The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 23, 1931, Page 4

e ; f i} { THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 1931 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE Re An Independent Newspaper THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) by The Bismarck Tribune Company, Bis- we Published u class mail matter. . Mann ......+00+eee05 President and Publisher Subscription Rates Payable in Advance Carrier, pet Year .........0. mail per year (in Bismarck) . mail per year state, outside Bismarck) ... mail outside of North Dakota . “tes by mail in state, per year .. by mail in state, three years . ‘Weekly by mail outside of North Dakota, ‘Weekly by ma: . Member of Audit Bureau of i Member of The Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this newspaper and also the local news of spontaneous origin published herein. All tights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. (Official City, State and County Newspaper) Foreign Representatives } SMALL, SPENCER & LEVINGS ' (Incorporated) f Formerly G. Logan Payne Co. CHICAGO NEW YORK BOSTON _—$— Menace of Cancer | Cancer mortality in 1930 for the United States was the highest on record. The annual mortality is esti- mated at 125,000 according to Dr. Frederick L. Hoff- man, consulting statistician, in the current issue of ‘The Spectator, an insurance publication. “The menace of cancer,” he writes, “is at the pres-| ent time a more serious problem than ever during the recorded history of the disease. No two authors) on cancer are in entire agreement on the most es- Sential facts of causation, treatment and cure. “There is, however, a growing belief that cancer should be looked upon as a public health problem! and that it should be made a notifiable disease. If cancer were a notifiable disease, the treatment of the Patient would become a matter of record and control; measures would unquestionably become more effective.| “Thus far publicity methods to interest the public in early diagnosis and early treatment of the dis- ease have been far from generally successful although ™much good has unquestionably been achieved. But regardless of world-wide activity in behalf of the search for a cancer cause or a cancer cure, the gen- eral mortality from the disease continues to rise in all Civilized countries.” Dr. Hoffman's point that cancer should be a noti- fiable disease is well taken and one to be seriously considered by health authorities. A table of death by cancer is presented from @ study of statistics of fifty American cities. These cities have a combined population of 39,000,000 with total cancer deaths of 37,312. In 1906 these cities had & population of 18,171,248 and there were only 13,010 ‘deaths by cancer. In the first instance noted the death rate was 1223 while in 1906 it was only 71.6, which visualizes the rapid increase in deaths from) this dread disease. Cancer, declares this authority, is now the second or third leading cause of death in American urban life. The Real Low-Down American businessmen are likely to get the real “low- down” on the condition of American business when the National Association of Credit Men meets this week =| Beston. They will discuss the existing situation from the stand- point of the men who follow up the salesmen and collect| the bills. Many a businessman knows there often is a vast difference between selling something and getting the money for it. This gathering will be able to estimate just what the difference is now as compared with other times. Therein lies one of the best indications as to the commercial pulse of the nation. Salesmen reporting on their ability or inability to dis- pose of goods, cannt always know how much of the dis-) inclination to buy is caused by actual lack of business or by fear for the future. The credit man, by checking up) on unpaid accounts and the manner in which people are meeting their obligations, presents important data from ‘another angle. There are a good many indications that the Ameri- can people, as a whole, are catching up with the pace which they set for themselves two years ago. Men with assured incomes have been paying off their old bills. ‘They are getting their individual houses in order. When this job is completed it may be that another orgy of spending will start, gradually increasing speed and volume until the individual begins to wonder if he isn't in deep enough. This may prove to be one of the outstanding causes for the wide fluctuations in busi-/ ness volume. If this theory has any basis of truth, it is comforting to know that we have begun to reach the end of the “paying-up” period. Government at Its Best Farmers in the vicinity of Harvey receive $4,953.15 from the state railroad board and others at Donny-. brook get checks to the tune of $7,107.20—and thereby see government at its best. ‘The money was paid out by the state regulatory body