The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 4, 1928, Page 4

{PAGE FOUR - The Bismarck Tribune An fadependent Newspaper THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) Hl {Published by the Bismurck Tribune C mpany, Bis- marck, N. D., and entereu at the postoffice at Bis- 1 marck as second cl mail matter. ; Ceorge D. Mann sosoees President ana Publisher Subscription Rates Payable in Advance Daily by carri OP ABE cecccessececceee . Daily by mail, per year, (in Bismarck) ... Daily by mail, per year, (in state outside Bismarck) ......000 Daily by mail, yutside of North Dakota .. P Weekly by mail, in state, per y Weekly by mail, :2 state, three yea: Weekly by mail, outside of North year Member Audit Bureaa of Circula' 1 Member of The Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the F use for republicution of all news uispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this newspaper, also the local news of spontaneous origin published herein. All rights of republication of al) other mat- ter herein are also reserved. Foreign Representatives G. LOGAN PAYNE COMPANY NEW YORK - - - Fifth Ave. Bidg. CHICAGO DETPOIT Tower Bldg. Kresge Bldg. (Official City. State and County Ne cl jepaper) eet te Hiding Its Spots Nobody will be fooled by the generally ex- cellent personnel of the Tammany Hall delega- tion bound for the Houston convention. Not even the uninitiated have been deceivec into thinking Tammany Hall is a Sunday-school or- ganization or has suddenly “got religion.” There is no doubt that special pains have been taken this year to produce a good im- pression on the public mind and upon the Demo- cratic delegates from the “Solid South” and Mc- Adoo’s West. The Tammany delegation is hand-picked by the master hand, and with more than usual care, and with a view to answer- ing the prejudices and criticisms of the enemies of Tammany. The prominent and distinguished men who have permitted themselves to be en- rolled under the Tammany banner are intended as an answer to the allegation that no good thing can come out of Tammany Hall, and that it is necessarily and inherently the center of political corruption and evil. It is not a new thing for Tammany to give respectability and dignity to its delegations to national conventions by the selection of men of social and professional standing. The Balti- more convention of 1912 was an instance where impeccable delegates represented Tammany but failed to save it from a devastating hurricane of denunciation by William Jennings Bryan, who ‘was not deceived by the spotless front. The holier-than-thou Democrats are for- getting themselves. They are making the dangerous and very un-Democratic thing of ad- mitting that there are some “bad Democrats.” Except when the Tammany tiger runs into the national political arena the world is told that all Republicans are bad and all Democrats seraphims of sanctity and pearls of purity. One thing nearly all Americans have in com- mon is the conviction that they are better than the others. er oY rr am tee oe rrr Cheapness Not a Virtue Contracts for public construction usually must be allotted under the law to the “lowest responsible bidder.” The “lowest responsible 4 bidder,” however, is a phrase that lends itself , to several interpretations. Consequently from ; time to time friction has arisen between au- a thorities, bidders and the public. 1 There are contractors who assume that the + low bid is all that concerns those letting the contract. The comptroller general at Wash- * ington has interpreted the word “responsible” j to mean any bidder who is able to supply a ; corporate surety bond to cover his contract. The 1 Associated General Contractors of America | take issue with the government official on Ythis point, And the public has learned from } 8ad experience that the lowest bid is not al- ] ways the cheapest in the long run. 1 Competitive bidding was conceived to abolish 1 that vicious form of corruption known as “‘con- , tractor government.” Many large private for- } tunes were built upon public contracts awarded to political favorites at their own price. Com- ; Pulsory awards to the lowest responsible bid- jder has removed another temptation for dis- thonesty in public office. There is one weakness in the new system. It qPlaces a premium on cheap work and often idrives public officials, through fear of being '{guspected of corruption, to award contracts 'to bidders they know to be irresponsible. *Only | ‘that administration deserving and enjoying full » i public confidence dares throw out the low bid jon the grounds of irresponsibility. Thousands jof defaulted contracts, delayed public construc- jtion and immeasurable loss in public funds are : the fruits of awarding contracts to the lowest bidder without first determining his ability