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j&k fm ^%,s,r^Snt -if1*! r^^i?1love=bed *Un) THEH THE FUH OTABTED" I Vl Romney sat in an orchestra In front of him atbeautiful the opera a gfr with %Tto$fr feck. He could, Bejf|y thefirftthttrl 5te shoulder* t%8she Jj^TL*J!Wr Sees. Should^ hvsJratch 1 he dare? This'tol one ay situations tpfrsr^*"*! ^'Scratch My Back", an Eminent Au hoAnmH Auction proauced to Sam Ctofirwyj^ and Rex Beacr*wtlK T. Re K^WW *nown for his brilliant wef|t ^n he -vaudeville and musical comedy stage,,, *s Val Romney, *the scatterbrained Impulsive hero, and Helen Chadwich, 'the beautiful.little blonde girl-who is fast gathering aos of admirers. "Scratch J|y Back" is comedy, com edy from the first flash to the final flicker and its seven reels in length. Written by Rupert Hughes, one" of the best known fiction writers of the day, produced in the usual elab orate style that characterises all Galdwyn productions, "Scratch My Back," which is the program for Sun day and Monday at the Grand the atre, is bound to be an exceptional comedy. ALLAN ft DOVE "In the Candy Booth" is the title of the clever and rapid fire one-act comedy which Allen and Dove will present at the Grand treatre Satur day. Miss Dove, a clever girl with a charming personality and) Mr. Al lan carry their own scenery for the "Candy Booth" and their,lively pat ted and repartee would bring a smile to the face of a wooden Indian. Boh White who is also on the 4-act vaudeville program which te to toe shown at 2.30 in the afternoon, 7:30 and 9:15 in the evening, is known as "The Whistling Doughboy." RAPIDLY KOTO DKAKA Sealed Hearts," a SeUnick picture, -With Eugene O'Rrien and all-star sup port, headed by Robert Edeson and Lucile Lee Stewart, will be the feat ure attraction at the hako theatre tonight and Saturday. It is hard to conceive of a more dramatic situation than a father and adopted son both loving the same -woman. Yet, it is about this pivot that that the authors, Bdmond Gould ing and Eugene Walter, have woven this remarkable story.. The father is a wealthy industrial magnate who has grown up with an -aversion to women, it 'being his be lief that they are a hindrance to a man's progress. He has adopted and Teared a son, wno also .falls heir to his father's view of women. But the' time comes when the elder Prentiss meets and fall* in love with a pretty young girl and after they are marrie she finds thatisshe does not husband, butt attracted xSSVhlsTson.,This, attraction apon grows *into a horning Ibve'lthartrrekdlly Tecipocxated and the events that fol low" are startling. ,,x .iV**6ealed Hearts" is a raoidly mov ing: drama that commands interest 'v. at the start and holds its suspense to -EXCITING PIOTT^E COMING -FIKOW a man ^JgdesIiaiiH through fear before he sn turonron the courage to face physical death unflinchingly and how hJ3 plan to sacrifice his daughter in order thit he may escape are thwarted is un folded in Maurice Toumeur's latest -.attraction at the Elko theatre next "Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.RobereTh.mfro "picture wa1 5 adapted liouis Ste"enson's "The Pavilion on t!e Links." Janice Wilson. Spottiswoods Ait ken. Weglev Barry and Jack Giioerj are inruded In the cast. The lonely Scottish coast, serves as the.-back ground for exciting story. It if a Paratnounthe a Artcraf picture "Yon Wouldn't Believe It?',-Mack Senrett's latest two part comedy, is en the same program. ths, lost'.: Many gorgeous sets are'thy Chinese are seen at the tables, used in its making and Jhe delicate the Mandarins and great silk and tea situation cf a young man's, infatua- merchants, who have the instinct of tion for hi3 father's j'oun^-wife is handled with rsre skill and.,deJic,scy by Directbr Ralph Ince. A notable feature is the all-star cast wh^c^^upoofts Eugene O'Brieb, it being headed by Robert and, LuSile Lee Stewart. endures a thou3and i? TROUBLE TROUBLES BILL What is claimed by those who have reen it as the best vehicle' popular William Desmond ever had, is "A Broadway Cowboy," announced, for showing at ..the Rex theatre.Sunday. It's a drama of the east and west shot fuir of merry ha-ha laughter, with a hot dash of melodrama and a sweeten ing of romance. Briefly the story is that of an act or who wins his fame in a Western cowboy play. He has never been west 'until he goes on tour. His love for a fair daughter of Montana, who is also loved, by the town sheriff, gets -him into enough real western .thrills tp last him a life-time. :'H- Burke Randolph was an actor: While touring small towns' in Mon tana in "A Western Knight" his trunk was lost and he was forced'to wear his sage cowboy costume on the street. Burke was in love with Betty Jor dan, of Winslow, Montana. He het