The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 9, 1929, Page 4

Eee siti local news of spontaneous origin published herein rights of republication of all other matter herein Ld oS aS te eee ve. + DETROI1 Kresge Bidg (Official City, State and County Newspaper) NEW WOOL BUYING POLICY ‘The wool buying season of custom so far this year has ‘failed to manifest a single sign of its presence. It has been as quiet and bereft of buyers from the great East- * ern wool houses as that night before Christmas when, the | poem says, nothing was stirring, not even a mouse. ' This has been mystifying to the wool growers out ‘here, especially to those in Montana, where wool still is ’ grown and sold on a large-scale basis. It began to look ‘as though there might be an understanding under way ‘among the wool houses to bear the primary market and ‘thus keep down, if not actually reduce, the expectations of the growers for high or still higher prices. Growers even have felt anxious, if not uneasy. ‘The mystery has been cleared by Louis Penwell, mil- Honaire owner of a string of wool ranches in Montana “and California, who, in an interview in the Montana ' Free Press, of Butte, announces that the warehouses have changed their policy of wrangling for several months at this time of the year to contract the wool clips, and will, in lieu thereof, put on @ short, snappy contracting drive about June, when the sheep are shorn in Montana and other intermountain sheep areas. The eastern warehouses, says Mr. Penwell, held a meeting recently and agreed on this procedure. They | assert the new system will mean a large saving to them _ and permit payment of better prices to the growers. For ‘one thing, it will save them interest on the down money ; usually paid when contracts were made at this time of » the year, while the wool would not come into their hands ' till in June or later. This item represented a large part of the overhead of the business, as it tied up many thou- sands of dollars in what virtually were free loans to the | Wool growers over several months. " The supplanted system of buying goes back so far ’ that, for aught the Montanan could tell, it may have \ been in operation in-the days of Moses in Egypt. Under © the new system there still will be some competition, but it will not be drawn out. It will have the additional virtue that some sheepmen will not be cursing their judgment in contracting at lower prices and by haste or + delay missing the better prices they might have obtained. The short buying season also will spare the buyers the ‘nsurance premium on their risk. © Some few sales of wool in the southern field indicate . that wool prices this season may be about what they were last year, with a possibility that growers of coarse wool may get six cents a pound more than in 1928, ‘according to Mr. Penwell. Clothing manufacturers are using more of the long-fibre coarse wools. The growers have been striving to build up the production of the finer and medium grades, and the supply of coarse grades therefore is subject to the competition of a greater de- mand. This may affect the prices of finer grades in re- verse to the increase on coarser. A RUBBER CONCOCTION | Dr. R. B. Martin, of Rega, Saskatchewan, either has ‘) made an important discovery by mere chance or he is _ trying to steal the laurels of the old joke about the » bride's biscuits, pancakes and bread. He is supposed to have solved Thomas Edison's latest ao ep ONCE | Bbroblem, to find new sources of rubber or a substitute ‘for that useful article. There is, however, an element ‘@bout the report which should lead to some caution ‘Ym accepting it as final—it comes from Plentywood, _ Montana, which, being near the Canadian line, has in- _ termittent outbreaks of dreams noted for their unusual | Queerness. Maybe the story of the doctor's discovery 8 one of them. ‘The story is that the doctor was down in Plentywood, (why?) and while there had occasion to compound | fome medicine which had to be boiled. He placed the _ Mixture on the stove and while it was boiling he was f telephone and kept there some time. to the stove, the medicine had : threw it out in the yard. Next day, the the stuff had swelled and An examination revealed that it looked i i z much must be true: There is a concoction some- about this, but whether it is the overboiled medi- the story itself every doubting reader must judge MARK TWAIN, BOY HATER there are few books with a more #4, who worked for him as a youngster, did not like boys. ‘They got on his nerves; indeed, he was downright crabby ‘They irritated him. He could not put up with their 8, their nosiness, their thoughtless, clumsy horse- ith dived too long. It was coagulated andj}. Huck as an equal, making himself over so that the im- Perfcctions and cruditics of boyhood no longer rasped him. We lesser mortals are much the same. - We don’t write books about it, to be sure; yet we have our own dreams, by which we escape from what we are to what we ought to be. In real life we may be small petty and narrow, given to hatreds and passions and unworthy desires; bul in our hearts we know