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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-03-27
USED THE GOLD BRICK CURE
Treatment" Ended Many Cases Of
Fjat.Feet, semi-6 Blindness and
Other "Defects."

A gold brick which made the lame
to walk and the blind to see is told
Of by Capt. p. H. Mccarthy, Develop
ment Battalion No. I, Fort Benjamin
Harrison. Ind, who gets the credit for
introducing the term gold brick" into
the army during the war. The unwill'
ingness Of certain recruits to submit
to development" brought the brick
into play.
Innumerable cases Of flat-feet. semi.
blindness, and other ailments were
continually reported by reluctant SOL
diers at the camp. It was up to Cap
tain Mccarthy to discover whether
these were ailments or alibis. When
the medical profession failed, the brick
got in its work. The soldier would be
handed the gold article and told to go
about as he pleased, free from drill.
hikes, labor Of any kind, but he must
carry the brick. When he saw an Off
Ger he must hold the brick out with the
left hand and salute with the right.
The sick man was invariably back
drilling with his outfit the second
day. Flat feet and cold ones alike
were cured.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-03-27
Bans the Merry.Go.Round.

Verify the most captions Of music
Critics must confess that when the
overture Of "Poet and Peasant" Is hOot-
ed out by the steam calliope of II
me:ry-go-round it carries to the juve-
nile ear a more vital inspiration than
could a Philharmonic feast in Car
negie hall or a whole opera at the Met
topolitan. Imagine. then, the grief Of
Tarsos POlycrone at the refusal Of
Mayor Scott Of New Rochelle to IL
cense him to operate $4,000 merry
gO-rOund on lot that he and his two
brothers have bought at the entrance
to Hudson park.
Supreme Court Justice Plat Of
White Plains will decide whether the
gorgeous merry-go-round planned by
the Polycrone brothers shall be sane
toned or not. for the indignant trio
have applied to him for a writ Of man
damus to compel Mayor Scott to issue
a license.-New York Sun.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-03-27
"AFTER THE Show AT THE
GRAND THEATER TONIGHT

If you want to make a journey
back-stage you should see William
de, Miles splendid Paramount pro-
duction, after the Show" which
will be the big feature at the Grand
theater for the last time tonight.
The principal characters of the
story are Jack Holt, the wealthy
hacker of the show; Charles Ogle,
the old stage-door man and Lila Lee
the little chorus girl who, having
played in amateur theatricals in her
home town, comes to the city to win
fame. Out of the lives of these three
characters comes powerful and
gripping drama.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-03-27
JAP GIRLS GET INTO Line
Increasing Physical Activity and lnde-
pendence Are Regarded as Of
Particular Significance.

A new freedom in physical move
ment is discernible if not obvious in
feminine Japan. 1t can be noted on
the street in the little girls play. Al
ways they have had the most varied
line of games and were fairly active,
but nothing so unladylike as jumping
over stick, a sort of pole vault with
out the pole. Now this is not unusual
in the larger towns, and surprisingly
high do these wooden clogged, XII
mOnoed. pig-tailed youngsters jump,
and with much abandon.
In the girls schools there is much
more activity than even three years
ago of the kind that past generations
Of American mothers called tOmbOy.
ishness. and increasing interest in ten.
mis- and basketball. Also it is not I'M
becoming now for maiden or matrOn
to hold up her head IL line with her
spine. and frankly LOOK on Mt this
world and all its incumbranceS. For
merly it was almost the great unpar-
donable not to carry the head slightly
forward, with eyes dOwncast. This
attitude of humiliation is now becom-
ing fearfully Old-fashioned.
Foreign teachers of long experience
say that the change in this respect is
striking in the classroom. Students
when reciting now look up squarely at
the instructor instead Of at their knees
as formerly AS this is not taught
thing; but the reflex of a change with.
in, vital enough to overcome teaching
and inherited tendency, it is signi6.
cant.
Another change, trihing, but
straw that shows the direction and We
locity Of the current. is the growing
habit Of man and wife to walk side by
side on the street instead Of my lady
pigeon-toelng along about a pace in the
rear of her lord.-Scribner's Magazine.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-03-27
DON'T TELL EVERYTHING" AT
-..- ELKo, LAST TIME TONIGHT

