The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 1, 1926, Page 14

LEGION MEETS AT DICKINSON Turtles Go Serenading IULY 151017 iMeNider and McQuigg Program—Many Bismarck Legionnaires Going representation from the! | Bismarck post of the American Legion Siw expected to be on hand the} |) Sessions of the North Dakota Ameri can Legion Convention which will be E held at Dickin and Medora, July A largo will me institut F quarters of the fy located at Bismarck, w1 fF space will be availal ial Building, stato capitol presentatives from Leg F throughout the western pa P state will back up the propos Bismarck lcNider, assistant secre ftary of war and past national com- j mander of the American Legion, and John R. McQuigg. present commander, ill give two of the main talks Opens July 15 The convention will open i Thurs- day at Dickinson where about 300 q the gal ting and rodeo are sched uled. delegates will return to Dickinson Friday night for the clos b ing session Saturday morning. he meeting will be called to order by Walter G. Curtis, Lisbon, depart- ment commander. After an invocation by Rev. Si Fairham, Drayton, de tment chaplain, and a reading of e of the convention by Jack . Fargo, department a It be an address ots we by the mayor of Dic kd. Webb, Grand Forks, will respond to the we -department officers gether with the appointments of com- mittee.. ‘The principal talk of the morning will be that of Mr. McQuigg,. which will close the morning session. Tho afternoon session will. he devoted to business and initiation of the 40 and 8. Business will be dis- Pussed from 1:30 to 4 when a parade and “wreck” will be put on for the initiate: of the club. Speakers at the will be Larry Doyle, du chemin de fer, Sa John Conmy, Fargo, advocate nationale, Tho ban- et will end in time for the American gion boxing exhibition at 8. Special Train to Medora The special train to Medora will Jeave at 9 a. m. Friday. At 1 j Hanford McNider will speak there and $@ barbecue at the Old Town Hall ‘will follow leo exhibitions will start a! land will be followed by spece! wther entertainment. The train will jearry the convention back to Dick- finson at 5 p. m. in time for the 40 and 8 military ball at tho armory. —. sessions will open at 9 ttteo reports and unfin- ished business. Talks on tho U. Veterans Bureau will be given by fF William K. Kroll, Minneapolis, on representative for the tenth district lwf the bureau, and C. T. Hoverson, Fargo, Manager of the 37th, or North ‘Dakota region. As liason eaeiniie: tive Mr. Kroll has g¢harge of rela- tions between the Legion and the veterans bureau. An address by Mrs. Clair Linn Lar- jeon, Finley, president of the Legion Auxiliary, will conclude the speaking will carry where a m ram. Pifection of department officers and legates to the national convention er with selection of the next tion city will conclude whe mms of the convention. MOVIE-ANA Hollywood, July 1.—The technical cle. warker of the films, like the ferbial prophet, is not without jonor save on his own homestead. | To-wit, Roy Pomeroy, the screen ieian, who parted the Red S Hin De Mille’s “Ten Commandments who refuses to be baffied by any pi eeraphic stunt or mechanical of the studio. a proved quite a flat tire nit came to fixing the plumbing ly a very simple job—in his mn new home He got the pipes gta teed sae ms sprin of jot water while Roy shaved 4 cold. mber to untangle the mess. , Sentimen outweighed cold tusi- on ‘amount’s “Old Ironsides” tion a an hour, with costs ic) ‘ing along at $35,000 per d Director James Cruze delaye loding a powder-charged nee to we & seal which had become a sy pet, and which war wereslly ing so close to the dov: ves- it the axpionion might have it. This incident will per- balance criticisms which have gn directed to movie makers for al- ped-cruelty te animal Stine, a is now in our 0 picture “Kid Boots,” got Faugh ‘Lee Hollywood aeh. presence of a greeting throng . train station, he solemnly off three of his four chil. jucing them by name. se the oe ypaagest he he Key d up the well-coach- inhi tdded jed capri’ “~-four ven pieces of baggage; ft Me. Taxi, we're ready for n the Memor- | “| specimens of a He called in an ordinary | dorf of Cleveland has r By NEA Service Berkeley, Calif, Juty 1. “While zoologists throughout the world seek rare little animal known as the amphioxus, Chinese villagers in the remote little town of Liuwutien are fishing them out of the sea by the ton for use as a table del- ica If Professor S. F. Light: had re- turned to the University of Califer- nia with the announcement that while acting as head of the zoology department of the University of Amoy, China, he had been served a luncheon of dodo bird stew and dino- saur ee ome he could not have startled tha scientific world more than he did with this statement. To the zoologist, the amphioxus al treasure 3 and to be guarded with care. He priges this slimy, pinkish little animal for the evidence it of- fers of man's kinship to the worm and to the amoeba. It is living evidence