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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-02-23
RoSARIES FROM HOLY LAND
Important Bethlehem Industry 10 the
Manufacture Of Beads From Ma
terial America Sends.

Ten to twenty tons Of the pearl
shell waste Of American button fac
tories-broken pieces and butt-ends of
shells-are shipped monthly to the
Holy land, where, in the village where
Christ was born, the material IS con-
verified into beads and ornamental OBJ
jects. For many centuries the manu-
facture Of such products has been the
only important industry Of Bethlehem.
They find market largely in the
United States. In 1920 there was
shipped from Bethlehem to this coun-
try ut least $4,000 worth of. rOsaries,
made Of mother-of-pearla beads, with
silver chains and strung Oh wire Of
the same metal, or white metar' for
a substitute. For making larger car
ven or other ornamental objects Beth
lehem obtains supplies Of pearl-oyster
shells from the Persian gulf, from In
dia and from Australia. The chains
Of silver and white metal are import
ed from France. Hand labor is EN-
ployed exclusively in the industry, and,
inasmuch as it Is very cheap, the idea
Of using machinery is regarded with
diSfavOr.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-02-23
A FIRsT.cLAss TROOP


Troop of Westboro, Mass, has
none but first-class scouts in Its menl-
bership Of % boys. Five OF these are
also Star scouts. The troop had the
honor of being awarded the silver cup
conferred by the Algonquin council
for all.r0und efficiency in scouting and
has been granted permission by the
governors OF the. local country club
to establish within the limits Of the
club property a bird life sanctuary ana
haven; for Wild life generally. The
territory included covers about 80
acres. The sanctuary project has the
sanction of the state department OF
conservation under the direction Of
which it will be carried out. This troop
is also one OF the successful pagers"
having recently been successful In find
Ing young man. who, temporarily
insane. had wandered away from home
and batfied the efforts Of the police to
locate him. -.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-02-23
TWELVE ENTRIES MADE
FOR 2OO-MlLE DERBY
(By United PresS)

LePas, Man., Feb. 23.-Twelve en-
tries from Northern Manitoba had
been entered today for the 2O0-mile
"dog derby" to be held Feb. 20, for
. purse. of $4,000. Outside entries
IRE expected. The DuPas-Bancroft
team will have the largest number OF
dogs in the derby with IS. All the
teams have been over the course and
pronounced it we'll suited for fast
driving. .4 -. =.
. The betting is divided in favor Of
the DuPas-Bancroft team and between
c. N. Morgan's outfit and the dogs
owned and driven by the renowned
Sam Pranteau. The latter has nine
wonderfully built dogs and followers
of the sport have taken. him up at
even money. =,
Mover before has there been the
equal. Of the dogs comprising the
teams this year, which has been brot
about by careful breeding. The en-
tries up to tonight follow:
c. B. Morgan, owner, Bill Gracon,
driver; DuPas- Bancroft, owners, and
T. DuPas, driver; Billy Winterton,
owner and driver; Godbout-Ruslck,
owners. Fred Godbout. driver; NC
Donald. Burke, owner, A. Mcdonald,
driver; Sam Pranteau, owner and
driver; Larry Mckay, owner and
driver: w. Constance, owner and
driver; Bateese Campbell, owner
and driver, and Alfred Ballantyne,
owner and driver.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-02-23
SCOUT. TRACKS OWN BICYCLE


Bruce E. Cox, a. thirteen-year-old
boy scout. Of Detroit, woke up one
morning to find his beloved bicycle
missing. A scout knows how to "track
and TRAIL" and having first notified
the police of the theft, young Cox set
out to recover the property. He found
the track of the wheel in the moist
earth near the garage. Found also a
mans-sized footprints. The footprints
disappeared in the alley. Deduction
No. .: At this point the man-sized
person began to ride the wheel. For
two blocks tile amateur Sherlock
Holmes traced the bicycle tracks. At
the door Of the private garage the
tracks stopped. Inquiry of the owner:
"Anyone put bicycle in your ga
rage?" "Why, yes" was the answer.
yesterday ID. F. W. workman asked
II he could store some tools here and
today he left q bicycle" It was easy
enough to prove the real owners claim
to the wheel. They are stia looking
for the thief, but Bruce doesn't care
whether they find him or not. He has
the bicycle, thanks to his own keen
mother wit and scout training.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-02-23
ASSOCIATION MEMBERS
ENJOY fine PROGRAM

