The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 9, 1924, Page 4

PAGE FOUR THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE Entered at the Postoffice, Bismarck, N. D., as Second Class Matter. BISMARCK TRIBUNE CO. - - - Foreign Representatives G. LOGAN PAYNE COMPANY CHICAGO .- - Marquette Bldg. ; PAYNE, BURNS AND SMITH NEW YORK : - - - Fifth Ave. Bldg. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use or republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise entitled in this paper and also the local news pub- lished herein. All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE Daily by carrier, per year . .$7.20 Daily by mail, per year (in Bismarck) 7.20 Daily by mail, per year (in state outside Bismarck) . 5.00 Daily by mail, outside of North Dakota. . seaweos. 6100) THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) INDEFENSIBLE GRATUITY Allowing T. R. Atkinson $7,950, or three per cent on $265,000, the purchase price of the plant of the Bismarck ater Supply Company, is an indefensible gratuity. Tax- payers of Bismarck have to pay this amount. They expected to pay Mr. Atkinson five per cent upon all new work and for plans and specifications so that is not in controversy now, it is all water that has gone under the bridge as far as the taxpayers are concerned and not a controversial issue now. In September the new budget will be fixed. The city commissioners should terminate the arrangement between the city engineer and put such services upon a straight salary basis. If it is necessary to hire other experts such as Wolf and Dickinson the city can do so. The city commissioners should be the master not the servant of the city engineer. Blocks of mains were laid without their authority after the city engineer had been given explicit orders not to lay them. Errors and blunders over the intake at the river neces- sitates running both pumping plants at an additional cost to the taxpayers. The contractor passes the buck to the engineer and in turn the engineer puts the blame back again. Of course either the city engineer or the contractor not the taxpayer should pay for these blunders. ..-The columns of The Tribune are open now and have al- “ways been for any explanations Mr. Atkinson or the city ‘commissioners care to make. To date only Commissioner Thompson has availed himself of that opportunity freely ‘s. -offered and earnestly solicited in the case of A. P. Lenhart who flatly refused to make a statement to The Tribune upon == s the $7,950 gratuity. If the taxpayers and voters of Bismarck want the con- ‘fiscation of property to go on for the benefit of the city =: engineer and his experts that is another matter. Now is =5 the time to avoid these gratuities in the future by hiring an engineer at a fixed salary. With little public work in sight, however, the luxury of a city engineer in a city the size of Bismarck is a burden upon an overtaxed public. A superintendent of the water plant with some engineer- =. ing experience could take care of both jobs and reduce the = taxes here so more people and more business would be at- tracted to the city. There should be no more gratuities to the city engineer. Publishers DETROIT Kresge Bldg. ACTION IS NEEDED The suggestion of the Attorney-General’s office, that citizens in small towns throughout North Dakota organize to provide police protection, especially in the next ‘two months, may be accepted with profit. It is pointed out in the ctatement, printed in The Tribune today, that the ma- jority of robberies have occurred in towns without police protection at night. The bandits evidently are careful in their selection of towns to rob. They have passed up many that are protected. During the next two months there will be thousands of strangers within the state, attracted by the harvest. Most of them, of course, will be here for the purpose of doing an honest day’s work for a full day’s pay, as law abiding as “anv citizen. But it is also likely that many criminals will take advantage of the presence of many strangers, affording them cover for their nefarious operations. The wave of hank and other robberies may be expected to continue unless scm? method is adopted of halting them. Then, there is the problem of the I. W. W. The members of this organization, if they adhere to the preamble of their “rganization principles, do not have the interest of ‘the farmer or any other owner at heart. Their purpose is to d'sturb and destroy. All citizens who are desirous of seeing the business of harvesting and marketing the 1924 crop!2 ~...proceed in orderly fashion should be out of sympathy with this organization. By organizing in their various communities and adopt- ing methods of protection, citizens doubtless can do much to prevent a reign of lawlessness and robbery in the