her while she was going to school in New York. Betty was loved by the sheriff, who learned qf her .love for jthe actor. He sent Burke's photo to neighboring sheriffs with orders to arrest on sight. Wfcsv Burke was arrested, adven ture piled up thick and fast and the Broadway cowboy, west for the first time in his life, unused to real bull ets, rough riding and fist fights, got a hitte dose of the real west at its jeif3,j*Wguest WILD AHOtAL HCTUBE^ ^HaRCOS" 0? THE 8CEEKK If the circus may be "aid to-toe The Greatest 8howson Earth." then 'iflbe vtitwAP S mint of-4he Screen, the fun jurigle went the dHfcg!Vnot$fty "players to enact the scen^ oMhW^hrlHing and in tensely aaventuresomeiftory, braving the very jaws of death in their de termination to picture the terrifying dangers of these strange lands*, un clvillzed.peoples and ferocious blasts. So while introducing all of .the wild animals usually found 'with the big- ger circuis, "-lhe Lost City" pictures them in their native haunts, and for the most time unfettered and free. To the beautiful and equally cour ageous Juanita Hansen, who enacts the role of The Lost Princess, must be given a great share "of, the credit for the realism of this wonderful story, for it was tov her that the story called for the most daring chances and that she met.the test again and again in ecerieethat must have seemed far more real than any spectator who views them can imag Iner-is monumental testimony to her courage and nervethe more note worthy because of the fa*t that she is but a mere slip of a 'girl. To deliberately plaqe herself with in reach of ferocious, untamed lions and leopards, trusting entirely to the ability of another person cot lasso, a springing eopard In its mid-air flight toefore it\could fasten jts, claws and teeth upon 'her, must call -for more than ordinary courage, and one can not fail to share the thrjll that must have 'been her's when'this, sensation al scene is shown in oue of the many episodes of this most unusual screen drama., CHINESE GAMBLING PLACE MOST STBOOHGr PICTURE SCENE One of the striking scenes in "The Yellow Typhoon," 'Harold Mac Grath's greatest adventure story in which Anita Stewart etafs, is that of a great Oriental gahitutng hall in Shanghai, China, This remarkable First National picture3 will be shown at the Rex theatre tonight. ___ It is a typical Chinese gambling Oriental tapestries, inlay tables 'of marble and teak wood and Chinese paintings with all theijf gorgeous col orings. THE PIONEER WAWT ADS BRING RESULTS The Store Ahead ?ajBig fo the Public ,'W The interest of pedestrians as well as automobitists end-driven of other vehicles require the rigid enforce ment of rujes and regulations of treiffc in the City of, Berajdji. Beginning with Monday, the 16th day of August, 198.0,,the public,will be expected to. comply with the.fol lowing rules hnd regulations "in the use of the Bemidji*streets: At those crossings where traffic that _ rtt*~4feai^Cfct*'ttn m**&Hjm^Vdte**** aw stationed, pedestrians, ,pM*TW*JW a daepdueftoll, uanffa^j^naenV __ifesfcoro and a big cast of Javorhe players? g$et thVcfreoafone betterin fact, teverar-'Jftttyttt This sensational serial Nrtft begin Its run krthe Xef^hnanv today. |5e^)fVntou,tfie The municipal authorities! prill take, such steps as mayvbe necfessary to prevent accidents and loss of life from the diagonal crossing of the intersecting streets.'~ The state Ifiw provides that in go ing a rounds corner,where the oper ator's view of the road is obstructed, speed of an automobile of more than, six miles per"hour is prima facie evi dence tha.tb* person is driving at an excessive, rate^of sjfeeg. The state law also provided, ihatf where in the city the trjsffc is aggie on less con jested, a speed of fibre fthan ten jniles is deemed. exc*#ipve and in the residence portton speed of over fif teen miles is deemed -excessive, and outside the e|psely hhfltup business portion or residence poKlion a speed 41 more thav tw*^y*Ave miles i* deemed excessive. The pedestrian, teajnvor automobile, to your right has-the right-of-way and .must 'be, protected. The auto mobile in ttie^rearmust be under such control and operand1 as to permit JtsT turned aside to should the "car come to ~m^m sitdden turn:^ There ar,sojne, law and raan^eople* own safety'and-fi using the. streiSts. ca K"*5&K U8e hall of the port cities, that caters J^^ii^ Sr Sol to wealthy foreigners. It thick,wiU ^"":J r/s AU Devices of Chance. 