of an older form of life on the evolutionary scale when tho vertebrae or backboned animals, of which * one, just beginning to fe from primordial mud, although pering at both e into the mud of ce tain trop Imagine the surprise of zoologis' when Professor Light informed the} that he had actually seen an am- phioxus “fishery” in operation, at had ever tasted the worm-like cre: tures which his Chinese friends ate with relish. His associates at the University of California prized the ampioxhus on the labaratory tab but doubted its value on the lune! eon table, despito his assertions. Profesor Light tells tho following story of the discovery he made while at the University of Amoy: “Old T’ang Wang-wang, the taxi- derimst and collector of the Univer. sity of Amoy, came to me one day with several hundred of the amphi- oxi, saying the fish was new i after his 20 years of collecting in South China, as well it might be. crying, “But Pop, we can’t act with- out an audience!” To which Warner retorted, “Your Pop had to—quite often.” Many in- flated Hollywood egoes might have benefited by similar training. Some of the kidding recently di- rected at the diverted to Bebe Daniels, who recently ‘horse in New York, and a hard tumble from a bicycle a short time before that. When she departed from New York for Hollywood. Thomas Meighan jocularly advised her to ride in a lower berth for safety. Bebe says she'd rather be kidded about her! falls by her friends than commis- | erated with. ia Advico to would-be movie scene arists who look to the comedy field for a fvothold, by F. Richard Jones, general director of Hal Roach studios: “Read and~ghean tho newspapers. Comedies of the future will depend almost. entirely ypon incidents of everyday life such as nearly every issue’ of a newspaper reports. ‘Actual stories from police court, divorce courts, and other ne sources -afford suggestive plot terial abundantly for the comic ve ey {SUPREME COURT | FROW WARD COUNTY Mary J. Halliday, otherwise known as Polly Halliday, Plaintiff and Respondent “va Equitable Lifo Assurance Society, a corporation, Defendant and Ap- sy 1. A fifteen year term standard form as prescribe tion 66%, C. L. 1913, does not accord the privilege of extended insurance, | took a serious fall from # runaway | trict Court of Ward County, «! Ages ago, mandolins were made of the shells of turtles. E, W. Knobles- ved the old art. two mandolins that used to gu crawling around in Mud creek. picture shows him with Scientist Finds Long-Sought Specimen Is Table Delicacy Among Chinese “After microscopic examination proved to me that the poorly pre- served specimens were actually am- phioxi, further conversation revealed that there were 20 pounds or more lablo in the market and they ere selling for 24 cents @ catty. Thoso who » spent many weary weeks dredging for specimens, or who have tried to purchase them for muscum or teaching collections, can imagine my stato of mind! “The fishing ground extends 20 li along the cost and two li from the shore. The fish’ apparatus is primitive but effective. It consists of a sevop-shoveled blade attached to a long bamboo; to this is fastened a cable made by twining long rattans together, the whole reaching 60 or to bo sought] gy'p Drag Bottom “This is dragged along thé bottom at two or three fathoms depth, filled with sand and emptied into the boat. The amphioxi arc then separated from the sand by means of rounded baskets of split bamboo which are whirled and swished through the water until only the squirming masses of amphioxi remain.” This industry is lage itselt, an nese custom tion and legen After his discov Professor Light spent many days in Liuwutien at different times, search- ing through the debris scooped from the bottom of the ocean by the fish- is surrounded by tradi- of the fishery, dlers and discarded after the amphi oxus had been obtained. There he found many other zoological treas- ures. Before leaving China to return to the University of California to be- come a member of the zoology de- partment there, Professor Light ob- tained the support of the Naulue de- partment of the University of f*Amoy in preserving this source of supply for biologists. A biological station probably will erected at Liuwutien and scien- fists seeking to probe the secrets of man’s evolution will work side by side with the Chinese fishers who are secking table delicacies. be jmanner stated in the policy, when such custom or course of action is not within the terms of the contract. 