better. We have our own ideals, even if we do not always live up to them. “Like Mark Twain; we imagine ourselves rising above the small an- Noyances and limitations of daily existence and being all that we ought to be. It doesn’t matter much that so many of us confine our best deeds to our dreams. Concrete happenings are often far less important than dréams and visions. The race advances because it can imagine itself doing better than it is. Every time a man gets disgusted with his own small- ness and reminds himself of the ideal which he ought to attain, the world moves forward. AN EVER-PRESENT MENACE Winter is the season for fires in houses, apartments and tenements. Each newspaper issue tells of these disasters. During the last month their homes have te- come pyres for scores of men, women and children. En- tire families have been wiped out while they slept and while neighbors stood by horrified but helpless. In these tragedies are reflected human carelessness and recklessness at its worst. Most of them are easily pre- ventable. Each leaves remorse, regret and lamentation in its wake. But few learn the lessons they teach. Most fires in dwellings are caused by defective chim- neys. Defective wiring is another frequent cause. House- holders know this, but only when the menact strikes un- comfortably near home do they make sure that it can- not happen to them. The defects and the dangers usually are known long before the fire. ‘The builder who puts into a structure for human oc- cupancy inferior workmanship and materials of such & nature that they create a fire hazard is a potential mur- derer. And the occupant of such a building who senses the danger and does nothing necds a guardian. The power of reason was not given to man to reasen that nothing can happen to him. Fire is no respecter of persons or places. Expenditure of a few thousands of dollars in fire- proofing and fire-hazard removal would save, in the course of a year, hundreds of human lives and property worth millions. It would pay every householder to have his premises thoroughly inspected for conditions that might cause fire. YOUTH AND THE AIR An American business man who theretofore had shared with most of his countrymen the native instinct for th YOUR | CHILDREN avoiding risks recently deserted his’desk to tour Europe. While he was in Italy @ friend who had the use of an airplane invited him to fly. Did he respond to his in- stinct of caution and decline? To the contrary. Probably to their own surprise, he and his wife found themselves a day later soaring above the crater of Vesuvius. Once having sensed the allurement of adventure nothing must do but that, on arriving in London, they fly again. The incentive in this case is clear. The Amer- ican business man had found a new envirénment, he had escaped from his routine, he was no :onger restrained by lifelong habits. The air passenger routes from England to the con- tinent are largely patronized by just such Americans who for the moment have escaped routine and are therefore primed for adventure. They are ‘providing the nucleus" for a large and rapidly growing patronage for pas- senger air lines in the United States. The difference between the business man and the aviator is that the latter has never allowed himself to bécome entangled in the routine that most of us know as life. They still rejoice in the philosophy of youth which has not yet been shadowed by habit, and which revolts against existence in a groove. WORK AND HAPPINESS “If you want something done well, do it yourself,” is a workable axiom, but it is not infallible. If it were without exceptions our great commercial and industrial enterprises would never have developed. There are in- .| efficient workers, but they are surely not in the majority. Careless and unfinished work is the hardest kind, whether for the wage earner, salaried man, tradesman or manufacturer. When you fall down on the job you lose that satisfaction which is part of the wage of the good workman and you face the possthility of losing a job, a profit, a contract, a customer or a business. Public commiseration is to blame for much inef- fiency among employes. People will complain to a store- keeper about unsatisfactory goods but they will not re- port inattentions or discourtesies on the part of clerks because they fear the clerk might lose his position. The clerk, the public and the store owner all suffer. In the factory, the foreman is responsible for the work of those under him, just as the manufacturer is responsible for the quality of his products. Each has the advantage of this additional urge to do good work. How the world would profit if everybody would strive to do better work rather than less work! BAD NEWS FROM CHINA The latest news from China is discouraging. Just when it seemed that the new Nationalist govern+ ment had been firmly established, new revolts have brokep out. Various independent chieftains have revolted and are trying to set up separate states. Segments of the national army are in open mutiny. The government is crippled by acute financial difficulties. And on top of everything else, one of