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All rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. (Official City, State and County Newspaper) Foreign Representatives SMALL, SPENCER & LEVINGS (Incorporated) Formerly G. Logan Payne Co. Ww Y CHICAGO NEW YORK "BOSTON Brutality at Sea Passing If you have numbered among your ancestors an old- time sailing-ship mate—a “bucko mate” of the old days— it might be well for you to go out to the cemetery and have a look at his grave. The chances are that he has recently turned over in it. ‘The reason for this lies in an obscure little news item that may have escaped your attention altogether; a story telling how the United States supreme court the other day upheld the award of $12,000 to a sailor, who had sued the steamship company that employed him because a petty officer knocked him down with a monkey wrench. ‘This sailor was struck and floored because he was late in coming on watch. He sued and won his $12,000; the company appealed the case, claiming that the occur- rence was simply a brawl common among seamen and not a thing for which the company could be held liable. ‘The supreme court turned the appeal down, and the sailor will get his money, So, we repeat—the graves of the old-time mates of the days of square sail had better be inspected. For if there is anything on earth that would make one of those old ruffians turn over in his last resting place it would be the news that a ship's officer can no longer knock down a sailor at will, as he could in the days when Charley Hanson sailed the seven seas. Our old traditions seem to be passing fast. None was ever better entrenched than this tradition of brutality at sea. While American sailing ships were winning fame for speed and seaworthiness all over the world, they were also becoming notorious among sailors everywhere for abuse and hard treatment. It was common to speak of an American ship as a “hell wagon.” To discipline a crew with fists, belaying pins and sea boots, all applied freely where they would do the most good, was known as giving them “Yankee music.” This brutality was closely interwoven with the Ameri- can record at sea. A man who shipped before the mast in an American ship, especially in the latter days of sail, when expenses were pared to the bone, crews were small and crimps shanghaied the witless dregs of the water- front to serve as able seamen, expected to be kicked and walloped. The prime function of the mate was to rule with an iron hand, and he generally did it with a whole- souled earnestness. ‘There was one tradition whose passing no one need lament. The American sailor today gets decent quarters, decent food, decent pay and decent treatment. His of- ficers have no greater privileges than the foremen in industrial plants ashore, which is as it should be. If a sailor is struck he can get damages. The hard-boiled era of “the glorious days of sail” has died forever, and it is a good thing. But—can you imagine what one of those old “bucko mates” would say about this little lawsuit? Banking and Fire Insurance One of the most important contributions to the bank- ing structure of the United States is made by the stock fire insurance companies.. At the close of 1928, these companies held bank stocks valued at $219,088,985, a sum which is of material value in financing other industries, Loans and discounts represent $39,542,067,000 of bank resources, Much of this is secured by physical property. ‘Without the protection offered by fire insurance it would be impossible to make such loans. A large percentage of the banking power of the na- tion is represented in the total deposits of $53,244,698,000, In this, also, insurance companies play # leading part. At the end of 1928 the industry's cash deposits in banks totaled more than $160,000,000. . And finally, it is estimated the savings deposits of em- ployes of the insurance companies aggregate $180,000,000, all of which is functioning as part of America’s vast banking power. Thus it is found that fire insurance companies are di- rectly responsible for $497,674,390 of banking resources, in addition to sums paid out in losses which are often de- | % posited in banks until used for rebuilding. Fire insur- ance is an indispensable factor in the existence, as well as the progress, of almost all industries and actually stands as the basis for industrial and individual credit. ¢ Real Service Ignored There's nothing especially new in the fact that the hhuman race seldom goes out of its way to reward the people who have done the most for it. Now and then, though, something happens to remind you of it again—something