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BEMIDJI DAIfcY PIONEER
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FIRST BONUS BLOCK PAID MONDAY.
The first abstract of state soldiers' bonus payments, total-
ing $120,981 on 400 claims, has gone to State Auditor J. A. O.
Preus, following the announcement that the first bonus checks
will be mailed next Monday or Tuesday.
M. G. Meland, 2906 Fourth street north, Minneapolis, will
receive Check No. 1 for his claim of $435, and is first' on the
list of more than 10,000 Minnesota service men that are to
share in the $20,000,000 fund. All claims on this abstract were
filed October 9, the first filing day in the bonus department,
according to Major W. A. Curtis, executive officer.
The Exchange Editor
By Cy Parkin*, Jr.
Interesting StoriesReal and Unrealaa Told by the Editor* of
the Press of Northern MinnesotaRetold, Rehashed
and Commented On by This Editor
WORKING OVERTIME.
The business building bulletin "Pep" says: "Every dog has its day and
the nights are reserved for the cats,", and adds that this old saying goes
as far as the dogs are concerned, "but "darned if we can agree with the
cat part of it." That's right, there should be no such thing as "nights."
3% WILL MAKE 300%.
A live advertising bulletin has this to say about advertising results
properly applied. "Three per cent of your sales put into clever price
quotating, Newspaper Advertising will return you 300% in PROFITS,
and will write the obituary for the large city stores and mail order houses
that are taking the money of your community from you every day of your
life." Yes, we'll agree that advertising is the right medicine.
THE GOOD BOOK SAYS.
We may extract humor even out of the most serious situation some
time, as for instance, in the case of the two Minneapolis detectives and
the millionaire, who turned burglars after discovering a warehouse in St.
Paul containing a supply of liquor. But Oh, ye thirsty ones, be not too
critical lest ye condemn yourselves, for he that hath had in his heart the
purloining a bottle hidden away in some secret place, for the purpose of
assuaging his thirst, has already committed the same crime. Minnions of
the law and millionaires have feet of clay and suffereth as much for a drop
of the forbidden juice as the most depraved.
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REAL HUMANITARIANS.
From an exchange it is learned that game wardens in some localities
are feeding quail to keep them from starving to death. This indeed marks
a wonderful change over the old system in the past, when game wardens
would arrest an unfortunate settler miles away from any known habitation
for having in his possession the carcass of a deer, Jhat he had killed upon
his claim, hale him before a magistrate, fine him, and in lieu of the necessary
fine, throw him in jail for sixty to ninety days, regardless of a big family
that depended upon him for their living. Hail to the new kind of wardens.
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WHO SAYS SO.
It looks as though Mr. Bryan with his "crown of silver crucified upon
a cross of gold" and his "grape juice" policies, together with President
Wilson's third term ambition, will successfully disrupt what little there is
left of the democratic party.
IS THERE A REMEDY?
It is impossible these days to pick up an exchange that has not some-
thing to say about the unstable conditions and wondering where we are
heading for. Some have remedies to offer, but the majority stand non-
plussed. One writer in the Saturday Evenirig Post suggests that we "are
like a jackass chasing a bag of oats hung on the end of his nose," but that
is hardly a good simile, for a jackass is after all an ignorant "bird." It is
more like the devil chasing his own tail. We talk and legislate, but we
get nowhere.
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THE TYPE OF SETTLER WHO DOES THINGS.
The correspondent for The Pioneer, who writes from
Liberty township, in the news letter of today's Weekly Pioneer,
tells of the transaction whereby John Germain sold his farm
for $35 per acre, and will again engage in cultivating the soil
on new holdings.
Germain is an Austrian, a red-blooded inhabitant of the
great northwest of the right calibre. Four short years ago,
he settled on a raw land tract in Liberty township and set to
work developing his new holdings. With his brawn and brain
he worked, and has twenty acres under cultivation in that four-
year span. He had the rest cleared when he sold and had it
seeded down to tame meadow and pasture. He also built a
good home and set of buildings on the place. He also erected
splendid horse barns, and also silos for feeding his stock. All
in the four years.
