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

Responsibilities if so what has brought this
about? $50.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-05-16

They have succeeded in sending the time around
the world in one-ffteenth of second and, while
that is "gong some," there are some automobile
drivers in Bcmidji who would be willing to try to
beat it.
Mayor William Hale Thompson is suing the Chi
cago Tribune for 81 100000 the ground of al
legged libel Maybe the Tribune figures that If it
lbcled the mayor it is worth that much.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-05-16

John D. Rockefeller says good times are on the
way. Why the jubilation, John, are we in flor an
hearts also join in the battle.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-05-16
EMPLOYMENT FOR MILLIONS FROM
":* PULVERIZED MOUNTAINS .,%
Building Stimulates Local Prosperity
Plentiful and Prices Down


Copyright, 1922. by Real Estate News. Chicago.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-10-23
HEART and HOME PROBLEMS
Written for The State Journal
By ELIZABETH THOMPSON

Dear Mrs. Thompson: All my mar
ried life I have had trouble and I
have no seen a bit of pleasure My
husband writes other girls and asks
me to mail the letters. OF course il
wrecks my home. If my people did
not treat me SO badly would go back
home, but 1 have no place to go.
1 love my dear husband and / ami
always trying to please him but he
Will go to shows and never ask me
and never takes me place on earth.
There is young man in this town
with whom my husband keeps com
pany altho l would rather not have
him as he gets bad name.
have no children and have been
married about year. My husband
drinks, but 1 never say a word about
it. He works all week and then when
Sunday comes he is gone all day. That
leaves me so lonely I can't keep from
crying
Please help my poor aching heart
and tell me what to do about his writ
ing letters to other girls. Should I
tear them up or not? have not torn
any yet, but feel like It.
I am a good-looking girl and neat,
and why he should treat me that way
is more than know. / read the Bible
every day asking the Lord to help me,
and it gets worse. If 1 say anything
about going anywhere he will tell me
to stay at home. He comes in at night
and quarrels with me. Please advise
a 19-year-old married woman. N. c.
When your husband gives you let
ters to other women to mail, put them
away. but do not mail them. He will
probably discover what you are doing
and then you should tell him that il
he doesn't like what you do with his
letters he had better mail them him
self. 1t looks as If he Is trying to
tease you and to make you show
jealousy. but I wouldn't advise you to
give him the satisfaction of knowing
that you are Jealous.
Don't stay at home because he says
you should. Since he lives indepen-
IDENTIFY, .try the same thing and find
your pleasure without including him.
do not mean that you should have
men friends, but you can enjoy your
self with other young women. Never
ask him what you can do; simply do
what you think best.
OF course If things grow unbear-
able, divorce is your alternative. 1t
is no longer necessary for woman to
stay tied to an unkind husband when
there are no children to consider.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-10-23
Dinner Stories

A cycling knut was riding along
when his hat blew off. A passing
countryman picked ii up and took it
to him as he circied round. saving
him the trouble of getting off his
machine.
'I WEAKLY must get some stwing to
keep this bally hat on" muttered the
knut as he wheeled off without
word of thanks.
The yokel's reply was short but ex-
pressive. Get a nail. guv'nor!"-
Pearson's Weekly (London).
Daughter, did I not see you sitting
on that young mans lap when I
passed the parlor door last evening ?"
Eyes, and It was very embarrassing.
I wish you had not told me to-"
Good heavens! 1 never told you
to do anything of the kindi"
"You did. You told me that IL he
attempted to get sentimental I must
sit on him. "-Pathfinder.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-10-23

here. why. have cooking outfit
and a box of fishing tackle" He was
eating now, cutting piece after piece
of bread and spreading butter on hers
for her rapidly. Deity she saw him
lift the hot bacon from the pan and
put it on the bread.
Tive been a fool, Mary.
thought you wouldn't care for this
sort of thing and, you know. cooped
up in an office all year, just have to
get away like this on my two weeks
L wonder if all this stuff would be
safe here-if we left for an hour or
SOP"
"why. why?" she gasped. her heart
humping.
We'll. was sort of thinking this
would be a jolly sort of Honeymoon
I have an extra fishing pole-and we
could be married up in the next town
If we hustle before the clerks office
closes"
He was standing now, looking at
her.
Besides, that's a peach of a stove
you have there-that bacon was
Al
"They say" said Mary demurely,
that cooking is the way to a mans
heart and I-guess-''
her feet and she found herself almost
running with him, hand in hand. to-
ward the car waiting in the roadway.
Copyright, 1922, by Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-10-23
George Matthew Adams
Daily Talk
SENTIMENT

