons
Of raw materials and coal must be
mined, shipped. assembled, dried,
ground, weighed, tmixed and then fused
at about 5000 degrees to a hard
"clinker." This "clinker'' must then
be ground again, this time to powder
so fine that 1870 will pass through a
sieve having 10000 holes per square
inch. To make cement, one literally
must tear down a mountain and put
it through sieve" And yet, cement
sells at the mill for about $500 per
ton! These facts caused the United
States Geological Survey a few years
ago to say that lone could not scrape
the free sand from the gutter for
much less cost per BARREL"
Cement Competition Keen.
That competition has been active
is noted in government reports. Ac-
cording to the United States Geological
Survey, the production of cement has
steadily increased and the price de-
clined. It shows that in 1880, cement
sold at $500 barrel average ut the
mill in 1920 at $2.O; in 1921, at $1.S7.
Now it is selling at many large plants
as low as $3.50 barrel, only half
the average price in 1880, and less
than the average for the 4O-year period
covered in the government report.
At one Of the comtry's largest
cement plants the price now is 4S11%
higher than in the pre-war year 1913.
The latest report of the United States
Department OF Labor shows the aver
age price of ''all commodities" as
$40 higher than 1913. Some of the
items whose prices enter into this
figure of $40 have undergone radical
decreases, while others are very much
higher than the average Of 51%o. Few,
If any, items of the former class enter
into cement manufacturing costs, but
several items Of the latter class do
affect the cement costs. In fact, the
principal elements in these costs are
labor, freight rates, coal and lime
stone. II
a February 1922, the cement plant
NKorred to paid for its coal at mines
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-05-16
LARGER OUTLETS NEEDED

The land is taken up and the timber has largely
vanished, but the lake country grows and must
work. With its great natural advantages, particu-
larly the meeting place of coal and iron it never
will 60 backward but will continue to reduce the
relative standing of the East for years to come.
And the more it manufactures, the greater demand
it will make upon the transportation system of the
country and the farther away it must look for its
market So the country of the Great Lakes is in
ssting that it cannot be expected, ito depend for
ever on the port of New York it's access to the
sea.-Escanaba (Mich) Mirror.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-05-16
WHO CAN EXPLAIN IT?

what has come over the world all at once, any
how?
We have become somewhat accustomed to the
orgy of hold-ups and burglaries land moonsnhe
monkey business so> that we no longer are tnrl'eo
or greatly shocked at these items.
It's the aftermath of the war, so they tell u.s.
Something about the wild abandon OF the concen-
trated powers for killing men leave their bloody
imprint on the civilian population Tor decade OF
so is the explanation given.
But can the same explanation apply to the daily
toll of lives taken when robbery is not the insplr-
ing motive and the principals took little or no part
in the war and, therefore, ought to be reasonably
free from the fumes Of its fatal breath!
Every day and every day come reports OF "om-
en- shot by husbands and husbands shot by women
and somebody's husband shooting somebody elses
wife and somebody ese's wife taking "a shot some
man-it seems as if almost any man will DO Nor
do the shooters necessarily have Ito be married.
sweethearts, near sweethearts, Would-be sweet
also join in the battle.
The public just gets nicely interested in SEN
sational case when another with yet more lurid de-
tails comes flashing along No part of the coun-
trv appears immune. One day it is at Olivia, Min
nesota, the next day an army offcer-judge tragedy
in Oklahoma and the next day Chicago, then New
York, then somewhere else, lor all points on the
same day.
Someone might we'll write song entitled, "Nev-
er Spare Until Tomorrow Anyone You Can Shoot
Today"
Have we suddenly plunged into an era OF tragic
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-05-16
callaaa SMl Thlnks.

"She thinks sometimes selhshlT;
sometimes altruistically--but she gen.
orally thinks" And because she
thinks, Miss Jean Marie Richards,
dean OF women at Syracuse university,
finds the modern college girl no
worse and often much better than the
modern girl in general" York
Herald.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-05-16

If you have advanced ideas any subject, do
not expect popular applause. The people seldom
approve the pioneer You must get your joy not
from the cheers of the popuace, but from self-ex-
preston. If your ideas really worth while and
YOU have confidence in their value to the world the
approval of the multitude will be matter of SUI
preme Indifference to you.-Tom Dreier, in Forbes
Magazine.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-05-16
REPUBLICAN TICKET
E.dorsed by Republica. Party
Primary Election
Monday, June 10, 1922
U. 8. Senator
FRANK B. KELLOGG
Governor
J. A. o. PREuS
Lieutenant Governor
LOUIS L. COLLINS
Secretary Of State
l., MIKE HOLM
State Auditor
R. P. CHASE
State Treasurer
= HENRY RINES
Attorney General
CLIFFORD L. HILTON
r, r. and Warehouse Commission
IVAN BOWEN
Clerk Of Supreme Court
GRACE F. KAERCHER
Attorney General
CLIFFORD |. HILTON
r. r. and Warehouse Commission
IVAN BOWEN
Clerk Of Supreme Court
GRACE F. KAERCHER
Odd Excuse Didn't Serve.

"Judge not that We be not Judged"
was the excuse given by Londoner
for objecting to serve on jury ut
Preston sessions. He stated that he was
a believer In Jesus Christ and must
respect the SaviOr's injunction about
Judging. But the bench interpreted
his quotation from the Bible different
ly and fined him $50.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-05-16
THIS TIME LAST YEAR

Eight doubles, eight triples and
one homer were made in the Detroit
Washington, game.
Hendry and Pratt made long trip
lets with the bases filled against the
Browns.
Williams knocked a homer, giving
Philadelphia a victory over Pitts
burgh.
The Giants made six hits in one in
ming, but could do nothing with
Coumbe in the rest of the game.
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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-05-16
WANTED TO BE THERE

The great banker lay on his death bed Many
of his friends gathered about his bedside to be
with him at the last The attending, physician whs
pered to the group: II fear he is nearing the Great
Divide"
''Ten them not to divide until get there" whs-
pered the dying r."-Forbes Magazine.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-05-16

jeanette Rankin says that within ~ years "
will have woman for president of the Unite
States. But it will not be Jeanette.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-05-16

Over at Two Harbors man caught RAINBOW
trout that weighed "nine pounds dressed" 1t mus
have been dressed for cold weather.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-05-16

A. Conan Doyle says he has learned from the
spirits things which going to happen five or
six months in advance. Sir Arthur might have
some good old reliable spirit tp.us off to the price
of wheat.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-05-16

Even the crops are growing better out in NORTH
Dakota now.