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LOGAN PAYNE COMPANY CHICAGO PETROT | Tower Ble yNB, BURNS AND SMITH wew YORK: - Fifth Ave. Bldg. —$—— (Official City, State and Couaty Newspaper) The Real Test of Prohibition ow that the primaries are pretty well over, it, ‘0 be interesting to speculate on chances i the coming election, Prohibition looms up as the biggest issue. It is true that various sections of the country are more interested in other questions, but prohibition ob- viously appeals, pro and con, at least to a plurality of the voters, as the principal one. The’ primdatlés told only part of the story. Atlee Pomerent’s victory over Florence E, Allen in Ohio} seemed to indicate that Ohio Democrats are predom- inantly wet. The primary majority rolled up by Senator Frank B. Willis, however, just as plainly suggested that Ohio Republicans are predominantly dry. It remains for the eledtion to reveal the atti- tude cf Ohio’s voters, as a body. Just so in other states where candidates are most conspicuously wet and dry than anything else—where the bulk of the voters will ask first, “Is he a wet?” “Is he a dry?” and vote accordingly, regardless of every other is- sue at stake, The outeome will mean a great deal as to 1928. in November of this year, modification will hardly figure as a presidential consideration at the succeed- ing election. If the wets make notable gains this year, there almost certainly will be a conclusive show-down two years hence, : Assuming that there has been a growth in wet sentiment, it has been more uvticeable in the Demo- If prohibition receives a strong popular indorsement | Edito: | rial Comment 1 i cratic than in the Republican party—not in the south, but in the doubtfully wet-and-dry northern states. On the further supposition, then, that the wets do reasonably well in November, the natural deduction is that the Democratic presidential nominee in 1928 will be<wet, while the Republican nominee, in all probability, will be for “law enforcement” and let it go at that. e eorizing the other way about, son’s Wet-and-dry fights end decisively in the drys’ favor, the national conventions of 1928 unquestion- ably will do their best to outdo one another in their, aridity. The recent primaries certainly have brought the prohibition issue more to the fore than it has been since the Eighteenth Amendment was adopted, but it doesn’t necessarily follow that the outcome The test is still ahead, and only a pre-| will be wet. liminary test, at that, so far as next November is concerned, If the preliminary test gives wet results, the real test will follow two years later. test gives dry results, for the present the matter will be settled and there will be no further test for no- bedy knows how long. Crops and Votes Political goose-bone prophets of other years have said that a crop failure meant a change in adminis- tration. Just what the connection between the rul- iig powers and the golden wheat is, remains a mys- tery to us, but it has been proven a fadt that short cfops meant short shrift for whoever happened to be running for re-election, be he sheriff or president. In the light of the relation of farm prosperity to Political, developments, the government crop fore- cast has a new significance. _ The wheat estimate for August indicates a total yield of 829,000,000 bushels, which is 173,000,000 bushels more than a year ago. The improvement, however, is confined to districts raising winter 3_in the spring wheat helt the estimated viel of 212,000,000 bushels is 58,000,000 bushels un- der last.year’s erep, despite a large acreage. For corn and cotton growers the proSpect is less sanguine than a year ago. The estimated corn yield is 12 per cent under the 1925 crop, and the prics is’ also lower than last year’s. The cotton forecast is for 15,621,000 bales. last year’s huge crop, the outlook has sent cotton down about 6 cents from the level of a year ago. It should be interesting to watch the way the corn, spring wheat and cotton growers vote on congress- men this fall. the Bismarck Tribuze Company, » and entered at the postoffice at) is that the British safety measures and signal sys- President and Publisher $7.20 | +e 720! 