Music and song marked the open
ing Of the regular weekly meeting
Of the Bemidji Civic & Commerce
association Wednesday noon, when
Professor Riggs Juvenile saxaphone
orchestra rendered several snappy
selections and the members led by
E. d. Boyce sang number of patri-
otto songs as fitting memorial to
the celebration Of George Washing
tons birthday.
Harry F. Swenson of St. Paul ad-
dressed the gathering, choosing as
his subject, George Washington"
He paid tribute to the nations
great leader of the revolutionary pc
Rod in glowing terms. He compared
Washington with Lincoln and in a
burst of eloquent oratory drove home
the fact that every American-born
citizen has an opportunity to become
great in this, the greatest land under
Gods footstool. .......,. .-.,...
Other speakers were Messrs. Com
stock and A. F. Pray of Minneapolis,
of Americanism and picture most op-
timistically' the future. Of the nations
who made earnest appeals in behalf
welfare. .%ss.E ..,ss.,. .., .."-....a g..
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-02-23
WHITE PINE

Mr.. and Mrs. At Backman are the
proud parents Of four pound baby
girl, who arrived Feb. IA.
r. c. Matheny, who has been en-
ployed at the Shears sawmill south OF
Blackjack, returned home Saturday
as the mill has ceased operation for
the present. 49, =
L. C. Kirkpatrick, C. A. Matheny,
F. C. Alsop and E. C. >Olmstead spent
one day last week snowplowing the
road to Blackjack. In some place
the drifts were packed SO hard the
grader had to be used first before
the snowplow could do it's work.
Norman Aarnes spent Sunday at
the c. o., Olmstead home.
Last Thursday afternoon the eighth
grades of the. Rebedew and White
Pine schools met at the Rebedew
school house for a spelling contest
Miss Christine Aarnes of the White
Pine school was the winner. The
White Pine eighth grade will COM
pete with the Blackjack eighth grade
in the near future.
Mr.. and Mrs, F. G. Alsop and fam
lily spent Sunday at the E.. C. Ohm
stead home. H..
Miss Vera Matheny spent the
weeh end with her parents, return
ing to her school north of Hines Sun
day afternoon.
Rufus Rylander and F. C, Alsop
are busy hauling home their hay
from Louis, MINI.
Mrs. E. c. Olmstead and son Ro-
land called on Mrs C. U. Olmstead
Friday afternoon of last week. .,-~
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-02-23
ENGLISH TEA IN DIPLOMACY


Perhaps the penetration Of tile Eng.
fish tea into the Versailles conference
was one Of the most remarkable OF
its achievements, writes Muriel Harris
in the North American Review. In
sense, Of course, the conference was
itself something of return to state
Of society when society was small and
international and not, as today, large
and intensely national. Nobody who
was unconnected with the conference
had for the moment any particular in
terest, and a limited aud cosmopolitan
society was thus the cynOsure of every
eye. When Mr.. Balfour diverted NJ.
Clemenceau with tea, it was an inter-
national incident, in the sense almost
that upon the frown of kings mis-
tress depended the fate Of, nations.
And 1t was tea made with canned
milk, too! Was it ruse OF the willy
Lloyd George? Did he realize how
tea helped the inarticulate English
man? How it gave him something
to do with his hands, filed in the
pauses in his conversation, compen-
stated for his French--or lack of it
and, most Of all among the voluble
Latins, gave him the feeling Of being.
after all, at home? 1
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-02-23
FEDERAL.AID. ROAD PROGRAM
Secretary OF Agriculture 10 Consider
Ing Tentative Draft Of Rules p
and Regulations.

prepared by the United States Department
OF AgricultureO
The secretary OF agriculture Is con-
sidering a tentative draft of rules and
regulations for the administration OF
the federal highway act, approved
last November, under which $4,000.
600 Is appropriated for the construc.
ton of federal-aid roads, but will not
promulgate them until he has con-
ferred with representatives of the
state highway departments. The sec
rotary is impressed with the need for
closest possible cooperation between
the federal government and the states
In the development Of the fetleral-aid
highway system called for by the act,
and the value and :serviceability Of
the system will not be jeopardized by
q hasty decision as to the roads which
will comprise it or the regulations to
be followed in carrying out the pur-
poses Of the legislation. = ~' d"
Fifty million dollars Of the ap-
preparation became available January
/. The remaining $25.0O0'OOO was
made Immediately available upon ap-
prevail Of the act, November 8, last.
In formulating the fundamental
rules which will govern the states and
the federal government in administer.
ing the law, the Department OF .Agri.
culture is seeking the counsel Of the
state highway departments as repre-
scented by the executive committee OF
the American Association of State
Highway Officials. Members Of the COM
mittee are: George p. Coleman, state
highway commission, Virginia; Paul
D. Sargent, chief engineer, Maine;
Austin b. Fletcher, state highway en-
gineer, California; w. II. Neel, state
highway engineer, Georgia; Thomas
H.. Macdonald, chief of the bureau Of
public roads, United States Depart
ment of Agriculture; George Il. John
son, secretary, department Of public
works, Nebraska; Ira r. Downing.
member Of highway commission. Utah:
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-02-23
WINS HIKING MERIT BADGE

