The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 1, 1930, Page 4

| | THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE An Independent Newspaper THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) Published by The Bismarck Tribune Company, Bis- marek, N. D.. and entered at the postoffice at Bistnarck ee President and Publisher Subscription Rates Payable in Advance Daily by carrier per year .......... — $7.20 Daily by mail per year (in Bismarck) 4. Daily by mail per year (in state, outside Biamarck) ......... 5.00 Daily by mail outside of North Dakota 6.00 Weekly by mail tn state per year 1 $ OBES LOT ancrerenen 2. Weekly by mail in state. three eekly bY Dakota, Weekly by mail outside of N Weekly by msil ty Canada gt Wwar cao 200 eekly by mail in Seciiiocoresnseseremmm 2. Pe Member a uréay of Circulation Member of The Abgoclated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use tor republication of all news dispal credited to it or not otherwise credited in this newspaper and also the local news of spontageoys orijin oublished herein. All rights of repablisaion of all other maptiar herelp are also reserved. (Official City, State and County Newspaper) Foreign Hepresentatives SMALL. ae ER & ‘baa ret in Payne Co. cone ORK BOSTON ly G. CHICAGO NEW Minnesota’s Experience Floyd B. Olson, Minnesota's governor-elect, has en- dorsed a twenty million dollar bond issue for state high- ‘way improvement. These bonds will be retired irom the proceeds of motor vehicle licenses and from gasoline taxes. There seems to be a strong sentiment in Minnesota also to oppose any increases in the state’s motor vehicle tax. Opposition has developed also to any increase in the gas tax unless there is @ corresponding reduction in| the motor vehicle tax. Road experts are coming to know that maintenance of gravel roads is a costly process. It has been conserva- tively estimated that, the saving realized upon the hard- surfaced road in the maintenance cost alone will offset interest charges on road bonds. North Dakota's administration of highway affairs seems‘ to be sold on higher gas taxes and more gravel and dirt. roads. Of course the hard surface road for certain por- tions of the state is not feasible because of the light: traffic and the building of the gravel type of road must: continue, but there are heavy duty highways in this state that should be paved in the immediate future. It would seem that a bond issue to be met through a} gas tax will relieve the highway commission of this state from an embarrassing situation in which it finds itself as far as road finances go. Not enough will be; realized by an increase in the gas tax, to provide at once the necessary financial relief. The road bond method .of financing highway exten- sion and improvement has worked out well in other, states. It is better than the one followed in this state, as it gets results and permanent roads immediately as well as provides a conservative and safe way of retiring the obligation through a direct and special levy against' road users who are willing to pay. ‘The experience of our sister state of Minnesota is interesting and very much in point. It has both paved. and graveled roads and is in position to make a com- parison under conditions very much similar to our own. ‘The following comment by Charles M. Babcock, Min- nesoia highway commissioner, is interesting: “It ccsts 1 cent a mile less to run a car on & paved road than on a good graveled road and -t costs 2 cents a mile less to drive this car on pavement than on a poorly graveled or dirt road. “The saving to each 1,000 cars would be $10 a mile a day, or $3,650 a year, where pavement is compared with good gravel, or twice this amount where poor gravel or dirt roads are con- cerned. “Usually where traffic averages 1,000 cars a day,” Mr. Babcock continued, “it ts difficult to keep a graveled road in good condition and hence it has to be classified as @ poor road. In our last traffic census there were 39 points at which traffic averaged more than 1,000 cars a day. These points represented more than 800 miles of highways. If these roads were paved, from $500 to $2,000 a mile would be saved in maintenance costs each year.” | A Book for Bedtime A book reviewer, discussing a quietly-romantic novel, remarked the other day that the book was so soothing and peaceful that it would be very fine to read in bed, late at night. That statement, opening as it does the whole question of bedtime stories for adults, seems to us| to be heretical and blind. Tts chief mistake les in its assumption that it is a quiet, and unexciting tale that one wants when one reads one’s self to sleep. Quietness is all very well, of course; but bedside literature has no place for it, and the confirmed reader-in-bed would never dream of getting under the covers with such a book. Far better is a tale of hardship and physical suffer- ing, so that the supreme comfort of lying back