Combining three of the most pop
ular figures of the screen-Wallace
Reid, Gloria Swanson and Elliott
Dexter-the two former stars and
the latter feature player for
Paramount pictures-comes "Don't
Tell Everything" which will be seen
at the Elko theater, last time tonight.
The most interesting feature aside
from the exceptional cast is that it
is typically an out of door story,
breathing the fragrance of the pine
woods. thelife and action of the polo
field, the charm of California golf
course.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-03-27
"OH PROMISE ME-" AT ELKO
LAST TIME THIS EVENING

Here is a pippin of a Christie
Comedy showing at the Elko Theater
for the last time this evening, with
Don't Tell Everything" the big spec
ial feature. The story is more than
adequate, jazzy, and one that will
appeal to every ex-service man as
well as the general public: Neal
Burns was nver better than as an
ex-soldier whose marriage to an Am
erican girl was threatened by a
French "mademoiselle" the back
grounds show the careful thought
and taste Of Director Scott Sidney
and Tom Brierley, art director.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-03-27
'tWHAT WOMEN WILL DO"
AT THE GRAND TUESDAY

"What Women Will Do" the Ed
ward Jose Production showing at the
Grand Theater for two days COM
mencing tomorrow is g melodrama
of modern New York life. 1t deals
with a young woman who becomes
involved in malicious scheme de-
signed to mulct wealthy old lady,
whose grief over the suicide of her
son while he was under the stigma of
a charge of murder, has made her an
easy prey.
Pathe News and comedy COM
plete the program.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-03-27
Eishlnn Elect Reduced rOne-Half.

Heavy toll exacted by storms
threatens to ruin the fishing industry
of Newfoundland. A movement now
is on foot to induce the legislature to
offer heavy bounties for the building
Of schooners, 1t is reported. ....
During 1921 ~ stout fishing schoon-
ers dropped into Davy Jones locker,
sna 1922 already has a lengthy list or
losses. The entire Newfoundland fleet
today is not more than half that Of
1900. The number Of scllooners De-
tween 30 and 65 tons in service today
is about 500, as against from LOW to
1900 in the closing days Of the Nine
teenth century.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-03-27
BAR NOTHIN'" AT REX
THEATER AGAIN TONIGHT

Whenever a Buck Jones picture
comes to town is good time to
make a date with yourself to see
the show. For the reason that a
Buck Jones show is always worth
seeing. He's sure prize winner
on the screen in Craftsmanship.
daredevil stunts and capturing the
Girl. Buck opened at the Rex
theater on Sunday in the Fox pro-
duction "Bar Nothin'." See him and
you'll get abundance of wholesome
thrill and lively entertainment.
He'll be here for two days.
Also showing Ben Turpin in his
new one, "Love and Dougnnuts.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-03-27
An UnweIcome Dance.

Lady Constance Stewart Richard
son. whose bizarre dancing made her
known in America, was married re-
Gently in oriental dress. There is a
story about her and the duchess of
Marlborough.
Once, at charity concert at one
Of the great houses of London her
host whispered to the duchess:
'We're to have an extra number.
Dear Lady Constance has consented
to do her barefoot Persian dance"
ooh. DEAR the duchess cried. Il
knew when spilled the salt at din.
ner that something dreadful would
happen before the night was over
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-03-27
AT THEATRES
"OLIVER TWIST, JR." AT THE
REX THEATRE TOMORROW

Harold Goodwin, the eighteen year
old lad whom William Fox has e.
evated to stardom, will be seen in
his first picture, "Oliver Twist, Jr.''
Tuesday, at the Rex theatre. "Oliver
Twist, Jr." is story Of young Oliver
Twist as Dickens wrote it, but 1t is
brought up to date while retaining
the original characters. Those who
have seen Goodwin as Oliver declare
he is destined for a high place IN the
picture armament. A high-class
cast supports him.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-03-27
Would Have Helped Some!

