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i i i SB im PORT WILLARD IS FORGOTTE N By HAL SHERIDAN. As far as New York is concerned Jess Willard has disappeared from the spotlight. Rarely is his name mentioned by the general public and even the fight fans have many other topics to argue about than the man Jfe At THE REX THEATRE EVERV WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY Children 5c-ADMISSIONAdults I Oc JBOJT who humbled the giant black man at Havana. Nowhere in fight circles is heard the heated discussions over his mer its and defects as was the situation some years back when champions of other days held the limelight Wil lard is even creating less discussion than did Johnson when he won the title from Jeffries. Local ring stars are furnishing more excitement than the champion heavyweight. How much Jess' stage work has dampened his popularity is impos sible to calculate, but hot a few fight bugs would rather see the giant cow boy in the ring than behind the foot lights. Comparatively few people have seen Jess in action and that is what the followers of the fistic sport EEP, dark, baffling Mys tery lurks within The Black Box. Every character in this marvelous photoplay want* toknowthe secret. You will want to know it too. Giveyourself the treat of your life. Enjoy as you have never enjoyed before the baffljng mystery and the won derful detective work in all of the fifteen episodes of the most powerfully gripping play ever staged for the silent drama. Bring all your family and all your friends. Seethesmooth HerbertRaw linson in the greatest detec tive character ever portrayed. His wonderful work will fascinate you. See haw he uses the unheard-of marvels of science to unravel the tangled ~W plot woven about the mysterious Black Box. You go to the movies to enjoy, to be entertained. If you want the greatest enjoyment you've ever experienced See THE BLACK BOX The Photoplay Serial Supreme IS Episodesone a week HJIMYEIISAO SIX FRE E CERTIFICATES And the stated amount specified therein to cover the EXPENSE items of this gre.it distribution when presented at the office of the THE PIONEER as stated in the certificate on another page ENTITLE YOU to t&iis beautiful and useful Illustrated BIBLE This is not a meaningless picture book. The illustra tions serve a distinct pur pose. They' enrich the text and they do morethey in telligently explain it so that many a hitherto -obscure passage assumes a new meaning. This Is the One Book of All Books that Will Be Appreciated by Every Member of the Family Young and Old Alike. No matter how many Bibles you may now have, here is one that will be used, for these eye-teaching pictures make plain the subjects illustrated. It is not essential to belong to a church to realize the educational value of this Book of Books. Every progressive man, woman and child who wants to advance should be familiar with Its educational and-literary merits. Esther of the Catholic or Protestant Bibles Offered Will Be Mailed to Any Address for the 6 Free Certificates, the Amount Set Opposite the Style Selected and 23c Extra for Postage. desire above anything else. Even if they cannot see him in action they like to read about him. There is not much meat in the dis patches about Willard for the ring side followers. No one would deny the champ his just share of the little iron men for his feat of defeating Johnson is worthy of a substantial reward. But between one night stands the big white champ might take a night off now and then and display his abilities to a fight hungry public. And perhaps the' unpopularity of Willard as a stage favorite will force him into the ring, again sooner than he expected. There is little doubt that Willard is not making a howl ing success of his circus stunt on the footboards. He is not as well adapted to that kind of pastime as some for mer boxer-actors were. And if press reports can 'be credited Jess himself cares little for the glare of the foot lights. He wants the limelight but the reflection from the little lamps bores him. A return to the ring would hardly endanger Jess' newly won title. No one is within several years of besting him in a fistic argument. At least, not from surface appearance. Some one may develop as rapidly as did Jess himself and humble the western fight king, but the chance of this oc curring is remote. Jess had been plugging at the boxing game for four or five years before he accomplished the "white hope" dream of the ring side sports. The champion is expected to fight about every second week. The pub lic thinks of him as a fighting man and to hold the affection of fight fans he must fulfill their expectations. That attitude accounted for Jeffries' great popularity. Jeffries wanted to fight every man big enough to stand up to him. Stage work should be a by product of a champion's real work. WINDHOCK'S CAPTURE IMPORTANT VICTORY (Continued from Paice 1.) fighting ability as mercenaries was doubtful. General Botha judged the temper of the countrymen correctly and there was no internal trouble after he marched out of the Boer colony. The fact will give Botha his page in history more than any other circum stance in his career. The British troops outnumbered the Germans 3 to 1. The circumstances of the cam paign in German Southwest Africa are not like it to increase anybody's military reputation. Victory was too inevitable for them. Genius Demonstrated. General Botha's genius is demon strated by the fact that he carried the war into German territory at all only a statesman of iron qualities would have risked marching his troops