The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 24, 1922, Page 8

PAGE EIGHT ~~ ~~>—— DR. FRENCH URGES BIRTH REGISTRATION Declares It Is a Vital Part of! Public Health Work Not to Be Overlooked N. D. 1921 BIRTH RECORDS Birth registration cannot prevent deaths or diseases, says Dr. H. E. French, secretary of the ‘North Da- koa Department of Public Health, in an article prepared for the current is- sue club bulletin of the North Dakot Federation of ‘Women's clubs. It is, how er, he declares, a vital part of ealth work and should ‘be one of the first things instituted in a mod- ern State Public Health program, Vital statistics of which birth regis- tration is a part, is the bookkeeping of health work and gives the statis- tics of the various age groups and birth registration is the foundation for all age group mortality statistics. “In North Dakota there were 13,- 537 births recorded in 1921,” says Dr. French, “a rate of. 21.1 per thousand Population, Minnesota, our neighbor to the east, had a rate of 23.7 for 9917, the latest figure at hand at this writing. The registration area of the United States as a whole usually gives a rate of between 240 and 25.0. Many of our counties give a rate from 21.0 to 27.0, that compare very favorably with the tates given.py the registra- tlin area.’ Some of,,ur. larger cities where registration is very satisfactory gives higher rates but this is to be ex- plained in part iby the fact that these places are hogpital centers. Fargo, in 1921, reported 731 births, a rate of 33.3; Grand Forks, 476 births, a rate of 34. * But couritiey in the state reporting rates of 8.5, 10.9 and 18.4 and cities of 1,600 population reporting rates of 5.8 and 7,9 are clearly failing to re- Port a reagonable part of the birtis that occur, “North Dakota has still a long step to take before her vital statistics can ‘be considered as satisfactory. Points for improvement are effective efforts to secure more complete reporting, time and means to follow up incom- plete and defective reports and secure complete records, time and meana to index the records that they may be more accessible. The immediate need is obviously more clerical hetp but probably little improvement can be expected umtil there is a full time state health officer. Minnesota records ‘between four and five times as many births as (North Dakota. She is a lar- ger state, but she spends six times as much on vital statistics alone as North Dakota does for all of the work of the State Board of Health, ’ All but three of the states have birth registration laws, declares Dr. French, but many of the states, North Dakota among them, “through failure to make proper provisions for carrying out the Jaws do not secure a sufficient: propor- tion of. the births that certainly do oc: cur to entitle them to recognition by the Census Bureau as belonging to the registration area. No State Registration. “An idea of the variety of methods not yet entirely assessed maybe ob- tained by a glance at the records in the office of the secretary of the State Board of (Health, who is also State Registrar. Prior to 1894, there was a county system and no central or state registration. The oid books of a few of the counties are in this office. Some day, when vault room and cleri- cal help are sufficient, all of the books of this kind will probably be collected, but judging from the few that are here, they: vary greatly in complete- ness and the record of many a birth of that time cannot be found. (With about 1894, the secretary of the State Board of ‘Health became State Regis- trar, but until 4907 when the model registration law was adopted, the rec- ords consisted of the copying of cer- tain data, into large permanent vol- umes indexed ‘by counties Since 1907, the original certificates have been bound to make the permanent records, ‘ Birth registration began early. in the modern era, according to Dr. ‘French, ag baptismal records. “Soon there was more or less legal regula- tion, and all at first for the punpose of settling or preventing disputes re. garding property. In the Nineteenth century the present gomplete and careful system took shape so' that at this‘time birth registration is carried out very effectively in every country in Europe save Russia and Turkey. “The idea was brought to the United States from Europe, vut sytsems var: ied greatly in the different.states. In some cities and