that makes you wonder if we teally know what's good for us. i In London a man named Sir Ronald Ross recently cel- ebrated his 73d birthday; celebrated it in il} health, with- out any too much money to make his old age comfort- able and without any great public celebration to mark the anniversary. ‘ Sir Ronald Ross? No, you very likely never heard of him. He isn't widely known. But when future historians go to write down the names of the men who, in the last three or four decades, have served humanity .the best, bead will put his name somewhere near the head of the A number of years ago Sir Ronald was a young officer 4n the medical corps of the British army in India, stuck sway in a God-forsaken outpost simmering in the trop- ical heat. Malaria was @ curse there; s curse, and an unsolved riddle. The young medical officer turned his attention to it. He had the audacity to doubt that it was caused by the climate, by the food and drink or by the ‘weather. Instead, he suspected that it was carried from tthe sick to the well by some insect. He outlined his idea to his superiors and was scoffed at. Undaunted, he got a cheap microscope and began to investigate. He put the mosquito down as his chief sus- Pect, and went to work making microscopic examinations of the contents of thousands of mosquitos’ stomachs, ‘This painstaking work in the tropic heat with poor ‘Gnstruments was terribly hard. It undermined the offi- 6 cer’s eyesight and ruined his nerves, There were y of it, too; for Ross’ investigations came to nothing for a long time. At last, however, he found a new species of mosquito, got some specimens of it—and found his malaria germs in his specimens’ stomachs. Within a short time he had froved his theory to a skeptical medical world and had enabled health organ- izations to cope with malaria for the first time in his- tory. Nor was that all. It was his work that put the Amer- ican medical officers on the track of the yellow fever mosquito. The magnificent clean-up on that dreadful disease in Cuba, Panama and the southern states of America grew directly out of Ross’ work. So that’s Sir Ronald Ross. He was knighted for his work—and then largely forgotten. Today England's highest honors rest on the shoulders of her war leaders —men who sent thousands upon thousands of men out to kill and to be killed. The man who saved uncounted thousands of lives, and whose work will go on saving lives long after he himself is dead, is ignored. Really, we don’t seem to know who our benefactors are, The University of Crime If you happen to be one of those citizens to whom ex- pensive, up-to-date and humane prisons are simply a waste of money, you might consider the remarks made recently by a bomber on whom the Chicago police man- aged to lay their hands. This man told the police how he learned his “trade.” He learned it, it appears, at the state’s expense—learned it while he was doing time in the notorious Ohio peni- tentiary for carrying concealed weapons. “In prison,” he says, “I met a bunch of safe blowers. They told me all about cooking dynamite to get the nitro out of it. I thought it would be great to be a safe blower and I also heard there were plenty of chances for bomb- ers in Chicago.” And there you are. Because Ohio's prison was too an- tiquated and inadequate to segregate its prisoners and keep them busy, but left them to loaf day after day in the “idle house,” it became a sort of university of crime. This Chicago: bomber was simply-one of its graduates. Not Martyrs; Just Silly Three communists, arrested at Martin’s Ferry, O., last summer, were held up to their red contemporaries all over the nation as “martyrs” after a judge sentenced them to five years in prison and fined them $5,000 apiece. ‘Their sentences helped other communist agitators very materially. They gave them something to talk about; enabled them to declare that the communists in this country are being “persecuted.” Now, however, these communistic props have been knocked out. The Ohio court of appeals has reversed the conviction of the Martin’s Ferry trio. The judge who wrote the ‘opinion did not pass on the constitutionality of the law under which the communists were sentenced; he simply remarked that the inflammatory handbills they distributed were just plain silly and inconsequential. “This action will do more to slow up the communists’ work than the stiffest prison sentences that could have been pronounced. 