to persons who held storage tickets issued by defunct elevators at the two places. Some of them probably never hoped to get their money, so, when Ben C. Larkin, state railroad board chairman, appeared with the checks he was received with open arms. The money was obtained by the railroad board by/ liquidating the assets of the insolvent elevators and de- voting the proceeds to payment of claims preferred by the holders of storage tickets. If the assets are insuf- ficient the board may, under the law, collect on the bonds which each elevator is required to post before it is licensed to do business. ‘The law is a sound one and has been soundly admin- istered. The state railroad board, as now composed, has been careful not to overstep the grounds of its legal authority and thus interfere with business, but it has been just as careful to enforce the law honestly and im- partially and to protect the rights of private persons. This is government at its best because while it does not involve the entry of the state into business, it does mean the regulation and supervision of business in such a manner that the public interest is protected. The creditors of the elevators at Harvey and Donnybrook will feel that the state railroad board has done a good job for them. One Hot Night Reports from the east tell of persons dying from the effects of the heat wave which struck this secticn early week and then moved into the lower middle west to cause discomfort there. one important respect, however, the character of weather changed during those few days it took to journey of @ thousand-odd miles between Bis- Chicago. Up here the torrid wave brought it. In the lower middle west it. seems, along ey 5 Hie giyete prepa N. D., and entered at the postoffice at Bismarck In many other sections of the country, it never goes 80 low for weeks on end. If it gets hot in the daytime in North Dakota, residents of this state at least sleep in comfort and usually under blankets even in mid-summer. When we compare this feature of our weather with the weather elsewhere, we find there really is no com- parison. North Dakota has much the best of that argument. Real Food for Real Men Major General Malin Craig is probably doing more to revive the dairy industry than all the political cure- alls ever proposed. In making an inspection of a Van- couver, Washington, barracks company kitchen, the sec- ond question he asked was: “Do you serve milk as a regular ration?” When told, “No, sir,” he replied. “That's too bad. You should do it for it’s a wonderful food and the men lfke it.” In the next company kitchen, after the preliminary questions, he said, “Do you serve milk for meals?” “Yes, sir, for breakfast, sir.” “Enough so each man can have a glassful?” “Yes, sir, a second if he wants it, sir.” “Say, that is fine. Milk is the best food soldiers can have. Any kicking on the meals, sergeant?” “Yes, sir, a little bit, but it doesn’t amount to much, sir.” “That's fine. If there isn’t any kicking, look out be- cause there will be something seriously wrong with the men.” General Craig is a real old-time fighting cavalryman and instead of merely advocating milk for bebles and sick people, he is insisting upon it being served daily to’ the men in his department of the regular army. Hope for the Future During 1930, according to the National Safety Council, | America’s accidental death toll reached a total of 99,000 | lves—the highest annual figure on record. | The motor vehicle toll—33,000 lives—was highest, closely followed by 30,000 deaths in homes, It is said that three billion dollars is a modest estimate of the direct cost of accidents for the year. ‘The United States has the highest accident toll of any country in the world—principally due to automobiles. Carelessness and ignorance are genuine menaces to the health and happiness of the nation. Only in the case of school children has any definite accident reduction been made. Safety education in |schools has not only prevented current accidents, but it linstills a safety message that is carried through life. During a period when accidental deaths to persons of all ages increased 28 per cent, deaths among children under 15 dropped 2.3 per cent. | The figures don’t speak very well for the adult popula- tion of the country but they do show there is hope for ‘the future. | A Fair Question When a private business has a deficit, it begins to jcast around for ways and means to increase fts earn- ing powor or decrease its overhead. Now that our federal government is facing a gigantic ‘deficit, many of our lawmakers are chiefly concerned | with how to “increase” taxes. Tax gatherers overlcok the simple fact that in times of distress, the more taxes that are taken from the | people, the less money there is for productive enterprise. ‘And it ts from productive enterprise that all taxes and) | employment must eventually come. | Industries