China’s periodic famines is in sway. China has tremendous latent possibilities, They can- by Ove Barton ©1928 by Service.ine My, oh my, but this is a conven- tion-ridden world! How many of us can remember things we were crazy to do as chil- dren and would have done, too— possessing all the originality and none of the inhibitions of childhood —had not our parents done the in- hibiting for us? Think back, parents, of the pet disappointments you have carried through the years to maturity, and then look at your own boy or girl and try to recall the thing he or she | has been coaxing to do these many months. Are you holding back be- cause of some silly convention? Are you afraid of what people might think? Perhaps, if it is something within your.power to grant, it might be the best thing’in the world for you to say, “Yes, go ahead! , What a Family Spirit One of the most refreshing families of children I ever knéw is possessed by a pair of parents who took long ago for their motto the little creed T am preaching. “Live and let live” ig the family slogan. One boy conceived a notion to possess a jew’s-harp. If you know what a jew’s-harp sounds like I think you'll make obeisance to the mother who could listen to its whanging dis- tressed voice day in and day out with- out a protest. But something in his soul answered to its complaining. He loved it to distraction. The neighbors laughed—but the family didn't. They took it quite seriously. A sister, Nettie, was to be sent to dancing school. She off. “I can't do that stuff, Mother. Aesthetic dancing suits me like wings would suit a monkey. Let me clog. I cut a Piece out of the paper—an advertise- ment for a new é&chool where they teach clogging and tap-dancing. I'm crazy to learn.” Nettie can tap now with anyone on the big time. Emery’s talents ran to roping. He has mastered all of Will Rogers’ stunts and every second out of school finds him with his beloved rope. The family takes it as a matter of course. ful has been cherished and encour- aged—originality and the confidence to do things they want to do. Our Yesterdays j ¢ ° FORTY YEARS AGO Colonel A. M. Esterly, special agent of the land department, returned to the city yesterday. Miss Anne E. Chestley and Daniel M. O'Connor were married by Rev. George Kline at the residence of J. R. Gage. ieee met BOY FLIES HE GVES ME HEART FAILURE! IG HE ISN'T MORE VALUABLE ON THE ! GROUND THAN IN THEAIR: Be {ANS DAY... For the benefit of our frequent visiting authors from other lands who go home to write about the parasitic American wife who is waited on hand and foot and who toils not, neither does she spin, some recently garnered figures to the effect that 87 per cent of American housewives do their own work—and how—may be of The parlor musicale of the Metho- | interest. dist church, given under the direc- tion of Mr. Van Houten, was weil re- ceived. The solos by Miss Colby, Miss Norris and Mrs. Hodge and the recitations by Mrs. Hughes and Mrs. Jameson were especially fine. The 18th and Dakota territory adjourned last night last legislature of lat 11:30 following evening sessions of both houses. pms TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO H. R. Lyon, Mandan, and family are spendjng several. months in Wash- ington, D. C. Lieut. William Kitts entertained members of the neighborhood whist club at his quarters at Fort Lincoln last evening. Secretary of State Porter and Hon. L, B. Hanna have returned from their Florida trip. Miss Mabel Peterson has returned from Minneapolis where she recently completed a course in a business col- lege. TEN YEARS AGO Mrs. Phoebe Marsh, who has re- sided In Bismarck longer than ,any white woman, is seriously ill at a local hospital. J. P. Sell as named head of the Elks lodge at their annual election last evening. Albert Anton, son of Mrs. Peter Anton, is very ill at one of the hos- pitals, F. W. Murphy of the Bismarck Bot- tling Works today received from Probably they will graduate—pass on to other things later on, these children, but something very wonder- Lieut. Hermann Brocopp of the A. E. F. a handsome dress helmet which was captured from a German officer. It’s the old story of insisting that what one sees in one's own little orbit is typical of the universe. A writer of any note naturally visits his own kind in this country. That means he is entertained in a more-than- | middle-class home, a home with ser- vants, and all that money can buy. Naturally, he sees a picture of the Parasitic wife which he would not glimpse if entertained in the homes of 87 per cent of all housewives who do their own work, * * % POOR PRODIGY! An 18-year-old “boy intellectual,” Wallace Rogers, son of Bruce Rogers, author and editor, killed himself the other day. His father believed that the futility of life had gripped the boy, and that he preferred death to life in “a mechanistic era.” Tales like this make humbler par- ents glad that they have not raised Prodigies who, at 18, could have so exhausted all possibilities of hope and joy that they are convinced they are living in a patternless world without meaning. ee SHE GOT IT! Some divorce petitions are