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NEWS OF THE
THEATERS
BERT LYTELLREX.
Another Metro success will be
shown at the Rex theatre tonight
when Bert Lytell appears in the clev
er comedy-drama, "One-Thing-at-a-
Time O'Day," a Saturday Evening
Post story by William Dudley Pelly.
The story is that of O'Day, a young
man who believes that to accomplish
success it is necessarw to concentrate
upon one thing at a time. One day
he visits a circus and sees the beau
tiful young bare-back rider, La Belle
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omozAii ooinrxT ASS QBCT
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LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS BEING RUSHED.
Beraidji is sliding into the winter with a large amount of
improvement work in the course of progress, which is being
rushed to get it enclosed for interior finishing, so far as possi-
ble, to be ready early in the spring, while there are several
other improvements in the business district that will be put
under way at that time.
The new dormitory of the normal school is progressing
and will be enclosed by the time severe weather arrives.
Morris Kaplan is pushing work on his new brick structure
which has been specially designed for an apartment and room-
ing quarters of the most modern and attractive type.
Koors Bros, are reconstructing their charred plant and
have started the erection of a large new building opposite the
Union station, which will be used for an ice cream and iceseen
making institution, associated with their wholesale jobbing
business.
The second story is being completed on the Barker drug
store and will be occupied by a prominent physician and other
medical offices, one of the best arranged and largest suites
in the state.
The fire swept Rex theatre is anew monument to its black"
ened ruins, when its companion buildings burned.
The new addition to the Jewett garage, 50x140 feet, dou-
bles the capacity or the present spacious garage and shops and
when the job is completed the present building will have a front
in harmony with the new structure's plans.
The new Beltrami Milling Elevator company elevator and
mill rises majestically in its new splendor, one of the few of
its type in the entire state.
The Standard Oil company's new building is practically
completed, and the City building is undergoing a marked trans-
formation, being modernly improved throughout in every detail
with a handsome gray stucco exterior.
And other business men are awaiting .the coming of spring
to begin improvements on a large scale in many directions,
adding another year of marked progress to Bemidji's splendid
record.
WE REMARK AGAIN ON NYMORE'S NEW WELL.
We rise to remark "some more" that the Fifth ward is
going to get that long wished for water supply well and that it
will be started as soon as the contract can be drawn and signed,
and the same firm that installed the pumps in the wells of
Bemidji and drilled the "big" well at the city building, will
do the work in Nymore.
The men who will do the actual work on the Nymore well
includes the son of P. J. Bowler of the firm of Layne & Bowler,
one of the largest firms of well drillers in the United States,
and the other is the chief well driller of the company. The
guaranteed supply for the Bemidji wells was a capacity of
2,000,000 gallons per day, and Bemidji has it, but the city,
cannot possibly begin to use that amount of water and it will
be sufficient for years to come.
Even the new well of Nymore will have a minimum ca-
pacity of 200 gallons per minute. It will be twelve inches in
diameter and carry a pressure o'f 70 pounds when needed.
It looks to us as if it was the start of a water system for
that enterprising portion of Bemidji and we also hope it will
renew the proper spirit of activity and progress to which the
Fifth ward is justly entitled.
SUPT. BOLCOM'S RESIGNATION REGRETTED.
The resignation of Superintendent of Schools Bolcom to
accept a more lucrative and wider field of school administration
in Rochester, Minn., is a severe blow to the schools of Bemidji
and his place will be difficult to fill in the manner in which it
has since he has been the head.
Many are the innovations that have been inducted into
the management and administration of the schools. The busi-
ness office has been located on the ground floor of the high
school building and the books and records have all been com-
piled luce the office of a large business establishment, and the
work of getting the school system on a cash basis was pro-
gressing.
New improvements were made during his adminisration
and facilities were rearranged for the handling of instruction
in more improved form. Many of the best school executives and
instructors the schools ever had are members of the teaching
corps, and the work is progressing in a most satisfactory man-
ner, to the credit of all who have the best interests of Bemidji's
education at heart.
We bespeak continued success for Superintendent Bolcom
in his new field and are confident the best of wishes of the
general public of Bemidji will accompany him.
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E. H. DENU,
Sec. and Mgr.
Marie He at onces decides that she
is the girl he intends to marry, but
tirst, of course, he must know her
theu he must make a special study
of love.
A Fox Sunshine comedy, "Roaring
Lions" will also be shown.
VIOLA DANA FRIDAY.
A new role, not yet familiar to pic
ture audiences, has been created by
Viola Dana in "Satan Junior," the
Metro comedy-drama which will be
the attraction at the Rex theatre
Friday, when she appears as a tom
boy vampirea modern Diana of the
chase
In this play Miss Dana enacts the
role of Diana Ardway, a girl of Im
pulsescharming to the eye but for.
midable in her feminine capricious
ness. It is a role which brings out
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the delightful and .refreshing artis
try of the little star and gives to so
phisticated theatre-goers anew angle
on the age-worn vampire which will
be decidedly welcome.
GEAND TONIGHT.
HAS DIFFICULT BOLE.