some states the rec- ords have been good for the past fifty years. In others, they have amounted to but little. Early in the present century, the American Public Health association, the Bureau of Census and the merican Medica) association be- gan an agitation for better vital sta tistics. Congress in 1903 passed -a resolution urging the states to enact suitable and uniform legislation.” LOCAL HEALTH OFFICERS ASKED TO COOPERATE The North Dakota Department of Public Health is sendimg out letters to the physicians, officials and teach- ere of the state asking an intelligent inrerest, in the enforcement of ithe laws of ithe state regarding disease. The letter is especially to the physi- cians and asks them to aazist im the observance of the law regarding the reporting of communicable diseases, especiall~ venereal diseases. “This board knows by experience,” says one of ithe le ‘ters, “thalt’ with the eoanencifon of loval health officers, the high death rates prevailing in our ciues can be reduced by efficient public health work and intents to uge every means at iis disposal for thel: purpose. “North Dakota. in corirpn with other states, requires physicians to to health officers ithe existence agtous diseases. The necessity importance of this requirement is ti By NEA Service. Bethlehem, Pa. April 24—Away back in '62, when grandma wore hoop- skirts, Frank L, Stuber, then 15, start- ed out in the photograph business. The famous old daguerreotype was the big thing then, Today, after 60 years on the job, Stuber is still at it. Hence he lays claim to being one of the oldest pho- tographers in the country. ‘New Printing Machine. And to crown his long service as the “man behind the box,” the has just invented a new printing machine and had produced a process iby which a straight-faced subject is seen smiling when the picture is held to the light. ‘When Stuber started out kodaks, snapshots, dry plates were unknown. His first job was typical of the work in those days. He was required to wrap a plate in a wet towel, run to 80 obvious that most physicians glad- ly cooperate with the public-health officials and are glad to be relieved of bhie resporiibility of enforcing re- pressive measures sometimes mneces- sary, to prevent the spread of conta- gion.” The letter ends with a state- ment that the law requiring reports will be rigidly enforced. The letter from the department is accompanied by a letter from Dr. F. R. Smyth as a representative of the National Health Service and by one from Governor Nestos in which the head of the state government asks the compHance of the law for econo- mic as well as moral reasons, plac- ing compliance upon the basis of the future welfare of the state. PROBE REGION FOR OIL YIELD Geologists ‘Investigate North Dakota Field Near Marmarth iMarmerth, N. D., April 24.—While actual field work in ‘the Manmarth Oil Field ‘has been dormant during the winter months, there has been many indications it may not continue to be. 2 Last week Professor Dove from the North Daokta University at Grand Forks arrived and ‘began preliminary examination of the Geological’ picture so plainly exposed by Mother Nature to those who are able to read her workings, \Prof. Dove has ‘been. with the University of N. D. for several years and is an exporietced man in geology, having done several years work in Seuth Dakota and in Wy- oming before aligning ‘himself with the University of North Dakota. He is a very pleasant man to meet, and is not one of those hide bound ‘be- speviacled, butterfly chasing profess- ors of which we so often read, but a practical, experienced man, p many subjects outside of hi: ate research. He is spending the East- er Holiday ,week in an examination of this field. Geologists arrived from Baker and they are making an examination of side of this extensive anticlinal fold. These men have been at Baker for some little time going over the maps that they: were not to-be content with- out making a personal examination of the field is interesting to. say the least. The party consists of C. W. Wash- burm, ‘New York City; CC. Klarke, Pittsburgh; H. A, Hammer, Chief Ge- ologist for the Absarokee Oil Co., New York City; V. A. Gillis, field Ge- ologist for the Absarokee Oil Co., of Billings, Montana; and DeLos Miller, field agent for Flynn & Acke i of Pitteburgh. Yucatan is a limestone plain with {ts rivers underground. By NEA Service ‘San Francisco, April 24.—Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle isn’t broke: yet— He hasn’t put his Los Angeles mansion into hock—yet. He still ihas his expensive autos and other properties. True, “Fatty’s” three trials on a charge of mans‘aughter in connection with the death of Virginia Rappe, film star, which finally resulted in his acquittal, cost $150,000. But film interests settled the bill. It is understor1 that the “treasurer” thas been Joseph Schenck, New York ;film magnate, personal friend of Fat- ity, and ‘husband of Norma Talmadge. Schenck hag ‘handled all of Fatty's i films in the past. | So Arbuckle was not worrying. He ‘had announced his intention ‘to start {al over again. Hit By Hays Ruling Then came ‘he decision, from Will Hays, Head of the newly organized ‘Mot Picture Producer- and Dis- ; utors Association, that display of Arbuckle: films in United States was banned, at least temporarily. STARTED SNAPPING FOLKS IN CIVIL DAYS — {ams and Hettinger counties.” A party of New York and Pittsburgh : and surveys of the field, but the fact] g¢ WAR FRANK L. STUBER AND SOME OF IE BISMARCK TRIBUNE towel and dash back to the studio before the plate dried. At that time | the :photographer could make prints only on sunshiny days. i A person ‘being “shot” had to sit perfectly: still for.40 seconds. And tha photographer. had to .be _ chemist enough to mix ‘his own developing compounds, . Won Gold Medal. Stuber well remembers snapping President Chester Arthur, and. Lillian Russell. when she .was a Broadway chorus girl. x THE OLD-TIME PHOTOGRAPHS. (LEFT TO RIGHT, ABOVE).A CIVIL WAR SOLDIBR’S GOODBY; “THE STUDENT,” AND A CHARACTER OF THE EARLY SEVENTIES, the scene of the picture, have the film exposed, wrap it in another wet MCUMBER AND BAUER FAVORED Sioux County Republicans Adopt Resolutions Support for Senator McCumber. and for William Bauer for renomination to the legislature is contained in resolu- tions adopted by the Sioux county Re- publican convention. Mr. Bauer was ap active’'member of the last legisla- ture and took part in many lively, tilts on the floor of the house. Tho rea lutions as ‘printed in the Sioux Coun- ty Pionver’s. latest issue follows: “We are proud of the record of our Senator,’ ‘Porter J. (McCumber, in his past twoaty-four years of untiring ef- fort in the interest of the State ot North Dakota, which has with con- tinued: service brought to him and to our ‘state the coveted honor of the chairmanship of. the ‘Finance Commit- tee in the United States Senate, plac- ing him in a position where ‘such chairmanship can be used to ‘the bene- fit of the agricultural interests of our great northwest instead of the. finan- cial intercsts of the east as hereto- 'foré. We. consider that it would’.be a crime against: our great. state of North Dakota and the agricultural in- terests of the northwest to do any- thing or to place any obstruction in the way of his nomination and re-elec- tion to the high office he now holds. And we instruct our delegates to the. Jamestown convention to stand forth and do everything in honor to secure his ‘eadorsement at the Jamestown | convention.” ‘ (Endorsing Mr;.(Bauer, the resolu; tion continues: “ / “We are proud of the record made by our present Represegtativo-in the State Legislature, William) Bauer, ‘and pledge him our support in*the com- ing campaign, ‘We hereby rec end him to our fellow Republicans in Ad- S. RAINBOW GIRLS ° SHOW RETURNS TO THE CITY The Rainbow- Girls Musical show will return to Bismarck for a three- weeks engagement, stanting May 1, is aDnounced by the manageinent. The Rialto theater has been leased for the three weeks run. Following the show's stay in Bismarck for sev- eral.weeks jJast fall the show went) to Minot where it remained most of ‘the winter, doing a good business. It returng with mew faces amd new shows. The program will change itwice a week, Monday and Thursday. There Magazines of a generation ago pub- lished many of Stuber’s famous prints, among them “The Student,” which won him a gojd.medal. “Tl (be in the game for another 10 years,” saya the camera vet, “And I can’ teach the younger photographers @ few tricks’ of the trade.” im, how is he ‘fixed? He says him- “Joseph: Schenck made’ it possible for me to canry on my fight. He was a real friend.. I hed no finances tied up in my filma..Iam no millionaire.” And Milton Cohen, “Fatty’s’” law- yer, adds: ‘ “Arbuckle is in good circum- stances, but mot a millionaire. I wish I were ag ‘well fixed a6 he is.” Still Has Contract Arbuckle’s movie contract was not canceled during ‘the three trials, and though it was materially cut he was never withou* an: income. There has ‘been a steady flow of receipts from Europe and South Am- erica, where Arbuckle films were not held up. ‘ : er. He t wife at Garten ite He much money.,on automopiles. But Fatty Arbuckle ‘sn't going to bare at give up his personal pooper: ties for. yt tos pome. And ‘he isn’t going Fv mae | tis BILL PROPOSED Jj Jie bebe @, $1000 purse hile lavished Congressman. ‘Burtness Asks| $750,000 "Aipprdpriation argo, April 24—A bill authorizing STILL. ON THE JOB Arbuckle is_known-as a free apend-| FLAX RAISING Grand Forks : County Farmer Embarks in the Business iWinnipeg, Man., April 24.—What is beliaved to be one-of the largest farm shipments ever made by a single ‘fii- dividual to western Canada arrived here ‘Saturday when H. W. Sims, of Grand Forks, 'N. D, brought with -him an.outfit valued at $75,000. The ship- cars. His’ will embark in’ the: flax growing «industry on an extensive scale at ‘Noverville Manitoba, where ‘the recently purchased approximately 3,500 acres of land.” ; fei ol The outfit is large enough under or- dinary conditions toi b: roll, culti- the erection in Fargo of a postoffice building at a cost of $750,000 has been introduced in congress by. Representa- tive O. B. Burtnessfrom ‘North De- kota, according to information received ‘by the Fargo Commercial club. The bill proyides for @ building cost- ing $400,000 more than the original ap- propriation piade when Fargo first filed request ‘for a new building a num. iber of yeans ago. « “It wilt be necessary for the gov- ernment to acquire more property for a site gn account of the fact that the ~) building that will ibe erected will be much larged ‘than contemplated’a num- ‘ber of years'ago,” W. ‘PChesnut, sec- retary of'the Commercialclub said. The government now owns a site on the corner of Kighth St..and Second Av. N.> and ig expected will take steps to acquire adjoining’ property. 'ALASKANS ARE WORKING ON NEW WHEAT, BARLEY \\Fargo,| N. D.,’ April 24.—Plant breeders in Alaska are developing new strains wheat and barley which withstand the rigors of that climate, are 14 people in the show, mostly girls. the three weeks. One’ thousand new schools are to be opened in Argentina this year. ARBUCKLE STILL HAS FUNDS AFTER THREE TRIALS, BUT—— “FATTY” ARBUCKLE once famous Jaugh provoker? That’s|mals caught by steel What does ‘the future hold for the! the question, And financially. speak;) worthless. t 1 according! to a letter of C. C. Georgo- son, agronomist if) charge of experi- The management announces | ment stations thére, to. the North Da- plans for a high class. program during | kota erioulty 1 Collage. He asked the plant men Here to try out his var- ieties to see how they thrive in North nN i They. have developed e spring wheat im Alaskg—30a—which, not only ma- | tures in less ‘than one hundred days but. promises to be a ‘very fair” yielder, ‘Mr, Georgeson ;said. This is at thé.Rampart station, 65 degrees and 30 mindtes north pt a ‘Some jyears ago Mr,/ 280n Ob- tained.a small eample/6f Chegot (Kho- got) Wheat from tHe director of a ussian experiment etation at Tulun, Irkutsk}. Russia, Are explains in the letter. This wheat was the ‘earliest Alaskan ‘expe: nters had ever ob- tained from any source. It was cross- ed with Marquis to give it a greater yleld and‘ of thes> crosses is the new 30a. This new strain, accord- ingly, is Ms ie: half Siberian, a quarter Jodia d/& quarter Russian in ori- in. } Even the original hardy Siberian Chogot “will. yield among farmers to whom it was distributed, 15 to 22 ‘bushels per acrs,' ing to Mr. Geor, The new strain is ex- |pecteds $6 be am even better ylelder though ‘it has not been produced in quantitizs to allow its distribution amosg farmers. It will have to meet with two dis- couraging factors in this state which it did not have in Alaska. One is rust jand the other is hot dry summers, ‘Twenty-five per ‘cent’ of the ani- traps are vate, harrow and seed from 160. to 190 acres a day. WILL OBSERVE: ~. ANNIVERSARY Odd Feliows Lodge to Have Pro- gram Tuesday Night The 103rd: anniversary of the in- ception of Odd; Fellowship will be observed ‘by local Odd Fellows alt the lodge hall Tuesday night. A progran: for the occasion is being prepared. and ‘invitations have been extended ito neighboring lodges to have represen- tatives presemt. © .. ‘There will be a ptano.solo by Miss Gertrude Hoffman; reading Mrs. W. G. Netolon, male quartette com- posed of Messrs. ‘Noggle, ~ Mason, Smear and Flannagan, and ‘en ad- dress. Refreshments wil/ be served by the Rebekahs. It is expected that there will be an unusually large attendance. GREEKS TAKE TURKISH TOWN Constantinople, April 24.