2 Foods for a Traveler A recent dispatch from New York presents some inter- esting statistics on sectional preferences in food in the United States. Corned beef hash, it develops, is New York's most Popular restaurant dish. Philadelphia’s favorite is, of course, scrapple. New Orleans diners like their food highly seasoned. In the middle west the reverse is true. Minnesota goes for steaks in a big way. California is ex- tremely fond of salads. Boston baked beans are popular everywhere, although the eating of them has become a Saturday night ritual nowhere but in their native city. ‘Travelers often complain that American cooking is too standardized; but there are still sectional preferences and local favorites. The traveler who takes pains to inquire about these local dishes and ask for them.can still en- Joy considerable variety as he goes about the country. Gutzon Berglum, sculptor, who took the liberty to delete certain words from Cal Coolidge’s history of America to be carved on a mountainside, probably thought he would knock a chip off his boulder. Bince no one seems to be,in sympathy with the Massachusetts man who plans to go over Niagara Falls on a mattress, he'll probably bring along his own com- eee John Philip Sousa led 20 Salvation Army bands at one time. At least he knew his score. | Editorial Comment | A Good Treaty—Ratify It (Duluth Herald) Great Britain, Japan and the United States, with the high purpose of heading off races in naval construction and of working toward a lighter burden of armament, which is always costly and always a menace because of the temptation to put fighting material to the use for which it was designed, agreed at London on a naval con- struction treaty. a . eae treaty is now before the three nations for ratifica- ion. * The admirals in the United States—some of them—are pron declaring that this country got the worst of this The admirals in Great Britain are hotly declaring that Great Britain got the worst of it. And the admirals in Japan are hotly declaring that Japan got the worst of it. The picture created when these three varying view- points assembled is a picture of a pretty good treaty, and that it must be about what it ought to be. Certainly a great majority of Americans believe that it is, and therefore they expect the United States senate to ratify it without undue delay. The Way of Life (Omaha World-Herald) there was a hod carrier who had to work with a ip of other hod carriers who were always ragging 5 Poked fun at him because he could.not carry hods in @ day as they could. Each of the others, 3 carry more in his hod at one load—or so he dl The man cursed his luck and wished he had gone in for chicken raising on a small scale. i wee ‘There was a clerk in a big store who felt that life had handed him the rawest of raw deals. Seemed as if he couldn't get along with his fellow clerks. They ragged him and called him slow and he wanted like everything to quit the clerk business and raise chickens. _ eee The owner of the store was sadder than any of his clerks and often he could not sleep nights. It appeared at least to him—that his fellow merchants wouldn't Play ball as to prices and the like. Sometimes they ac- cused him of things of which he was not guilty and this his appetite. He often wished that he had gone in for raising chickens. Senator Blank almost passed out from sheer envy when President Double Blank was elected. He had wanted the office like all get out and it graveled him to see Double Blank get in there. He had a notion to chuck Politics once for all and get him a small chicken ranch back home. oe “So they turned down another of my appointments, did they?” scowled President Double Blank. “Oh, dear, oh, dear,” he sighed, “I used to think that to get into the White House would be the life of Riley. All that senate has done since I got in is razz me. A fellow'd be a darned sight happier raising a few Barred Rocks and selling the eggs from house to house.” . eg) “Today Is the | JEFFERSON DAVIS’ BIRTH On June 3, 1808, Jefferson Davis, a soldier, statesman and the president of the Confederate States of Amer- ica, was born at Todd county, Ken- tucky. \ His family moved during his.in- fancy to Mississippi. with which. state his fame has always been con- nected. Following his graduation from West Point in 1828, Davis served in the army for seven years, resigning on account of illness. Davis first came into ‘prominence as a member of the house of repre- sentatives and later as a United States senator. He left congress at the outbreak of the. Mexican. war to enlist, and gained considerable fame as @ soldier. When Pierce was elected president Davis was appointed secre- tary of war but left the cabinet when Buchanan became president. At the time Mississippi seceded from the Union, Davis was serving in the senate. Shortly after