from the homeland after so recently putting down a civil revolt. The circumstances gives Botha a place among the few great leaders revealed by the present war. Most successful offensive by the Allies along the western battlefront during the present year has been in progress during the last week. Be tween Arras and Nuve Chapelle, a distance of 20 miles, about 200,000 French and British troops have been trying to bend the enemy's front to ward the first German line of com munications. Lost Many Guns. The French troops, who have been operating from Arras northward along 10 miles of twisting roads, have pressed forward between one and three miles. The terrain recov ered from the Germans fully com pensates for the recent German suc cesses before Ypres. The Germans have lost more than 100 large and small guns, besides several thousand prisoners. The inability of the Ger mans to hold their positions is prob ably due in part to the employment of newly trained troops. If the French can break through the Ger man lines, these troops will be in a difficult position. The presence of veterans will be required to avoid a disaster, unless the Germans rectify their lines by a long retirement. MOTION FOR TEMPORARY INJUNCTION DENIED (Continued trout Paff 1.) able manner. Should Not Intervene. "In the light of that decision where would be the consistency in now holding that a more liberal rule should apply in a case where the tax debtor has failed to take advantage of the generous provisions which al lows him ten days in which to an swer? It, therefore, seems plain that the court should not intervene to restrain the sheriff from perform ing the mandate of the distress war rant, unless the warrant is void on its face. This conclusion narrows this controversy to the one question: Whether the premature dating of the tax warrant vitiates it and rend ers it invalid? I am unable to as sent to the claim of counsel for plaintiff that it does. I am of the opinion, j-ather, that the warrant need not be dated at all and that it makes no difference what date it. may .bear. It does not in the least affect the, material facts that no au thority was attempted under it by the sheriff until after the lapse of all the time which the statute accorded to the plaintiff in which to answer or pay the tax and that no attempt was made by plaintiff to pay Ihe tax-. It could in no manner prejudice THImaasnSAILT noras *.M the plaintiff. AS. Would Disregard law. "To give attention to such an al leged defect we would be widely de parting from that statutory provision in relation to tax matters which re quires the court to 'disregard all technicalities and matters of form not affecting the substantial merits.' It would be a flagrant disregard of the rule of law laid down in Kipp v. Dawson, 31 Minn., 373, that: "No one should be permitted to plant himself upon the non feasance or misfeasance of offi cers under these tax laws which in no way concerns or prejudices him. "Further, such adequate remedy at law as will preclude the plaintiff from' the equitable relief sought in this action seems to be provided by Sec. 2079, G. s! 1931." Boys as They Eat. "Jerome K. Jerome in one of bis un consciously sentimental but conscious Jy clever essnys remarks: It-is amusing to see boys eat, when you have not got to pay for it Their idea of a square meal is a pound and a half of roast beef with five or six good sized potatoes (soapy ones pre ferred, us being more substantial), plenty of greens, and four thick slices of Yorkshire pudding, followed by a couple of currant dumplings, a few green apples, a pen'ortn of nuts, half a dozen jumbles Dtnd a bottle of ginger beer. After that they play at horses. How- they must-despise us men, who require to site quiet- for a couple of hours after dining off a spoonful of clear soup and the wing of a chicken! Louisville, Ky., has a woman who holds the position of municipal scrub ber and it is her duty to see that all tenement homes are kept as clean as the health department decides the same shall be. ADDITIONAL WANT ADS Too Late To Classify WANTEDSalesman to sell our guaranteed-Oils and Paints. Ex perience unnecessary. Extremely profitable offer to right party. THE EMPIRE OIL COMPANY, Cleve land, Ohio. FOR SALEFive-passenger Buick. John Wilcox. Phone 967-J. *5? "yourinformal\$ yourvest You 1 have no more use for your head if you buy one of these vest pocket Loose Leaf I-P booklets. Come in and see them at the Bemidji Pioneer Office Supply Store Security Bank Bldg. Phone 31 hi Every Branch ~vr Effects of Love. WilliePaw. does love make the world go round? PawI guess it does, my son. I had a touch of the disease just before I got married and I nave been seasick ever since. MawWillie, you go up in the attic and stay there until call you.Cincinnati Enquirer. On the Safe Side. WillieWhen will the world come to an end. mamma? Mother Nobody knows, dear. WillieHadn't I best eat my candy cane at once and be on the safe side?-Chicago News. No success is attained by a leap and a bound, but by patient plodding and many resolves. made expressly to fit the needs of every depart ment of your business. Made to save money for youmade to keep your records at a minimum of cost and a maximum of accuracy. There is an Book for Every Business and Profession i Information in detail for the asking Bemidji Pioneer Office Supply Sfore /^Security Bank Bldg! Phone 31 For MenBehind thePen You signers of checks, writers of letters, keepers of books and makers of records here is a new inkin fact, two inks in one. 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