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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-01

says all of US. being bears for ghost
etor1ess 50 SQuee starts in.
About thirty years ago, when dad
was young Teller he lived down in a
little town in Illinois. and in the mid
die of>the river, about two miles from
this town was a place called Diamond
Island.
The Mysterious Fire Ball
Diamond Island was haunted-and
Btill Is, IL it's there any more. Every
night about midnight a big ball of
Ore was to be seen floating in the air
1T one end of the island.
Nobody could imagine what caused
he ball of fire. When the story ABOUT
1t first come out, most of the people
in the little town said ie was all bunk
But when some of the dependable
citizens went and saw the light for
themselves, the whole town began to
believe there really was something
pooky about Diamond Island.
Zone dark night dad and a half
dozen other young fellers from the
village decided they'd get that ghost
Or whatever it was, il it was posi-
BILE. The bunch armed themselves
with clubs and knives and shot guns.
and set out for Diamond Island.
They rowed over to the haunted
island, pulled their boat up on the
shore near the spot where the bail
of fire was believed to always make
its appearance, and then ducked be-
hind some bushes close by to wait
for something to happen.
The Ball Appears
Suddenly, not more than twenty
yards from the bushes, the fellers saw
the big RED ball OF FIRE shoot up out
of the river and light up the whole
island near where they were. She
went Up slowly till she was about .
hundred feet in the air. and then
quick as wink she disappeared.
''Well. dad and his gang had got
enough-too much They all tore out
of the bushes and made q bee-line
for their row boat.
But the boat was gone!
They looked around for . minute.
and then one of the fellers holiered
LOokl and pointed out on the water.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-01
Are Fish Able to ''Think ?"

SportsnIen. and event the hardebI
fisherman. bear witness that fish
possess some intelligence, citing ii
marked increase of wariness in ws.s
that have been fished over or
Young trout under the circunss,-
are less wary than the old onss a
carp, according to Kirbys bo6g 4
fishes, thrusts itself into the mi
order that the net may pass ovg
and If the bottom is stony makes q
leaps to clear the net.
1t has been said that fish that ID
been kept for many years in a I'd
of the Tuilleries come when calla
name, but it is of course the sousi
the voice and not the articulate v@
to which they respond. In Germ,
trout and carp are summoned 10 ~
food by the sound of a bell
A small perch's nest Of yOung
disturbed one day, and upon the 4
day the fish and young We're seaEi
for In vain. Upon further inyestigg
it was discovered up stream, the %
ent guarding her young with jsl5
care in a cavity sco0ped oft q
sand. Another story Is related o.
skate which was observed in m aqua
ium at Manchester. A morsei 0! q
was thrown into the tank. which
directly in an angle formed By
glass front and the bottom.
The skate, a. large specimen, n
several attempts to seize the food
successfully owing to the posiam
its mouth. He lay quite still az th9l
thinking, then suddenly raised hin'
into a slanting posture. the head
clined upward, and the under SUI
of the body toward the food. wasi
waved his broad fins. thus creatil
Upward current in the water. W
lifted the food from it's posltioh
carried it straight to his mouth.
The blue shark and his pilot tlE
come in for a story Captain RICE
r. N, tells one about a blue SHARK
lowing a bait which was thrown O.
it from the ship. The shark, which
attended by four pilot fish, Tepa'7
approached the bait, but every tlns
did so one of the latter rushed u
prevented him from obtaining j
After a time the shark swan q
but when he had gone u consi'@
distance he turned back again
quickly after the vessel, and -
the pilot fish could Oyertahs
seized the bait and was caught
hosting him on deck one Of me
was seen to cling to his soc
above water. when it dropped o.
the pilots then swan about for
as If searching for their frlena
every mark of anxiety and diso'
Science and Invention.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-01
nlIl >IheIPlrareSsG dMgM