to do the job well. 5 Curving Corners Among sane recommendations that experts have made is for a larger radius at street in- ; tersections. There is not a motorist or traffic policeman who does not realize the inconvenience and ;danger of the right angle curb of the average ystreet intersection. It is more than either a or an inconvenience. It is actually an ‘tobstacle to traffic, for it slows down un- | tmecessarily the vehicle in making the turn. \t- In the days when traffic was slower and the ‘ ipal vehicle was horse-drawn, the sharp ; at a street intersection was permissible. THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE of the good things of the more fortunate or the better born. On the other hand, he who is born rich or attains to riches soon learns that all the gorgeous creatures in their fine houses and automobiles, silks and laces, diamonds and furs, are chasing in the same race with himself— after the unattainable. The real aristocracy, like the foot of the rainbow, vanishes as he ap- proaches, There are two phases of life unfavorable to peace and comfort; the one is adversity, the other prosperity. It is hard to tell in which a man is more discontented with himself and more offensive to others. When prosperous he patronizes; when evil trouble falls upon him he whines and is a horrible bore. When he is down his friends wish him up on their own account; when he is high up they sigh for mountains to fall on him and bury him out of sight. The Manhunt Why is it that there is something about a manhunt that stirs human emotions more pow- erfully than any other event? The flight of the four bandits across west- ern Kansas and Colorado, with airplanes, ma- chine guns and horsemen mingled in the pursuit and dead bodies littering the trail, has absorbed public attention throughout the nation. The progress of political campaigns, the activities of Congress, the course of world s in China and Europe—things far more nt than this western flare-up of criminality—were for- gotten as we read of the wild chase for a human quarry. re Apparently we are still pretty much uncivil- ized at heart. We respond to the elemental things as our ancestors did. We have not yet outgrown the love of excitement and battle that characterized the old American fronticr. A Tribute to Juries It remained for the magazine Life to make the final comment on the oil tri: Messrs. Sinclair, Doheny and I ought to be fervent supporte Constitution. For where, it as! gentlemen be without the great institution of trial by jury? With which we can now consider the case closed. Editorial Comment | President Coolidge Returns + (St. Paul Dispatch) In summer the nation’s chief executive mo’ westward with the prevailing vacation cur of the time. National affairs a year ago wer directed from a lodge in the Black Hills of west. This season the summer capital is to} be situated a few miles eastward from the Minnesota border on the Bois Brule river of Wisconsin. Minnesota joins Wisconsin in welcoming President Coolidge to this region as a summer guest. Mr. Coolidge appears to ke making the Middle West vacation an annual affair, per- haps later to become a tradition of the presi- dency. As a year ago, when the President came from the executive business of vetoing the Mc- Nary-Haugen bill to vacation in the heart of the farm belt of the West, so this season his visit is to be the subject of voluminous political speculations. In the face of them the Northwest will again preserve its equanimit: Of course, this region is mindful of its political aspirations, Of course, it is aware that the} presence of the President for a brief period is not a substitute for his active aid, which has} not been forthcoming, in meeting the great} problems this region confronts. But hospitality is not an affectation in the Middle West. Political considerations here are not permitted to trepass upon the role of vacation host, par- ticularly when the guest is the nation’s chief executive. The President is to be congratulated upon his selection of a vacation spot. Proud as Minne- sota is of its own lakes, streams and forest lands, the country he has chosen is but a con- tinuation, close at hand, of our own delightful summer playground country. The Bois Brule river of Wisconsin is an his- toric stream, and its fame in legend and his- tory, added to its natural loveliness, make it an ideal vacationing place for a President. Flow- ing northward into Lake Superior a few miles east of Duluth, the Bois Brule river was the Northern link of the ancient canoe route from the Great Lakes to the Mississippi. The name means “burnt wood,” and is derived from the swarthy aspect of the skilled French-Indian rivermen, called Bois Brules, who drove their canoes up the swift waters of the Brule, portaged half a mile to Upper