And when he sold it was with the intention of again locat-
ing on raw land, and can be depended upon to repeat his latest
ffttfless. That's the type of man that's making Beltrami county
what it is, and is entitled to hearty commendation.
aand-bagged,
Listen to this woeful wail froom a merchant. He was dunned by a
wholesale house, and here are^the reasons he gives for not paying his bills:
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excess profits, Victory Loan bonds, Thrift stamps and auto tax.
every society and organization that the inventive mind of man can invent
to extract what I may or may not possess. I havebeen solicited by the
Society of John the Baptist the Red Cross, the Black Cross, the Double
Cross, the Children's Home
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why I am here. All I know is that I am supposed to be an inexhaustible
supply of moriey for every known need, desire or hope of the human race
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money to give\away I have been discussed, cussed, boycotted, talked to,
talked about, I%d about, held up, hung up, robbed and nearly ruined!
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NEWS OF THE
THEATERS
NAZIM0VALAST TIME.
Nazlmovai the great Russian ac
tress, has capped the climax of her
brilliant,^career her wonderful
work in
he* latestbscree play, ""Toy
of Fate," a Screen Classics, Inc., pro
duction, which opened yesterday for
a two days showing at the Rex, will
be seen again tonight for the last
time.
Nazi-nova' plays the role of the
gypsy princess with the fiery, un
trammeled nature of that pictur
esque race. Love and hate are almost
equally developed in the gypsy girl,'
Azah, who is made the instrument of
fate to bring to justice Bruce Gris
wold, a millonaire. Her life in the
gypsy encampment, and in the cara
van of her tribe, is depicted in a fas
cinating maner, and gypsy rites and
customs are reproduced,
A Hank Mann comedy will also be
shown, making an evening of unu
sual inteTeft.
COMED HIT DT PICTURES.
^'Oh, Boy!" which Manager Brink
man has booked for exhibition at the
Rex theatre on tomorowr and Satur
day is said to represent the only
really successful attempt ever made
to translate, to the screen the com
plete story of a moderi, up-to-date
'girliejgirlie" musical ^comedy hit.
For from start to finish, "Oh Bay!"
is just one succession of laughter
provoking, ludicrous, farcical situa
tions, yet maintaining the romantic
story of the original musical comedy
production.
All of the wit, humor and farce
comedy of the regular production has
been retained in the film presenta
tion, augmented by the fact that
wheras the stage play was confined
to two scenes only, the broader scope
of the cinematograph has? permitted
a wealth of magnificent, sitting!).
FAEHUMSmiBJp. "i.
The many admirers of Wjlliam
Parnum will be interested-tn the n
rnpuncement -that the^ favorite
screen star is to appear^'here in
another thrilling picturization of a
Zane Grey novelthis time, "The
Lone Star Ranger," whiojh will be
shown at'the Rex theatre'f lor a run
of two days, Sunday and Afonday.
Mr. Farnum has been seen in many
picturesque^ and heroic "characters
during his stage career but as a fear
less Texas Ranger in this William
Fox production he is said to give a
most brilliant portrayal of the figure
so familial* to thousands of. readers
the man who, through sheer nerve
rids the border of .marauders, and
in doing so wins a wife.
DELIGHTFUL SCREEN STORY.
That prolific and delightful writer
of short stories and novels. Mary
Roberts Rinehart is the connecting
link by which Doris May and Doug
las McLean made their debut before
local screen lovers as a co-starring
team at the Elko theatre this week,
and where they appear tonight for
the last time, in their charming ini
tial starring vehicle. The picture
was made by Thomas H. Ince from
Mrs. Rinehart's humorous story of
army camp,k life, "Twenty-three anO
a Half Hours' Leave,' which appear
ed first in a popular magazine. Mrs.
Rinehart is the wife of a prominent
Pittsburgh physician and has a son
who made a distinguished record for
himself as an army officer in the
war.
THE HAPPY MEDIUM.
Most of us resent instinctively the
motion picture that aims to make us
think we are being "preached at."