a bit un- reasonable. But when Mrs. Grace Leigh, 18, of Chicago testified that she shined her husband's shoes, got breakfast, washed the dishes, cleaned the house, got to her factory job at 8 a. m. went home to market and cook the dinner and do the dishes and iron and mend and scrub, she got her divorce. Many husbands will not understand quite why. For it must be remembered that most husbands acquire their traditions of what to expect in a woman and wife from their own mothers, and all too many modern husbands of modern wives try to in- sist that their wage-earning wives carry on at the home stand, too, just not be realized until a firm, orderly government is es- tablished. Every friend of peace and progress will re- gret the country’s new troubles, LE Editorial Comment | NI st ih th nar LEGISLATIVE EPILOGUE IN NORTH DAKOTA (St. Paul Dispatch) The twenty-first North Dakota legislative assemb! ends by constitutional limitation on *priday. et tion for another two years. In North Dakota there an epilogue that is often more exc Wee Bary mesian can show. isedibaacicad Under constitution 11 enacted legis- lature and likewise measures which were vi referred to the people at a special election. $0,060 nor ate ate reduired for reference ot @ law and iasoes ay egg Measure rejected by the leg- Reports from GooF MoDERN ART. DOWN sTAIRS fun ARE PLAYING A GAG To WoRK A-LOAD OF LAUGHS OFF on. 4 ww HES S'POSED TO ComE From FINLAND AW I'M HIS MANAGER , wete HIS He work iS LiSTeD uNdER TH’ Mame TW NUT ExHisition. A Some DAY NEXT week DURING ‘YouR LUNCH HouR, DRoP ~ i TH’ RUMMLEY ART GALLERY To SEE AN EXHIGITiON oF ‘tue TH? MAIOR HAS ENTeRED A STATUE HE MADE OF PUTTY, THAT Looks UKE HE DID IT WHILE Fano HE AN* "YLSTADs” So 60 wt HEADSPIN oF RAPTURE OVER HIS STATUE / Just vow" iv ‘FoR A LAUGH, BCH 2 ~~ WELL, q TH’ BOTH OF You MAY WIND , UP TRYIN’ To LAUGH. A DESK SERGEANT ito LET TiN” You PuT uP Some HAY | OUR BOARDING HOUSE By Ahern Tu RoW wW aw” See (TJe wItt 6o nto ONG OF THOSE, ARTISTIC TRANCES, AN” START RAVING over th’ STATUE UNTIL WEY TRY To -SECL IT To Ms, we THEN Tit NM ORGANIC VS. INORGANIC SALTS In my articles I frequently mention the need of organic salts. These salts are not the same as table salt. Or- ganic salts are inorganic mineral salts which have been abeorbed and “organized” by living plants. These salts are absolutely essential to life and are abundant in the fruits, milk and Cote aad parts of the green vegetables, etc. ‘Table salt is not essential to life. A small amount to make the food SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 1929 HEALTH “DIET ADVICE HH Mc 54 Dr Frank McCoy sresnerenaumccece ioe REPLY giving us our scientific lessons in dietetics. I am sure that a small amount of salt is not injurious, but the aver- palatable does not seem to harm and | age may stimulate digestion, but my ex- perience with thousands of patients convinces me that an excessive amount of salt will retard or prevent the cure of many diseases. Chemically, the elements are ways the same whether they are found in earth, grass, plant or ani- mal, but as they are found in the earth they are unable to sustain life, The lime which the plasterer uses, the potash used in lye, and the iron of the steel mills cannot be taken up by the body and converted into cell structure. This is likewise true of common table salt which imparts an agreeable flavor to improperly cooked food. Only plants have the power to di- gest and utilize the elements of the soll. The animal can only use these elements after they have been so changd by plants or after they have been absorbed from the plant by some other animal. It seems that these elements go through some sort of change that is too delicate for the chemist to discover and for this rea- son many medical text books are mis- leading when they speak of inorganic salts. It is true that these salts are in- organic chemically, but they are organic physiologically. The final test tube is not in the laboratory, but in the human body. As inorganic salt is eaten with food it gets into the blood circula- tion and may really deprive the cells of other minerals whith they need more. Large quantities of salt are also irritating and to combat this tendency, an excessive thirst is cre- ated. This is why so many people find they must drink liquids with their meals. The body is calling for extra liquid to wash out irritating salt or other unnecessary additions to the diet, such as condiments, pickles, spices, ctc. When cattle are fed salt they will drink large quantities of water. This is a good thing - for the dairyman when he wishes the cows to préduce more milk. When salt is distributed around the cattle ranges cattle, after Neking the salt, will go great dis- tances to find water where they otherwise would be so indifferent to thirst for such a long time that they might finally become sick from the lack of water. Many observers have pointed to the fact that all animals like salt and cite this as a reason for its use, but you must remember that animals will eat anything which has a good taste and cannot be de led . uJ f as their mothers did in a day