—(By ‘the A. P.)—The. capture of Sokia and Scalatiova, about ‘40 miles ‘south of Smyrna, Asia Minor, by. Greek troops was confirmed in a Turkish National- ist communique received here today. The Turke are rushing up troops in great numbers. Heavy fighting is re- ‘ported in the Italian zone. Winners Are | Announced In North Dakota will be represented in the National Safety Campaign, carried on through the schools of the United States, with a lesson prepared by Mrs. Agnes Smith of Cogawell, and by. an essay written by Jane Rush, a pupil in the Fargo schools. The lesson and the esway, were upon the subject of “How I can make the Highways More Safe.” . The contest is under the direc. tion of Commissioner of Education John J. Tigert. In the essay contest, the five win- ners selected by a committee came from the Fargo schools. Jane Rush was the winner followed in order by Cleo Kélley, Patricia Schilla, Gertrude ‘Hamilton and Stanley Robinson. The {iudsing, of, the essays. was ‘done by a ON LARGE SCALE) ‘ment of this required more than 14}: Distributors $ B15 F.0.B. Joledo committee of highway engineers head. ed by W. S. Stratton of Bismarck. The five essay winners will all re- ceive cash prizes: while first place will. be: awarded a god medal, second sil- ver, and the three following bronze medals. f \ In“sending in the Jist of winners wf the essays to Mr. Tigert, Miss Min- ‘nie Nielson, ‘state superintendent, not- ed that the contest fitted into the ysdhool work of North Dakota “for good roads is a part of the state pro- gram of education and. safety is a part of the school course in ‘civics.” DICKINSON ASKS FEDERAL COURT TERM FOR CITY Dickinson, N. D. April 24—Since the. announcement was made that the Dickinson Land Oftice would be closed as a result of a merger ‘of all of the land offices in ‘North Dakota there has been we) t among the legal profession in western North Dakota for the establishment of Federal Court chambers here in the space in the Federal Building now occupied by the land office and the holding of a regular term of the Fed- eral court in Dickinson. Lawyers who have mentioned that possibility point out that such an act on the part of the Federal government would result in a considerable saving to the tax payers. As it is under the present | arrangements all of the court cases from this part of the state have to go to Bismarck which, of course, ‘entails a considerable expense in the transportation of witnesses and results in long trips for the attorneys at considerable loss of time and great expense. Essay Contest} ti MONDAY, APRIL 24, 1922) v Everything That Other Engineers ; are hunting for with multiplicity of cylinders, complication of parts, is already here in the sim- plicity of the Willys-Knight Motor—highest de- velopment of the Knight sleeve-valve principle. Smooth flexibility. Indomitable power. Econ- omy in fuel and upkeep. Quickness. Alertness: Endurance. Silence: Just two sliding sleeves working from a shaft. Lahr Motor Sales Company Bismarck, N. D. ° - WILLYS-KNIGHT |, Roadster, $1350 » Touring, $1375 - Coupe, $1875 + Sedan, $2095 - F. O. B. Toledo The Willys-Knight Motor Improves With Use FATHER AND SONS BANQUET. (Washburn, N: D., April 24.—Tuesday* evening, April 25, the Annual Fathers’ and: Sons’ Banquet will be put on at the Liberty Theater under the super- visicn of the local lodge A. F. & A.M. The Lewis (Orchestra will furnish music during the banquet. 2 < Rev. George B. Newcomb of Bis- marck has. been secured to deliver an address to the fathers and sons and he will speak after dinner has been served. na ¢ WRESTLING MATCH HENRY KARHUNSARRI —vs.— ; ELLSWORTH FINLAYSON GOOD PRELIMINARIES RIALTO THEATRE TOMORROW NIGHT Doors Open at 8 p.m. Preliminaries at 8:30. Main Bout at 9 p. ™, « +. -25—50—75—$1.00 Tickets now on sale at the G. P. Billiard Parlor. Prices are .. 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