Nick Slick, the latest acquisition to
the town, had done the heavy" in no
half-hearted fashion.
Smart, and glib of speech, he had
found the townspeople Of Little Lit
Vile very simple folk and easy game.
He had obtained credit right and
left. and then he had flown gently
away, without ever disturbing the dust
or the pile Of unpaid bills in his lodg-
ings.
"By gosh!" muttered Wilkins, the
grocer, who was hard hit by the de-
faulter, "if I'd known he didn't in
tend paying, I'd have charged him
double, L would! "-London Tit-Bits.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-03-27
Aians questions and, II Alan persisted,
he avoided him.

he avoided him.
On deck, one night, listening while
old Burr talked, excitement suddenly
seized Alan. Burr claimed to he an
Englishman born in Liverpool. He had
been, he said, a seaman in the British
navy; he had been present at the
Smelling Of Alexandria; later. because
of some difficulty, which he CLOSED
over he had deserted and had come to
"the States;' he had been first deck
hand, then the mate Of tramp schoon-
or on the lakes. Alan, gazing at the
old man, felt exultation leaping and
throbbing within him. This life which
old Burr was rehearsing to him as his
own, was the actual life Of Munro
Burkhalter, one Of the men on Cor
vets list regarding whom Alan had
been able to obtain full information!
Alan sped below, when he was re.
lieved from watch, and got out the
clippings left by Corvet and the notes
of what he himself had learned in his
visits to the homes Of these people.
His excitement grew greater as he
pored over them: he found that he
could account, with their aid, for all
that old Bur- had told him. Old Burr's
stories We're not, of course, true: yet
neither were they fictitious. They
their Incidents. at least-were actuali-
ties. They were woven from the lives
of those upon Corvet's list! Alan felt
his skin prickling and the blood beat
ing fast in his temples. How could
Burr have known these incidents?
Who could he be to know them all? To
what man, but one, could all Of them
be known? Was old Burr Ben
jamin Corvet?
Alan telegraphed that day to Sher.
rill; but when the message had gone
doubt seized him. Benjamin Corvet,
when he went away, had tried to leave
his place and power among lakemen
to Alan; Alan, refusing to accept what
Corvet had left until Corvet's reason
should be known, had felt obliged also
to refuse friendship with the Sherrills.
When revelation came, would it make
possible Alan's acceptance Of the place
Corvet had prepared for him, or would
1t leave him where he was? Would II
bring him nearer to Constance Sher-
rill, or would it set him forever away
from her? -, 3 -N
CONTINUED IN Next Issue)
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CONTINUED from last issue)
CHAPTER XIV
Old Burr Of the Ferry.


It was in late November and while
the coal carrier Pontiac, on which he
was serving as lookout. was in Lake
Superior that Alan first heard Of Jim
Burr. The name spoken among some
other names in casual conversation by
cited him; the name James Burr, &C.
curing on Benjamin Corvet's list, had
borne opposite it the legend "All dis
appeared; no trace" and Alan, whose
investigations had accounted for all
others whom the list contained, had
been able regarding Burr only to verify
the fact that at the address given no
one Of this name was to be found.
He questioned the oiler who had
mentioned Burr. The man had met
Burr one night in ManitowOc with
other men, and something about the
old man had impressed both his name
and image on him; he knew no more
than that. At Manitowoc the place
from which Captain Stafford's watch
had been sent to Constance Sheriff.
and where Alan had sought for, but
had failed to find, the sender! Had
Alan stumbled by chance upon the one
whom Benjamin Corvet had been un-
able to trace?
Alan could not leave the Pontiac and
60 at once to Manitowoc to seek Burr:
for he was needed where he was. 1t
was fully q week later and after the
ho< In ~ ho1
repassed the length Of Lake Superior
that Alan, left the vessel at Sault Ste.
Marie and took the train for Manito-
voc: J.
The little lake port OF Manitowoc,
which he reached in the late afternoon,
was turbulent with the lake seasons
approaching close Alan inquired for
the seamen's drinking place, where his
informant had met Jim Burr following
the directions he received he made his
way along the river bank until he
found it. e.
The proprietor knew old Jim Burr
yes. Burr was wheelsman on Car
ferry Number %. He was a lakeman,
experienced and capable; that fact.
some months before, had served as In
PRODUCTION for him to the frequenters
Of this place. When the ferry was In
.barbor and his duties left him idle,
Burr came up and waited there, occu-
plying always the same chair. He
never drank he never. spoke to others
unless they spoke first to him, but
then he talked freely about old days
on the lakes. about ships which had
been lost and about men long dead.
Alan decided that there could be no
better place to Interview old Burr than
here; he waited therefore, and in the
early evening the old man came in. He
was a slender but muscularly built man
seeming about sixty-five, but he might
he considerably younger or older than
that. His hair was completely white;
his nose was thin and sensitive; his
face was smoothly placid, emOtionless,
.contented: his eyes were queerly cloud
ed, deepset and intent.
Those whose names Alan had found
on Corvet's list, had been of all ages
young and old; but Burr might we'll
have been q contemporary Of Corvet
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-03-27
THE LAST DOOR" AT THE
TOMORROW AND WEDNESDAY