1 was talking with a kindly old
gentleman the other day and the talk
drffted to religion. My friend had
given a few of his ideas when he
apologized for being sentimental.
Now don't want to be considered
sentimental" he said.
I have noticed that SO many people
express the desire to sidestep senti-
ment. I wonder why?
1 am rather proud of the fact that
often get sentimental For I feel
warmer in heart and stronger in
spirit at such times. am wondering
what kind of a world this would be
without sentiment. Would you like
to live in it?
All Nature is picture of sentiment
every minute a change of beauty.
Every once in a while I read of
vast wealth. And into the story of
his life creeps this statement: HE
was a man of little sentiment" But
show me his sort of human being
and I will show you one who has
lived for himself alone.
Sentiment is nothing to be afraid
Of, or to fear.
1t would be kind to. compare a man
without sentiment to the experience
OF eating cold breakfast of bread
and potatoes-aIone.
Sentiment ras been the thing that
las AcpI the LONE IfFGS burning thru
out the ages.
sentiment stimulates every faculty
of the body, keeps washing the soul
and makes wrinkles, hidden in smiles
glorious and immortal.
1 am speaking only of that sentf
ment which is simple. serious and
sincere.
The war makers appreciate the
psychology of sentiment when applied
to working up enthusiasm for war
But when the grim business of war
itself sets in, there is no apneaI to
sentiment
Be glad that you are suscepfibJe 70
sentiment. Try to cultivate if rather
than seek to suppress ii.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-10-23
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTE BOOK
By LEE PAPE

Yestidday AFTERNOON ma went to a
yeWker party and won a little aquarium
with gold fishes in it and last mite
AFTER suppir me and pop and ma ana
ene goid fishes was in the setting room
ana ma sed, Now the only question is
W1lIyum, wat to name them.
y, do they haff to have names? pop
sed' and ma sed, Certeny, how would
you like to be without name? and
pop sed, Well if I was a gold fish L
guess it wouldent bite my life eny.
Now wat 1 wunt is appropriate
names, something to suggest fishes,
II you know wat meen, ma sed
How about Wig and Wag? pop sed.
You know the wigwag motions are
something like fish motions That
would be appropriate, wouldent it? he
sed.
Well they mite be appropriate but
they're not pritty enuff for such sweet
little fishes. ma sed. and I sed. Well I
tell you wat, ma wy don't you call
them Shimmy the ferst and Shimmy
the End That would be appropriate
enuff. look at them. 1 sed.
Do you think I'd call those innocent
little deers sutch vulgar names, I
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-10-23

revolvers by criminals. and to regu-
late their sale in such a way that it
Ii not impossible for law-abiding citi-
zens who need protection to obtain
them.
1t seems not to have occurred to
the proponents of This legislation that
If revolvers can be kept out of the
hands of the criminal classes other
persons will not need them. Crimi-
nails VIGOROUSLY are towards and a
gun is the chief implement in the
prosecution of their trade. If there
are revolvers to be had they win get
them, even IL they are forced to steal
them. The remedy for pistol toting
offered in the proposed legislation is
scarcely even palliative of the evil.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-10-23

laws. aside from the usual duties of
the police, are respected and en-
forced He also says in his report
that any feeling of antagonism to-
ward the society heretofore existing
has disappeared and the society now
enjoys the respect and has the willing
cooperation of all the established
agencies of the law both local and ma
tional, as well as the aid of other or
CARNATIONS engaged in related work.
THE children of any country are
its greatest asset" says Mr.. Summer.
zone of the chief duties of govern
ment is to protect the child, and 9TH
ers mentally immature, from mercen-
airy vicious influences. A branch of
that specific duty has been delegated
to this society. We oppose those who
for a price, or to satisfy some vicious
impulse. would place in the way of
the susceptible unnecessary tempta-
tons to do wrong-those who would
debauch the mind and body of youth,
the thoughtlessly curious and the
mentally unstable"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-10-23
Observation-Disclosures