'And in-this great gaitilng "place, .run by the^,-soman., known as The Yellow Typhoon/ are all the devices of chance by which men win and lose imposition and fortunes 4n a night, and because of which women's souls are wrecked and men's lives snuffed out. There East' meets West, for weal- gambling. A'ofl it ls^condtixsted with the typi cal Chinese, cold blooded stoicism, where life means nothing and death is a. mere incident. There suicides Edeson}take place at the gaming tables where man and woman has staked all and lost. There is a slight commo tion for a moment, the body is drag ged out and "the great mad game of chance goes o.*\ Elko Hat Shop vK A^^f^'^HcyL:^" new .,3i All the new shades are featured, also ail the cunning new shapes. Wem& ajjle to give you better hats for l^^moriey this display than we have ever Tbeett^iowing to our early purcna^eis^ i Price. $6.95 to $12.00 .%i:M:^ ^m W2.00 to $20.00 Tarns for the School Girl $1.95, $2.95, $3.95, $4.95 OUR ADVISEBUY EARLY 1W- $f Ancient The most popnl ache In ancient been a mixtw seeds with cei lng. Coarse pluml reH teams and automobiles will be quired to obey the signal of traffic policemen. The traffic policeman will signal 'the right to pass over* the crossing by standing edge wise with the traffic and the--traffic will not pass against,hi^face-or back. When the traffic is light, the traffic police man may indicate ^he right of pass ing by an appropriate signal or ges ture of the hand. This practice is the one adopted and enforced by all large cities and the traffic, in Bemidji is now reaching such proportions that these regulations nrostf be enforced. At crossings-.where no traffic po licemena ia stationed and upon the streets generally pedestrians, teams and automobiles will be-required to observe the law. It is dangerous to piss over an intersection of streets upon the diagonal, and the public is. requested to refrain from doing so and prevent accidents ami loss of such speed ^stopped or a collision ^tely ahead make a trd their of others of this is dedness or it is wil- ite reckless- is as ie' other and regulations erred and rasing the to be too hesitate court the emenjb by im- tlielabsenl ~Jn Jt_j?H eghgenee and del ness. The danger,^ great in ohC case as^ therefore these Jtulesj and the law must i condpUedwithhstht* streets* We do no harsh o* sevecspiha^ te urge upon the." prisonment o~ 2d8-13-14 tnefii qaaes where the offender intentionajljf violates the law. We request the assistance of each members of the Bemldji^Automo bile Association as wef as all other, citizens of this city in ur. efforts to protect our people from accidents and loss of life,,, Dated this 13th day of August, 1920. L. F^ JOHNSON, ,'rf Mayor. THOS2 BAILEY, Cnief of Police. Paris.'Bat what you like, but only enough' to sustain strength, Mme. Sarah Bernhardt says. Advis ing women how to keep well and live long, she added: 'Drink, water, never wear corsets, don't worry and culti vate, forgetfulneBs. ?s^ '-tifp'"-" W '-f ^fc*Ti.-**}_ ej&* T^se. mms of the iM. Ktn.rifat 7 for tooth seemsJ have ed |iDane atlieVS-SHV honey was recommended for tighten* ing tbe teeth snd various fdrmso plasfer were used. 'The cause of de cay "in those days was generally at tributed, especially by the Chinese, to a little White' worm which ate Its way into the teeth ind gums, and many and various are the 'ancient recipes for destroying tnls, wormj-' $&, afel i \'^c, Namlna No Nainea. **.*& Reading some, of,the.,present day efrusloqs, pne reflects.that ltidk pos sible for a poet to make doUarsjout of lines that otbers'can even nuke sense out of.Bosiwm Trantteript .10' Billion Poetess rronr One^x If there' were hot one potato left In the world a careful cultivator might produce 10,000,000,000 fromi In ten years aid thus supply th^e worl|d withS ftglMn- se *&#& 'A-Z'tf Pioneer 'I For dmewfulnew -BrsfUlf h)- *qaB8Bt A. twert8. '*s ,r -It-majUs iw) vniJe grsw Vfear* *yp crw veton. nfip -TStir-TT dji'-t th-^rba ronounc crrtah I1SM twlcl fruit*, harba sad *alci^lii Br*aU yru ^jSi**tmvlf. rwoft -NTefBs Matt "It ^bn Set r*x eatv-laabrlet*" Itte fcirlM. AtallwdafonatstM. THE B^UZaXaCOKPAirr ^M 1 'nOaOOft.006 PALEfttNl One hundred million dollarjp 1st! th sum"to be levied 'upon 'ilaws iu^inr the world for the reconstruction and repopulatton of ?|ale|tinef.- Xton's Jews go, palm fruit and omslsnd. Of this total American' are expected to raise $8r,O0O,- 000,. acoording to Dr. Felix Frank furter'and others whp are organising "the flnsnclal a,lfalrs of, the Zionist convention., '.r*s~* SUBSCHlJIE FGfl THE 4Wxv^~r[t DAILY PIONEEft hv 9 ,i-.-( p6p|jj^ the time. Ge into thegame an Ice Crea wmm 4-' ma* at di $? N. M^KiV W^ W B8T -Thoughts of love, ho|)fi/ 4ky gladness, sympathy &*&& mp^potent whn accompanied by flowers ^1-H-we wish to announce Monday, J** 16 as our OPENING DAY 7 Our policy, "service, A I^superior workmanship,v-? ^quality powers ^Jand^fe^ a* irreasonable^C plants l-prices^- Bemidji -T, 1 .J* and Decoratiag Omr::. 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