4. When the insurer applies a div- idend upon the premium, due the same day as the dividend, it cannot declare the policy forfeited for non- payment of the premium during the Prince of Wales for, time that such dividend is sufficient his equestrian debacles is now being | to pay tho premium. Appeal from an order of the Dis- Hon. John C, Lowe, Judge. AFFIRMED. Opinion of the court by Johnson, J. B. H. Bradford, Minot, ‘North Da- kota, Attorney for Plaintiff and Re- sponden:, Fisk & Nash, Minot, North Dakota, Atipeiiogs for Defendant and Appel- ‘Buffalo | Robes Worth Nothing in Early Days Buffalo robes, now worth hundgeds of dollars cach, bould be had for ie taking when Bismarck this part of the “T aly remembe: When 30,000' buffalo hides were brought ashore here. They were un loaded from boats coming from Fort Benton and other points lp the river. They lay there until the rotted cause no one wanted fl and they wero too cheap,’ With the coming of the railroads and the white man, however, the buffalo” vanished and now buffalo robes are costly possession " Hoskins said, BRIDEGROOM PAYS London—Chinese lings take 11 days, and for the ~aometimes cost as much as $100,000. It is not policy, in| uncommon for 5,000 invitations to be by Sec- | issued for such an event. ‘The bride- groom pays. Beery is one of the few/and is not within the purview of] —————————— ‘boys who is always in the eter on and off the screen. it » is, being ¢hreat- aes aaleeee by this. irate male con- are blessed ‘with aaa purpose of Section 4886, C. L. 1913, provi automatic insurance in case of default. 2. In the absence of facts or cir- jcumstances ele j @ waiver, ex- press or implied, of a stipulation in the policy for annual payment of the | Semel the insurer can not be ment of = and where je inwured ts had the privil- 5 ege of remiums r Srusquarteries or ily. and In What Month ito June 30, 1926, reached th | wanches Highway Body Starty 4 Times as Much Construction as Any Other Year Nearly: four times as much con- struction work was undertaken by- the state highway department during the fiscal year ending June 30 as | during any similar period in the hi tory of the department, a report i: sued tod: by, the highway depart- je ls from July 1, 1926, enor- mous total of $4,104, 14 as com- pared with $1,614,847.73 for a similar period last year. When the contracts for the Williston and Sanish bridges are included the total for the yea the geering figure of $5,113,563.04, During the year juat ending gthe department has put under contract 162 projects which provide Rid earth grading 808 miles, graveling mil d two and a half miles of, (Chassis Only) ‘ani $395 (Chagsis fe) a total of 1,376 miles for the the fiscal year entiing 30,'1926, the. irtment let c for 77 projects which provid- a ae of earth grading, 260 nile: i surfacing ‘and one- half a ifs of paving. “Because some projects call for both grading and graveling and oth- ers merely for eart! sraniey and still others for the surfacing of portions graded in carlicr years the public 1s ‘Warned not to jump to the conclu- ston that the state highway system iy being fully improved at the rate shown by the total mileage figures,” an offense -in the preeence. of her husband does. so under coercion. in the future a wife must prove coer- cion. * IN NEW YORK {|# pan w York, July 1.--The fat pursed of Broadway have ingenious baci ‘of gaining the acquaintance of pretty chorines. The old “stage door Johnnie” stuff isn’t Sehat it ised to:be and the com- petition for the company of the danc- THURSDAY; JULY 1, 1926 . Li spastic dade r hour for the verve of sa merely to calt up and agree so much a compsnion and he, would pro- | vided with a chatty,.agrecu ber good looking young lady One could hire « companion for a dance or for a theater or for «stroll. ere were many-types to be had. Apparently there are fewer lon some men, or other sources of com> panionship have been foun At any rate thé bureau fecently elosed after losing money for some time. Had I am told that the “hostess” dance 569] equality halls and cafes have been largely re- sponsible, A stranger can wander into one of these and by paying an hourly rate fe the companionship . of « hostess” for dances, drinking or chatting. One of these cles hired 140 girls. Several of these dance halls cater that, but Lito Japanese, Chinese and foreign ighs the girlie.| trade. Here there is a great demand files the mo-! for pretty American maids and tips introduce] are high. One place catering to Ori- nice man | entals at one time had 200 white girls with money—a very generous, nice! as dancing partners, man. . —GILBERT SWAN. aicaate modiste, they| (Copyright, 1926, NEA Service, Inc.) tory of at le a dozen “sugar pi is” ready to pur. TAKE YOUR CHOICE “Does your new novel end hap- chase @ gown for an introduction. Many of the girls get the gown,| pily?” te. ter of opinion. Theyf marr; ournal Amusant, Paris. ing darlings is keen in these days jid a highway department statement. of supper clube, Although the work now being done isthe most extensive in the history of the d ment no increase has been made in the cost of general ad- ministration, department chiefs point out. The additional expenses for engineering and inspectors confect immediately with the qupérvision and inspection of work done by contra tors are charged directly to the in- dividual jobs. * Of the $5,000,000 to be paid out by the department in 1926 it is estimated age GO per cent or $3,000,000, will id by contractors as wages to workmen. 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