Rodney Hotchkin Is the first scout In
BiDghamton to win the hiking merit
badge. To earn this badge the boy
must meet the following tests:
l. Show a thorough knowledge Of the
care Of the feet on a hike. 5-..--.,.
2. Shall walk five miles per day. six
days in the week, for a period Of three
months. This may include walking to
and from school or work. He shall
keep a record Of his hikes daily, pref
erably in his diary, a transcript to be
made an exhibit before the court Of
honor.
3. Walk ten miles on each Of ten
days in each month for period of
three months; in other words, six
walks Of ten miles during the three
months.
4. Walk 20 miles in one day.
S. Locate and describe interesting
trails and walk to some place marked
by some patriotic or historical event.
81 6. Write his experience in these sew
eral walking, trips with reference to
fatigue or distress experienced, and in
dictate what he has learned in the way
of caring for himself as regards equip
mcnt, such as camping and cooking
outfit, food. footwear, clothing and n.y.
siene. ..,..-
Z. He shall review his ability to read
q road map (preferably a government
Typographical map, to use compass,
and shall be required to make writ
ten plan for 4 hike from the map.
Francis Lake Of Troop 6, Bingham
ton was made an Eagle scout at the
same court Of honor session at which
the hiking merit badge was conferred
on Scout Hotchkin. who is already IN
Eagle. 49,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-02-23

X. J. Windrow, state highway en-
gineer, Texas; w. D. Uhler, state
highway engineer, Pennsylvania; and
D. p. Olson, director, bureau Of high
ways, Idaho.
. Pending definite decision upon de-
tails Of the federal highway system,
each project submitted by the states
will be examined with the utmost care
by the bureau of public roads to de-
termine whether it is likely that the
roads proposed will come within the
federal system us finally selected. The
department regards the approval Of
this system as Of great Importance.
Each project submitted in advance Of
the definite decision upon, the system
as whole will have IN effect in
fixing particular routes and so de-
terlnlning the system. Location Of
the projects, choice of routes, and
character of improvements proposed
will be given close study.
Each state, highway department. has
been requested to submit as soon las,
possible to teDepartlnent Of Agrlcul
t,lre II tentative map showing routes
proposed fol. primary and secondary
systems. I'M examining and passing
upon these Recommendations special
consideration viii be given to social
and economic questions Involved.
such as Service to. population, estab-
lishe,l trend Of traffic. existing Indus
tries, natural resources, etc. In con-
silerlng plans for individual projects
special attention will he devoted to
grade crossings. gradients, curvature.
bridges, general drainage conditions.
location Of materials, supplies. ETC..
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-02-23
PAGE LOST CHILDREN

Pasadena boy scouts were, not long
ago, called out in answer to a hurry
call to find three missing maidens, all
under five years Of age, who had stimuli
taneously and unaccountably disap-
peared. At the end Of an hour one Of
the 20 scouts who were on the guest,
discovered the three young ladies be-
ing entertained at a school cafeteria,
a mile from their homes, while the
teachers vainly tried to learn their
guests names and addresses.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-02-23

wires were Overloaded. The trouble
was repaired and damage avoided.
Two San Francisco scouts put out a
fire in an apartment house. In the
same city a lady driving up steep
hill discovering that the car had en-
CINE trouble got out to investigate.
The car began to roll down hill. A
passing scout jumped in, put on the
brakes and stopped the machine.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-02-23
BABE RUTH MAY NOT
PASS MARK THIS YEAR
(By United press)

New York, Feb. 23.---Babe Ruth
will be good enough for q fairy story
if he sets a new homerun mark this
coming season. Losing six weeks of
the early season he will have need OF
magic wand to pole enough to pass
his mark Of SO. -. .,..-..,-
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-02-23
CALIFORNIA. GOOD TURNS.