his res- ignation he was elected president of the Confederate States.. fall of Richmond in 1865 he was cap- tured when endeayoring to escape and was imprisoned in Fort Monroe for two years. bail in 1867 and finally set at liberty by the general amnesty of 1868, ‘Anniversary of. After the He* was released on a BEGIN HERE TODAY NATALIE CONVERSE tries to conquer her jealousy over her husband, ALAN. But they quarrel over BERNADI LAMO) night club hostes: him to look after when she er son, BOBBY, whoke father had saved Alan's fe during the war. Annoyed at Natalle’s iaptitnte, i. Alan seeks sympathy from secretary, PHILLIPA WEST, is wi for the op! init; together con: fearing that Propose mai parents object going wit Fried man, and brings Al: of confessing more. ip for her, WITH THE STORY CHAPTER XXIV Au did not give Phillipa a ring for some time. She was bitter over his neglect in the mat- ter. He had showered gifts and checks upon Natalie; she knew that. 1 “He's the kind who wants to give a woman everything he has when he’s in love with her,” she stormed to herself. Well, she could not ask him for things before they were married, but she did intend to have a ring. She wanted it, for one thing, as In Brazil they are using aiconol: for motor fuel: use it to tank up Wall street is said to be alarmed because haberdashers near Dart- mouth college are selling shorts. ‘There may be some consolation in the fact that while the rural com- munity is declining in population, bootleg liquor is giving us an incréas- ing number of hicks. Hockey is threatening to eclipse boxing as the most popular sport in New York, & news item says. At least at a hockey game you can see @ puck knocked for a goal. xe ® And yet most of the boxing fans who are flocking to the rink are probably unaware that a*good many fights are on the ice. Little Dorothy thinks the Baton Rouge is a new kind of cosmetic. (Copyright, 1930, BOLIVIA OIL SUPPLY UNTAPPED Ne wealth in Bolivia. A report to the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers says “Bolivia still remains among those countries that have proven oil acreage but no production which is being marketed.” usban a Seng ©¥19350 : by NEA SERVICE tangible evidence of his promise, which he would remember every time he saw the ring flashing upon her finger. She did not expect him to forget he had asked her to marry him. But, having asked her, he seemed content to let the affair rest in abeyance. He did not make love to her. That was all right with Phillipa except occasionally when she weighed his new attitude toward her and wondered if it portended - ill for her plans. She did not want him to acknowledge too thoroughly to himself his lack of desire. for her. She gave # great deal of thought to ways and means for bringing.the Tingless state of her left hand to his attention. She could think of nothing that was not too obvious, until Bernadine Lamont came back from the second trip that she had taken that winter. This time Ber- nadine had gone for her health. Phillipa had been glad she was gone, She was annoyed by Alan's devotion to Bobby, She knew that if the boy were about much, she In this country we 00. te ses ee * zee xe * NEA Service, Inc.) York—(P)—Oil is not yet x would see a great deal less of Alan. No doubt, if Bernadine hadn't left soon after Natalie went home to her mother, Phillipa said to her- self, Alan would have found the companionship he sought with the Lamonts, mother and son. Phillipa could not conceive of a love that would endure beyond the grave. She was absolutely convinced that Ber- nadine would have taken Alan if she had known that he was sepa- rated from Natalie. He happened to reveal to her that he hadn’t told Bernadine sny- thitig about it. She suggested sev- eral reasons why she thought he ought not to do it. Alan agreed with her, without giving the mat- ter much thought. “But when Bernadine returned, and ‘Alan went up to see her and Bobby, Phillipa had to make the most of it. She decided it was high time to get her ring and bring Alan to a definite consideration of their future. Choosing a time when Alan was “}less absent-minded than usual, and consequently more devoted to her, ‘she appeared to be nervous and downcast.