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¢ AGEFOUR i be) tL he = on0 seseroeddory te oem em : i i} Foreign Representatives Bismarck Tribune An Independent Newspaper THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) rublished by the Bismarck Tribune Company, smarck, N. D., and entered at the postoffice at marck as second class mail matter. orge D. Mann. ...President and Publisher Subscription Rates Payable In Advance fly by carrier, per year ... fly by mail, per year, (in Bismarck fly by mail, per year, (in state outside Bismarck) ....-+ ily by mail, outside of North Dakota aekly by mail, in state, per year ... zekly by mail, in state, three years 2ekly by mail, outside of North year Dakota Member Audit Bureau of Circulation Member of The Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the 2 for repubiication of all news dispatches credited to or not otherwise credited in this (tna and also the al news of spontaneous origin published herein. All| chts of republication of all other matter herein are 30 reserved, G. LOGAN PAYNE COMPANY HICAGO DETROIT wer Bldg. Kresge Bldg. & SMITH 3W YORK - Fifth Ave, Bldg. (Official City, State and County Newspaper) PAYNE, BURNS Is a Tree Worth a Dollar? Up at Franconia Notch, in the White Moun- ‘ins of New Hampshire, a strange new voice dis the air and the Old Man of the Mountain i worried. It is the voice of the ax ringing it its threat to the forests. ‘The Gerat Stone Face, immortalized by Na- yaniel Hawthorne, fears the loss of his friends, «3 friends that have stood there with him for inturies. Man’s desire for a few more board ‘et of lumber is the motive. ‘Not a tourist goes into New England but vis- 3 Franconia Notch to see the Old Man, in his Sautiful surroundings. There is Profile Lake ad the Flume that has been carved by the tor- ynts of ages washing against the solid rock of 1e hills. Echo Lake sits like a jewel on a tural carpet of beautiful texture and there }e the Mirroring Basin and the Pool. Caress- @ Shoulder Mountain is Lonesome Lake. Over il this the Great Stone Face has looked for yes and it all has been beautiful and good. TNow the song of the ax on the grindstone ghoes up through the wooded valley. The Old «an of the Mountain looks down upon his senic paradise and hears the harsh song with rror. They are about to slay the Old Man’s ciends, the trees where the sweet birds sing, he trees that hold the waters. clothe the hill- tdes and provide firewood for the bleak nights. ‘Stumps! Here they would be like the black- ned butts of cigars strewn upon a priceless tiental rug! © To help the society far the protection of New ‘ampshire forests, the American Nature asso- tation, with headquarters at Washington, ¢.C., has started a campaign to have the public ®.y the Notch. You can buy a tree by send- ig the association a dollar, No better me- eorial could be chosen. 1 | Driving Speed and Accidents Now another voice has been raised in pro- ress. 9 | & ‘geons, cooperating with the Motion Picture | Signed to teach surgery, medicine and sanita- ex-congressmen, he made no effort to be re-} elected. He stayed practically in seclusion un- | til the time of his death. New leaders have taken the place of John Dalzell in the house. There are other groups which have taken the sceptre of power. But any history of the United States in the 1900's must inevitably include a portrait of John Dal- zell, “the father of the house of representa- tives,” and a type fast vanishing from con- Commendable Educational Work The decision of the American College of Sur- Producers of America, to release pictures de- tion, is highly commendable. The films will be made available, through sale or rental, for doctors, hospitals and nurses throughout the world. Surgeons in out-of-the- way localities may rent pictures showing op- erations. In the event that a plague threat- ens a small community, films showing the most modern method of treatment can be rushed to the scene. Subjects to be included in the series are anat- omy, physiology, bacteriology, embryology, surgery, operating room technique, experimen- tal medicine, health examination, obstetr hygiene and sanitation, neurology, hosp management and nursing. The nature of the organizations cooperating in the production of the films indicates that they will be produced with great care and wis- dom. Their subject matter should make them most valuable contributions toward education of the public in medical matters. Editorial Comment | The Man Who Came Back (Minneapolis Journal) Babe Ruth, the baseball