@. Is there any foundation for the stories
so often heard about toads being found
sealed up in rocks or In trees and taken
A. The Biological Survey says that
statements which relate to toads being
found sealed up in rocks or walls or with
in cavities in living trees usually are in
ventiens or can be explained in an entirely
different manner from the account given
have been conducted along this line. Toads
were confined In specially constructed cavi-
ties in blocks of limestone and sandstone,
and these blocks were buried three feet
deep in the garden. The toads confined
with sandstone were found dead when the
boxes were opened at the end Of Is months !;
the end OF two years. 1t is known that a
toad can live for some time without food.
starvation depends largely on the tempera-
ture, that is, on whether the toad is kept in
state of Information
Q. Name the territorial possessions of
the United States? N. G r.
A. The outlying possessions Of the United
States are Alaska, American Samoa, Guam,
Philippine Islands, and the Virgin Islands.
O. Give simple directions for building
A. In making q camp fire. gather small
dry twigs or with pocket knife shave
some small sticks. Build these into a pyra-
over it. This will ignite readily and make q
quick fire. Always use hard wood when
available, as this will make good Goals
Q. Is there a tower that can be rocked
by the pressure OF the hand? G. R.
A. This is true Of the sather bell tower
on the campus of the University of Cali
fornia at Berkeley, erected as a memorial
by Mrs. Jane h. Sather. It is 800 feet
high and is so built that in the event of
an earthquake 1t would vibrate like a tree
tAny reader can get the answer to any
question by writing TIE Topeka State
Journal Information bureau Frederic
Haskin. Director, Washington, d. This
offer applies strictly to Information -he
Bureau eannot give advice on legal medical
and financial matters Ii does not attempt
TO settle domestic troubles. nor to under
take exhaustive research on any subject
Give full bame and address and enclose two
cents in stamps for return postage All
write your question plainly ana briefly
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-10-23
wHy FRANCE CANNOT PAY.

The statement that "of all the al
lied countries. France has the greatest
resources, but will be unable to meet
her war obligations was made at the
American Bankers association con-
vention in New York recently.
Those who heard the declaration,
and those who read it in the news re-
ports of the gathering, understood.
France has been and is so busy spend
ing money for other purposes-aside
even from her task of restoring war
desolated- regions of her domain
that all her available money cleaned
from her superior resources is being
absorbed in these activities.
England, with business less success
fully operating than is industry of
France, has money for meeting her
pressing claims, and pledges payment
of every debt. The reason is that
England has been doing good finan-
ciering as well as much political wire
pulling. The former has, as a matter
of fact, had better results than the
latter.
The situation in France can not well
change while she maintains a stand
ing army of 100000 men.
On the eve of negotiations for an
adjustment of debt repayments to the
United States, the British government
is probably in the best position with
respect to home finances that it has
attained since the end of the war. In
the first six months of the present fis-
cal year, which began on April /,
1922, expenditure has been kept &c.
100000 pounds below income. and is
more than 15O,00O.0oo pounds below
the amount spent by the government
in the corresponding period of 1921.
British treasury figures received by
the Bankers Trust company of New
York. from its English information
service, also show considerable i'm
provement in the status of Great Brit
aims national debt. At the close of
the war Britafn's total debt was
S,079 million pounds. The total has
since been reduced by approximately
$50 million pounds, of which about
275 million pounds represents reduc-
ton of debt owed by Great Britain to
other countries.
Another significant feature has been
the reduction of the British floating
debt. At the end of 1919 the floating
debt amounted to 1,349,324,000
pounds. Six months later, on June so,
1920, it was 1,57o.ss7. 900 pounds. On
September so, 1922. the floating debt
had been reduced to S71,924,5o0
pounds.
Latest official figures of the British
treasury disclose that the debt owed
to Great Britain by her allies in
creased by more than $250,000,oo0 IN
the last fiscal year. Fifteen OF the
European countries owing debt to the
United States are also in debt to Great
Britain. These countries are Ar
menia, Austria, Belgium, Czecho-
Slovakia, Esthonia. France, Greece,
Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Po-
land, Rumania, Russia and Serbia.
On April 1. 1929, they owed $6,677.-
S42,166 to the United States and at
the same time they owed $s,s73,739,-
7oS to Great Britain.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-10-23
JUST FOLKS
TO THE LITTLE BABY.
BY EDGAR A. GUEST.

TO THE LITTLE BABY.
You know your mother-thats plain as
But those wild blue eyes of you seem to
When 1 bend over your sdib: "NoNw who
Are you?"
It's little figure cut, know,
And faces rouble a baby SO,
But I'm the gladdest of all the glad,
Your dadi
You're two months old and you see us
And I Know you are wondering all the
whoever On earth can these people be
You
You've learned your mother; you know her
When hunger rattIes the dinner bell.
But somehow or other you cannot place
My face
AS yet I'm but one of the passing throng.
The curious people who come along
And pause at your crib and you seem 10
Each day:
know her step when my mothers near,
know her wonderful smile-but who
Are your
.sYou always come with the same old grin.
YdEr fingers rough when you tickle my
But you run away when 1 start to cry,
Don't understand when visitors call
You are the queereest Of all the queer
Folks heret
It's true that over your crib / stand
And tickle your chin with my rough old
hand.
And I run away when you start to cry.
But /
Have a right to my queer little funny ways
To boast your worth and to sound your
praise.
For am the giaddest of all the glad
Copyright, 1922, by Edgar A. Guest)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-10-23
FOB ALL READERS OF
TIE TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL.