state _ this fall. WINDJAMMERS Politicians campaigning by radio this year will be tuned :; out unless they make their speeches short and snappy. It “‘was. different with the Democratic convention broadcast. The element of contest and endurance was present to coun- *!teract the monotony of repetition and long duration. . ._ This will be the first presidential campaign in history in “which campaigners will be able to address members of rival political parties. Can you imagine Democrats filling a hall to hear Republican speeches or Republicans to hear Demo- crats? The radio will work this marvel. be VALUES Roadhouse owner near Fort Wayne, Ind., says he couldn’t ‘sell near-beer, at 10 cents a glass, but began to sell over a pareel a day as soon as he raised the price to 50 cents a “ ‘glass. , The average American seems to buy things because they gre too expensive or too cheap. An accurate sense of value is rare in our country. We might profitably employ Hebrews ‘and Chinese in our schools to teach this one subject, in which’ » they’ excel. BROKEN . His neck was broken two months without his knowing it. hen James Scott, farmer, walked into a hospital in Grand Rapids, Mich., to learn why he had such peculiar pains. If he had known the truth during those two months, he’d robably have died of fright. Maladies are not imaginary, t But imagination can make them worse than they really are. Hk ‘in general baptized 1100 soldiers to celebrate his wedding. ‘The soldiers hope he never pa divorce, Editorial Review * Comments reproduced in this column may or may not express the opinion of The Tribune. They are presented here in order that our readers may have both sides it issues which are od in the press of As far north as Minot, N. D.. the binders are whirring in the wheat. The harvest is general | over the Northwest. It has been! a tight race thi ar between the | wheat and the r A cold spring delayed the grain—yet strength-| ened it. But a cool summer did | not mature it as quickly as usual | and the spores of rust came out with the advent of hot weather) and in the end gave the wheat aj neck-and-neck finish. Some of the wheat is touched as to the leaves ‘but the stem—the vital partis, on_the intact. These finishes” are) hard on The suspense in watching the wheat to see if it will ripen and harden before the} rust gets to the stem, is terrific | in the case of the farmer who has is all bet upon the wheat and against the rust. The game that involves “all or nothing” takes cold nerve. | Perhaps something like that drove one farmer to play Luther Burbank. By selection over a number of year! John Briski, whose farm is near Mandan, N. D., fias developed a new variety of hich is said to ripen ten to ahead of the varieties now grown. He is now cutting 309 acres, and the entire crop will be sold for seed. If corn can ‘be ac- climatized—as it has been—to our shorter northern season. why can not wheat ‘be found that will ma- ture earlier? That is one way around the rust spore threat, which has year after year, been dangerous and costly. If wheat can be cut before heat and humid- ity make rust conditions, then the rust danger is minimized in normul years and in years like 1924 prac- tically eliminated. Anything that helps to take the risk out of grow- ing any crop is a stabilizer of ag- riculture.—St. Paul Pioneer Press. | MANDAN NEWS | TO COMBAT WEEDS Decision to take active steps to rid the city of weeds was reached by the members of the city park commission at their meeting. Fol- lowing a survey of the residence and business sections, owners of property who have neglected to keep down the weeds will be given ten! days notice after which: will be done by order of the park board, and assessments levied against the Property as a penalty tax. The board also adopted the budget recommended by Finance Commis- sioner Jos. P. Hess in which the levy for the park board purposes THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE | LAST SUMMER | SHE DION'T HAVE A SINGLE BEAU- | { | town I [Trust them Not on BUT NOW SHES THE MOST POPULAR GIRL IN ‘rust Them Not, Oh Gentle Maiden! a i ac a i stay outside if "you don’t mind,” he| said, “but Nancy and Nick may go in it they wish. I'll go and take a! snooze as I've come pretty far and I’m pretty tired.” “All right,” said Mrs. Seal. “Come right in, children, and I'll show you some circus posters of us doing our ball-playing act and our tight-rope- walking act and our brass-band act, and our fish-catching act.” “Hurrah!” cried Nick. “I’m glad I came.” So in went Nancy and Nick to see the circus posters in Mister and Mrs, Sél’s house while Weeny slip- ped on his nighty and went to take & snooze. Weeny was’ very tired and soon he was snoring like old Whizzy Tor- nado on a rampage. | He slept and slept and slept and all the time he