among the pillows may be heightened by contrast with the tur- moil on the printed page; and in this class, the best of all steries for bedtime reading are stories of the sea. ‘The reader gets into his bed and makes himself com- fortable. The room is warm and snug; the window panes are black squares of darkness, and shadows lurk quietly in the corners. Outside it is raining, or snowing, and| 1 wild wind is howling. All of this heightens the com- fort of the reader, Suppose, then, that he turns.to some soothing, pastoral tale; will it help him? Not at ell. It offers no contrast’ to his own snugness. It does not make him thank his Stars that he is warm and cozy. It4s worse than ‘upeless. But let him take a tale of the sea, and read about wild storms in mid-ocean, horrid gales off Cape Horn, where exhausted seamen drop into wet bunks and shiver until the watch is calleg—and then the reader gets the full| flavor of his bedtime reading. Then the cold and wet{ and discomfort from the printed’ page keep him mindful, | every second, of his own great comfort. His enjoy- ment of his warm bed is doubled. Nothing giyes one a greater sense of lazy, contented well-being than a session with @ book in bed, late at uight. But one must choose the right book. It must be dissnaying and horrendous, and its characters muet suf- fer from contac’ with the elements. Otherwise the full flavor of the stunt is lost. The Qutlook for Oil == | In a recent address, E. B. Reeser, president of the: American Petroleum Institute, pointed out that the ‘world is staggering undet 9 weight of surpluser of taw mate- rials of all kinds. The fall in.the price levels of such staple commodities ss wheat, coal, wool, textiles, base metals and the like is principally due to the fact that supply has exceeded demand. ‘ Petroleum is, and has been for several years, in the same boat. As the use of the automobile increased and a great war-time demand for of! came into being. the industry searched feverishly - tor new| Sources of supply and better and more efficient. refin-' ing methods. As a result, the United States has had the} | America’s Seamy Side Popular in Europe blessing of an & fair price. However, the increase in demand began to slack, while oll development continued. The inevitable result was’ production far beyond consumption. Surplus oil then! elther had to be wasted or stored—this last an expen- sive procedure. Efforts of the major oil producers to’ limit production were defeated in the beginning, by the activities of irresponsibles whose sole aim was to! drill, sell and move on to the next field. Now, it is said, the work of the industry in the interest of conservation is beginning to produce results. In @ number of great fields the unit system of operation— generally believed to be the most satisfactory way of limiting production—has been adopted with success, Both the thinking public and the oil industry are looking toward a time when demand and supply will be adjusted. 's adequate supply of oil products at Victory for Local Station Radio development is in its infancy and the force that it gan be for good has been only partially demon-! strated. The next few years will see remarkable strides in this new industry and it is an asset to any commun- ity to have an active enterprising station in its midst. 1 The victory of the Meyer Broadcasting company over the Fargo station in a dispute over power is a distinct advantage to the community. Every worthy tocal en- deavor is entitled to support and the radio station, in common with other community effort, plays its part in developing Bismarck and the Missouri Slope district. That this decision will mean eventyally a participation in the great national hook-ups is only a part of the plan to place KFYR on a par with the really important stations of the nation. Sale of Christmas Seals Burleigh cqunty has always been among the leaders in the sale of Christmas Seals the proceeds of which go to fight one of the greatest menaces—tuberculosis. It is a worthy movement. Those administering the fi- nances procured are honest, energetic and efficient in the disbursement of funds and have « fine record of ac- complishment upon which to predicate their appeal this Christmastime. Solicitors are now canvassing the city and their ef- forts should meet with @ hearty response. It is a work which cannot entirely come within the scope of the community chest, but presents the opportunity for the kind of spontaneous offering which carries a special appeal all its own. Support the Christmas seal drive. Signs of a Pick-Up- Some of the business charts and reports now current, do not look very encouraging. However, many of them) hold out a good deal of promise for the future. A case in point is the November Retail Trade Bulletin of the Alexander Hamilton Institute. This bulletin Points out that motor car production this year has been. far below-last year’s. So far, we have produced 