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fered the unlimited use Of the largest in
formation bureau in the world.
This Service Bureau is located in the
national capital, where Il lie In immediate
touch with all the great resources OF the
United States government.
1t can answer practically any question
you want to ask, butt can't give advice.
or make exhaustive research.
The war forced SO many changes In the
daily life of the American people that the
service of this information bureau Will be
invaluable to all who use 1t.
Keep in touch with your government at
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ways IL your wants are only made known.
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In an effort to create sentiment IA
vorable to a ship subsidy it is being
pointed out that there has been a
tremendous worldwide slump in
shipbuilding, and that by far the
greater part of it has been borne by
the United States. OF the total ton
mage now being built this country Is
building only 6 per cent, while Eng
land is building so per cent, and other
maritime nations "a per cent. The
total world decline in shipbuilding
since the peak has been 5,S46,O00
tons, OF which the United States has
sustained 4,036,000 tons. But why
should the United States continue to
build ships? We already have more
ships than we can use or sell. How
ever, the surplus ships might be dis
posed of and new ones might be built
IL the gentlemen in Washington
would cease to hold out the hope of a
subsidy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-10-23

Elm an address delivered before the
National Hardware association last
week. w. A. Willis, manager of the
Copper and Brass Research associa-
ton, said: "a pretty good sign of
better business is the present notice
able increase in demand for the bet
ter grades of merchandise. When, as
our present reports indicate is the
case, people begin to say, Have you
something a little better?' instead of
Is that the cheapest you have?' we
really begin to feel that, after all, bet
ter business is more than a mirage
that this time you can reach right out
and touch 1t. Increasing purchasing
power Is the underlying cause of this
reversion to the better grades of mer-
chandise. I say reversion, for most
people realize the economy of quality,
and only buy the inferior grades when
stern necessity dictates. The demand
for better goods is fastened by the
consumers experience with cheaper,
ana invariably less satisfactory mer-
chandise"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-10-23

: The people generally having pro-
vided themselves with motor cars.
now seem to be turning their atten-
ton to jewelry as a means of dispos-
ing of surplus cash. The Dry Goods
Economist says that "Jewelry of ev-
cry description has seldom enjoyed
such a season of unlimited popular
ity as at this time. Wholesalers say
their orders are larger than for a
score Of years. Every retail store to-
day with so much and SO varied a
selection of jewelry can put new COM
binations of costume jewelry before
their customers each day of the pre-
holiday season.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-10-23
MORE WORK FOR THE POLICE.


State legislatures, during their next
sessions, will be urged to pass uni
form laws regulating the sale and
possession of pistols and revolvers,
modelled after bill introduced into
the senate by Senator Capper. the
provisions of which apply only to the
District of Columbia.
The Capper bill provides that no
one shall, without license, have pos
session of a concealed weapon except
in his residence or place of business
and that person who buys a revolt
yer, after obtaining a license, must
make a record of his purchase. inciud-
ing a full description and identifica-
ton, which must be filed by the dealer
with the police.
The dealer is required to have q
license, and the penalty provided for
the sale Of a revolver without a deal
less than two years.
No revolver can be sold until one
day after the application for purchase
Is made, and revolvers for sale cannot
be displayed in places of business.
In the trial of a person under the
provisions of the measure, the possess
sion of a revolver is prima facie evil
dence of his guilt, and the conviction
for other offenses of a person not
having a permit to carry a revolver,
but who was arrested with a revolver
in his possession. involves an addi-
tional penalty of not less than five
years penalties of greater severity
being imposed after the first offense.
The sale of revolvers to aliens. per-
sons convicted of felonies, and minors.
Is prohibited.
The intent of this bill, of course, is
to prevent the purchase and use of
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guess not, ma sed, and I sed, Well
then why do they move like that?
The boys rite pop sed.
I know wat III call them, I'm going
to call them Walter and Donald, they
always were my favorite names and
that's jest wat Ill call them, Walter
and Donald, ma sed.
Well you don't call those names ap-
propriate. I hope. do you? pop sed.
Certeny I do. ma sed, and pop sed,
Well in wat way, if I may ask? and
ma sed, In every way.
Excuse me for a hour or SO, pop sed.
And he got in back of his newspaper
and the gold fishes KEEP on acting
like Shimmy the ferst and Shimmy
the End, no matter wat their names
was.