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2AGE SIX CITY HAS FINE © FIRE RECORD Yaw c by Annual Report to City Commission of Chief Thompson valued at! Bismarck property $751,300 was directly exposed to fire | | ted in a report to the| e n made by Harry A. | Flying and Loving Are Ruth’s Jobs in Films | Frhompson, chief of the fire depart- ment. One death was caused by fire dur-| ing the year. Sixteen fires were caused by dirty r defective chimneys and flues, ac- ng to the report. pbish 7; gasoline and oil stove ex- plosions 6; bonfires ing with matches 2; sparks from railroad train carelessness in handling hot ashes 2; incendiarism 1; miscellaneous 11; and unknown 12. Of the 69 runs made by the de-! partment were alarms and 2l were “still” ca | Residential list of buil lowed by com ture fires led the s with 32, fol-| structures 10, private garages miscellaneous | structures 7. Four cars were burned. The city also had six prairie | fires and eight rubbish pile fires. Twenty-seven fires were extin-| guished with hydrant water streams, and 16 were extingnished with chemicals. Twenty-six were put out on arrival of the department by mis- | cellaneous methods such as the use! of salt, sulphur, or wet sacks. | The department inspected 128! business structures during the year| and issued many instructions to re-| duce fire hazards. Twenty-seven! fire extinguishers were filled. One Ping the Atlantic, even with a little full-time man was added to the de-,#Wimming party thrown in, wasi half as trying as the first day be-!Ruth doing the |; fore a movie camera. partment. BLAISDELL AND WILKERSON WIN kerson, Grand Forks, today won the right to enter the finals for the Worshiping som state singles championship in the North Dakota state tennis tourna- ment being held here. Blaisdell defeated F. Rivers, Grand Forks, 6-4, 6-1, and Wilkerson beat H, ell, Minot, 6-4, 8.6, in ‘inals this forenoon. Blais- dell and Wilkerson intend to play i daughter of the commanding officer | Bet neh tomorrow forenoon. | ie ctarine lane oho De ie | billin, tioned. At just the proper moment | Minnesota Man Held Under Arrest R. D. Peterson, Wheaton, Minn., was arrested at McKenzie and brought to Bismarck yesterday by Deputy Sheriff Albin Hedstrom to face a charge of obtaining money shrough false pretenses. He will be arraigned before Jus- tice of the Peace Roland H. Crane jate today. The sted man is accused of purehasing goods at various stores in the district with worthless checks. Harvest Laborers Supply Assured H. P. Goddard, secretary of the Association of Commerce, and A. R. Miesen, Burleigh county agent, are cooperating in preparation fer the Other causes | ve: Defective electrical wiring 7; | hildren play-| that statement. more than five days ef a proposed ‘in the village. ‘1 Q ne two months’ visit when she received }ing to be greatly in Ruth's word from the Paramount studios |her strong here to rush baek for her first pic-|the fact that « ture, Minot, N. D., July 31.—()—Leon- | by the way, Dix was always her f. ard Blaisdell, Minot, and J. W. Wil- Vorite movie g tru Ni goes up. And then Dix goes up and reseues her, battling a squadron of {marek district and distribute them THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE | i a od ‘ | Ruth Elder Hollywood, Calif, July, 31—Hop- Chinese aviators to do is more of a love aviation picture, However, y than an Miss Elder Ruth Elder is the authority for the film colony 1 thold her own as f Miss Elder hadn’t been in Paris'charm are concer reen personality and he has no exaggerated lusions about her ability as an ac- tress. And, opposite Richard Dix, ‘Can you e sort of half ;do after I finish this picture with movie star and | Mr. Dix,” she . “It may be the then suddenly finding him making |last thing I ever do in pictures. No-; love to you in a picture?” asks the | body knows yet whether or not I will aviatrix-actress. “Those are the jbe things you see on the screen, but: will like me. I never dreamed that they ever eame any good or whether the public All of that depends upen this production.” Jesse Lasky, however, says that Ruth had been signed because of her sereen possibilities and not because of her fame. As far and exploitation are cerned, she will receive very little more notice in the pieture than any of Dix’s other leading ladies have in the past. urally there is seme flying in; Miss Elder's first film. She is the; in the film, she climbs in a plane and | labor demand which will arise dur- But the divoree ing harvesting and threshing. failed to take. They were rewed The two offices are arranging|reeently when Abraham Rubinson with the U. 8. Department of Agri-|promised to be good. culture to establish an employment ga HOIST TRUCK TO FIRE agency in Bisma‘ This ageney will bring laborers into the Bis-| Bridgeport, Conn., July 31—When \firemen had difficulty fighting a where needed. \blaze on the third floor of a garage A government employment agent/here, a fire engine was placed on is expected to arrive in Bismarck|an elevator and taken to the fire, is week, Miesen said today. | which was then quickly extinguished. Miesen believes that the demand| ST BISHOP ACTIV for laborers will be filled satisfac-| OLDEST BISHOP ACTIVE torily for farmers in this district. Jackson, Tenn., July 31.