5.00 6.00 and also published bere- in case this sea- If the preliminary Coming on top of 021,934, in 1919, The facts thus permit only one conclusion and that tems must be much more perfect than ours. of. course, their trains run at a slower average rate than do ours, yet the discrepancy in safety figures ‘ is so great that the situation merits grave thought {and careful consideration. Our railway death roll in the United States is far too high. | pee ial ical Boia Industry Is Healthy | According to a report made public by the depart- ;ment of labor, employment and pay roll totals in {manufacturing industries were greater in July than jin the corresponding month of last year. Tairty: {out of 54 separate industries show greater pros- | | perity than they did in July, 1925. { | While it is.true that July shows a sharp decline | !from the June figures, the increase over the same i | Period of the previous year would indicate a healthy { {condition and discount the reports that the decline | {from the June figures is justly alarming. Fluctua- | !tions are bound to occur, but there is no cause for | | serious alarm when the average from year to aes shows a steady and marked increase. A Traffic Suggestion | Habit, and lack of information about good, but | | less traveled, roads are together responsible for a great part of the congestion on the principal high- | ways. Much of the crowding could be eliminated, | | traffic speeded up and road wear equalized by a | system of road education, a sort of campaign to in- {form the public of the various routes that may be ‘used to reach the same destination. 1 | At the present time the motoring public sticks to, the highway because it knows no other way. Proper | | Posting, by means of large, easily read signs, giving | {alternate routes, would soon tend to divert some of {the excess traffic to the less used and, in many ; eases, more charming roads. | The proper agency to accomplish this result is in | each case the individual state since it is to the state’s | interest to avoid all the congestion possible and to | Speed up automobile traffic through the main high- | way arteries, i i Peace Must Be Cultivated (Minneapolis Journal) j This American generation indulges the notion that | peace is a natural condition. It regards war as an jinterruption, just as disease is an interruption of hi health. Our American forefathers held no such no- jtion. They gained théir foothold on this continent by fighting. They enlarged it by fighting, and what they had, they held by fighting, or by readiness to fight. a: All the peace there is in the world, whether with-1 in a community or among states, is conquered peace, and whatever peace there is, is maintained by ef- \fort. Peace is an artificial condition, as much.so as any other of the main attributes of civilization, and to maintain peace requires wisdom, foresight, judg. | ment, as well as force in reserve. Because society carries a big stick, society gets some peace. And because nations are alert for their own protection, yet heedful of the rights of other nations, they get some peace. : But the process has been from natural war of man against man, group against group, city against city, state against state, to artificial peace, first within a community itself, and then among communities. When the state of world peace is reached some day, it will be an elaborate equilibrium of delicate and complex adjustment. It may be stable, but it will be the most artificial of the creations of civilization. No man in any community is absolutely safe from violence. Even in the best protected city a man may be robbed, beaten or murdered. Similarly, there is no nation not subject to attack, even that one which does least to invite hostilities. The lesson of Germany can well be taken to heart by every nation, to, be careful of its conduct, aye, even of its manners, if it wishes to be left at peace. Peace for any nation requires to be cultivated. If the Germany, left so mighty and secure by Bis- marck, could twenty-eight years later come the most tremendous cropper in modern history, why, anything can happen to any state, just as anything could happen to any man. Maybe the United States can stand off all the world. Maybe she some day will be required to prove it. , An Object Lesson (St. Paul Dispatch) the fifth successive year to present to farmers and those interested in farming who visit the Minnesota state fair next month, an object lesson that will make visible the figures issued by the U. S. de- partment of agriculture on the terrible and increas- ing loss sustained by the grain gyower in dockage. The department’s figures show that the loss by dockage ran close to $20,000,000 in 1925 from the four states, Minnesota, Montana, North and South Dakota, and an increase in bushelage of nearly 2 passengers carried in the United States was 1,211,- | The ncrthwest dairy exposition will endeavor Remarkable Record per cent over 1924. South Dakota lost 88,440 tons, It.is reported that only one passenger lost-his life| °T 8-7 per cent of her wheat shipments; North Da- as the result of a railway accident, in Great, Britain| kota lost a larger amount, due to « larger crop, but the past: year, and that one was not killed outright, | '** Percentage was 7.4. Minnesota lost 30,488 tors, but ‘died from shock, due to his weak state of