Frank Losee, who has done re
markably clever character acting in
many Famous Players productions,
does perhaps his most difficult act
ing in that company's adaptation of
Dickens' celebrated novel "Great Ex
pectations In this Paramount pic
ture which will be thejjieaturpd at
traction at the Grand tb,eatV^,j? riday
only. Mr Losee plays the -famous
criminal Provis in support of Louise
Huff and Jack Pickford.
ONE AGAINST A DOZEN.
If you saw a dozen able-bodied
men attack one man you'd call a
policemaii, wouldn't you? Of course.
But suppose there wasn't a police
man withfn many miles of the spot,
and neither 'telephone nor telegraph
That's different This is the predict
ment in which alone man found him
self. The man was Tom Mix and the
sequel of his battle royal is to be
in "The Wilderness TraiL" at
the Rex theatre Saturday.
LAST TIME TONIGHT.
Appearing in a new and novel
screen characterization, Lina Cava
lieri, one of the foremost operatic
stars of the world, will appear at the
Elko theatre last time tonight, in hei
latest Paramount starring vehicle,
"The Two Brides," written by Alicia
Ramsey, adapted for the screen by
Margaret Turnbull, and directed by
Edward Jose Mme Gavalieri is sup
ported by an excellent cast of play
ers, her leading man being Courtenay
Foote, the other roles being in the
hands of Warburton Gamble, Hal
Reidthe father of the famous Para
mount star, Wallace ReidMrs
Turner, Miss Richards, Sherry Tan
sey, Robert E Milash and Emil Roe
The scene of this notable photoplav
was photographed by Hal Young
CARRIES PUNCH GALORE
Earl Metcalfe and Virginia gHam
mond play in a great story Kt the
Jatest World release, "The Bimljsr
A drama alive with tense situations
and peppery action. At th* Blko
theatre tomorrow, SViday, onl$'.
It's a picture tliat carries iiinc
galore with it The kind that holds
an audience enthralled by the com
plexity of the plot and the Wift- se-
quence in which powerful scenes fol
low each other
HORTICULTURAL
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"Her husband has goae to catch
the midnight train. She rushed to?
the telephone and called up aidtber
man, making an appointment for him
to call upon her. The lights 'were
low. A man entered, she Tan to him,
threw her arms about him, kissed
him passionately. Then she sudden
ly discovered it was not the man she
thought,but her husband. What
would a woman do under such cir
cumstances? What wmld you do?
You can find out all about it by see
ing Florenc Reed in the great seven
part photodrama "Wives of Men" at
the grand theatre last time tonight
There will also be amateur vaude
ville.
NOTESsystematice
Plant a cover crop of cowriggfls in
your orchard to turn under nexFfall.
Fruit trees should be pruned, but
the work should be upon proper prin
ciples.
A cover crop is particularly valu
able to the fruit grower as he sel
dom has ^enough manure.
Summer pruning is probably of most
importance with young trees where
It may help in shaping the frame
work.
Most fruits can be grown on a great
Variety of soils, but where possible it
Is better to avoid light, sandy soils,
and heavy clays.
Winter vetch does best as a cover
Crop if a little rye is seeded with It
One bushel of vetch to one-half bush
el of rye an acre is about right. In
mild climates crimson clover can be
tsed Instead of vetch.
Fire blight is less severe on apples
than on pears and usually attacks
only the new wood. The only method
of control is to cut it out as fast as
it appears, making the cut somewhat
below the affected _part.
If the wing feathers of little chicks
grow too rapidly and make the wings
hang down they should be cut off so
that they will not sap the vitality of
the chicks.
WHAT THE STARS PREDICT
Jupiter is friendly today and this rule presages success
in all commercial enterprises.
It is not a lucky rule for those who seek employment.
A new era will be inaugurated with the rising of new
leaders, it is predicted, and the passing of many oldmen of
prominence is forecasted.
A powerful wave of democracy that may complete in-
dustrial revolution is read in this rule of the stars.
Honors for scholars, particularly scientists, will come in
the new year.
The holiday rade this season will be immense and there
will be an increased demand for luxuries.
Children bora today will be artistic and creative.
(Copyright, 1919, by the Wheeler Syndicate, Inc.) I
IN WILD FRENZY
SHOES
TQGET
1 Days.
SEIZED REGARDLESS OFSIZE
Sales of ^Commandeered Profiteer
Footwear Cause Excitement In
Many* CitiesStores Ran
sacked by Mob for Food.
Florence, Italy.If Dante Alighted
lived in Florence today be might be
inspired to write another "Inferno,"
with shoes as the prime caase of evil.
Nothing has been so evident during
these postwar days its the need of
Italians for footwear.
The recent public demonstrations
backed by the Camera del Lavoro, or
"chambers of labor," where stocks of
goods of all descriptions in the hands
of profiteers in many cities were com
mandeered and ordefed sold at reduced
prices, precipitated unusual somer
saults of trade, but the wildest scram'
bles were in the shoe stores. Here
the demand for shoes produced scenes
of the wildest disorder.
Frenzy Over Footwear.
In Rome, Milan, Forll, Bologna and
Naples the search for shoes continued
many days. The struggles in each
city were so great that few law
abiding persons tried to secure shoes.