2,928,000 cars, as against 4,641,000 in the same period last year, and the total production for 1930 is expected to be 3,500,- 000, which does not compare well with the 5,358,000 of 1929, However,.the bulletin points out that this indicates 9 vastly increased production for 1931—in which year it is estimated that 5,000,000 cars will be built. That would put the auto industry back in full stride again—which, in turn, would stimulate industry es 8 -/hole throughout the United States. Editorial Comment T. show the trend of y they are published with- out rekard to whether they agree or disaxree with ‘The ‘Tribyne’s policies. Editorials thought by other editors, (From the Commonweal) The bestowal of the Nobel prize upon Sinclair Lewis— this being the first time that an American author has been thus distinguished—illustrates in a startling fashion the manner in which United States literature and life are represented abroad by elements which pred | ly emphasize their most sordid and questionable AB. The reports from Stockholm indicated that Mr. Lewis’ chief rival before a decision was reached was Theodore Dreiser. These facts should be considered in relation to: others of a similar kind; for example, the fact that the books of the late Jack London and those of Upton Sin- clair are far better known, are more widely circulated, ‘and possess a greater social influence, at least ypon the masses of the European reading public, than the work of other American writers, with the possible exception of Eugene Putting it in other words, the work of avowed Social- ists, destructive critics of the prevailing social system of this country, together with the work of social satirists and literary muckrakers, stands out above all other types or kinds now being done in the United States. Is ‘this because such work has really been accom- Plished in @ superior artistic manner? Or is it because the pictures which they so sensationally present of the seamy underside of the ner world nation whose wealth material greatness and power have grown £0 pect, re weloome to other nations that have become eager to learn its faults and flaws, especially when these are reigning own writers? | At any rate, the di ion of the Nobel prize awarded to Mr. Lewis seems to us more of a sociological matter than an artistic one, and such a discussion might pong profitably degl with this accompanies the honor bestowed by the: In tact, ofr own opinion is that if that was not so huge, far less attention would the Nobel prize. Mr. Kellogg and the Nobel Peace Prize (Minneapolis Tribune) Tes asad of Be Per pees seis for 1929 to Prank | B. Kellogg been afticipated for some time. It was) almost inevitable that his part in the creation of the Kellogg-Briand peace pact should mark him conspicu- ously as a candidate for that honor. Just how solid a enduring is the contribution to world peace which Mr. Kellogg made through the agency of that pact it is much too to guess. The pact is still so very young that 1t would require ‘considerable temerity to say that either success of failyre has thus far attended the ex- periment to outlaw war, as an instrument of national | policy, by treaty. We do know, however, that largely as @ result of Mr. Kellogg’s éfforts approximately 50 na- tions now stand committed to such outlawry of war, end that the pact, therefore, mst be ‘accorded fts psychologica) values if nothing more. To us the Kellogg anti-war pact has always seemed vastly more ‘important as an educational effort than as @ political document. That it actually strikes at the roots of war is something to be seriously doubted. The tories not to wage’ aggressive ‘war 1s an excellent one in its way, but the problem of defin- ing what constitutes aggressive warfare, as well as the problem of compelling a literal fulfillment of that pledge, ts difficulties of the most obvious and challenging sort. But even granting “hat the Kellogg pact was little more than a gésture on behalf of world beace, it must merit, as such, considerable respect. The fact that through it some 50 nations wer» able ing war et 8b sueney for wing ieeetmninoes ices ‘war as agency f Ing ney reneceatity id ws to believe that it hag resulted ip at Teast some a ‘ avainst war. I: that 1s so, Mr, Kellogg's to the 1929 Nobel rece gward seems unamailable. It is something to have directed the world’s thought to the prevention of war even if there is no immediate evidence to show fat * eaeeiea ans | infallible means of prevention has, in fact, been devised. Mr. Kellogg, at any rate, goes down with Roosevelt. Root, and Dawes as an American winner of the prize, we imagine that there will be a world wide disposition to concede that the honor is rightfully his. But how sgnally he deserved that award only time, putting the pact to a series of crucial tests, can ever tell. ail THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1930 SXNUPSIS: Unring a party i ois studio. OUenny Vorn, Greenwieb