And there is the same resentment
when we watch pictures, all too fre
quently, that are devoid of ideas and
characterless. The happy medium
and the screen product that is pop
ular with every class of audience is
the well-acted picture telling an en
tertaining and dramatic story and
backed by a worth-while idea that
you can carry away with you. "The
Invisible Bond," showing at the
Elko theatre Friday and Saturday is
that kind of a picture.
MART MILES WINTER.
Anne Shirley was no longer an
orphan!
Marilla and Matthew Cutoibert, a
spinster lady of uncertain years and
her farmer brother, had taken her to
live with them. But many av
time
they wondered if they had not acted
unwisely. Anne was a very imp of
satan, and more- than one of their
neighbors had cause to complain of
her pranks.
Then one day the minister called.
Marilla, who really loved the poor
little mischief maker, generously
praised Anne to the parson, telling
how sweetly and loving and gentle
little Anne was.
And then Anne spilled' the beans!
See it Saturday and Sunday at the
Grand.
THRILLING MELODRAMA. GRAND
Doris Kenyon and Louis Joseph
Vance, a star and author combina
tion hitherto unapproached in screen
annals, have achieved what analysts
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And the only reason I am clinging to life is, to see what in h-
ing next."
We admit that the lad in question has had a rough time of it, but
there are others.
Was he ever kicked by a cootie, for instance?
Or was he ever staked to a bawling out by a second lieutenant?
Did he ever have blisters on his ears from dodging bullets and blisters
on his toes from wearing amateur socks?
Did he ever set up housekeeping in a trench and have a gang of Huns
with mean dispositions toss war confetti at him?
Mr. Merchant makes an awful- fuss because he has to obey the laws
of his country.
But did he ever fall out of a" navy hammock and have to obey the
law of gravitation?
What has he to kick about, anyway?Baudette Region.
rate the master suspense melodrama
of the year in "The Bandbox."
Magnetic, beautiful and charming
as ever, Doris Kenyon wins a per
sonal triumph, greater than any she
has attained on the stage or screen,
by her unmatchabie performance in
the greatest of Louis Joseph Vance
stories.
Noteworthy direction was supplied
by R. William Neill, and the support
ing cast is nothing short of brilliant,
with such players as Alexander Ga
den, Walter McEwen and Gretchen
Hartman winning new laurels in
forceful characterizations.
Mr. "Vance's "The Bandbox," more
mystifying and dynamic than his
"False Faces," or "The Lone Wolf,"
wil be shown for the last time at
the Grand theatre tonight.
BIG LAKE RIPPLES
(Too late for last week)
Mr. and Mrs. Clark and family
were calling at Thomas M. Wilsons'
on January 11.
Harry Baldwin had misfortune
when a tree fell upon him when he
was cutting wood and he was laid up
for repairs for a few days. Now he
is able to be around again.
H. Baldwin's family were calling
on the Thomas M. Wilson family
Sunday.
Big Lake Club Elect*.
The Big Lake club met at George
Geror's January 14 and there was a
large attendance, despite the incle
ment weather. ,New officers were
elected as follows:
President-T-George Vbltz.
Vice presidentCharles Stout.
SecretaryElmer Alton.
Treasurer.J. S. Beatty.
Mrs. Felix Scott was named on the
lunch committe, and Mrs. Clyde Mar
tin was chosen her assistant.
Leonora Wilson has been on the
sick list for the past few days.
E. C. Bergh and family were visit
ors at Clyde Martin's home Sunday.
Mr. Martin was cutting up ensilage
for E. C. Bergh Thursday.
Mrs. Harry Baldwin is taking ex
ercise by making three trips per
week to the mail box which is a most
trying jaunt through the snow for
dren busy getting their lessons and
her.
We certainly have a good school in
the E. C. Bergh school district, No.
12. Miss Edna Gerve keeps the chil
have no time to read club books this
winter.
Clyde Martin has purchased a large
team of splendid draft horses.
HEULIN
(Too late for last week)
The young people around here
teok in the dance and basket social
at Waskish last Saturday night and
they all reported a good time.