St. Croix lake and descended southward by the St. Croix until their craft floated on the Mississippi. Sieur du Luth made the Brule-St. Croix trip by canoe to the Mississippi in the summer of 1680 and later, legend has it, built a fort on Upper St. Croix lake a few miles from the lodge where the President will spend his vaca- tion. One of the duties assigned to Charles Le Sueur in 1689 as commandant at Chequame- gon on Lake Superior, was to keep open the canoe route up the Brule. It was at the mouth of the Brule that Henry Schoolcraft met Oza- windib, meaning Yellow Head, the Chippewa master of wood lore, who led the explorer un- erringly to the source of the Mississippi river. The Brule is a short, swift stream, similar to those on the North Shore of Lake Superior. It is nationally famous for its rainbow, steel- head and brook trout fishing. The country “:) Today with traffic properly moving faster if ly to’ accommodate its volume, the right- angled turn is an impediment. . Here and there, this fact has been rec- ed and the radius enlarged. The prac- will continue. The experts are convinced study that in cities, this is one of many ngi rogired to facilitate the efficient dling of traffic. . | Content Eludes Us All gone Je. been into thls world naked, with advance for shelter an4|tors and to/there. For this summer at least it a surrounding it has been blasted by reckless lumbering and destructive fires. But the grounds of Cedar Island lodge are made beautiful by great white pines, cedars, balsam and spruce which somehow escaped the early woodsman and the forest fires. Within a few hours’ driving distance are numbers of small lakes in Wisconsin and Minnesota. The Arrow- head region of Northern Minnesota itself is close at hand and the lodge is but a few South Dakota, Minnesota’s neighbor cn_ the |disgusted with both parties. MONDAY, JUNE 4, 1928 The Beok Worm By RODNEY DUTCHER NEA Service Writer Washington, June 4.—This might be a dandy year for a third party if it weren’t for Tom Heflin. The senior senator from Alabama coms to have put a curse on any such movement from the start. If anyone has enough influence nd money to organize a real third party movement this year, he would have plenty of material to work on. There is a large group chronically Then there are the classes who haven't been getting their share of prosper- ity—farmers, coal miners, _ textile workers and the unemployed. And a bunch of Democrats who will hate to vote for Al Smith on account of his Tammany connections, his wet record or his religion. One big handicap for such a movement is the fact that Hoover and Smith, assuming their nomina- tions, will each appeal to large groups of independent voters. Both happen to be men of ability and con- siderable popularity. But the worst handicap is Heflin. Any movement of anti-Smith Demo- rats to organize another political will be damned from the start ed by religious bigotry. pecting persons will keep ut of it. Hardly any of the 000,000 La Follette voters of 1924 would support it. The group of Wilson and Bryan progressive leaders who oppose Smith are in a bad quandary. It hurts them to accept Smith. They are constitutionally and honestly op- posed to Tammany and many of them are drys, some of them would rather be licked in Noventber than win with Smith. * Yet, after Heflin’s ravings they can’t organize a protest ticket with- out identifying themselves with the anti-Catholic sentiment. Hence, most of them will wind up by sup- porting Smith, realizing that he is better than the political machine which created him and hoping for the best. The Republican independents aren't much better off. One or two western senators are talking about a third party if they can’t have a farm-minded candidate, but they -ToY BALLOON DoNKeE #7. A DAY FoR SAND, ~~ te miles up the Brule from Lake Superior. While the President is vacationing on the Brule river in Wisconsin a committee of sena- representatives will be visiting the Superior National forest region of Northern Minnesota, investigating water power Drolectt ars that the lakes region of Wisconsin and Minnesota is the official playground of the nation. Y y, , Seasvs i) DREAM,~ BUT {T ISAT se me”, © 1028, BY MEA SERVICE, WC, CONVENTION !~ MAKE UP FIFTY THOUSAND OF EACH, ~~—THEN SEND ME “To KANSAS CItY AND HousToal, aw HAVE No DOUBT AS “To MY SELLING ABILITY,.. IT CAN “TALK A SAHARA ARAB INTO BUYING A CAR-LOAD oF WASHINGTON LETTER yhaven't any leaders. Neither Borah jnor Norris want to lead an inde- pendent movement. And such a bolt from the G. 0. P. would probably have to line up with Heflin’s party —if there is one. Anyway, organizing a permanent third party would be a gigantic task. It would take lots of money and, even more importantly, lots of organization. It would need politi- cians and it wouldn’t have any, be- cause it couldn’t promise any jobs for a long time. Members of Congress and other elective officials could hardly be ex- pected to join it meanwhile, for they would lose their jobs and the coun- try would lose the services of most of the independents now in office, Whether Heflin will lead a third party is doubtful. If he does, he will have to lead almost alone. He j might conceivably cause the defeat of Smith, but the possibility seems remote, —.