player, last week broke the major league home run record, es- tablished by himself six years earlier, a record the fans thought would stand forever. The feat is doubly remarkable, in view of the fact that just two years ago Ruth seemed defi- nitely headed for St, Joseph, Missouri, or some equally secluded port of has-been ball players. Prior to that, 1925 season, he had permitted his physical condition to deteriorate to such an er- tent that spring training, instead of helping him, wrecked him. How then, was Babe Ruth able to come back last year with a total of forty-seven home runs? How was he able to break ten different world series records last October? How was he able to smash out sixty homers in the sea- son just closed, shattering his own amazing 1921 mark? Writing in a popular periodical some months ago, one of the men who effected the rescue of Ruth in the period between the 1925 and|; 1926 seasons, disclosed the secret. mysterious about it; nothing magical. Just sane living, a course that is easy for anybody to follow, detoured the Babe from the St. Joseph road to the entrance path of the hall of fame. Frightened by his breakdown in 1925, this remarkable swatter of baseballs ac- tually did adopt a rational manner of living, and actually did come back. The point is this: If sane living could con- vert the wrecked Ruth of two years ago into au €st against the laws which limit the speed of tomobiles by arbitrary measures. This time . is John H. Mackall, chairman and chief en-|living do for a great many thousands of Amer- Jineer of the Maryland highway commission. 1} Mr. Mackall goes farther than most of those tho have objected to the set rulings and calls em both “senseless” and “based on igno- ance of the problem.” It is the Maryland man’s contention that jhere is little or no relation between speed lim- es and accidents. He says that, in a business ef the magnitude of automobile driving, there Ite bound to be a certain number of accidents, ‘ot denying, however, that exercise of care ould prevent them. But he does believe that emitation of speed limits is of no help in pre- ention of accidents. a In Michigan the experiment of setting no lim- ws, but requiring all drivers to proceed at a hpeed “‘compatible with public safety” is being Sried. So far, it has worked well. There has 4een no marked increase in the number of fa- lities, and the majority of drivers are prov- weg that they can use ordinary common sense hen it comes to driving. _ g Whether Mr, Mackall’s complaint will go un- - “seeded by the majority of the states is hard tu tuy. It may be difficult for many people to 8ntirely divorce the combination of driving and accidents. It does seem, though, t a “speed limit” such as Michigan has dopted, which permits adjustment to the need ¥Fif the moment and depends largely on the con- testion of the road, is a sensible idea and one which could profitably be used in other states. 80 th Governmental Inconsistency * San Francisco is all aroused over the pending Ybrosecution by the governmen. of two motion snicture men who tried to show pictures of the : $v unney-Dempsey fight which had been shipped on After every big fight there is some argu- nent about the fight picture matter. It is per- ectly legal for a citizen to +ttend a fight. It as legal to show pictures of the bout in other hatates, once they get there, provided they feren’t shipped in, But it is illegal to ship tohem. het once. wi Why such a silly law as that prohibiting the hipping of fight pictures was ever placed on e books is not known. But it is there, and ‘n order to protect the United States from the harge of inconsistency in administration of its pws, it ought to be removed just as soon as ss gets a chance to do it. Another Vanishing Type ‘The death of John Dalzell in California of- an oppértunity to look back over a golden in American politics. " Back before 1912, Mr. Dalzell was a power 4 politics. Along with “Uncle s he ruled the house with an iron d for years. He was an able parliamenta- & forceful speaker and a clever politician. the best known men in the coun- when the protest against “Can- remember him. reelection. Then he|and more popular, however. view. Unlike many other The absurdity of the thing is apparent | lin to rise, and members of con- they would eS paying a icans of Ruth’s age who, relatively young as they may be, are now doing their best (or an elaborate attempt at cheerfulness and casualness, “have been quarrel- ing. tion?” keenly at her husband’s moody face, with its veiled, sullen blue eyes