* Finally, as she knew he would, Alan-asked what was troubling her. . “Oh, just a condition &t home,” she answered in an offhand man- ner, Alan frowned. He didn’t feel like delving into trouble, but he considered it his duty to do as much for Phillipa as she had done for him. And she never had failed to be interested in his affairs, even when they were dreariest. Of course, lately, while he had been living in @ sort of shell of resig- nation, he hadn't needed much com- forting. , Curious, he thought .idly, this lethargic state had seemed to come upon him with their engagement, with the settling of his fate, as it were. “What is it, dear?” he pressed, using the only endearing term he applied to her since she had prom- ised to marry him. “The same old trouble, if you must know,” Phillipa answered with & ready show of impatience. “Yes?” he encou her. “You know I had to tell the at home that we're going to be married—some day,” she explained, not without a touch of acrimony in her voice. “They wouldn't have al- lowed me to continue going about with you if I hadn’t told them,” she went on, talking fast. Alan said: “I know; you told me about it.” “Well,” Phillipa burst out; “they’re beginning to act as though they think I lied to them; that We're not engaged at all!” “Nonsense.” ET | - Quotations | “After all, we must remember that Politics and economics are not the w Me 2 So ta te 2 Sah ACID FRUITS DO NOT CAUSE ACIDOSIS The belief of many people that acid fruits cause acidosis is readily disproven by testing the blood of pa- tients who are on an exclusive acid fruit diet. Patients using nothing but orange juice will show an in- creased alkalinity of blood as long as they remain on the orange juice and, in fact, the more orange juice they use at one time the more alkalinity seems to increase. _ Countless experiments have con- vinced me that there is not the slightest excuse for believing that acid fruits have any effect, what- ever, in creating acidosis. The fruit acids, such as citric acid, malic acid and tartaric acid are quite different in chemical composition from the tied in the body which produce aci- losis. The fruit acids may be considered natural acids and they are combined with alkaline forming elements. When these acids are digested they are oxidized and nothing remains but carbon dioxide and water. This Te- | leases the mineral elements which were combined with the acids, and produces a greater alkalinity of the blood. The normal state of the bodily tissues is alkaline, and whenever this protective alkalinity becomes lessened the body becomes very susceptible to a variety of diseases. The body is never really acid until after death, but bad eating habits will reduce the normal alkalinity. I have never found a superior method for increas- ing the alkalinity. I have never found @ superior method for increasing the alkalinity of the bldod than to use an exclusive citrus fruit acid for a time. ‘When no other food is used, the élim- ination of toxic acids and material proceeds with great rapidity and, at masters of men—they are their serv- ants.”—Owen D. Young. *x* * * “We go around seeking to ‘show up’ the evil intents of men rather than to ‘show off’ their good points.”—Rev. Ralph W. Sockman, D. D. * * * “The underlying principle of suc- cessful penology is to keep men out of jail rather than in.”—Lewis E. Lawes. * eK “What New York thinks is tremen- dously unimportant.”—Ethel Barry- more. see “If you are satisfied with your work isn’t that about all you require to bring contentment?”—Jed Harris. COMIC PAPERS BY PLANE FOR CHILDREN ON RANCH Seattle—()—Every Sunday morn- ing as Air Mail Pilot Al Davis flies eastward over the sage brush terri- tory of eastern Washington a group of children wait expectantly near a, ranch house far from any city or town for the drone of his motor. All is excitement in the little group as they watch the’ plane roar out of the west, dive toward them, and see Davis throw out a tightly rolled bun- dle of Sunday comic pages. @, DU “Of coursé, it’s nonsense, but it’s terribly disturbing just the same. If only they’d come right out and say what they think, I could con- vince them that I told the truth.” Alan did not seem greatly im- pressed with her difficulty. “Can't you talk about it of your own ac- cord?” he asked. Phillipa shook her head. “You don’t understand, Alan,” she said, and now her voice was sweeter, and quite sad. “There isn’t any- thing that I can say, except that we're engaged, and I can’t say that over and over, when there's noth- it to ing they can see to back me up.” “No,” Phillipa declared, un- “You won't let me see you at|@bashed; “to Mr. Converse. home,” Alan reminded her. ‘Converse?” Both her mother “No, I won't,” she said stubborn- ly. “My home isn’t a pleasant place even for me. I’m not going to in- Py solently. “To Mr. Alan Converse, flect it upon you. my boss for a little while longer,” “But I think I ought to talk|she said. with your parents, Phillipa, Aft- er all, it’s asking a great deal of them, even in this day and age, | cents, to