A scout on duty ut the California
industries exposition, noticed that
some temporary wiring in the Civic
auditorium looked hot. Touching it
ginserly he found 1t was quite as hot
ms 1t looked. He reported the matter
and an examination proved that the
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-02-23
For An Arab

-FOr An arab
Don't Tell Your. Wife. ~....
In. the town of Mombasa in Brit
ish East Africa jam jars and cur.
tain pins are used for the personal
adornment of the natives. American
husbands reading this are asked not
to tell it to their wives.
Might Follow Suit
Brilliant.
Soap is first mentioned by Pliny,
who states that it was prepared from
goats tallow and beech-tree ashes,
and was employed for giving bril-
lance to the hair. Nothing seems
to be available as to when the soap
box was first employed.
For Oratory.-
Symbol of Weakness.
The Syrians considered mourning
for the dead an effeminate practice,
and when they grieved they put on
women's clothes, as a symbol OF
weakness, as shame to them for lack
of n1anliness.
The syrians Were Wise
That Covers 4 Lot.
The man who spends his time sit
ting on nail-keg at a grocery store
ranks as . producer along with the
hen that sits on door knob, except
that the hen is honest in her inten'
tons.
They Both Cackle A Lot
What. Are We Coming To?
The eighth wonder of the world
has cos1e to pass. Just as we have
become used to seeing women wear
short skirts, and the rage for knick-
erbocker or bloomer suits has come
in strong, we are confronted by a
difficult problem; trying to. figure out
why an occasional woman persists IN
showing her short skirts and bloom
ers at the same time.
You Tell Elm
So, There!
He frightening extreme irritation)
--"Didn't some idiot propose to you
before I married y0u?"
She (sweetly and calmly)--"Therc
did," j.,
He-"Then why the devil didn't
you marry him."
She-"I did"
THAT Aught to Hold Him.
No Harm In That.
Horace, dear" said young Mrs.
Torkins, didn't you say that dog
you bought has q pedigreeT
eyes," was the complacent answer.
"Well, knowing how unlucky you
are with dogs, consulted yeterina-
riah. You needn't worry. The doc
tor. says, it won't hurt him In the
least '''.7
Can You Beat IT,
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The pefcaplta Mc0m1 Oh We
country as whole, and the percapi-
t. income of the farmer, both meas
ured in dollars Of 1918 purchasing
power, was as follows: ..,...
=: Average income Average In
a. Of all painfully = come of
employed in 1913 farmers in
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-02-23

The final figures for the total in
come in 1920 can only be approx
mated owing to the delay in publish
ing the income tax returns.
When these figures are translated
into terms Of the purchasing power
Of 1913 dollars" it is again seen
that the purchasing power OF the
farmers was at its lowest ebb in
1920. Here are the comparative fig
ures in billions of dollars: - J.
Farmers Income in billions OF
- dollars at the uniform 'pur-
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-02-23
FARM INCOMES SHOWED
SUDDEN DROP YEAR AGO

CONTINUED From page ~
in each year beginning with 1910,
~ follows:
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Some natioaS. wish to be sure that
disarmame IN not mean diSmem-
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-02-23
LLH:COLD. GERMS

q Cold germs multiply by the mil.
hons.F There is always danger Of
influenza or pneumonia. Assist ma
ture to flush the poisons from the
sssystem. Use BULGARIAN. BLOOD
WTEA steanling hot atsbedtin,e. Sold
Nbt druggists everywhere. ohs# 3
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We Can Imagine The Rest.

AVE SAu sAnsS - -, 90 :. T.
An Arab drinks cold water, with
a spoon, But never bathes in ats IN
less his, home is. near the seashoEe.
Who saidk that water Is essentia8 TO
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-02-23

II It's real love, It will be blind even
TO bobbed hair. .,.-..s-... .4t
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Brilliant.

Soap is first mentioned by Pliny'
who states that it was prepared from
goats tallow and beech-tree ashes,
and was employed for giving bril-
lance to the hair. Nothing seems
to be available as to when the soap
box was first employed.
New Ulm Post. [volume] (New-Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1864-1933, 1922-03-03

PUBLICATIONS.
Springfield Pub. Co.; Springfield -.
United Press & Pub. CO., New Ulm..
w. b.. Brooks, Comfrey ..
Sleepy, Eye Herald-D isptach, Sleepy
Eye. .......... 500.
Hanska Herald Pub. Co. , Hanska =. &
New Tim Post, New Ulm ..-...
Liesch-Walt Pig. Co., New Ulm ).
A. o. Wensberg, Sleepy Eye .......
--:
r.a, f4s-- H. 81
New Ulm Post. [volume] (New-Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1864-1933, 1922-03-03