and individuals have been readjusting them- selves to present conditions. Let tax-levying bodies fol- low the same course or admit to the people that they are incompetent to adjust government expenditures to! government income. All of us have to cut our dresses to fit our cloth. Why should governmental bedies be the only ones immune from this otherwise inexcrable law? It’s a fair question. For Better Diplomats The federal government has taken a long step forward |by putting inio effect the provisions of the recently- | enacted Moses-Linthicum bill, providing for a new regime in the foreign service of the state department. ‘Under this regime, young men of modest means can: enter the foreign service with the knowledge that their lack of private funds will not hamper:them. Regular ‘salary increases are provided fcr efficient workers and | living allowances will make it possible for the young ‘diplomats to do the necessary amount of entertaining lin foreign capitals without drawing on their own funds. Heretofore it has been hard for a man to make @ good) career in the foreign service unless he had means of his; own, This new system should do a great deal to increase the quality of the nation’s representation abroad. Accepting as true that the first three hours of sleep are the soundest, it may also be assumed that they are the loudest. i Editorial Comment rinted below show the trend of thought by other editors. They are published without regard to whether they agree or disagree with The Trib- une's policies. The History of New York (Arthur Krock) Originally, New York City belonged to the aborigines. The last of these, the Indians, after selling Manhattan, island to the Dutch, retired into their native forests. | The English then conquered the Dutch, who retired into their clubs—the Knickerbocker and the Union. The Irish| | then conquered the English, who retired into their clubs |—the Racquet and the Brook. The Jews then conquered {the Irish, all of whom retired to Southampton. | FORTY YEARS AGO (By an Unknown Country Editor) Forty years ago eggs were ten cents a dozen, milk five cents a quart, the butcher gave the liver away, men wore whiskers and boots, spit on the sidewalks |and cussed; laborers worked ten hours for a dollar, and the bogus check grafter was unknown. No one | Was operated on for appendicitis, tonsils were not jeut out, and microbes were supposed to live in Dub- jlin. Everyone lived to a good old age, walked miles: jto wish their friends a Merry Christmas, and Vol- stead had not been heard of. Today everyone rides in an automobile, plays the \ Plano with his feet, gets earache from radio jazz, {Smokes cigarets, does the Black Bottom, drinks hair | tonic, blames the high cost of living on the poli- ticians, never goes to bed the same day he gets up, and is having a heck of a time dodging the collector. The fellows not hi-jacking are high-hatting; we do not point with pride or view with alarm and the common people are never heard from. Savings Banks Deposits Rise (Christian Science Monitor) One of the most astonishing and certainly most gratifying phenomena in the present economic depression is the willingness of the German people to save, and their actual energy in doing so. Thrift has always been re- curacy has been, and perhaps the two go hand in hand, as they both demand patience and steadincss which the Germans possess. One begins to realize to what cxtent the Germans are thrifty, however, only -vhen one reads that in the last year, despite a most heavy business de- pression and social distress, the number of deposits ir the savings banks rose by 80,000 to 860,000, and that the money in the banks did not decrease, but on the contrary inckensed 37 SGN marks to 445,000,000 marks. One garded as one of their characteristic features, just as ac-|_ New York, June 23.—Life is like that! ... But it’s also like this: She is one of the most popular “gypsy” fortune tellers in town. She “forecasts fates” frora the teacups. She picked up the trick of “reading tea leaves” while a co-ed at college. Before leaving the university, she had made quite a reputation at the “dorm” parties. Then she came to New York for her “career.” Well, she “hit” the big town just at a time when the tea rooms were going in for “gypsies” in a big way.