There was the big red bali again-and
it was sitting in the row boat, riding
smoothly along the water!
And as the fellers watched tho ball
Of fire slowly took the shape OF a
man, and they could see him dipping
his oars into the water and pulling
on. them strong and even. He wore
a SLOUGH hat with wide brim and dad
says it was pulled way down on his
face.
The boat reached the middle of the
stream. Then. just as suddenly as
they had seen the ball change to a
mans figure. the man changed back
into the red bail. Immediately the
ball started rising UP out Of the boat
and into the air. When it was about
as high as the>tallest tree on the Is
land It disappeared.
Ven for Help
THE feilers were scared stir as
herrings. They set up a boiler for
help. Their yells woke up a fisher
man on the other side of the river
and he pulled across In a boat and
hauled the fellers back to town.
THAT was the last time, dad SAYS.
anybody ever tried to hunt the red
ball ghost"
SQuee sat down.
We all were little startled at the
story. so for minute nobody said
anything. Then I speaks up and
says. well. what caused this here
ball Of flre?"
Nobody knows says Squee. at
asked dad the same question. ana he
said he didn't know. The best they
can figure out 10 this. A few years
before murder had been committed
on the island. The superstitious
people figure that maybe the red ball
Of FIRE is the haunts.''
AL STUBBS,
Scribe of the Pirate Six.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-01

in long wave lengths that can be heard
around the world, without interfering
with the amateurs in Brooklyn who
want to talk on very short wave
lengths to New York. This art of Sc
lective receiving has been perfected
only to a limited extent. No means
has been devised for separating wave
lengths OF 200 feet from wave-lengths
of 201 feet. But it is possible to dis
tinguish waves of 200 feet from waves
of 202 feet-in other words, differences
in length of l per cent or greater can
be detected and waves Of this length
excluded. AS the wave lengths increase
in size, these perceptible gaps become
larger-for example, station sending
out waves of 10000 feet length would
interfere with other stations sending
waves of more than $500 or less than
10, 10O.-French Strother in the Worlds
Work for April.
Cash down" is a fine motto, but a
bad way for it to be. ].
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-01
ro.nAY,s RuZZlE

Curtail = plane surface and leave
a verb; curtail to plug and leave
hat; curtail field plant and leave a
spice; curtail the second part OF tilr
name Of securing soap and Leave
n form of ito be-; curtail = desert
animal and leave Q verb The let
tiers curtailed speI1 a month.
Answer to yesterdays: Boy, bay.
may. man.
Answer to to-day'a: Are "A: tam
p: clover; bon ami: camel The
letters speIl April
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-01
MoRLp,s COTTON -.

The 1921 worlds cotton CT"
Is, 500, 900 bales Representing
decrease from the 1920 crop q"
:, 200, 900 bales.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-01
RAILROAD PROFITS.

The railroads of the United -
1921 had a net operating .h-y-
s6I5.625,619, which is an anhuS,
of return on valuation Of
cent.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-01

/, Some men try to be funny wfile
others are just Jokes. Yes. We know
what our critics win say about that,
so they need not waste the postage by
writing. 'ee ~
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-01
THE RED BALL GHOST

T THE LAST
meeting of the
Pirate Six, Squee
Mather, our chief.
gets up and says:
"Fellers, a couple
Of meetings ago
Herb Woods here
told us a ghost
story. Now, I
know a good one
an. I want to tell
it."
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-01

The total possible produ0i.I I,
ity of all automobile factons :
United States is about : low
year.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-01
Apropos Answer.

Teacter-WiIlie, what is cubic
yard2
Willie-I don't know for sure, but 1t
must be a yard that them Cuban kids
play in.-New York American.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-01

Floyd w. Parsons in the Worlds Work
for April.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-01
So oblising.

did you telephone the plumber that
the hot water pipes are leaking?"
Yes. my dear"
What did Ne say?"
He said he'd put us on his waiting
list"-New York Sun.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-01