health, |" Percentage of 3.1. Abcording to the rules governing official statistics,| The dairy exposition will attempt to picture the however, this death had to be reported as caused by|!0s8 involved, by graphs, charts and colored panels, the aceident, preventing 1925 from figuring in the| it will show the loss in freight paid on the weed same category as 1901 and 1908, when not a single|seeds shipped with grain, in the binding twine, paseénger met death in an accident on the British, threshing and labor bills involved in harvesting it. railways, In 1909 there was only one fatality; in| It will show the trainload of dockage that arrives 1916, 1919 and 1923 there were three éach, and ‘in| every third day of the year 1914, six, making » total of only 17 deaths in the|M™itals. ' The dockage so shipped is valuable, for the most part, to the farmer. A small percentage of it is | ¢} dirt, chaff, coal dust, but most of it is composed of seeds which when ground supply a. good feed ration | for stock. Mixed with wheat, it is shipped and lost and the farmer not only loses it, but pays the freight for carrying it away. It was to end this Dakota people at the Minnésote ter- | twice, h Trying to Head Him Off | Carolin Welle BEGIN HERE TODAY MRS., PRENTISS sees lights mysteriously appear and disap- pear in the HEATH household next door one night, and the next day Harbor Gardens, Long Island, is agog with the murder of MYRA HEATH and the dis- appearance of her husband, PERRY. House guests of the Heaths are LAWRENCE 'INMAN, heir to Myra’s fortune, and BUNNY Moore, vivacious, golden- hatred, to m suspicion points ‘because of her refusal to answer questions. Myra Heath was peculiar. She never used cosmetics, never wore colors. She had a mania for col- arg | glass, and it was a rare old whiskey bottle from her col- lection that the murderers used to kill her. Candles were burn- ing at her head and feet and nearby was a card marked, “The Work of Perry Heath.” Strang- est of all, she was heavily made up_with~rouge. The uliar thing about Heath's disappearance is that all the windows and doors had heen locked on the inside the night before and were found that way in the morning. Finger prints of Bunny Moore and Inman were found on the bottle. At the Country, Club, the mur- der is discussed by SAM AN- DERSON, Heath's rival for the b presidency; AL CUNNING- ho is trying to solve the rime, and others. Somé believe Heath the murderer. Andvrson disagrees. TODHUNTER BUCK, nephew of Mrs. Prentiss and in love with Bunney, suggests to Cunningham that Heath also have been murdered. MA, a waitress in the Heath home, tells of seeing Bun- ny ascend the stairs about the time of the murder, carrying her vanity case. Later Bunny is amazed to get a phone call from Perry Heath telling her Inman is guilty, Bunny m and faints under a TECTIVE MOTT, who m his mind she is guiltyae. ningham determines fo Perry Heath. CHAPTER XXVIII Meantime, Bunny was returning from a motor trip with Mrs. Prentiss, refreshed in body and mind by the pleasant drive and the cheering P Cun- “tind Prentiss was greatly taken ,with Bunny Moore. When they reached the Prentiss house, that good lady advised Bunny! to ru and tidy up for luncheon. And so it was a serene, atmost happy looking girl who came down in a fresh white frock and joined Mrs, Prentiss and her nephew at the table on the porch, i Beside Bunny’s plate lay a séaled| note. ~ ( With a murmured word of apol- ogy, Bunny opened it and her eyes ran over the contents, “Nothing important.” she szid,: smiling, “and carelessly tucked the missive under the napkin in her ta) But she seemed to have acquired new interest in life She was more ani gayly, even jestingly, i ited, she spoke j ‘once: or} er laughter rang out quite, like the Bunny of old times, Todhunter Buck wes fascinated. ion. penn, at Ca sich enl ened by a touch of gay impertinence, armed the young man almost out had seen many times, but it seemed H fat this time he fell a little harder than ever before. at But as she left the table, Bunny's mood nage oy losing’ ) REE se: Rising, she dro; e letter front her ‘lan, and when Toddy picked’ it handed ‘it she valed own schemes, They persecute an ballyrag a witness into saying al- most anything they want said, and then announce it es evidence. You've heard of railroading. Well, Bunny will be ilroaded, unless we look alive! There, I've told you my opin- fons, and you know, your old Aunt is fairly astute in her judg- ments.” 