Vi artist. ts found mysteriously murdered Detective Blerph> e ener iat, Sees Sas comanitted che) oxime. '.gegee, Twe of the chests strace ‘cown ane on me] by ab whe dissppear: wito thin air Although she ewartment. the p suspect = qurder oreken typodermy medicwe tit A needle with wmicn the tea Who Is the Black Ghost? By E. V. BURKHOLDER - (Copyright, 1930, by The New York Evening GRAPHIC) IHAT’S interesting,” I said. “Jane Marsh was wearing a dark blue dress.” *«Yes, but I don’t know whether this cloth came off a deess or a shirt,” Murphy replied. He was holding the handful «© dark blue cloth in his|M We both looked at it. right hand. tt was almost black, but it didn’t look like cloth froma woman's dress. “Jane Marsh is the only woman in ®— the house wearing a dark Gress.” 1 said. “If it was a that attacked you. it must have been dane” “Whoever it was got one of the slippers.” Murphy said. “That was what they were after then?” Murphy looked at me and —& rather mocking smile. “Has that sate, Dot the first chance taken t . But can tell vou oe the a opened quietly and as if they i Opened reularly for many , Gray was standing over Car- when we walked intc sf a g i tS i i ne.gant 60 rel! i 8 2 is ace he has to.” Murphy said Lcd pe sev Seay eeuaian. “You cant make |to suffer unjustly ” ® man tal ve we” be “His lips are moving, aren't they?” Murphy demanded. “In a nervous and twitching man- ner,” Dr. Gray answered. “What about a lip reader? There are people who can read words off moving lips.” Murphy said. “They can’t read anything from smiled | Carpenter's lips.” Dr. Gray ething replied. “I know som about lip read- ing myself. but Carpenter's lips are twitching.” simply ame” Sor sain He for @ second. but said: “What de Yotdow near death is he?” Murphy repeated. “That's something difficult to say.” Dr. “ it have vou cross~examinat bum?" asked. rather brutally 1 thought. Loretta looked up at him slowly, as if she were aftaid to meet his gaze “Who told you I was downstairs?” she returned weakly “Just, whet kind of a crogs-ex- people it he hasn't any voice! Dr Gray didnt an: He sala” Ww" Igoke Wn the bedroom Tue whole him, recently?” Murphy “Yes. she was in the ten minutes ago.” “Alone?” “In the room. yes. Miss Whipple came down the stairs a little after cane came in and left without @ word.” “Hear any one else going up or down the stairs within the last five minutes?" Mui quickly. tp the bedroom and “No. I was “All right. Doc. 1 won't asked. room about heard nothing. Dr. Gray doorway and stared after Murphy was ahead he wi Loretta Whipple was library when we entered Be pale and jumpy. I took note dress. It was a Ught “What were vou doing downstairs @ few minutes ago. Miss jp a ped es Loretta looked up as if afraid to meet his “Who told vou 1 was ane returned tather weakly. ™ vou Whipple.” ® question. Miss Murphy said. “There’s onlv one detective in this room. Please answer it.” “You want to know why I went downstairs?” Loretta said. “That's exactly what I asked you,” “Well. there’s no mystery to that.” Loretta replied. “No. but I'd like to have it.” Mur- Dhy said curtly. “AU right, I'll tell you,” Loretta answered. “I went downstairs be- cause there was no place else to £0. T tust had to keep moving.” Mi at this answer. “Tl very much ‘for the infor- mation. Miss Whipple.” he said. “I didn’t think you would answer my Question so completely.” Loretta She ran studio, When the sound of her footsteps had died away. I turned to Murphy PR pa think she was the black Murphy laughed and took a cigar out of his pocket and lit 1. “Per- net she was and oerhaps she eral things about that black ghost that I bane sa you now,” , ow ‘Do who it is?” I asked. “fm not “Dr. Gray could have gotten in that. tae: “You don’t Doc very weil, I! take it.” he ! “No, I don’t. I think he knows something about the murder of “You likely suspect thet every! one in this house knows sometiing © ! 1v “Dr, could it i were ie 1 _. I’m not sure that the black ghost entered re} . other door?” I asked. | He looked at me and then started to. floor. 1 pace “It doesn’t make so much dif-, ference how this masked ig e Jo tered the room,” he said. “But dont believe it was through the hall door.; ‘There {s only one other doar to the! Toom. The door to Carpenter's bed- “You mean that the black ghost | entered through that door?” | <Teant Two ber eying to fi "2 ous ta, many things . Take @ rest.” fe i going to make Carpen- cat po lon WaaGRnY te just use a doctor is @ patient that will die in anyway.” Will this Lyin vad tead to the ceal murderer tin Read the next exciting installment detective mystery in ‘to- of. row’s vaner. Se ee Man will dodge an automobile, will run out of a burning building, will cling to a life preserver when ship- wrecked, and will take along a para- chute when traveling in an aeroplane. In fact, he is Say on the gd to protect himself against bodily in- jury. He avoids those things which might result in