It's easy for bowlegged girls to be
modest.
Opportunity doesn't give a rap if you
are asleep.
A girls hair loses its charm when
It gets into the gravy.
Mighty few men can resist using a
lead dime in a slot machine.
Gods way of making a woman's fig
ure never seems to suit her.
A man who is always making ex-
cuses hasn't time to make a success.
The young lady next door says that
some people who think they have ar
rived have only reached the place
where they get off.
That surgical subject who played his
harmonies instead OF taking an anes-
thetic ought to have had more consid-
Grafton for the operators.
It's getting to be so there is more
contention in a divorce suit over the
custody of the flivver than over the
disposition of the children.
o.
The discovery that poison gas is a
humane weapon will bring small COM
fort to those who are dying of tuber-
culosis as a result of its use.
Women, since their complete eman-
cipation, seem to have risen to that
pinnacle OF culture which men long
monopolized around the roped arena.
Addressing the Allied Medical AS
sociation," a doctor puts the proper
term of life at $50 years. This may
be followed by the placing of new
elixir on the market.
O.
Vocalists may take courage from the
success of the two senators from the
state of Maine who successfully sang
an increase of ten cents protective
duty on to the tariff on Irish potatoes.
That was sweet music to the potato
growers Of Aristook county.
Every mans life will soon be an open
book whether he Wills 1t, il the latest
radio invention lives up to ats reputa-
ton of being able to listen in on any
phone conversation. Possibly this will
serve to shorten the pink tea" con-
versations that monopolize so much of
our time over the phone at certain
hours OF the day.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-01

Dobson-Who interrupted VOL,
Topics Of the Day Films.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-01
BAD Inh.

Hobson-sir. l am seif-made man.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-01
Awqwan.

Awful accident in the train today"
reported Willie.
What was it?
"a woman had her eye on a seat and
man sat on it!"--Westfield IN. j.
Leader.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-01
BrOadcasting Jolly Jokes

Radio entertainment is all the vogue
since the perfecting of broadcasting
apparatus and ampHfied receiving in
struments. Programs of diverse ma
ture are daily and nightly cast" into
the air to he caught" by professional
and amateur enthusiasts alike. Broad
way stars are putting on their COM
plete productions at the big broadcast
ing stations. Statesmen and elocution-
lists are reciting at KDKA or WGI.
Comedians joke at KYW or WIZ to
send out laughs to millions in all direc-
rions. This is not the first or only
time that jokes have been sent broad
cast in our land of the free, brave and
jolly. Now, and for over three years
past, the latest jokes and quips of the
worlds wisest wits have been shown
broadcast throughout the u. s. A, via
the movie screen in Topics of the
Day" Films. And these screen laughs
may be enjoyed by millions who do not
possess radio equipment. The radio
phone is a wonderful invention but
you need only to use your eyes to
catch" these jokes PDQ.
Justified.
Miss Flap - She swears that no
young mans lips have ever touched
hers.
Miss FIip-well, that's enough to
make any girl swear, / think.-New
York Sun.
Profitesr.
Willie, can't you be quiet for a bit?"
mo, ma; two-bits is my lowest fig
ure"-Boston Transcript
Over Exposure.
RAY just adore the way your
roommate dresses.
May-Oh, deari Has she been leav-
ing her window shades up again p
Topics OF the Day Films.
Awewan.
Awful accident in the train today"
reported Willie.
What was it?'
"a woman had her eye on a seat and
man sat on it!"--Westfield IN. j.
Leader.
Why, of Course.
Teacher-What was the Sherman
act?
Saturday Evening Post
Cents Less.
Sweet Young THING can't marry
you. You are penniIess.
Young Fellow-That's nothing, the
Car of Russia was Nicholas.-Yaude-
vile News.
SO Obiising.
did you telephone the plumber that
the hot water pipes are leaking?"
Yes. my dear"
What did Ne say?"
HE said he'd put us on his waiting
list"-New York Sun.
Apropos Answer.
Teacher-Willie, what is a cubic
yard?
Willie-I don't know for sure, but II
must be yard that them Cuban kids
play in.-New York American.
BAD lob
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-01
Why, of Course.

Teacher-What was the Sherman
act?
COMMUNICATING through Georgia.
Saturday Evening Post.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-01
Cents Less.