- ——_______—_-e | IN NEW YORK | ieee New York, June 4.—Theres’ a | simile on Broadway that goes some- thing like this—‘He sticks closer than Harry Thaw’s bodyguard.” And, on Broadway, no simile comes into being unless the subject thereof has been well mulled over by the ringsiders, the reporters and the gossips, | Harry’s bodyguards have long been a source of Broadway banter. He has had a number of them. They’re generally husky young men ! who look as though they could heave their rivets if they had to. They’re well groomed and Lvoqueny good- looking. Only Thaw knows where he gets them. Only the bodyguard knows what he’s for. But he has to accompany Harry on his endless rounds of the night-life, and sit about looking bored. ‘ee I have heard that they have to pass an extremely severe barrage of questions and, like the three wise monkeys, neither think, see nor hear evil of their employer, Harry has been known to become slightly ob- streperous on occasion, whereupon Aep Y FoR-HE RA “To HANDLE “HE EXPENSES !~- e MICHIGAN, Td0 SN IT MYSELF !. Or: they intervene. Their very presence keeps away the possibility of per- sonal remarks becoming too person- al and constitutes a warning to po- tential challengers. Also they make it difficult for Harry to be “framed,” and I am told he has had more than one occasion to fear such a possibility. If Harry suddenly becomes en- amored of a cutie from the night life, the bodyguard must sit patient- ly and boredly by while Thaw makes his presents, as well as his presence, known, On more than one occa- sion stories have gone along the street concerning personal encoun- ters between Harry and his shadow. eee One of the “main stem’s” favor- ite yarns concerning Harry and his bodyguard relates that Harry found himself fond of a girlie in one of the “came the dawn” resorts. On a certain evening, so goes the tale, the bodyguard excused himself, saying that he felt an attack of grippe com- ing on. Harry nodded his assent and the bodyguard limped away. Some hours later, when most good alarm clocks are getting ready to wake the city, Harry bethought him to whirl over to the nightclub where the cause of his extra heart beats sings and dances. Upon arriving there he found his “sick” bodyguard trying to hold the hand of the young lady in question. Which, if true, was rubbing it in just a little thick! oe. Murray Hill, which is Manhat. tan’s most exclusive residence quar- ter, has had to admit that its silk hats and frock coats are threatened by the dust of encroaching com- merce, ie Such notables as J. P. Morgan, the George Bakers and the Tiffanys have begun to enter the battle to keep the skyscrapers from casting ‘shadows over thelr, mansions. For, it seems, the ruthless armies of builders insist on putting up office buildings and business blocks on Madison Avenue. To Murray Hill this is nothing short of sacrilege. ° Murray Hill, strangely enough, is overlooked by most tourist bus trips through New York, though I’ve often thought that visitors would like to look upon the mansions of the Morgans, the ‘iffanys, the Bakers or the Rockefellers. It’s a slight elevation of land that runs from about 34th to 43d Street, from Fifth Avenue almost to the river. Here, in those grand old days of | OUR BOARDING HOUSE ° " By Ahern Gon 1 (DEA IS“THIS, MR. MINZ,~AHEM=- B A NOVELTY BALLOoA ELEPHANT FoR “THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION, ~ A A VERY GooD IDEA, MR. & HOOPLE! tT WouLD cost A 2.¢-To MAKE THE BALLOON, AND “THEY WoULD RETAIL FoR (5 ¢,~ ALLOWING THE OF 4% PER BALLOOA!~| DISTRIBUTION FoR STREET SALES !~ \ —HaT GWes ME TF ~~ ASK NO ROYALTY! SusT PAY NET, ~~ OR $9000. MY “TRANSPORTATION, AND ALLOW ME ON ONE HUNDRED “THOUSAND BALLOONS !