3 ‘ou bet you are, Aunt Emt fred I'm going to fly at this thing, and { 1 can't get at the truth of busi- ness, I-know somebody who c » “Who?” “A-friend of mine—a regular. de- teckatif feller. But I'm. going. to have a wire — first, “You see, Tv a hunch!” Annet, depply impresed by. that news, .Todhunter. I can’t think you know a hiinch when you see one! If you know a teally good detecti you'd better get hold ‘of him ‘ths follow your own silly hunches!' “I tthe want fi may I go to my room for a ‘And not be disturbed—unless it’s necessary.” . Prentiss, with her quick in- tuition, Knew the girl meant unless by a summons of the law. But she only said, “Certainly, my ‘It come for you, if—if itis y.. Try to .get some, rest.” ing perfunctorily, Bunny went slowly up the stairs, ki “Oh: by gosh, Aunt’ Emily, isn't: j there is of it!” .Toddy ing his. aunt's hands in he beamed: at her. Mrs. Prentiss spoke striously, “if you are really fond of the girl, you'd better get. busy and epge what you can do for her. For, 1 can.tell you, my boy, she is in im- minent danger of arrest.” ‘ Aunt Em, pees erezy’ ‘ou're crazy if you. can’t see where she stands, That may, Mott, has his eagle eye on her, and his claws aré itching to clutch at her threat! I tell you, Tod, un! can find a better suspect, things are going to look very black for Moore.” “Then I'll find a better Tt find the real criminal! bab; crime! Aunt Em. You know noes as a snowflake, don't y “Well, dear, like you, of her killing anybody, even in a sudden fit of passion. She isn’t that sort, Her temper is the temper of a walfel child, but not of a vicious natute: “1 can read people, and I have Gale in Bunny, But police de- tecti¥és fire a dogged, obstinate lot. If Shag eet a suspect in tl minds, wad ahat thecty.” ‘They even twist wa at theory. ey even twist and {@arble the evidence to fit tl —unless first, and if that int pan out TN yell for’ Truitt. 8 ve Truitt.” . of him, “Yee, though he's a you! We. were. college chums, and Beant as sey sae Watt, ere m junc! nl fed the lady. And T think’ he did it, because ' And L think he was not in love wit not by no means!—but chap. ora a8 1 Fie her, ‘he just ti wl | premeditatedly, le Wald for ter.” and sit down.” “Care if THAT STATEMENT, HR. MORRISON, 1S NOT IN-RECOING NITH YOUR ACTIONS IN THe ig - =, IN OTHER WORDS, TOU ASSERVA p MOTIVATES tS To DISSIMULATION $ quickly flosh- ; s away, dyes’ looked sPiease, Mrs. love with him, and it a Bat one old 4 is S jove wi Jann: Pao be ry * tninan sald, “take a ‘aegt T ask you some ques: oI { | inson was angry or frightened, but! my boy, ; the blood rushed to his faee until it’ I knew, however, a] eae He's rather|- vs pw he was id. ns wteYou're in love with Mi this calm the stairs that night. at half ¢ my do aah and Ets, 9 1 AN UNDERSTANDING 1 could not tell whether Mr, Rob- was fairly purpl that he understood by the questions that 1 had said and would, net di me to it. cae he said fey ion, sai 1 found the. bottle, and I aurmised that it was you who. left it there. Thank-you, very: much.” 1 was sure by way, he. spoke that he knew. ] never would betray him in any wey 4 his stepdaughter. ‘The door opened into the drawin room and entering 1 was yery, muel surprised to find John Meredith teaay standing near the mantel, must have come in through; oi the long Frefich windows, for been standing in the hallway. “Hello, John,” said. Mr. casually. “Hello, edi Lwes Al just as impersonall, hat brought you ) to the city, where you have not been for so many years?” hin stepfather in- quired. “1 wanted to be present at the set- tlement of Joan’s and my estate, which was to be made today.” “Are you sure it’s today, I'm cre t a has foi it. Di e send you a ni asked Ne. Robinson with assumed mrought o' seme to be Symington ha myself, a ing on well, i fr not called Qpon me tions?” Tod said, with forward glance at the ot ish you would. I a against it—have you any ideas? ‘Buck looked ‘at him, curiously. “Nothing but,” e returned. “Haven't you?” “Yep. a Leva ed all brite Say, I'm told you ha jetective ingtinet—I lieve that’s the techni- cal term—can' og ferret out who my cousin? atraight- on ss Buck shot out the words with such clear-cut emphasis and assured in- tent, that Inman, ad of show- ing pis eer, rely replied, “ n't. do : NSaddenly Todhunter Buek’s heart fell. He couldn't have explained it him- self, but there was something about Inman's plain statement that carried conviction—a deep’ conviction—that telling the simple truth. “Who did then?” was all he vith Mand Teddy. ‘asked, etly, an 4 Haviee suddenly taken a Uking to m: petson, replie s 1 tell you of the danger But, tie in _ in. hel me to help h od Know someting!" Buck ex-, taimed, wi aot i “intuit jon. his aunt's. T heard’ # sound - 8 or 2 Nash ‘ef, “Yes, this: k, and I ed dt is. “the then, after a few moments, rent downstairs, ,and found % =a dead in” e at head. and feet—and, I felt of her outstretch- ed arm, it—it:was atill warm!” od arm, {tee ner Coutlnned) ” , l*—"News of Our". | ed in ¢ John Kruger Ki i nt and Elsie » A. Kruger, John were at ihe