Eugene O'Brien in story Of
mystery. suspense and surprise are
the features of the new Selznick
Picture, "The Last Door," which
comes to the Elko theater Tuesday
and Wednesday. 1t is O'Brien's best
picture.
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CONTINUED IN Next Issue)
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-03-27

THE PIONEER WANT, ADS
- BRING RESULTS
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-27

m - 0O1n Al
wa 'o'ehue 10 10 III part and every citizen has a personal responsibility
nj must naf IN the work OF reconstruction and readjustment.
Managers oil large business corporations not many years % perhaps
not more than a score, ignored moral obligations and adhered to the rule
OF might, crushing competition ~ruthlesdy and disregarding welfare Of
thelr employees. And what is true Of these employers was also true of
their employees generally whose attitude towards their EMPLOYERS and
iehlo" employees was, IN a large measure, controlled by ideas that were
entirely selfish and IN many cases arbitrary, unreasonable and cruel.
THESE conditions also resulted in great hardship to the general pr-
chasing and consuming public, fol-, in the long run, costs of production,
transportation and delivery we're necessarily made larger and, as they
always must be- we're carried on to the ones whose necessities compelled
purchase and use.
President Roosevelt had many disciples and with assistance from
them he created a strong public opinion in favor of honest business man.
agement. This sentiment, however brought about, has had much to do
with the change in the minds of the people generally as to the desirabilty
and value of closely assoeiating ethics with business.
But there was another convincing reason for the change.
While the motives are not equally worthy with others, they are very
practical and influential with many who would not otherwise be con-
verted. Ethical management brings additional profits to business
Sooner or later it pays in dollars and cents Any man or concern that
firmly establishes a reputation for honesty and fair dealing which is not
questioned has a business asset Of great pecuniary value and profit.
Business throughout the United States today is conducted on a higher
plane than ever before.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-27
The Illustration Shows the FIexibiity OF Contact and Bow Shaped Cushion
ing Protection Afforded Driver and Object Hit.

OF Contact and 6ow-Shaped Cushion
Driver and Object Hit.
which the majority Of automot!ve ac-
cldents occur.
Same Place AZ Bumper.
The new device Is carried In the
same place as a bumper. but Is not q
bumper. II is a simple mechanism
consisting OF flexible contact bars or
cables fastened by g~oosenecks to the
front and to the rear OF the car, being
equally applicable to passenger cars
or to motortrucks. These contact bars.
yielding to a pressure Of only Is
pounds, make contacts with electrical
ly-wired contact points, In turn con-
nected with a brake and ignition con-
troll contained In a small cylinder
which rides freely with the brake rod
so as not to interfere with the foot or
hand braking OF the car under ordi-
nary conditions. The slight pressure
on the contact bars makes connection
In a fraction of q second. setting the
brakes, cutting Off the ignition and
thereby adding compression to the
braking force and blowing the horn.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-27
FIND BEST oils
ARE ECONOMICAL
Manufacturers for Years Have
Called Attention to Impor-
lance of fabrication.
OWNERS DEPEND ON DEALERS
inferior Article Oecomposes Easily
and Forms Large Quantities Of
Sediment and Carbon Residue
Wear 10 Result.