and stern-set mouth, then at Cherry’s small face, paler than usual, but dominated by burning- bright golden eyes. rouged lower lip was thrust out ike a pouting child’s. Nothing] a Cherry retorted bitterly. of thanking me for getting ten dol- lars a month more than he had in- tended to ask, and for signing this tenant on a year’s lease, with the last month’s rent as_ security, he gives me Hail Columbia—” I am sore,” Bob interrupted her savagery, as cepted his filled. dinner plate from Faith, if tage of my absence rom the office, the mighty Ruth of today, what could not sane| F. head to a man I wouldn't have had around me for twice the rent she’s so proud of having vamped him into paying.” THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1927 SAINT = SINNER “You, two,” Faith began, with) soing concern, was making a snug little fortune out of his mail order business. So Bruce Patton — isn’t that a gorgeous name for a sheik? —bought him out or rather his ‘sucker list’ .s Bob so inelegantly calls it, and, with a change of name and address, is successfully carry- ing on.” “Carry on’ is right!” Bob snorted. “May I have a littie more gravy, Faith? This veal loaf is too salty. Bett>r be glad you haven't any, Snooks,” he added to Joy, with a tactlessness that made Faith’s cheeks go crimson, “Cherry has agreed to give him half her time for twenty dollars a week, but I suppose I'll be lucky if I get an hour a day of her time for the|: fifteen I'll pay her.” ~ “Well, of all things!” flared. “I call that rank ingrati- tude! Here I rent that tiny hole of an office for fifty dollars a month for you, and. save you more than half of my salary, and all you do is to crab! I'd like to know what’s eating you!” “The American dinner _ table should be called the national bat- tle ground,” Faith remarked light- ly, but she too, she reflected as the old pain of suspicion and jeal- ousy tightened about her heart, would like to know what was “eat- What is the bone of conten- Her calm brown glanced flushed, eyes Cherry’s little “Oh, he’s raising the roof because rented that little office today to perfectly marvelous tenant,” “Instead Cherry “You know perfect! well why he ungraciously ac- “She simply took advan- aith, to rent the plac. over my Aboard the S. S. Paris, where at Sea—Notes from the log of a Paris-bound Gothamite— Here, caught upon a sea as blue as the old fagily washtub on Mon- day, is a little world that echoes all the desires, achievements of humanit, Here we are, a few hundred people picked indiscriminately from ciety, and hence typical of all the world’s struggle, romance, comedy, wealth, power and poverty. Come with me on a stroll! First we go to third class where, amo many others sits Hale - Hale ern has been struggling to establish his position as an artist. ... Finally his etchings began to .. He won a prize or so at thropist, who has played g to so many struggling artists. ... Kahn is treating Woodward to two years of Paris and Spain... . For the young negro this chance. ... Fortune has at last chosen to smile on him. ... So he sits in the sun and s' . + « No one on the ship is worst) to reach the scrap heap ahead of their] “Is this new tenant so undesir-| ing” Bob. But—didn’t “she know, fortieth birthdays? able? Who is he?” asked Faith. | really? happy. as the tax on gasoline. Statistics collected by American Highways show that forty-six of the forty-eight states now levy a tax on gasolin2> used for motor vehicles, ranging from two to five cents a gallon. Two states, Illinois and New Jersey, have come into line this year, leaving only New York and Massachusetts without the gas tax. In twenty-two states the tax rate was increased this year, six of them adding two cents a gal- lon to the tax, sixteen raising it one cent, and two others half a cent. Minnesota, Wisconsin and North Dakota still levy two cents, the minimum, while Iowa has raised to three cents and South Dakota to four. The tax on gasoline commends itself to goo:l sense for two main reasons. It practically taxes use of the roads, taking che place of the old toll road system, but with the minimum of | inconvenience to the payer. The tax is con- cealed in the filling station charge. The other point in its favor is ease of collec- tion. Systems vary, but in Minnesota the tax is. collected at almost nominal expense, along with the inspection fees, through the state oil inspector’s staff. = The only excuse for the gasoline tax is to raise funds for building and maintai.ing roads. Some states, because of financial stress, have