was sleeping Nancy and Nick were looking at circus por- for the next, year will be reduced $3,190 from the levy of this year. FUNERAL SERVICES 24 FOR ZANDER BABY Little Kasper Zander, 11 months old son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Zan- der of Sweet Briar, died Wednesday night of infantjle fliseasos. The funeral services were held Thurs- day afternoon from the St. Vincent Catholic Church, PAVING PROGRESSES The Woodrich construction com- pany, delayed for more than ten days through lack of reinforcing steel, Thursday began paving the east end extension of the Main street paving on the inter-city highway and laid more than 400 feet of 20 foot paving. The complete paving contract on the inter-city road from the end of Main street East through the North- ern Pacific underpass a total of three quarters of a mile will be completed in about ten days and ready for use early in September. Grading work on the additional blocks to be paved under:the second city contract of the ‘yéar, has prac- tically been completed and cement will be laid upon completion of the inter-city work. The city board will receive bids and taken action on an additional three blocks of paving on Second attest N. E. and elsewhere on Aug. ADVENTURE OF THE TWINS BY OLIVE ROBEETS BARTON WEENY ON AN ICEBERG “Let's go and visit Mister and Mrs. Seal,” said Weeny, the elephant. “The weather is getting warm here, and besides I hear that it’s all the style to spend your vacation in the cold north.” “Do seals live in the north?” ask- ed Nick. “I should say so,” said Weeny. “On icebergs or some place like that.” “Then let's go there,” said Nancy. “That would be a lot of fun.” So Weeny fixed the things in his satchel and Nancy and Nick got up on his back and away they went toward the cold, cold north. After while they came to a place where there was a lot of ice, an® sure enough, there was a little hoJse with a sign on it which said, “Mister and Mrs. Seal—Their House.” So Weeny stopped and rang the door-bell with his trunk. G Mrs. Seal opened the door with one of her flippers and looked out. “Why, how do y’ do!” she said Pleasantly. “If it isn’t Weeny, the old circus elephant! Come here, Solomon, and say how do y’ do to the company.” Out came Mister Seal at that and said how nice it was to meet an old ‘riend 'n’ everything, and then he everybody was happy. “We've come to spend-part of our vacation if it’s all the same to you,” sald Weeny. said how do y’ do to the Twins, and § “Sure, come right in,” said Mrs. Seal hospitably. Weeny looked at the tiny doorway and shook his Kead, “I guess I'll ters in Mister and Mrs. Seal’s house. Pretty soon, or I mean pretty late, Mrs. Seal folded up all the posters and put them away in the cupboard, where they kept all the things for their circus acts.’ “Now T’'ll see about lunch,” she. “Solomon, go and see if elephant is comfortable, and him if he eats fish.” ° Out went Mister Sql. In about two seconds, in came Mister Seal in a hurry. “He's gone!” he cried. “The place he was standing on was ice and it broke off and now it’s floating away in the ocean.” * They all rushed out at that, and there was Weeny, the elephant, away out in the ocean on an iceberg—still sound asleep, for you could hear him snoring. We're sorry but we can't stay a week, or even for lunch,” said Nancy. “Goodby, Mister and Mrs, Seal. Nick, bring the satchel and wel” follow poor Weeny on his tra- veis.” I think the iceberg had reached Greenland before they caught up to him, said the ask (To Be Continued) (Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, Inc.) o+—___-—. -_______-+ ; POET'S CORNER | As a man thinks so is he, until his wife changes his mind. Ignorance isn’t so very much bliss in the eyes of the law. Where is the money you save on coal during the hot ‘months? He who'waits to laugh last very often has no laugh coming. All left of the summer girl's wear- ing apparel is the outskirts. Some marry for better or worse, and some just to argue. Where you start does not matter. It is much better to be a former Poor man than a former rich man. A watch has 160,144,000 ticks a year, but a camper scratching would swear he has more ticks in a minute. Giraffes can see behind * without turning their heads, so wouldn’t it be terrible if gossiping women were like: giraffes. Nearly every is sun day now. Farmers near railroads and pikes should paint their cows a bright red. |, Rats, according to, Washington ex- perts, are increasing; but this: may be propaganda to boost the - silk stocking trade. The sky is the-limit for the’man who keeps looking up. BaD tog Man wants but little here below his chin in hot weather, . Somebody is. always, favoying a drastic change. for everybody; else. Some, people think as if, they had the headache. : “Only a short time before