There appeared tp be no attempt at
fitting anyone. Shoes were handed
out in boxes and the buyers took
them, seemingly not caring whether
they fitted or not just so they were
on the basis of a 50 per cent re
duction in price. It was a common
sight to see a man loaded up with
shoes for his entire family.
To obtain admission to a shoe store
was fully as difficult as buying a
ticket for a world series baseball game
For hours the shoe hunters would
wait in long lines before they were
finally admitted into the storerooms
Shoe merchants fixed two hours in
the morning and two in the after
noon for the opening of their stores,
but the long line was waiting fox
shoes several hours before the sched
uled time arrived.
Impatience on the part of the
crowds caused, in most cases, the sum
mary seizure of goods and the resort
to ransacking. Food stores were
treated first in this way, but the law
lessness soon spread to clothing and
shoesbops. Stores ransacked would
be depleted of every commodityeat
ablt$ wearable Or portable. There
were examples in Spezla of carrying
out all the commodities, loading then:
in a motoR truck and taking them
some four or five" miles outside the
city for distribution. Whole hogs
heads of wine were rolled out of the
city In thisfway and distributed.
It seemed&as If the mob had desig
nated for them the stores to be loot
ed. Ther |was apparently the most
ylllaging of those accused
of war profiteering Merchants
known to have violated governmen
tal regulations by selling prohibited
articles during the war were treated
in the sam* way.
Soldiers sent to restore order in
some cases were charged with accept
ing gifts from the rioters and at othei
times filling their pockets with eat
ables, including biscuits, fruit, nutt
and chocolate.
General Shortage Results.
The new situation created by the
arbitrary commandeerings and fixing
of prices is now beginning to react
Storekeepers are refusing to run theii
businesses on the new basis, while
there is evidently a general shortage
throughout the various cities affect
ed by the new economic changes
Many well-to-do families who have
always been lawabiding have found
themselves suddenly unable to buj
food.
Some merchants have closed theii
shops and gone to summer resort*
in the hope that when summer ends
the eruption will have subsided and
there will be a return to normal con
ditions-
There is no better place for turkeys
to roost than in the trees, in the open
air, during the summer and fall.
Chicks that* get too. warm in coops
do not grow vtell and fherefore do not
make the best use of their feed and
opportunities.
THE BEMU&tt DAILY PIONEER THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 16, 1919
I Italian'* ttfed of Footwear tt&l
Crying Demand of Postwar
GOOSEBERRIES FOR A GARDEN
Ohio Station Recommends Three
American Varieties as Being
Most Profitable.
The gooseberry sometimes is re
garded as a neglected fruit. The Ohio
station h.is tested out a number of
varnnies toi garden growing, the
foy\\liv being recommended and
desciibed as profitable: With the
American varieties the Downing, Red
Jacket and Carrie stand out as being
most desirable. The Downing pro
duces large green berries Its bushes
are of good size and the variety is
productive The Red Jacket is sim
ilar to the Downing, with reddish ber
ries, but fewer canes in the bushes.
The branches of the Carrie are long,
loaded with berries and easy to pick.
Strawberries should be covered
about four inches deep with straw.
If the bed is in a windy location, five
or six inches may be used to adran*
tage.
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at the minimum cost. You can satisfy yourself that
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Our line of Gas Ranges, Combination Gas, Coal
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BEMIDJI GAS COMPANY
Phone 76
How Much Profit
Do YouPay Us?
The United States De
partment of Agriculture
informs us that you as
an average American
Citizen, eat about one
hundred and eighty-two
pounds of meat (181.83)
lbs. in a year.
Based on these figures if you
had purchased all of your meat
foods from us, Swift & Company
would
havesprofited
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Do You Hate to
Get up in the morning
Perhaps your bowel ac
tion is not normal.
Get some
NYAL
FIGSEN
The Friendly Laxative
It is easy to take. It
overcomes intestinal slug
gishness. It aids in the
restoration of general bod
ily activity.
In tins only, three sizes.
CITY DRUG STORE
Laliberte & Erickson
to the extent
2 cent during the first eight
months of our present fiscal year.
In that eight months we
averaged to make two-fifths of a
cent on each pound of meat
and all other products sold.
This profit you paid us equals
6 cents a monthor just about
one street car fare.
it
More than 30,000 sharehold
ers looking to us as trustees of
their invested money, had to be
paid a reasonable return out of
your 6 cents a month. Volume
alone made this possible.
Now figure for yourself how
Government interference in the
operationsofthepacking business
is going to reduce your meat bill.
Let us send you a "Swift Dollar."
It will interest you.
Address Swift & Company,
Union Stock Yards, Chicago. 111.
Swift & Company, U.S.A.
THIS SHOWS
WHAT BECOMES OF
THE AVERAGE DOLLAR
RECEIVED BY
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FROM THE SALE OF MEAT
AND BY PRODUCTS
8S CENTS IS PAID FOR THE
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12.96 CENTS FOR LAM*
EXPENSES AND FREIGHT
2.04 CENTS REMAINS
WITH
SWIFT* COMPANY
AS PROFIT
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