—Bishep |Isaae Lane, 95, of the Colored Meth- DIVORCE DOESN'T TAKE dist church, claims to be the oldest Norristown, Pa., July 31,— Mrs.| bishop of any denomination. Once a Mae Rubinson obtained a divorce | slaye, he still addresses his congre- from her husband in 1923, on her |gation regularly. plea of eruelty, 4 Ribbons of all descriptions 1-2 Price One bor LA of > ‘affeta, Moire, Satin. 3 to 6 inches wide. Values up to $1.00 a yard. high as $10.00, AAA to C All Sizes FINEST 4.0W CUTS ‘Where You See the Crowds! $5.00 HOOVER WILL yourR ) HILDR MEET FARMERS) CHI-DREN 31.—(AP)—James id, manager of Herbert Hoov- ern campaign for the presi- Chicago, July W. G Hoover ta he in Cedar Towa, August 22 and 23 for s of conferences with agri- ec 1 leaders of the middle west- ern states, . Although there will be @ public meeting on the night of August 22, Mr. Hoover will make no public ad- dress duving the two days he is at Ceder Repids, Mr. Good sai iF devoting his time to meeting the farmers. Eight Arrested for Speeding on Highway Only eight persons have been ar- rested on Memorial Highway _be- tween Bismarck and Mandan, which once earned the name of “Memorial Speedway,” according to Andrew Chandler, speed cop on the stretch. veral of the arrested persons were tourists, but for the most part they were Bismarck and Mandan res- idents, he said. Chandler pointed out that the smooth stretch of pave- iment between the two cities usually proved a temptation for persons driv- ing over rough highways, but that a warning usually sufficed, McLean Farms Order 8 Carloads of Sheep Eight cars of Montana sheep have been ordered by farmers of McLean county, Al L. Norling, county agent, announced today, _ F Following meetings with the farmers Mr. Norling and H. A. Me- Nutt, Soo Line agricuitural agent, announced that they would probably place orders for early delivery, Elbowoods’ farmers have ordered two carloads; Garrison, one; Cole- harbor, one; Underwood, three; Washburn, one; and Raub, one. A general meeting to discuss Tyou believe it. Olwe Roberts Barton ©1928 by NEA Service,Ine. Half of the failures of this world | are due to bad finishing. People are} | fine begin as a rule, but to fin- ish, it takes character, work, dogged fare Crees, and ability to survive ard knocks and discouragement. Well begun is half done? Don’t For every dozen People that start things only one or two are likely to finish. “No one but Mr. have done such and such a thing. He has so much executive ability.” What is executive ability? Ana- lyzed, it consists of a great many things. One of the chief ingredi- ents, however, is the stick-to-it- iveness that sees bs at through to a finish, That is what gets re. sults. These successes that make men | tich and women famous. What about them? When did they begin to accomplish things? At fifteen? At Cgaal Twentiy-five? No. Vhen they were little. If; their mothers gave them tasks to! Jones could |? do, either by contains or an in- nate quality of self that kept them at it, they finished them. perfectly perhaps, but they saw, the thing throygh to some sort of an end. Suppose a little girl is a doll. | dressing | Her mother has given her | tern for her. She puts a few laborious stitch- | es in one seam and then, tired of it, and not seeing any immedi: | end in sight, abandons the shape- less discouraging mess and goes off | to play at something else. What her mother should do is to call her back, or put her at, it again the next day (perhaps that is, better) and show her how she| must patiently sew up one seam at a time until the dress is finished. Write it in large letters. What a great thing is gained. She will see that dresses are not Not |§ “No, I have no idea what I will | con- | made by magic. That it takes work, and patience and effort to Produce even doll dress. But greater still is the eonfidence in Holiday Card Sales herself. She has aehieved some- thing. She wants to start some- Finance Boys’ Trip thing else at once. There is no pride sheep will be held Saturdey, August. 4, at Turtle Lake at 8 p. m. |elaborate suppers. Christmas cards in July? Al. rather incongruous eombination, per- haps, but the four boys who set out this morning on a “barnstorming” tour of the west expect to mal expenses by the sale of Christmas ecards. The boys were Clifferd Jan- sonius and Howard Murphy of Bis- marck, Jack Mooney of Jamestown, and Stanley Nelson of Pipestone, Minn. The four are touring in a “first class, open-air sedan,” a Ford tour- \ ing ear of uncertain age. They will be away indefinitely and will ge as far as the car and the Christmas eards will take them. Municipal Airport Is Lions Club Objective That Bismarck may esequire 8 municipal airport, members of the Lions Club at their regular weekly meeting Monday directed the major activities committee to consider plans for the developing of an air- port and to cooperate with any other civie group interested in the project. It is expected that the Eiwanis and Rotary clubs will alse appoint committees to work with the Lions’ committee and with @ committee of the Association of Commerce. Members of the committee are, A. W. Mellon, chairman, W. 8. Ayers [and D. C. Shipley. 