fall; not, however, a fall in prices. . ‘ Some. of dur. farme: ing so well educated when it is going to rain. becom- can’t/tell Fish neevr realize what atime you had getting bait. é What could be worse than being anywhere about noon ‘in, August? The stingie: want to pay his room.rent becau: he had insomnia. FABLES ON HEALTH. Foods with a laxative value were Tecommended to Mr. Jones of Any- town as the summer days grew hot- ter and the prospects of upset sto- mach became greater. Far better than the use of artifi- cial laxative is the eating of food, particularly at breakfast, which con- tains a laxative property. Particu- larly good are stewed prunes and figs,.or raw figs, and most other fruits with the exception of bananas. LAXATIVE FOODS At the other meals at least one green vegetable should:be eaten dur- ing the summer days, when fresh vegetables are most prevalent. In addition these foods contain the. minerals and phosphates . which science has found -so essential “to human -well-béj Tt might Be. that such dishes as rice; cornstarch, boiled milk and fine wheat flour bread ‘are to ke avoided by persony sfking, foods of laxative qualit; 2 GIFTS Into the deepest depths of solitude, Untrampled by the fleeting feet of Time, I go to hold communion with my soul, And gain the fortitude of faith sub- lime. Z Far from the surging beat of care and strife, I learn the lessons that the ‘ages teach: Love for my brother e’en as for my- self, That I must practice first ere 1 would preach. How: sordid, mean and low some things then seem, This never-ceasing struggle to gain| wealth, This constant worshipping at Mam- mon’s shrine, What tho we gain our ends by erime and stealth. And, then, emerging from . these sacred scenes, I feel that life is none the | less worth while, Tho I have not the gifts the world calls great, I still have power. to make my bro- ther smile. —Florence Borner LIVES GROW LONGER London, Aug. 9.—Less drinking, iser eating’ and ‘healthier cities 6 You'RS NOT TIRGD. By THIS TH D SIT Bown AND TAKE 4 REST For Me ' SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, 1924 _, BEST-THINGS TO EAT ge useage By Albert Apple Your instinct (appetite) can usually be trusted in the matter of what you should or should’not eat. This idea is advanced by Dr, Graham Lusk of Cornell Medical School. Dr. Lusk’s experiments show that animals instinctively | choose the foods’ that are best for them. Rats, turned. loose . \in a profusion of choice things to eat; pounce upon the ones |containing certain witamines they néed,,. *_ Says Lusk; “It does not seem possible that the establisheu habits of diet.of man can be deleterious to his welfare. For examp®, the Eskimo lives largely upon meat, yet does not contract gout.’ Meat increases the heat production very greatly and isa comfort-producing food in cold weather.” Food fads have been the vogue for several years. They unquestionably can accomplish much, particularly certain diets for adding weight or.reducing fat. Again, many peo- ble are under-nourished even though they eat a lot. A pro{ per diet, supplied to them by an expert, furnishes necessary. food substances they have not been getting. But food fads, like everything else, can be overdone. . The New York State Department of Health declares: “One of«the most common fads is the going-without-break- people, notably girls. The normal person needs a nourish- ing breakfast to draw on for energy used in the day’s activi- ties, and it is very doubtful if an individual can or does get ample nourishment: from:two meals a-day.” .: Science has exploded these ancient bits of hokum—that carrots make orie‘beautiful, that crusts make their hair curl, that fish is, brain food, that rheumatism can’ be cured by carrying a red kidney bean or horse chestnut in the pocket, that an onion in the hair will relieve headache. All these are fads, and just as sensible as some of the what-to-eat cults. Instinct will tell the average. person. what to eat ‘and what to avoid. People with acid stomachs generally need less starch and more meat than others. Strawberries, buck- wheat and oatmeal are excellent foods for most people, but on some they produce a warning rash. What’s one. man’s meat is another man’s poison. Trouble is, so many of us do not recognize when instinct speaks. We have a craving for too’ much candy. Nature upsets the stomach, to warn us against sweets. We continue ignoring her warning and obey the craving. . Eating is not an exact science. It depends on the eater. « New-York, Aug. 9—Another illu- sion’ shattere be Yesterday I Two test records are made. Theng two master recor e One of the song birds, an actor, jaw. and heard a /phonograph~ record made. I always|couldn’t stand still. He wanted to thought it. was necessary to conduct! dance, well jing. That’s what the