« VERY WELL, “ILL MAKE “THEM UP,~ PAY YouR “TRANSPORTATION AND EXPENSES, ~ AND GNE Nou $75. A WEek!s ferona on A LESSON ON THE DIGESTIVE TRACT Very few human beings actually experience hunger. When you feel hun8ry from missing a meal, it is probably due to breaking the habit of eating which you have formed, Those who have actually ex- perienced real hunger know that it is a terrific craving coming from the very cells of the body. This only occurs after a person has missed several meals. This deep- seated craving actually comes _be- cause of the need that our body cells have for food to grow, multiply and function. The food we take into our mouths is in much too crude a form for these delicate cells to use as nour- ishment, and it must be prepared and broken up into certain chemical forms before they can make use of it. This work is performed by the digestive system. Of all parts of the body, it is most important that we understand the digestive organs, for if these fail in their work we are sure to have a loss of health. Our digestive system includes the entire digestive tract, which begins with the mouth and ends with the rectum. The food passes through the tract in this order: Mouth, esophagus, stomech, and valve of the stomach known as the pylorus, and the small intestine which is divided into three parts. The first, in which the liver, gall bladder and pancreas empty, is known as_ the duodenum, the second part of the small intestine is known as the jejunum, and the last part of the small intestine is known as_ the ileum. The énd of the ileum joins onto the lower part of the ascend- ing colon which is a portion of the large intestine. Where the ilgum joins onto the colon there is a valve located, known as the ileo-caecal valve. This part into which the food empties forms a kind of pouch called the caecum. At the bottom of this pouch is located the famous vermiform appendix. The large intestine or colon is about four feet in length and it be- gins at the appendix in the lower right side of the abdominal cavity and ascends upward to a point just below the liver where it makes a bend known as the hepatic or liver flexure. It then runs transversely from the right to left side of the abdomen, where it makes another bend downward near the spleen, known as the splenic flexure. This portion of the colon is now known as the descending colon. As_ it reaches the bottom of the abdominal cavity it makes a peculiar “S” shaped bend known as the sigmoid flexure, ‘aft x wh'ch it enters the rectum and then out of the body. I would like you to keep this pic- ture of the digestive system in your mind because it will -help you very much in understanding many of the rules of diet. This muscular tube which we have just studied 1776, General Howe, of the Briti: forces, started a little scrap which wound up with Washington’s re- treat to Harlem. Then it was that Mrs. Murray became party to a little ruse worthy of a Brondway third act. She entertained the British leaders with wine and cake, thus distracting their attention un- til Washington and his men could make their getaway. They would have sudely been trapped, for the Continentals had hardly gone beyond where 39th Street now runs before a line of British soldiers stretched across the cornfields that then waved across Manhattan Island. GILBERT SWAN. Mon, dear: Well, the storm is over, and all is well on the Potomac. At least temporarily. Alan hasn’t bought a revolver, nor have I attempted suicide. It wasn’t your letter, or it wasn’t any conciliatory moves on Alan’s part that brought about the reconciliation. It was a friend of Shirley’s. I had luncheon with her the day after Alan and I had our little run-in—when we were still giving each other silent treatment. Janet, that is her name, is a stenographer. And I hope to tell you she is something to feast the eyes on —cute, slim, snappy, with a face so young you can’t believe it ever could sag or droop. Just. how any man could have her around and not fall desperately in love with her, is more than this poor brain could figure. For no reason whatever, we got on the subject of employers and their wives. Janet said she won- dered why so many women were jealous of their husband’s stenog- raphers. Or why they imagi that they had no thought in their heads but to vamp their employers. Then Janet told me about her et It seems Has really an antl y fine person, and a promi architect. . Janet said he is a to a woman about five years older than he is, and that she devotes her life to being jealous of hubby. Janet the wife is always legend in out of breath, apparent- Tuesdi oping to find them in some com- promising position. Janet says she can just feel her voice get full of nails if she calls up after five, and Janet answers the phone. And she always treats her like a servent| pack when she talks to her. of the And the ridiculous part whole thing is that her husband is absolutely crazy about her—mean- ing the wife. Janet admitted she couldn’t understand why. Janet said that if most women really knew what stenographers thought of their bosses, they would never bother to be jealous. As she talked, I seemed to see the light. After all, I do hate jealousy. And T hate not to be a square shooter. Fe, ore, Sins cere Tea, is hit from the shoulder—told HEALTHDIET ADVICE S| Dr Frank McCoy __, jhis he Fast bbe. 40 Staal Dr. McCoy will gladly answer personal questions on health and diet, addressed