COON11 20 ~
international Chem. Co., liquid soap .
CT! aRa K kaS $ carpenter work :.: $3.50!
Chas. End1nerich, plumbing repairs -. 1868
Mrs. James Dougher, expenses IN -,
Child Welfare Board meeting ..... aS.33;i
Herman Polkow, expenses ..:....... o6.9,
Carl, Al Hers, carpenter work $500. lnO'
New Tim Armory Board teachers
Chriat F;izan, II. hauling rubbish n. 65.5l
Roht. Fesenhnaier. hardware. ...... 51.1l
Grant Schl6ttimann haulinp garbage. 5.Ol
fIirich Fslec. Co. ~eiectric. Globes 49,. 14.8(
Mrs. Hy. Rolwes, laundry work 80. 2.9s
Peoples Coop. Assn, soap -.. q
h Is ss5 Siss 5o 5sP saRp, sa s sas I.sss 1850 &;
1umo 16hn 5rnlf bounty -........ 45.O(
Chas. G, Murray expenses ...... Alt
Arthur Belig, wolf bounty 67.5t
Mrs, John G. Wooldrik, Child Wei
fare Board expenses .......... -52.7s
Gulden & Vercoe, repairs and in-
,ol AK Kjels ai,s;s wolf bounty ::.:..:: ss:5l
Mrs. b. Lihdmeyer,. interest on war !.
Rochester Ct Gefnaicide Co, soap ...... 1914
T. b. Kennedy, interest ..... 3.Os
Far &, Met. State. Bank, New Ulm i,
Brown { County Bank, New Jim, in
Citizens State Bank, New Ulm, in !.
State Bank, New Tim, interest. ...: 1913!
First Natl. Bank, Hanska, interest. 81
Far.f& Mer. State Bank, Sleepy Eye, !,
state Bank, Springfield, interest," .7i
First Natl: Bank of Springfield, I'M !,
.F iistsi Na.l. Bank Of sleepy Eye, in -
state sses1 Bank, Sleepy. Eye, Interest,". I'll
c.. p. Mandeffeld, interest ......... 1.8l
Wilson Chem, Co., floor sweep ...., 14.6'
New Ulm Post. [volume] (New-Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1864-1933, 1922-03-03
COUNTY POOR FUND.

RECEIPTS.
March Settlement, tax collections 80.
June Settlement, tax collections ,.....
November Settlement, tax collections
Transferred from Refunding Fund 80.
H. j. Meyer, for potatoes ..........
Refund from St. Johns Hospital ....
Sale of products from Poor Farm ...W
New Ulm Post. [volume] (New-Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1864-1933, 1922-03-03
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
of
Brown County, Mimi.
For the Year 1921
COUNTY AUDITORS OFFICE.

COUNTY AUDITORS OFFICE. - -. .,o
Brown County, MINI. New Um, MINI, JAM 5d,ES zG
To he honorable Board of CuntyC Commissioner Brown County, Mimi u. 49,
GENTLEMEN[ have the honor to submit to- you herewith 1.-THE financial Statement Oh
Brown County, for the fsal. year ending DeanbG3 6s 1921. ~. $500.
It contains an account of IL receipts add disbursements b y 1.-THE Colnty Treasurer thee county
during aid year and shows the balance remahmngn his lands and belonging to the seynlt uds
Annexed hereto and a part thereof is a Detailed Statement of II coantye xpenas Tor wmh
orders or warrants were drawn during the ear arranged as to show the purpose each e@
penituea
All Of which is rsreafunys submitted 80 @ n@*@M A+
New Ulm Post. [volume] (New-Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1864-1933, 1922-03-03

- sTATEMEN3Ts..G, FUND.
BOOKS, STATIONERY, FURNITURE, OF
M FICE0 FIXTURES AND SUPPLIES. .aaa
"A. Is. Wensberp. Sleepy Eye l..,.... :7.50
WE. Brooks. Comfrey 14l.e(
United, Press and Pub Col, New Ulm 1,014.7s
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1922-08-03
IOWA COUNTY.

A number of special stories about
some of the counties which will be
visited on the annual Wisconsin
Press Association trip are run in
this issue of the Press Bulletin. The
material has largely been secured
from the county agents and local
newspaper men.
Noted Blue Grass Pastures Well
Stocked.
Within the Southern Highlands"
of Wisconsin, Iowa county comprises
region from which sturdy people
have earned livelihoods from both
agriculture and mining. Farming
dates back to 1880. Lead had been
mined in the county for some time
prior to this and most of the early
settlers were attracted by rumors of
rich deposits of ore. The first re-
corded attempt at farming was in
1881.
Wheat early became the most I'M
portant crop.
Continued gripping finally made it
necessary to adopt new system of
farming.
In 1854 at a town called Ladoga
the first cheese factory in the state
was established. This marked the
beginning of a diversified agriculture
and the saving of a county which
now produces more than II 900, 600
pounds of cheese and whose milk
production reached a total of more
than 100000 in 1920.