| At lunch hour crowds of superstitious and curious damsels would jam these tea rooms. They still do. There are scores of such spots all over the mid- town section. She noted that tips were offered when particular “spe- cial” information was desired. After a few weeks, it began to look as though a job might not come her way for a while. So she went to a customer, got herself a gypsy outfit and, being a young lady of dark com- Plexion, found work as a tea reader. | Being a smart young woman, she! made an immediate impression. Soon all the dear, curious ladies were} seeking her out; giving her good tips | for special attention. Recently she opened her own “psy- chic parlor” under the name of Prin- cess something-or-other, and th credulous speak of her as “that mar-| velous gypsy seeress.” Pardon me while I laugh. name is Ginsberg! * * * And there's the old lady who selis papers in the Times Square sector. | She, too, came to the big town in| search of a career. But love came along, she married and seitled down.) And the stage-doors have never seen! her, except in her role of newspaper vendor. For her husband died and| left her little to live on; she was too| old to go after the “career” and now she merely stands and watches the/ “big parade” of Broadway e0 by... stands and wonders how many girls/ in the crowd are even as she once was «and will wind... up... where? * * * i For her | And there’s the case of a play-| wright who doesn’t exist. He's been dead for a number of years. Yet plays keep coming out under his name, and stories appear in maga- zines under his name. And this is the story: for years this man has been a well known fig- ure in the play-belt. Almost every | LETS SEE WHAT A 30-30 I witt 00 {) T ONE IN OF THOSE Ny FROGS, \ KS WAGSTHESE ‘q \ yy ‘fay ip) \ sul SS e ne = 247 27= Se =e SSS 22 == A Shaky Rum Row! Daily Health Service Breathing Air Laden With Fine Silica Dust Exposes Factory Workers to Grave Diseases By DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor, Journal of the American Med- ical Association Already several institutions in our country recognize the fact that the inhalation of dust containing silica many produce changes in the human body that are dangerous to health and to life. Twenty-five years ago People thought that anyone who in- haled some dust was making his lungs subject to tuberculosis. There was no attempt to distinguish one kind of dust from another. Now a great many industrial dis- eases associated with the inhaling of various kinds of dusts are being stud- ited and analyzed and some scientific evidence is being applied to the sit- uation. Workmen used to talk about miner's tuberculosis, grinder's rot, ma- son's rot, and potter's rot. It is now recognized, as pointed out by Pro- fessor E. L. Collis, that all of these diseases represent exposure to just one kind of dust, that which contains fine particles of silica. Silica dust is widespread in nature and largely associated with various industries. It is present in quartz, quartzite and flint, in sandstone and in the rocks through which various ores run, and in grindstones and in millstones. It is also used in the manufacture of silica paints and in some abrasive soaps and stones. Silica dust is also used in the manufacture of china and earthenware. Men working in open quarries run less risk from the dust than those who work on stone under half open sheds. Metal grinders working in factories have severe exposure, but the hazard is probably worst among miners in under galleries. ** * In various foreign nations, the law grants compensation for occupation- al silicosis. South Africa has recog- nized the prevalence of the condition among gold miners. Great Britain, Australia and Canada, and most re- cently Germany, have provided for compensation for workers in other industries in which silica is a hazard. So important is this subject, that an- international conference was called _ consider the situation in August, 30. Very fine particles of dust can be inhaled just like smoke or vapor. Large particles get into the breathing tubes and become entangled in mucus. They may be swept out by coughing or they may become entangled in the tissues, whereupon degeneration oc- curs and inflammation of the bron- chial tubes follows. Very fine par- ticles of dust containing silica are taken up by cells in the spaces of the lungs and set up a reaction leading to death of the cell, fibrous changes and the formation of nodules in the lungs which represent very small tumors. season saw one of his pieces on the stage. Some were successful and some flopped. A certain well known editor and literary figure had been his closest friend; also his agent, to some extent; had ordered many of his stories and edited many of his plays. At any rate, the playwright and his wife both met death some years ago in an out-of-town theater disaster. They had no children and they left no will. The certain literary figure was in possession of a number of manu- scripts. These have been rewritten and revised, and at least one has been turned into a successful play — All under the name of a dead man! * ee Inside the New Amsterdam the- atre, one of the sensational features of “The Band Wagon” is a number called “The Beggar's Waltz.’ The tragic pantomime is revealed of a street-begger who dreams of the glories inside a theater. And for the past three nights as the crowds left the real theater they have been startled by the sight of \ ONT SHooT! }\ tg S THems BIG 1cKS ToES' just such a derelict whining in Forty-Second street. For life is also like that! GILBERT SWAN. (Copyright, 1931, NEA Service, Inc.) f é Quotations Women who might make good mechanics are shunted into cooking jand sewing.