to him, care of the Tribune. Enclose a stamped addressed envelope for reply. only acts as a receptacle for the carrying of food. The digestion is performed by the means of glands which empty their digestive secre- tion into the digestive tract. The first important digestive glands to throw their alkaline se- cretions into the food are the saliv- ary glands which are located with- in the mouth and assist in the di- gestion of sterch by converting it into a form of grape sugar so that it can be absorbed by the blood. If you have had mumps you know where the salivary glands are locat- ed, because they are the ones which become inflamed and swollen in this disease. , Tomorrow’s article will be a con- tinuation of this lesson on the di- gestive organs and their functions. You should save these next two ar- ticles for reference and study. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Question: W. K. L. asks: “Will you please tell me what is the cause of a cataract over the left eye? Haven't hed it long. Would like to know if there is an absolute cure without an operation. Am 55 years old.” _Answer: A cataract can some- times be stopped by the fasting cure and the wearing of proper: fitted glasses. Most atari would never start if the afflicted one did not wait too long to put on glasses. Continued eye strain brings about an inflammation of the eye which is the first cause of catar- act. After that, injudicious living feeds the trouble and if proper treatment is not taken in time, an operation is the only thing that will restore the sight. Question: Mrs. D. W. asks. “Could I get a copy of one of your articles that I have lost? I’ am ;making a scrapbook of them and | would like the one on the use of jcooked and raw foods.” Answer: Any article which has appeared in this column will be sent to you if you will name the article and .send a large, self-addressed, stamped envelope, Question: Alice B. asks: “Do you know of any good home treatment for goitre?” Answer: A goitre is an enlarge- ment of the thyroid gland, and is gencrally caused by congestion in j this gland of morbid waste pro- ducts. A fruit fast will eliminate such deposits and return the gland te practically its normal size. The diet after the cure should be ‘free from all grain foods and an acid ; fruit meal should be used once a day. stately SER Sane ee leverything and laughed at the ro- mantic evening I had planned. Alan was a brick. Then he said, since I had confessed, he would too—he had | worked until late, and then he had taken his stenographer out for a bite, and they had sat and talked, and he was pretty surprised when he found how late it was. He came home with apologies, feeling really quite contrite and ran into the little act described in our last issue. The honest confessions cleared the atmosphere—and we had quite a romantic evening. Yours for truth. MARYE. | NEXT: About Florence. _—_—_ SF i BARBS \ oe Governor Paulen of Kansas says that if a woman cannot hold her husband she is entitled to no aid from the sheriff's ofice to bring him back. Someone is always stepping ape do the ladies a good turn like that. * The best recruit for the army is a_ married man, says a recruiting officer, Probably because he knows how to mind. . < A Washington inspector finds that it’s all a myth about taximeters being nervous. One of these days somebody will find out a taxicab driver is a reformer. | There is little chance for bol- shevism when 24,000,000 people are Seiving, cars, says a political lead- er. ‘he man probably never has been driving a car in a Sunday pro- cession when the head of the pa: wouldn’t go more than 10 miles an Rane and that in the middle of the roa se The boy out west who murdered his whole family ought to get clemency, Poor orphan! . A Chicago man got a divorce and then lived with his wife five years before he told her about it. But maybe it took that long for him to get in a word. ‘ nai || At the Movies { ELTINGE THEATRE Cleopatra, legend tells us, sur- rounded herself with beautiful wom- en in order that her own superlative charm might outshine them. Now we have Billie Dove, star in photo- plays, eg ne same in-films. In “The Heart of a Follies Girl.” which is to head the entertainment bill at the Eltinge for today and lay Miss Dove is supported by nearly fifty of Hollywood's young- est, prettiest and most shapel aencleg girls. yA compose me chorus in scenes of the famous girl show, and take in intimate a ‘scenes, Then Mildred Harris, beautiful, blond, actress, and Clarissa Selwyn- ne, have important sup; ag angr No one can say that Miss ve is afraid of feminine competition! Al- though the star has some highly and must =e she of film, Heart * incidental » she is rane Ga tumed, From her Foifies dancing eetiee py is a grand ‘isp y a of the costumer’s part. wey > “a a