Sweet Young THING can't marry
you. You are penniIess.
Young Fellow-That's nothing, the
Car of Russia was Nicholas.-Yaude-
Vile News.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-01

Cash down" is a fine motto, but a
bad way for it to be. 49,, Z
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-01

RAY just adore the way your
roommate dresses.
May-Qh, deari Has she been leav-
ing her window shades up again p
Topics OF the Day Films.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-01

Mighty few men can resist using a
lead dime in a slot machine.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-01

Willie, can't you be quiet for sit?"
mo. ma; two-bits is my lowest fig
ure."-Boston Transcript.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-01

Gods way of making a woman's fig
ure never seems to suit her.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-01

It's easy for bowlegged girls to be
modest.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-01

Opportunity doesn't give rap if you
are asleep.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-01

A man who is always making ex-
cuses hasn't time to make a success.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1922-03-03

l- John Robe, formerly Of the Bow
bells country, but now resident of
Minneapolis, was run down by
freight train and carried thirty feet
before landing in a snow drift with
his motor truck load Of coke. He
was very fortunate in getting out
Of the,accident with no greater per-
sonal injury than severe bruises, but
his truck was not so fortunate.
The railroad company allowed him
repairs for his truck. but by the
time he had it ready. tho big storm
made roads impassable--which all
goes to show that trouoIes never
come singly. His many Bowbells
friends will, however, rejoice that
he escaped with his life, which was
miracle indeed.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1922-03-03
WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA
FAR FROM "STORM COUNTRY

The people Of western North Da-
kota should count themselves lucky
on account Of being saved from the
terrific snow and sleet storms that
visited the east ana northeast dur
ing the past week. From Wiscon-
sin we get the report that Fond
du Lac, Neenah, Appleton and 9th
er towns are under six inches oi
ice as the result OF a rain and sleet
storm lasting three days. Railway
traffic is at standsti1I, the tracks
being covered by ice that will take
the work of picks and shovels to
clear. Wires are down everywhere,
wires and poles being piled in
tangled heaps in the streets and
roads. In the towns mentioned,
which are near Lake Winnebago,
the buildings look like ice palaces,
and street cars, autos and wagons
are standing in the streets where
they were frozen in. Compare this
with western North Dakota, where
farmers came to town from dis
tances up to fifteen miles, In open
rigs, suffering no hardships from
the dry and rather mild snow furry
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1922-03-03
TOWNI4EY-LENIKE
TO LOSE CONTROL

An action was started in the Cass
county district court Saturday by
the state executive committee to get
full title to the Cour1er-News.
Judge A. T. Cole has issued
a temporary injuntion restraining
A. G. Townley, William Lemke, and
Nonpartisan Publishing Company,
common law trust, consisting of
William Lemke, F. B. Wood, John
Thompson, Herbert e. CASTOR and
Albert j. Fox, from interfering
with or attempting to take posses
sion of the Courier-News or to in
terfere with the management Of the
Courier-NeWs by the League state
executive committee. The defend
ants Townley, ct al, are given un-
til March 80 to appear before the
court and show cause why the in
junction shall not be made perman-
ent @"
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1922-03-03
North Dakota Grain
Grading Law Declared
Unconstitutional, & to )

The state grain inspection
department, which has saved
millions to the farmers OF this
state, was held unconstitu-
tional by the u. S. Supreme
Court in a 6 to 3 decision
handed down Tuesday. The
farmers Of North Dakota are
again at the mercy OF the
grain combine, and Syein-
bjorn johnson who was chief
counsel for the interests that
succeeded in knocking out the
law, will have an opportunity
to 90 before the voters in June
and tell them how good it is
to be back to republican Tor
democratic, or bi partisan)
|normalcy.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1922-03-03
FIVE FARM MEETINGS
IN BURKE co. MAR. 3-11

Five meetings at points in every
county which will make some
meeting accessible to every farmer,
with a sixth roundup meeting at a
central point, and with three speak
ers at every meeting, is the proposal
for observing the Diversified Farm
ing week, March to II, made by
J. W. Haw, county agent leader.
The week was proclaimed by Gov
srnor r. A. Nestos, who asked CO.
operation Of all agencies in observ-
ing the week. The entire available
personnel of the Agricultural col.
lege staff has been placed at the
disposal of the counties, in an ef'
fort to furnish one speaker from
the institution to every county en-
ploying a county agent.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1922-03-03
WE WANT 100000
new SETTLERS
MARCH 10 Is SET FOR BOOSTER
MEETING AT NINOT no DIS
CUsS IMMIGRATION