operation «in a. padded: cell-like,| he does inshis show. sound- ptt Ap roof room. It-isn'ty i ‘The studio is in ditplex apart- ‘ment building. in 67th ‘street. Living above, beneath, and) .adjoining are wealthy families. -There is no fur- niture in the rtment and the room used ‘for recording tecords—making the master—is the ‘living room. Horns project from the kitchen of the apartment, wHere:the wax ‘plates in which the music is imbedded are turned on a small machine, into the Foom where:the record makers do their stuff. Through: the open windows come the gas, fumes. of ‘bustling traffic in the crowded street below. The noise of the street -is drowned out. by the| that carried two bridal bouquets to |‘um-pa-pa” of. brass |. instruments.| the altar. The musicians hive doffed ,epats and eens collars, * Three young urchins, who often There .are three recording horns] come ‘into the office, have just re- for this record. The big horn in the| turned from two weeks on a farm. cente to catch music of the or-| Now they know whence milk really center to atch the music of the or-! comes. They all had seen a cow in in which two harmony boys sing.| the zoo’ at Central Park, but neveg’ The violin player takes his station| before had they seen milk come from directly before the big recording|an udder, as they did on the farm horn. The louder instruments, grad-' they visited. uated’ by sound volume, are-in the] One of them, a master of a clothes- rear. é line lariat, 1: da’ bull snake and rushed into the farm house with it é| dangling from his hands, He was so scared he couldn’t talk. His country cousins laughed.. Yet, this snake- fearing youngster skifs through New York traffic, more treacherous .than bull snakes, with an abandon that would wreck the complacency of his cousin of the farm. —Stephen Hannagan. < | though mi hem to goto. x. ~ ‘think.it would hurt Leslie very. much: She has a sense of hum- gr Between. you me, I imagine thet “she and be Jeanette Houston, who comes from Urbana, 0., and William P. Bell, of Kentucky, recently were married at the Church of the “Ascension, the first church ‘built on Fifth Avenue and the church in which President Tyler.was married. As the bridal couple marched to the iT, an aged woman in mourn- ing, rose from one of the front ‘pews and handed the bride a’ bouquet of beautiful roses. : The bride had loaned the lady, a woman. high in society, catfare to return home, after she had lost her purse. But it was an embarrassed bride rts. light goes out. ing -has:started. After the p is played the first song bird eps to his horn and sings the verse. Then the. setond: singer joi chorus. /In'three minute: over, : TO BEATRICE: SUMMERS,’ © -: +2: CONTINUED But there’s some more mixup about. it that I‘ don't just ‘understand, and, his .highness, Gentleman Jack, Y ines he ‘hi een very much sed. e’s:,auch’.a -boy, Bee, that I cant help. liking hips, although’ all the| to while.I. feel like boxing his ears, He ought to-have a woman ljke me to tell him whete.he would-get-off. I rather imagine that friend’ of: his, who: was ite: ‘ he: 5; jgin'ts: took sh¢cked—the modern always dictates ‘his letters to his wit up, and Mr. Pres- ey didn’t care to feel that I was vamping-poor little Jackie boy. Oh, well, one more pe: who doesn’t for me doesn't matter much. I i woridn with th friend, Ruth Ellington, too, he city. “I heard one - of these women that I-was telling you about say to another that she had gone to New York ito meet perhaps the, most:eligible ‘man that had ever in’ Albany: She is going to marry millions, my dear. -< Sh mother’ one of the people who seem: to: think that I am going to: vawip ‘poor: M; ‘If av. lon’t: rather smart place tronized- ‘abciet; usual, in the” mifddte~ df skiers. They, one and all, were talking about Mr. Prescott ‘arid ‘his‘going on wit! that moving ‘picture actress, Pi ~Preacott. these - peopl satan wishing it have to do it, The ‘power o: thought,-you know, h Ree the power of thought> ir. : Prescott wandering around this office like -a: lost tae Could ‘only: mak man how dependent he is upon a wife F he ive with her for few increased the average length by two years since 1900, gov- ernment figures show. Authoritie: have found that people living’ 0 much longer that the price/of life nnunities - hi raised. From 1900 to 1920-the normal death rate in England and in’ other European countries has. bet wered, records fe wouldn’t have as many divoree: u Well, I guess ‘I've written - you enough'to make you worry about me and my ideas, .Every time | write you, Bee, I wonder why you love me. friends: you wwe in th would bathe pict, neers manlds (Copyright, 1984, NEA, gervies® Laie, eae gra fast, fad. Thig.has been especially developed among young ~ not: dictated any letters tol Pe Don’t you stop it, dear, for. all the ia