when housework was their be-all and end- all. * ex NEXT DOOR The walls of my apartment are thin, and I hear some such newly- wed argument every night. She, it seems, works all day and comes home to do housework*while he, whom occasionally titles “a big lazy hull sits in his chair and throws cigaret butts around for her to clean up. She remonstrates, and he says, “that a womans interest should be in her home.” He evidently wants a wage- earning wife who helps pay the rent, didn't help pay the rent. ee * “TOO INTIMATE” One hundred and hitherto unprinted to the world. p It is obvious that the sister was not herself a creater with words, For the writer soon learns that “intimate ex- periences” are really for self-cxpres sion through words, rather than words meeting the need of “experiences.” ° ) BARBS ° In a straw vote conducted by the American Nature Association big news broke the next day Lindy took Anne for another and ONE OF HIS BANDAGED UP. A movement is on foot to gegee 5 ferts L to do all the work his mother did who seventy-five poems of Emily Dickinson will soon be published. The poems were recently discovered by her niece. It is explained that they were withheld from publication when discovered by the poet's sister at the time of her death, because judged of “too intimate a nature” to. reveal ° {| London Times said: af gradually decrease your until you will find that you can get along almost entirely without it. vegetables, if properly cooked, have & delicious flavor that does not re: quire extra seasoning. The amount of salt often used in food actually sometimes takes away the more delicate flavors. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Dreaming Question: Mrs. L. F. writes: “I would like to know the cause for . dreaming at night and what to do to stop it. I dream every night and all night and in the morning I feel as though I haven't had any rest. I don’t eat before going to bed, and I don’t have anything on my mind, as some have said are the cause of it.” Answer: Dreaming is usually caused by indigestion and I believe it would be a good plan for you to fol- low out the fasting and dieting re- gime outlined in my article called “A Cleansing Diet” which will be mailed to you upon receipt of a large stamped envelope. Cooking String Beans Question: F. E. B. asks: “Will you Please tell me how to cook just plain String beans? Most people boil them with a small piece of salt bacon. Is that right?” Answer: The best way is to cook them in a very small amount of water or without water in a steam or pressure cooker. The cooking time varies from between twenty to thirty minutes according to the kind of ves- sels you use and the method of cook- ing. String beans are not as digest- ible if cooked with any kind of fat. Many of my patients who formerly thought they could not digest string beans are now using them but with- out the salt pork or bacon. Reducing Question: Mrs. A. 8. writes: “I have been following your instructions for the orange juice fat, except that I seem unable to resist ‘piecing, be- tween meals, a habit I have always had, and I have gained three pounds this week. But I want to lose 15 or 20 pounds. Also, I wish especially to reduce my hips. Are there any special exercises for that?” Answer: If you wish to get the best results from the use of the orange Juice fast you must avoid taking any other food. .You will have good re- sults within @ short time if you will stick to this regime. The best methods A GREAT NAVAL BATTLE Sixty-seven years ago today the most important naval battle in the world’s history came to an end with both ships limping off the scene with neither victorious, It was the bat- tle of the Monitor and Merrimac, the world’s first iron-clad warships. The battle, undecisive as its result was, revolutionized the navies of the world, and doomed wooden fighting vessels to Davey Jones Locker for- ever. In this lies its greatest import- ance, but it also had the immediate effect of bolstering up the morale of Union su) + The Merrimac, built in the South in an effort to break the northern blockade of Hampton Roads, was proving a terror of the seas. No wooden ship could give it @ real contest. Soon after, the Union retaliated with the Mon. itor. designed by John Ericsson, in- ventor of the screw propeller. When on March 9, 1862, the Monitor proved itself capable of fighting even a stand-off battle with the impreg- nable Merrimac it relieved the North of much apprehension. After the battle, the conservative “The English had 149 first-class warships. We now have two, the Warrior and her sister, Ironside. ‘There is not # ship in the navy, apart from these two, that it would not be madness to trust to an engagement with that little Monitor.” Daily Lenten _ Thought By WILLIAM E. GILROY, D. D. (Editor of the Congregationalist) Whether we call it Utopia, the Golden Age, the Kingdom of Heaven, or by whatever name, there can never ‘There can be no Golden Age wit gnips in lite sntiout golden thoughts ships le w! t and actions of thé people who make up daily life. It was news, of course, when Lindy | © and Anne crashed, but it seems the 5