A conference of Northwestern
North Dakota Boosters" for the
purpose Of planning a gigantic i'm
migration movement to bring "100,-
900 More" settlers to northwestern
North Dakota has been called to
meet in Minot Friday, March 10 by
the Minot Association Of Commerce.
During the week of March to IL,
the 100000 More" campaign to
stiffen the morale of the people Of
this section Of the state and prepare
the local atmosphere for the COM
ing of prospective settlers, will be
launched in Minot and the scheme,
which will be taken up from Rug
by to Montana and from Harvey to
the Canadian line. Will be present
ed to boosters attending the Minot
conference March 10 The "10O,-
600 More campaign is planned az
fore runner to tho immigration
work.
As planned by the Minot Associa-
ton Of Commerce, each county will
perfect immigration organizations
which will work for their respect
i've localities on a plan decided upon
at the Minot meeting. 1t Is be-
lievod probable that IL the proper
immigration work packs up the
100000 More campaign, an influx
! of settlers to northwestern North
| Dakota will undoubtedly he the re-
suit.
Delegates from every community
| In northwestern North Dakota are
expected to attend the Minot meet
| ing March 10 and have been invited
to attend the March meeting Of the
members of the Minot Association
Of Commerce which will be held
Thursday evening, March 8. This
meeting of Minot men will be a
booster" gathering and delegates
to the conference the next day who
arrive in time to be present at 1t
will hear speakers Of prominence
discuss problems Of interest to the
northwestern part OF the state.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1922-03-03
q. N. TO SPEND $2,OOO,OOO ).
IN NJ. W. N. OAK. IN ~

Plans calling for expenditures OF
approximately $2,000,000 in north.
western North Dakota during the
coming season have been approved
by the Great Northern Railway Co.
and work will start within compar.
ativeIy short time, according to an
announcement by r. r. Mills, gen.
eral agent. The work includes q
comprehensive campaign OF I'm
provement of both roadbed and gem
eral facilities for handling business,
and also includes the construction
sof car shops IN Minot. and the lay.
Ing of a mile and quarter Of track
age To serve this new department
that will be operated.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1922-03-03
LECTURE
"AMERICAN BOY"
NOTED LECTURER TO GIVE HIS
MASTERPIECE, "THE AMER
ICAN BOY" :.

Many lecturers are recalled for
second date, few are invited to
appear the third time, and only
now and then does some rare gen.
ius in the lyceum world have a
message of such perennial growth
as to appear fresh and charming,
with new outlook for fourth lee
ture in the same place.
Robert L. Kempre has been re.
called not only the fourth, but the
fifth time in a great number oi
places. His unfailing optimism
unbounded energy, beauty of speech
and rare humor has placed him IN
the front rank Of lyceum favorites
Mr.. Kemple has flied an average
OF $50 dates each year for eight
consecutive years for the Brown
Lyceum Bureau.
These facts, together with the
subject Mr.. Kemple uses, 'The
American Boy" should give assur.
ance Of one of the largest crowds
that has attended the popular mum.
bers of this seasons course. Here
is what the Watertown, s. D., Pub.
lie Opinion has to say of him: "R
l.. Kempless address at the Grand
Opera House last night was one oi
the best lectures ever given in ou1
city. He says practical things In
a practical way. He truly know!
the American Boy He held thu
vast audience spellbound, and at tn,
lectures close they broke into !;
! long, thunderous applause"
This was first billed for Marcf
II, but due to some change il
scdeules In another part of tn,
state, the company has advanced tn,
date to Saturday, March 4th. TIL,
lecture will begin at 500 o'clocl
sharp. The admission for this fina
number is going to be reduced tt
soc and Csc for those who do no
hold season tickets in order to Civ,
everybody an opportunity to hea
Mr.. Kemple.