river” west. of Baldwin near Walter Simon's, pick! wild pes and ehokech last was : caller on Se boys Wednesday noon while Nacking ‘way on the old. H. Horne place. t Art Magni calleg gt Geo, ju night ‘Charles Rue received a,telegram Y, pisht from Albert Les, telling of the death of his ‘. yy, by Monday night to ee ‘the funeral mothe! over ’. - ike Fisher and Mash Wilton were dinner guests of the Strom) attend- held Geo. Middle- dance and ita> hit hn. z A) 5 inte ie £ 5E J Te i if 3 | for money alight rani Dad,” answered John Mer- say, I'm up! Mrs. to start the expedition, htWell, Tm oery to disappol “Well, I'm, sorry isappoint you, I'm work Zan: not fone today. Elkins will not be able to come. He has been very in” all_right, Mr. Robinson,” 1 ei. te Hino, and de, are going ere. I’m expecting them any minute. That was all ar- wed by tel this morning. Mr. Josiah Elkins is feeling quite well today and he.thought. the drive would do him le said that with what small help he could give him, his son had been working on the papers for a lo time and they were a amile that wes odd not think ie 1 did not it_ was necessa! fo tell him ¢hat Jerry had found ‘4 all out for me through his father, who was also a client of the Elki 1 eres contented myself with a nod, My strayed in to John Meredith.” This time T caught ‘an expression on his face which was entirely different from any I had ever seen there before. It was one of interest and appreciation. I would almost say that he had re- eure vee es (ang As soon, jowever, as he caught my eye his face settled back again into its sed indifference. Elkins, father and son, were an- nounced and we proceeded to seat ourselves. (Copyright, 1928, NEA. Servic ‘ Twi — ak a TOMORROW—The . Kruger, John and Elsie, Mr. and Mrs. John Reish ood family, Mr. and Martin Took ir, and Mrs, Geo, Whitted and family were all berring to thé Missouri river Sun- day. They had a delicious picnic dinner a plenty of wild grupes, plums and chokecherries. John Anderson and family called on iB F | .Enbs a | fies 13 | oie the | tamil; Martin Nelson on business Monday morning.. “Otto .Swanson is expecting David Trygg .up one of these days to put up a new windmill which was blown down in a big windstorm some time jis summer, . Geo.’ Nelson was cutting grain for Nels Ne! le Mrs. A. Kruger, John and Elsie, were visiting with Geo. Nelson's Tuesday afternoon. Ed. Lundquist’s. were Bismarck shoppers last Friday. Mrs. Jean Cunningham from Fargo is visiting with her folks this week, Mr. and Mrs, Ed. Lundquist. Ben Benson was a dinner guest with, Mrs. A. Kruger Monday noon. Geo. Nelson is cutting wheat for ie old John Kruger this week on Horne piace. John Kruger motored to Wilton on For I'm hoping you can; pasiness Tuesday night. Geo, Nelson’ was a caller on Lusi- ness at John Anderson's Wednesday morning doing some blacksmith work. John Anderson: and family took in the movie show-held in Regan Satur- day night. ‘iimer day Strandemo’s~ and didn ‘around. till about 5 o'clock. People were waiting iently till noon for d went home and gave him up. im. john Anderson and family, Elsie ion, Martin son, Geo. Nelson | and. family, Mrs. Nels Nelgon and family, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Strom, Mr. and Mrs. Olget Ryberg took in the movie. and’ acting show held in Regan Tuesday night. number attended the 101 the léth. 5 5 Baker and fam- ily motored to Bismarck Seturday morning, Mrs. Beker and children at- tending the Wild West circus, Mr. rman and son, Charles, and Mr. Melvin Agnew were ‘epping “in Bismarck Saturday. - 'r. and Mrs. Chris DeGroot and were visitors at the Edd Eb- Mi jome Sunday. . Sunday school was not well at- tended on account of the rainy look- ing weather. Keiss Lauretta Jacobson, who has been spending the summer with her irs. Park Wood, left Sunday marck. Mr, and Mrs.:Otto Ayres enter- tained Mr. and' Mrs. Dennis Cook, Mr. and Mrs, Paul Cook, Mrs. Olli Cook of Bismarck and Mr. and Mra. RB. G, Abelein and children at a picnic dinner Sunday at the picnic grounds north of Menoken. ‘Mr. find Mt M. Ludemann ‘re- | turned from a‘trip to Iowa enter. They visited relatives in Haron, and’ Cedar so visiting Mr. and rt Bruner. ‘ Miss Edna Dralle, Albert Drall Mrs. Lawrence Baer and little son Bismarck called at the Edd Ebling jome and W. T. Dance home Tues- bas afternoon. ; ir, Joe Hill: motored to Bismarck Monday to have his shoulder sree which was hurt when his horse fel with him, showed that Tiga- 1 ete Er Draile, Albert and. Edna 5 an Dralle, Mrs. ead’ ling and little daughter left W:)'nesday for Tse- lay | ‘men, N. D., to visit: Mr. and Mra. Lafe to return - Blensley. They expect Sunday. Rk A ne of workmen are now busy lengthen ing the rack 1, foot for the Northern Sheriff Hed: i ot i s 3 if L oF i §