used this revenue for other things, but the tendency in legislation this year has been t) turn it into road building exclusively, and to use it more and more on the primary roads built by the state itself. Minnesota is facing a battle over an attempt to reverse this tendency, and cut into the gaso- e tax receipts for the benefit of local roads. In other states it is noticeable that where part of the tax goes back to the counties, it is dis- tributed according to the amounts paid in, which is fair, whether or not it is wise. The Minnesota proposal, however, is to distribute the money according to road mileage, penaliz- ing the counties which have the largest popu- lations and pay the heaviest tax. It is conceded that as a road tax, the levy on gasoline ig fairest of all. There is a tend- ency to bring license taxes on motor vehicles down and increase the rate on gasoline. In Minnesota there is a bar in the state constitu- tion against much further reduction of the mo- tor vehicle tax, and it has not been altered ma- terially in Eee last three years. Under the Minnesota rule, vars are exempted from taxation as personal property only as they are taxed on a “more onerous” basis for the highway fund. It is a question whether many car-owners are not getting off easier now than personal property tax far easier, less painful, “Pay as you ride” is a slogan in keeping with the times, The gasoline tax is - darling,” her tone changed to lilting joyousness with ihe rapidity which |* was peculiarly Cherry’s. most romantic looking thing I ever saw, smoldering black eyes—” what he is,” Bob began violently. “How do you know he’s a faker? His lesson charts look simply won- derful to me. by mail, Faith—” was startled. How clearly she re- membered man who really murdered Ralph Cluny, for whose death Cherry had been placed on trial in January. laughed, gay again, “he bought out Hutchinson’s business. It that our friend the murderer had a | OUR BOARDING HOUSE “Undesirable!” Cherry echoed “Ah, fall is her .” the poet said, “T think I'll write a pome.” A buckeye promptly left a «ree, And socked him on tha dome. “He’s the “He’s a damned faker, that’s shrilled. | % ee ee ee | A Thought | ia i Te em For the fashion of this world passeth away.—I Cor, 7:31. eo # Fashionability is a kind of ele- vated vulgarity.—George Darley. Try our modern high pres- sure greasing service for all cars—prices reasonable—Short Stop Station, “Shut up!” Cherry = He teaches dancing “Not Hutchinson, surely!” Faith Brady Hutchinson, the “As a matter of fact,” Cherry seems = AA GREAT CAESAR MEN, COME, COME,~You MUST EF Rainn’ OUTSIDE? A BE UP AND DOING!~EGAD,E| we AIN'T SEEN BTWERE HAS BEEN~T00 MUCH 4-3 Yous SINCE “THAT A LAXITY IN-THis DEPARTMENT! ( BARREL OF WINE gas MY WORD, YOURS Is PINCH LAST MARCH! SS -THE. RESPONSIBILITY oF ww MEMBERS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, ~ AND |?" WOMENS CLUB MINE “lo METE OUT HAS BEEN IN ASKIN’ 4, DUSTICE fu. SORRY To J? FoR VoL, «ue LOOKS Zak SAN, Nou HAVE BEEN LUKE You Go on 74\ SOMEWHAT NEGLIGENT!) $ A HOOK IN ~TH’ g SMOKE- HOLS “THis nt ts, FE) . im am E | NEXT ELECTION?! eee 4 REET ed by a Genii— scornfully, “Please pass the bread,|_NEXT—Cherry’s firt wi Up a few steps and we are second | ™°™ i 5 : Gasoline Taxes For Roads Faith, “E wish ta heaven saadihave\Bunce Balin leigh 6 eee bea] er aan oes ae HSE I ae (Minneapolis Journal) something besides this heavy brown of seven dressed in a trim sailor! (int. children of other rich mem iNiildeasinteonmectionce tuk th vement for bread. It scratches my throat. ‘The |@———___________| suit, with a jaunty beret ted | fue held in leach, like dope out for .No idea ction wil je Movement 10r| now tenant is simply glorious, Faith | Justajingle | over her ear. ... She has come peiaced held in rt a e pee ene tee better roads has swept the cou itry as rapidly alone from San Francisco... And PE 20.5 ee We BBN OC RIMS now she travels alone to Paris... . Her fame has spread from the en- gine room to the captain’s cabin. «» Queen Marie, traveling in state to America, received not one-half the attention that comes unasked to this French eyes .. service is at her Every woman aboard finds her pi tective. mother impulse Every ‘steward waits «por she takes her lunches in a deck chair and a huge tray balances on The little French shops re been looted of dolls and ~ Her hours of risi: her lap. aboar dainties ., and retiring are watched closely. ... The business magnate and the Peasant woman meet at the arms of her chair... . a7 rt must Be SSS 7 ‘od Getta’ © 3 Busy AN’ GOIN’, pretty LAST FEW WEEKS, APTER PLAYIN’ A ¥LUTE ALL YEAR ! + You/RE “TAGGED AN’ Editor's Note: This is the third of a series of four articles on our policy toward Mexico as affected by the appointment of Dwight Morrow as ambassa- dor. ‘Tomorrow’s concluding article will deal with the forth- coming Mexican presidential election. BY RODNEY DUTCHER Washington, Oct. 7.