2 Most Talked-ot Events ot this Community! ® Webb Bros. Closing Out Sale AND MANDAN FAIR COATS DRESSES Yours now for almost a song! “p equot” All First Quality Sheets: 81x90 $1.48 $3.88 Nationally Known and All First Quality. SILK HOSE Lower Priced than Anywhere Else! $1.65 Value 88 x “KAYSER” PURE THREAD SILK HOSE First Quality, Pointed ook st ond wear. Heel, Sei fon weight ine tnd All colors; all sizes, BME Thrifty women will buy Walking ‘em by the $1 25 ailand doz, of pairs ry inctriy $1.50 Value jRUMMINGBIRD” JEWELRY 1-2 PRICE Eardrops, Pearl Necklaces, fancy Pins, Braeelets and many ethers, at first gall sted ose, my lesir¢ color CORSETS anc 91,15 Rea s11.00. The BANDEAUX 1.95, Value % ie ‘OUTSIZE’ PHOENIX t fn GIRDLES (SILK HOSE Best Brands ude Gunmetal, i All st unheard-of Price Peac! Retacing. Sooent cone | A” $148 fere at your serviee! ST TSS WEBB BROTHERS Bismerek, No. Dak. TUESDAY, JULY 31, 1928' equal to that of something done. It! done well—all the better. Boys should be taught, the art of finishing if they are to make good Make them carry awk. | business men, every task, no matter how ward or small, to a finish. It should be started of age. (Copyright, 1928, NEA Service, Inc.) o Following in the wake year-old cigar-puffing prodigy and said, “Eat, eat, eat!” at the tender ge of a week more or less, comes Lillian Mae Caze, Ind., who can play on the piano any | Hoes which she hears. It's funny ow notoriety given one prodigy re- sults in a perfect epidemic of ‘em. If there’s one thing a parent can't | stand it is having its child’s light hid under a bushel. = * ae jconsin co-operating with the home 18 SHE “AVERAGE WOMAN?” | economies department of the school, One hundred and ninety-nine club women of Pennsylvania recently filled out a blank designed to show American woman was. Right at the start, something seems wrong. I, for one, am not utterly convinced that a state’s elub woman would be representative of that state's “mid- lle class.” Still they might be. NOT ALARMING The 186 married women had 374 children, just two each and a few ver. Twenty-seven of the number had continued some form of outside employment since their marriage; 195 kept ho and 152 owned their own homes; 160 owned and drove cars; 183 had gardens; only 13 smoked; 129 called themselves “te- | totalers”; only 6 admitted to playing ecards for money; 146 favored censor- ship of movies. All in all, it doesn’t look as if all the modern woman alarmists knew just what they were | | talking about. | * DO YOU COOK TWO? | beautifully decorated table was liter- very early, I should say at four or five years Wan Wrannan’. The ® | bring to marriage a different set of ’ i The Woman’s Day | values and a different set of emo- _ —-@¢ | tional habits.” |Dorsey writing on “Happy Though of the 3- | Married.” i through e: Yu Vawn Something-or-Other who tinues, | world; her world cannot be his. Only mes jas each attempts to realize that the 5, of Evansville, | other brings to the altar a different ;World and attempts to make allow- | for college this fall. what sort of women the middle-class | |fords, 1 pair afternoon slippers and } jpairs gloves, 3 felt, silk or velvet | | hats. | hered into a banquet hall where a Scotland Yard. He is William Rixon, divisional detective inspector, whe won the title through his 26-year record as a member of the celebrated police force. ee In What Month Is Your Birthday? ally groaning with food in cvery color and form. While the guests were ohing-and-ahing the food grew cold, Then the host threw back an- cther door and ushered his guests to the very same foods which they now proceeded to eat. ‘ ON MARRIAGE “A man and a woman inevitably So says Dr. George They can never quite see h other's eyes,” he con- “His world cannot be her ance for that fact, understand it and come adjusted to it, can marriage yield the happiness it, should. SCHOOL WARDROBE Co-eds of the University of Wis- On your Birthday send your Mother Flowers Hoskins-Meyer Home of KFYR recently compiled a list of the cloth- ing requirements of a girl leaving Here it is: One slicker, 1 winter coat, 1 spring coat, 3 school dresses, 1 wool and 2 silk, 3 afternoon dresses, 1 or formal. Eight suits of undercloth- ing. 6 pairs of hose, 1 pair school ox. | Sr What Shall PDo Is a question that must be answered by every young man and wi 1 evening, 1 kimono, 1 bathrobe, 3 pairs pajamas, 1 sweater, 1 purse, 2 | re Prepa' One of the things that will insure you Employment and Opportunities for Advancement is a BUSINESS TRAINING If you have not such training we | offer you our services London, July 31.—“The Nemesis || gr_ cur couracs. of Study of the Toughs” has retired from || the best; our s i and our within your ns Let us tell you more about our school and what w you. 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