—Amelia Earhart. * * * It is absurd for anyone to suggest that Fascism is a rule of the sword.—| Premier Mussolini. -* * Today the majority of people desire goods that won’t last so long—The Princes of Wales. ee ok I am a bourgeois and want to live here (in France) like a bourgeois.— Ex-King Alfonso of Spain. -* * Properly played, the jew’s-harp ex- presses the human soul—Gov. Huey P. Long of Louisiana. OUT OUR WAY By Williams STOP. Wes ! YAIS , AN’ EBRY “Time \ MO OPEN OAT MOUF . AH HAS TER GE WEERFUL Change in Recommendation Made by Game and Fish Chief at State Walton League Meeting Valley City, N. D., June 23—VP)— Conservation of the state's waters came before the annual convention and sportsmen’s meeting of the North Dakota division of the Izaak Walton League Tuesday as a problem of paramount importance. ©. H. Johnson, director of the South Dakota game and fish depart- ment, devoted his address at the op- ening session to a discussion of con- servation of run-off waters from lakes and streams; while Burnie Maurek, North Dakota game and fish commissioner, stressed the import- ance of the problem in his address. Members devoted most of the morn- ing session to opening ceremonies, af- ter which the game and fish commis- sioners from the two Dakotas spoke. This afternoon G. W. Lockhart, Chi- cago, of the National Izaak Walton League discussed the national head- quarters chapter service*and then led an open forum. Conditions and problems in the two Dakotas are so similar that the diag- nosis and remedy for a case in either state can be applied to a similar case in the other in the conservation of waters, Johnson said. Water Supply Small “Less than 10 per cent of the lakes in the two Dakotas,” he continued, “have a sufficient source of water supply to give them the annual much needed flushing out. Most of our || Asks Hunters to Oppose Duck Season FLAPPER, FANNY SAYS: Setting-up exercises may be aw- fully upsetting to your neighbors. conserved, resulting in the creation of good fishing spots where fishing can be enjoyed by the people, he said. The department stocks these waters with fish, and in some of the cases furnished small financial help, but most of the expenditures were borne by the people in the different com- good lakes do receive a sufficient amount of water to maintain a water level at or near the flow-line and as @ result no one is seriously concerned about such lakes. “Evaporation lowers the average prairie lake from 24 to 30 inches throughout a normal summer period. Water thus lost is pure soft water. No minerals, alkalines, salts or solids of any nature are carried off through the process of evaporation. These solids are all left in the lake. “The annual recurrence of this pro- cess means the increasing of the per- centage of the mineral content of the lake to a stage where it becomes im- possible to maintain plant and anl- mal life in its waters.” Johnson recommended that the problem be solved by utilizing run-off waters through the construction of diversion ditches for the improve- ment of natural lakes and through the construction of artificial lakes or impounding reservoirs. To restore bird life, he recommend- ed there be set aside inviolate breed- ing sanctuaries patterned after those provided for in the Norbeck-Andre- sen migratory-game-bird-refuge act. More watering places should be pro- vided, he said, and the native purity of existing lakes, sloughs and duck marshes, should be restored so far as possible. Urges United Protest Maurek urged the Waltonites to protest against a presidential order affecting the duck-hunting season, declaring that “the radical discrimin- ation in the open hunting dates be- tween the north and the south should be remedied.” “This order was made purely as a conservation measure,” tie said, “as our duck situation is very alarming and is becoming more so every day, as the breeding areas of Canada were dried up over 50-per-cent last year and, if this drought continues, it will all dry up before next fall. “Therefore we cannot look for any young birds to come down in the fall, but only the same game birds that went up this spring. But I do think the radical discrimination in the op- ening hunting dates between al north and south should be removed, as in the northern zone of the United States our seasons are regulated by | the work of God and in the south hunting can be enjoyed every day of the open season. “T believe that, striking an average period of 10 years and the season to open October 1, we would only get about 40 days of open season while in the south they have from 55 to 75 days. With this in mind I urge this convention to prepare a suitable reso- lution to be sent