—When the Hon. Dwight Morrow arrives in Mexico as our new ambassador the | chief matters which will occupy his interest will b 1—The Mexican oil land laws. 2—The payment of interest on Mexican ond: held in this country and abroad. 3—The Mexican presidential elec- tion. All these problems ar~ more or less tied up with each other and are of considerable int st to the peo- ple of the United States. The petroleur ':ws question, which caused a nasty exchange of notes and considerable talk of in- tervention less than a year ago, has subsided to a diplomatic deadlock between the two governments which is still shot with possibilities. If the Mexican supreme court decides the laws are not constitu- tional, the issue will be dead. But if it decides the other way xnd the Calles government seizes Ameri can property, it ‘s still likely that the arms embargo will he lifted and! that Mexico will, by design, plunged into chaos. The embargo remains this country’s big club over Mexico. c oe * The situation has been saved to date by President Calles various concessions an. his failure to con- fiscate any oil lands. Unless he commits some unexpected overt ac it may be that, with Morrow in Mexico City, the situation eventual- ly will be solved by arbitration as recommendec so overwhelmingly by the United States S e. Incidentally, the big reason that this government fecls it can’t al- low Mexico to enforce her oil land laws is that a precedent would be established for northern countries of South America where we have huge oil stakes. By providing for the 50-year concessions, he Calles government has demonstrated that it doesn’t intend > prevent our companies from gett'ag all the oil out. Some- | | se * The reader ma~ recall frustrations and or one s0- Tf she walks alone for a mo. ent we all leap from our chairs and try to divert her. All that is tender and gentle in a great shipload of ool and women floats upon the sur- aCe, wwe pathos, eee 7 a’ Up another stairway and we are in first class. ... At the head of the stairs we all but collide with a Junoesque nursemaid. ... She is garbed after the fashion of the nursemaids pictured in Harper’s Bazar, Vanity Fair and the other so-called “journals of society.” Almost in leash run ‘w They are never out of e; « «If she would dare to divert her attention for a moment and they| were to run about alone—but there is no such chance. ... For these! are the children of Mr. G-, the multi-millionaire, and member of the “400.” , . . Suddenly we note th..t for each of three children there is an individual maid. . They ap- pear out of nowhere though sum- _ Woodwai is a young and comes For years he atten- « And someone told e Manhattan philan- angel is his big happily. 80 _* them more thon any children upon | the earth. ... They don’t seem to| be having much fun, for they are allowed to participate in the “vul- gar” pastimes of other children. And there you have u little scene from three classes of a ship. And in them the elements that pretty swell symbolize all life ... from the primal protective instinct to the gestures of high civilization ... all caught out here in a tiny world gg on with entire maid disposal . jable to continue fo aspen ———$_—_—_—_—__—__—_—_—_— .. _________], WASHINGTON, _ LETTER Ka two reports within the last year concerning th> doubtful ability of Mexico to make her annual bond interest paymen., amounting to nearly $15,000,00° These reports were not exaggerated. Her internal religious troubles and her row with foreign oil in- terests have not let: Mexico in ex- cellent financial condition. The oil companies have drastically curtailed Mexican production, putting a crimp in tax collectic@s. This curtailment was due either to a desire to retali- at. against Mexico or to the over- production in this country—or both. Mexico came through last year with her first fs since the fall of Porfi_io Diaz, She has con- tinued just abows to make the grade. The Pani-Lamont agreement calls for monthly $500,000 payments, the balance to be made up at the end of th year. President Calles, in- cidentally, allowed only 8 per cent for oil taxes in his 1927 budget and ou his budget for 1 ‘t