entrust their daughter’s happi-| “He's been parted from his wife ness to a man who is still martied| for weeks,” Phillipa explained to another woman.” Phillipa grabbed at the chance he gave her.. “That's just it,” she exclaimed. “Everything is so un- settled, so uncertain, I can’t talk about it with them. If I could tell them when we're going to be mar- ried, where we're going to live, or what we're going to do, it wouldn't be so bad.” Her voice had grown louder, excited. She appeared to be carried away by her thoughts, so that when she sald; “if I only had an engagement ring to show them, it would help a lot,” it seemed a naturally expressed and innocent remark, Alan never guessed how skillfully he had been reminded of. an oversight. “That's one thing we can settle without delay,” he said, glad to be able to take some direct action. “We'll get a ring tomorrow, dear. You'll pick it out, of course?” - “Alan.” Phillipa breathed it thankfully, but sha was too clever to gush over her success. And the next day she got her ring. The girls in the office cast knowing glances at each other, when they caught sight of it on her finger, but not one of them dared to question her about it. ‘Her mother and father were over- awed, “There,” she challenged, moving her hand back and forth under their startled gaze; “isn’t that a beauty?” “Where did you get it?” Her mother’s voice had never been so stern before. Phillipa laughed. “Oh I know you're going to bleat,” she retorted, “but don’t. I'm engaged...” She caught her father’s eye, and| itt. or ly "DEWEY “GROVES for a few seconds her assurance deserted her. couldn’t bother her now. If she had to find another place to live, Alan would take care of her. -“To that young Mr. Norman you used to talk about?” her mother asked, before Phillipa had decided what she should say to her father. Mrs. West couldn't think of any- one else who had money enough even her untrained eye knew that the square-cut stone her daughter was exhibiting was a valuable one. and her father echoed Alan’s name. Against the silence of their per- plexity, Phillipa smiled coolly, in- “But Phillipa, he’s married!” her mother exclaimed in horrified ac- clamly, at the same time avoiding her father’s glance. “You're crazy, girl,” he exploded wrathfully. you. Do you hear? I won't have married to a man who's already got a wife. It’s plain disgrace!” Phillipa’s face flamed red. “Plain thrust back; me when he’s divorced from the Present Mrs, Converse.” “Phillipa... .”” “Oh, There's nothing wrong, I tell you. I didn’t separate them. reled all the time. She was beast- “And did she have cause for it?” Mr. West broke in, pointing an ac- cusing finger at Phillipa. “It you're going to start treat- ing me like a home wrecker, I'll leave,” she threatened in answer. “You'll leave if you don’t take that ring off your finger, and be damned quick about it,” her father shouted. Phillipa smiled crookedly. “I ex- pected as much,” she said\sneering- ly. to better myself, to get somewhere in the world, you want to hold me’ down with a lot of out-worn ideas about propriety. seems you're pretty ready and will- ing to think anything of me. Why? Because I'm your own flesh and blood?” frightened protest, fully communicated itself to her daughter. the same time, alkaline substances are added so that the blood regains its normal alkaline balance. If the rash appears on the skin when using citrus fruits, it is because of the poisons coming out through the skin in such large quantities that temporarily some of the pores are blocked. and rash and irritation re- sult. This will disappear in a short time and even such skin diseases as eczema and psoriasis will quickly vanish. If the fruit diet is persisted in and nothing is given to retard the skin elimination by the use of oint- ments which repress the poisons in the body, I do not know of any food which has such a definite, beneficial result on the body as the citrus fruits, and in no case can it be said that they produce acidosis, - The safe rule is to always use the fruits by themselves, and if you do this there is no disease where acid fruits are contraindicated. The alka- linity of the blood will always in- crease; the hemoglobin or color of the blood will increase day by day toward normal. Thousands of lab- oratory experiments have confirmed this opinion. Remember, orange juice every day chases acidosis away. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Birthmarks Question: Mrs. J. writes: “Please state your opinion on the so-called = ‘ A b ~ But she had to see through, Their interference markings of a child during pregnancy, and if it is true how I can then pre- 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. vent it, and can it be prevented by dieting?” Answer: The marking of children during pregnancy by a mother’s fear is not considered scientifically pos- sible. There are a certain per cent of birthmarks on children and if these happen to resemble any par- ticular objects in shape the mother tries to remember something of whiwh she was afraid during the period she was carrying the child. But mothers are no doubt frightened many times without the child having any marks. though if the child is marked she, of course, recalls these instances. Health Articles for Distribution Question: K. W. writes: “Kindly send me your pamphlet on diabetes also the orange juice diet for cleans- ing the system. Will you please send | me a full list of the pamphlets you have printed for distribution?” Answer: I have sent you my articles on diabetes, also the fasting regimen, as you request. I have pre- pared articles on most of the commen disorders and the important dict problems. If you wish information on any of these subjects, you may write and ask for the material on the | disease or diet problem in which you are interested. Please be sure to send # two-cent stamp for each article desired, and enclose a large self addressed envelope. I cannot give you a complete list in this column, and I have several thousand different articles printed. Tuberculosis and Smoking Question: H. B. writes: “A man 48, who has had tuberculosis, and who is making @ nice recovery, has beth told by his doctor that four or five cigarettes a day are not harmful. I would like your opinion about it.” Answer: Although I do not advise smoking for one who has had tuber- culosis, it is possible that four or five cigarettes a day would not be very harmful if not inhaled. (Copyright, 1930, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) C—O | PEOPLE’S FORUM | a cay Editor of The Bismarck Tribune: Different statements credited to Dr. John Crawford of New Rockford, president of the North Dakota Medi- cal association, printed in The Trib- une this week, provoked me to wifte this letter with the hope you will see fit to give it space in your paper. Dr. Crawford said that the prohibi- tion act degrades our young people. I am of the opinion that liquor has al-~ ways and always will degrade the morals of both young and old, hence the fight for prohibition. Dr. Crawford said that two-thirds of the cost of all crime in the United States is caused by the violation of Volstead law. My answer is that the U. 8. has a tremendous crime bill to pay for the simple reason that so- .| ciety has fallen down on the job of teaching virtue to our youth. The teaching of temperance is teachiag virtue and should have the backing of all right-thinking people and not be hampered by anybody making yjn- warranted statements regarding t) failure of prohibition. I challenge Dr. Crawford to trot cut his bootleggers who cast their votes with the W. C. T. U. and folks who are church members. He makes the statement that he knows this is true from a personal standpoint, so he must be well acquainted with the bootlegging element. If folks are using more liquor te- give Phillipa such a ring. For “I won't have it, I tell My daughter engaged to be fancy, take it or leave it,” she e’s going to marry don’t rag me, mother. ‘They quar- Jealous. ...” “Just because I have a ehance Furthermore, it “Phillipa!” her mother cried in An instant later her fright had (To Be Continued) day than before prohibition, then why the fight on prohibition by the wet element of our country? Dr. Crawford said that young peo- ple didn’t drink before prohibition. That question I am safe in leayng with you older ones who happen to read this letter. He said that today it is the com- mon thing and generally accepted that our high school and college young folks drink. The thousands of fine, clean young people in North Dakota today give the lie to such a statement. I have had the privilege of traveling up and down our state for the last eight years and I am in the habit of keeping my eyes and ears open a good share of the time. And I am glad end proud to be able to say that, with a very few excep- tions, I hardly see evidence of liquor among our young people. Give the folks who are trying to keep liquor away from our young folks your best help, Dr. Crawford, and stop to think deep before you again criticize the prohibition cause. Yours for a drier America. NEIL N. LEE, Dickinson, N. D. Nitroglycerine is the basis of a new bhi to grease shoes and squeaky ee! In these uneven days it's a wise skirt that knows its own length, ‘ l