Harry Davidson and Charles Tofta
are busy putting up ice for Frank
O. Heulin.
The school at Heulin has not start
ed yet on account of the school
teacher is oh the sick list.
Dan Smith left for KelliheiJ last
week where he is planning to work.
Raymond Cross of Kelliher is very
busy taking census around here.
Miss Ida Eekdahl, a niece of Mrs.
Heulin, who some time ago was run
over by an automobile in Chicago
and is yet affected from the shock,
was met by Mrs. Heulin at Bemidji,
and is now staying here to recuper
ate from the terrible accident.
KELLIHER SCHOO NOTES
Miss May A. MacGregor, county
nurse, is at school for two days ex
amining every pupil for physical de
fects.
Olive Carlson, Ines Gunderson,
Cleo Williams, and Lorine Chilcote
are back in school after a week's ab
sence due to sickness.
The literary society in school will
give an interesting program of pub
lic speaking, music and debate, on
Friday afternoon, January 30, at
Wsteadfast
E' remain
in
our purpose to con
duct our business
in an i i en t,
commendable man
ner* Our reliabil-
ity is unquestion-
ed. Our business
conduct has been
such that it has
won for us the
public's approval.
E ISERTSQN!
FUNESAL DIRECTO
UNDERTAKING G3CG5!
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THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 29, 1920
is cora-
2:50 o'clock. All friends of the
school and parents are invited to
attend.
The fifth and sixth grades are hav
ing contest drills in geography.
All the Gannon, Hartman and
Barnes children are absent on ac
count of illness.
Another typewriter is expected
any day. It will be a new Reming
ton.
Last week, Miss Reichmuth of the
seventh and eighth grad' was out
of school because of a severe cold
and this week Miss Lindstrom of the
high school is affected in a similar
way.
SPUR
Mrs. Gertrude Carnegie, our new
postmistress, is certainly "filling the
bill."
The deep snow about here is stop
ping much work in the woods, and
traveling is very difficult.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph and Mr. and
Mrs. H. R. Hromek will move up
here in the spring from Cedar
Rapids, Iowa. They purchased the
old school house and will remodel it
for a dwelling.
David Carnegie, the new janitor
of our school, is proving very satis
factory indeed:
HORNET
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(Too late for last week)
Valentine Angell has had the tele
phone put into his house recently.
Mr. Watson has been away at his
former home, Cokato.
A number around here have been
on the sick list but are now improv
ing.
Mrs. Thomas Woodward went to
REX
SUNDAY, Two Days
WM. FARNUM
[n Zane Gray's Dramatic Story
"THE LONE STAR
RANGER"
A. romance of the great south
west, from the Standard Pic
tures of the Fox Film Corpora
tion.
10c
St.' Paul Thursday night to see her
father, who is very ill.
Robert C. Shaw was in KelBher
Tuesday evening.
Miss Martha Stene went to Black
duck on Tuesday to work in. the
Palace hotel.
The Ladies Aid SocietyNmet on
Wednesday at the home of C. Peter*
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TONIGHT
LAST TIMES
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DOUGLAS MCLEAN
DORIS MAY^iq,
Hours' Laave
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ELKO
TONIGHT LAST TIMES
Tonight REX Tonight
LAST SHOWING
THE GREAT RUSSIAN ACTRESS
NAZIMOVA
Toys of Fate
A drama that thrills your very soul
A Screen Classics, Inc., production
HANK MANN COMEDY
UNION SIX PIECE ORCHESTRA
and 25c Matinees 2:30 Night 7:20 and 9:00
Tonight LAS TIME
Admission 10c and 25c
HAVE YOU SEEN THE BEAUTIFUL STAGE AND
SCREEN FAVORITE
Doris Kenyon
"The Bandbox"
A Picturization of the Famous Novel hy
LOUIS JOSEPH VANCE
A thrilling melodramatic mystery play, in which a famous
string of pearls are sought by a band of international crooks.
The adventures of the girl to whom tragedy brought happiness.
Also showing "KIDS," a Christie Comedy
GRAND THEATRE
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