Automobile manufacturers for years
have been ~impressing on motorists the
vast Importance of correct fabrication
for the maintenance of the internal
combustion engine. Their stand has
been taken from an economical stand
point and in order to insure the long
life OF the motor.
A recent investigation In the oil
market showed that a large percent
age OF automobile owners do not
specify a particular brand when pur-
chasing a lubricating oil, but depend
entirely on the judgment and prefer
ence of the dealer. This fact makes
possible the harmful practice of sub
stitution Of an inferior grade at the
price OF a quality oil.
Educational Campaign.
Feeling that there are definite steps
which can be taken to eliminate this
fact, the producers have ~inaugurated
an educational advertising campaign
hg means Of which the Importance Of
correct fabrication Is taken up step
by step in a language which any lay
nan can thoroughly understand.
fabrication has become recognized
as such an important factor that en-
gineers have spent years of intensive
research to produce a lubricant which
will maintain its body under the ex-
IRENE heat generated In the motor.
which varies from $50 to 1000 degrees
Fahrenheit. and to function properly
under every possible condition.
inferior Oil WastefuI.
II has been found that an Inferior
~lubricating oil very easily decomposes
and forms large quantities of sedi-
ment and carbon residue which has
no %lubrIcating value and Is therefore
waste material. This sediment and
carbon residue crowd out the good
oil from the bearings and rapidly
moving parts Of the machine. Frie-
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-27
Tendency of the Juvenile to Initiate His
Elders Who Commit Crime
By BESSIE LOCKE, National Kindergarten Association.

District Attorney Banton of New York has issued figures which he
said showed "the tendency of the juvenile to initiate his elders who
commit crimes. The figures were based on the number OF arrangements
in chldren's courts in New York county.
It seems strange that we as a nation are not yet sufficiently Logical
to see the economy and wisdom Of preventing crime by letting no man
grow up a misunderstanding the problem at ITS source I'M shoer-
parten cultiyates right habits of thought and action early in life.
The most effective means of securing moro hndergartens Is through
the enactment of laws providing for their establishment upon petition d
parents Such a law has been in force in California since 1913. seven
other states have enacted similar laws: Arizona, Nevada, Texas, Maine,
Pennsylvania Kansas and Wisconsin. Louisiana and Georgia are endeay-
orng to secure this legislation. Next winter similar attempts VIII o
made in Alabama, Connecticut, New jersey, Ohio, Wyoming and Missouri
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-27

That the carburetor strainer
should be cleaned and drained
regularly In order that 10 dirt
cGn pass into this delicate
mechanism, which Ia. In reality,
the "lungs" of the automobile.
Trouble with the carburetor is
generally due to the presence Of
some tiny bit Of dirt which has
passed the strainer and which.
like a morsel of food swallowed
"the wrong way" i~nterferes with
the breathing. Even the smallest
particle of foreign matter In the
needle valve or the intake valve
OF the vaporizer will cause the
engine to splutter and spit and II
Is seldom that this trouble can
be eradicated until the dirt or
dust has been removed.
Even the straining Of gasoline
through wire gauze or a piece Of
chamois does not do away with
the danger from foullng the AR
burtor, for a considerable
amount Of sediment always accu-
mulates In the gasoline tank,
and this Will be carried forward
to the carburetor. For this rea
son, the strainer itself should be
drained of regularly and then
thoroughly cleansed, In order to
insure the proper function of the
"lungs of the car"
Copyright. is2a. by The Wheeler
Syndicate. Incl
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-27

Is It All Doomed to Destruction-This Thing
That Is Primitive America?
By JENs JENSEN, Friends of Our Native Landscape.

Yesterday met a colony Of friends-friends not seen for many years.
These friends were the white moccasin flower, Cypripedium candidum.
Where l met them l do not dare tell. But here they stood, perhaps the
last remnant Of their kind in that part Of Illinois, where they once were
plentiful. And soon this little colony will also be doomed to its fate.
They seemed unaware of the approaching danger, and how as it
possible in such charming company Of phlox, shooting stars, ragweed,
, yioets, blueeyed grass, star flowers, Indian brush and many others
such a garden of brilliant eoors illuminated in the bright May sunshine
I was wondering why all this should be-this gradual destruction of this
great wealth of color and beauty. was wondering about the loss TO COM
ing generations OF this wonderful color expression that eventually must
have its great and noble influence upon our arts.
Fortunes are given to science, to buildings, geological gardens and
arboretums, all worthy, but is there no one who will save the little colony
save what is left of this exquisite carpet that once covered the prairies of
Illinois everywhere? Is it all doomed to destruction-this thing that is
primitive America, pure and unadulterated?