immediate death, but is apt to be careless of things which do not produce an itely dis- astrous effect. You, , for in- stance will avoid drinking a strong Poison because you know that it is immediately dangerous. And yet, did you ever stop to consider that the food which you are eating day by day may reésult in a slow that you may, as the old German mae eat yourself to You have in the past lected your food because it with a comfortal tion with its wholesome- Pell LIL EE TO YOUR ALLH a few of the warning forerunners of | disease. If you can answer yes to any of these questions, you shoul! fi Dr. will gladly answer '" at aaeetions on health and ( diet addressed to him, care of The Tribune. Enclose a stamped addressed envelope for reply. immediately: begin to care for your yi health and avoid a more serious dis- ease. Even if you are suffering from some j of these symptoms, you should take ‘ ¥ courage from the knowledge that habits of health may be cultivated as well as the destructive habits which lead to disease. The recognition of . ‘ the proneness ta a disorder may make ar it possible by study and application to evolve an even greater degree of health than that possessed by the average person. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Chewing Gum Question: G. K. asks: “Will you Please tell me something about chew- ing gum—of what is it composed— what is its effect upon digestion?” Answer: Chewing gum was orig- inally made from spruce gum or refined parrafin-wax, variously flav- ness, it is as important for you to as much caution in selecting food as you would in regulating any other acts of your life, and My experience in diagnosing thousands of cases each year, over a period of many years, has convinced me that diet is a most po- tent factor in every disease. acute disease rarely attacks the body without being preceded by symptoms and warnings long before the ac- tual condition of sickness has been shaped Into a disorder which may be called by a special name. The best time to begin a cure is when. you first to feel these pre-disease symp- toms. You can thereby prevent the danger and inconvience of the actual sick spell. After most [ disaster, to yourself, to judge spleon ‘pam Pim. of stomach and intestinal ‘gas? oe al i ored; but chewing gum at the present time is made from chicle, a gum ob- q tained from the milky juice secreted . 7 by the bark of the sapodilla tree which also bears one of the most de- licious of the tropical fruits. This It makes a very good substitute for rubber, but brings a better price from the chew- gum industry, and is practically exclusively used for this purpose. In the chewing gum factory blocks of the dried chicle are thoroughly refined and sterilized and mixed with the sweetening and various flavors. Chew- ing gum stimulates the secretion of saliva and g a chewing gum immediately Lohnmgd @ meal or simply from Alkalies and Gas Question: H. H. asks: “What is the advantage of milk of magnesia over dry magnesia? And what is the ad- Vantage of magnesia over soda to re- eve gas?” Answer: The hydrochloric acid of stomach is counteracted by the use of alkalies. If this treatment seems advisable, either soda, dry or milk of magnesia would accomplish this purpose. The pref- erence of one alkali over the other Would depend upon the individual case, and had best be determined by your consulting physician. Today Is the Anniversary of QUEEN BLANCHE’S BIRTH On Dec. 1, 1188, Blanche of Castile, mother of Louis Ix, most able rulers of and The apple turnover, term in pastry, also represents days how business is going of the unemployed. * *e * reading that new o.—o i but we find them so much better than the European press that our in- feriority complex is all gone—Walter Locke, editor, the Dayton (O.) Daily News. xe * A biripday is not a thing for which ®& man deserves any credit.—Henry Van Dyke. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2 380 Kilecyclee—345.1 Meters 7:00—Farm flashes. o—W ‘ashington. . 8. depart- ment of agriculture, i a5 meatation period. 2 pers’ guide program. 9:00—Sunshine Bours aiyren Bennett, conductor. 10:00—Opening grain markets; weath- rt er report. 10:10—Aunt Sammy: daily household fo —Arlingts 1:00—Grain mi ra Morris. marck Trib- ume ne weather; lunch- r oRran 1:00—Classteal program. 1:45—Grain markets: high, low, and close; Bismarck Tribune news, Weather, and St. Paul livestock. @—Musical matinee melodies. }0—Siesta hour: Good News radio magazine, :00—Music, @—Radio auction bridge. —Music. i@—Bismarck Tribune news, ‘Music. ‘00—Dinner hour organ recital: Clara Morris, 6:30—Three princes of the Hotel rince, ‘Newscasting. ‘Levin Bros. program. | _Stickler Solution ss The four dogs will t at t starting point in ue host, by which time Tippy will have gone around the track five times, Buz- zer four times, Scoop three times j a ree g E E g i A 5 #6 HES + Even the lightcst-headed girl have quite a weigh about her. ny,