year has failed to enter «ny credit for oil taxes whatever! Morrow’s presence in Mexico City will be so much added :nsurance for continued ayments. If Mexico falls down on them, her credit is virtual- ly ruined throaghout the world Morrow undc btedly will be int sted in keepin® Mexico in a posi- where she ce pay and his inancial mind will also _onsider the possibilities fo. eventual repayment of the bonds’ $50,000,000 principal. The Morrow appointment also seems to improve Alvaro Obregon’s hances for the presidency. In the st place, Obregon would surely ntain a ctronger government n any other candidate nov. i the fiel Secondly, Obregon was_the Mexican sponsor of the Payne-War- ren and Pani-Lamont agreements. The first accord has been waved by this overnment in the oil laws dispute, to be met by the Calles gov- ernment’s assertion that subsequent Mexican laws did not violate it and that even if they did it was only an agreement with he Obregon gov- ernment which did not bind Obre- gon’s successors. It was only on the signing of these agreements that this government recognized Obregon and invoked tiie arms em- bargo in such a way ‘hat he was hold _ power, With Obregon president again, it is believed that this government could hold him to his own agreements. or three weeks of age they are given cod liver oil and exposed to ultra- violet rays in order to prevent the development of rickets. Even with this trertment, however, many oi these infant: are givatly delayed in the developing of teeth. [BARBS —— + A hospital is a plare where person’s condition usuailly is “sat- ° .| isfactory.” There isn’t any wild west any more, so just where is a ‘young man upposed to go? i Sixty thousand miles of the 170,- COU miles of federal planned roads have been completed this year Maybe Mr. Ford’s idea is to be pre- pared to fill up that 110,000 milez just as quickly as they can be built, A Miss Crook is a_ prohibition agent working out of eae Now all the service needs is a Mr. Hook. Our idea of superfluous enter- tainment is a husband-calling con- test. A wife-calling contest might be a terrible flop but it would be news, eso Maybe one of the seasons you don’t see women xnitting these days is because wool catches fine from the tiniest spark. ° HERRERE Spo Se a a | Old Masters | —— that plows and churns through seas of purest indigo. GILBERT SWAN. PSST aa tt ng [Daily Health Service | BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor Journa: of the American Medical Association and of Hygeia, the Health Magazine veryone remembers the old time incubator exhibition in amusement parks. The populace wandered through and gaped in amazement at the human beings who were be- ing kept alive by the marvels of modern ical science. Nowadays _ [80 much has been learned about the * care of premature babies that their handling is almost routine. from Normandy Wo A FULL Two prominent physicians. have described tation for prematur ORCHESTRA “TH” babies i Chicago. which has a has a capacity for the care of 20 infants. Seventy-five per cent of those taken care of are charitable cases, the number now avera,ing more than 100 babies eve: zi . Heated mbulance When a hospital is requested to care for a premature baby, it sends an electrically heated hand-ambu- lance with an interne and a nurse to nang the baby to a station. ~ The hand-ambulance is a satchel built as an incubator which pro- vides for nage the baby warm and well ventilated during the trans- mission from the home to the hos- tal, When it is received in the hos- the baby is placed in an- ubator which con- warm, since heat contro! is of the greatest importance. dressing Sables on byes the in- fants’ arment are Cl set al ficially heated, babies are fed with human L. the mother cannot nurse the child, milk from ‘twenty- ly fail to live be- Permitted to be- or are otherwise neg- soon as the babies are tw6 Hail, old October, bright and chill, First freédman from the summer sun! Spice At the bowl, and drink your Thank heaven, at last the sum- mer’s done! Come, friend, my fire is burning bright, A fire’s no longer out of place, How clear it glows! (there’s frost tonight) It looks white winter in the face. Be mine the tree that feeds the fire! Be mine the sun knows when to t set: Be mine the months when friends desire To turn in here from cold and wet! The sentry sun, that glared so lo: O’erhe: a, deserts ie summer Post; Ay, you may brew it hot and strong: “The Bays of winter”—come, a —Thomas Constable: Old October, FLAPPER FANNY SAYS: A 7 make # Mt ‘with’ mise? od