to the United States secretary of agriculture protesting | against such discrimination.” Tells Of Work Done Maurek outlined the work of his department, stressing enforcement, propogation, game refuge, and educa- tional projects. An educational division, he said, will be inaugurated July 1 as the re- sult of authority granted by the leg- islature to expend funds for issuance of a bulletin which would bring to the attention of the people “the im- portance of the conservation of our natural resources.” " saree Discussing propagation, pure pointed to the value of Hungarjen partridges. “Wherever surveys have been conducted in regard to the Hungarian partridge,” he said, “it has been shown that they are very beneficial to farming interests, as they are great destroyers of weed seeds and insects. are practically the same as that of but they are a much hardier bird.’ Work in the fish hatcheries for Their food and habits | +, munities. ANNI is THES SECOND SUB ATTACK On June 23, 1917, German sub- marines attacked for the second time transports carrying the first con- tingents of American troops to France. The first attack occurred the previous night. No periscope was visible, but the unmistakable bubble line, clean across the bows, put the certainty of danger beyond question. The sub- marine was in front instead of in the deadliest position on the flank to- ward the rear. Like a flash, one of the American destroyers darted between a couple of the transports. As it sped at nearly 40 miles an hour across the spot where the submarine was supposed to be hidden the commander of the destroyer gave orders to fire. A column of smoke and foam rose 100 feet in the air, and in the water- spout that followed it, pieces of wood and steel were clearly distinguished. The attacking submarine obviously had met its doom. None of the trans- ports were damaged. [Bans New slant to modernistic art: drawing a long prison sentence. ee * Being locked out at night is a minor misfortune compared to the piano Player who forges tis: keys. In Borneo, it is said, a wife can be obtained for six large coconuts. In this country men after the same mis- sion are also inclined to go nutty. * * % A race horse in the east has been fitted with tortoise shell glasses. So that he who runs may read, probably. se e All a man has to do to get the low- down on some good stocks is to look at today’s quotations. * ok * A New York dramatic critic wrote @ piece on international politics. All the world’s a stage to him. * * * ‘Those college men searching for mastodon remains in Texas are prob- ably the only students who can roll bones publicly and get away with it. (Copyright, 1931, NEA Service, Inc.) —_—______.-____¢ By KARL SCHATZ Mr. and Mrs. Emil Zelmer and daughters visited at the John Stroh home Wednesday evening. Elmer Qually of near Wilton was @ business caller in this community Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. J. Schikenmayer and children of Turtle Lake called at the Karl Schatz home Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Hochhalter and children spent Friday afternoon in Regan. Elain Stroh, who has been visiting in McClusky, returned to her home ednesday. Sunday evening visitors at the E. Johnson home were Herda and Sarah | 1931 was not as successful as in the previous year, he declared, chiefly be- cause of low stages of water found in the Sheyenne river. fish ob- tained this year are about 65 per cent of those caught the year before. Hatching, however, resulted in & better percentage than last year, so that approximately 6,000,000 northern and wall-eyed pike were hatched and distributed to waters throughout the state, Seeks Vermin Control Vermin control was said by Maurek to be one of most important problems confronting conservationists. “The department,” he said, “has done everything to stir up a sentiment it the state this spring to control vermin, in the hope that our upland bird life would not suffer the depredations that it has been subject to in the years past. horned-owl in @ community Berg, Pauline, Lydia and Otto Wolf of Wilson and Edwin Schatz. Several young people from here attended the Young People’s rally at the Pentecostal church in Regan. Eddie, Esther Johnson and Tho- field and David Schatz spent Friday "karl; Gustave, Sarah and rl, we, Sarah and Pauline Schatz motored to Minot Monday, where Sarah will attend the summer pores the teachers’ ‘college. se's training at Bismarck, spent Fri- day at the home of her taother here. T Stickler Solution] ——- ee - | { missioner to the program of conser- vation of waters inaugurated by the jects for making lakes. Three different projects are er) underway in the Turtle moun- ‘Also many lesser projects have been established where dams have been built in creeks and the water The illustration shows how all the dots ‘may be struck out in 12 straight moves, atarting and ending at the large dots.