The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 21, 1932, Page 6

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(Official City, State and County Newspaper) Foreign Representatives SMALL, SPENCER, BREWER | (Incorporated) | CHICAGO NEW YORK BOSTON Her Best Customer Canadians have not taken kindly | to some of the remarks made at the recent British Empire Trade Con-| ference at Oitawa, the trend of} which has been to wean our neighbor away from us commercially. The! United States is Canada’s best cus- tomer. Our trade volume with her} in normal times is better than a bil- lin and in 1931 reached $900.000,000 Tariff walls raised against Canada} by Congress have brought prompt reprisals. It has been necessary tor American manufacturers to cross the} line and establish on Canadian soil great factories, Many prohibitions against commerce with the United} States have been raised by Canada to force American capital to invest} NOT GUNNING FOR ANYONE (An Editorial) It is unfortunate that any time an honest effort is being made in Bismarck to secure an analysis of public expenditures or obtain information of vital import’ nce to the taxpayers, the cry of politics is sounded and through this medium channels of information are closed, Public officials too often take the attitude of “the public be damned” and deny easy access to the taxbill by those who have to pay it. In its efforts to bring the whole picture of public expenditures before the people of Bismarck, The Tribune is “gunning” for no one in the city administration, whether elected or holding office by virtue of appointment. Its only motive is to inform the taxpayers of the actions of their public officials and in this effort it should be assisted rather than opposed For instance, if Bismarck is paying more for city service than other cities in her class, the practice should be stopped. The only way this can be known is for the city commission to publish its salaries and other expenditures as other communities are doing. Recently Cass county did a very good job in publishing a most informative budget. There was no attempt to cover up salary appropriations by general and vague financial statements. Fargo city officials published a detailed budget which everyone could understand. Recently The Tribune received a notice sent out to the taxpayers of Pembina county by its auditor, William W. Felson. The slogan of this notice was: “Get Acquainted With Your Taxbill—You Pay it, Why Not Know What's In It.” That is the spirit that should permeate public service, not the attitude of resistance and non-cooperation that has been demon- strated locally by certain agencies more concerned with conceal- ment than clarification. Citizens of Bismarck never delegated their right of protest or investigation to a so-called Taxpayers’ Committee. These men, all honorable citizens, speak for no one but themselves. City or school authorities cannot hide behind them and defend their actions because this committee, its officers or any of its individuals placed their O.K. on any budget reductions. The city and school authori- ties are answerable and should be responsive solely to the taxpayers of this city for whom no private civic body can speak on such mat- ters. The time has come for all taxing bodies to come clean and set forth their expenditures item by item, showing just where the cuts have becn made if any, so that, if the taxpayers want to protest at the budget hearing July 27, they can do so intelligently. It is just possible if a clear cut statement is made that the taxpayers will be satisfied and no protest will be made. No community should be satisfied to delegate its powers of pro- test to any citizen’s committee, however competent. Citizens want the information first hand from elective officials. Decisions lic primarily with them and no one else. As soon as this is under- stood our city and school authorities will go to the people with the facts rather than mull them over behind closed doors with a Tax- payers’ Committee which holds no mandate or commission from the people of Bismarck. Let's penetrate all smoke screens, Recently there was hung up on the wall in the City Auditor's office a more detailed budget. It is the Tribune's intention to pub- lish this as a matter of news. It is more informative than the first one issued. It may be that the city commission is cutting as much as it honestly can. A straightforward itemized statement of what each there to the direct loss of our home! market and curtailment of American| labor. In a less degree, American capital has been forced to establish factor- ies in all parts of the world to com pete in markets where tariff restric- | tions barred them. | Tariff regulations have sharply | curtailed the markets of the United; States. The American farmer has felt this keenly in decreased prices} ‘and the accumulation of great sur-! pluses of agricultural products. ‘The Republican administration has! grossly mishandled tariff regulation. | In seeking to protect certain indus-| tries, it has injured many basic in- dustries upon which this nation de-/} pends largely for the consumption of} her raw materials. | Probably representatives of the United States at the British trade| conference will profit from what is learned there. Many commercial} firms have keen observers at that| conference, which is really an at-| tempt to whip the British Empire in- to a vast trade league, the result of which probably would further cur- tail American markets. Tariff legislation is having rami- fications which its framers never an- ticipated. Revision of the tariff laws | will probably loom large at the next session of Congress. Flunk Notices While visiting in Bismarck recent- ly, R. O. Wilson, registrar of the State university, commented that one of the hardest details of his rather complicated job is writing letters to parents telling them that son or) daughter has failed to make the gtade and is being dropped from school. In many cases, Wilson knows, it means dreams dashed to earth and sacrifices gone unrewarded. It means, sometimes, that parents as well as students will be forced to re- adjust themselves to a new outlook on life and their own individual fu- ture. Wilson's job consists of checking up the standings of students, keep- ing track of the work done by pro- fessors and. otherwise sorting the university’s scholastic records, so the job of sending out pink tickets to students is his. He is chary about expressing opin- fons but makes it clear, neverthe- less, that he feels many students come to college each year who have little aptitude for higher learning. In addition there always is a cer- tain number of students with bril- liant minds but who are too lazy, too indifferent or too interested in something else to pay sufficient at- tention to their classes. Vilhjalmur Stefansson, the noted arctic explor- er, is the best example of the latter trait in the university's annals. His mind was too active to concentrate up enough fuss with his pranks to make a record for two men. | 3 e Hi E if ti department is spending as compared with 1931 may reveal that situation to the people of Bismarck. Let the facts come first hand from the city fathers, not through any delegated or unofficial com- mittee, the members of which assume no legal responsibility for the statements made. Let us dispense with subterfuge and get down to the raw facts. The city commission must realize that tax collections are falling off sharply and this fact will force greater economies than their present schedules call for. This is true also of school finances. Tax collections have declined and will reach lower levels before an improvement is seen. This situation should be anticipated now and reserves built up against that day. Any city official for whose services there is no legitmate use should be dropped from the city payrolls. If that is done and retrenchments have been logical and in line with the times there can be no criticism, Taxpayers are asking for substantial relief and they are entitled to it. sufficient brains to carry a college course.” Wilson touches on the human side of one of the real problems of mass education. All of us will agree that to college to acquire what sometimes is called a “higher” education. It is no trouble at all to get folks to agree that a certain percentage of the youth of our land makes poor ma-| terial for a university. But to apply that rule to the individual is a dif- ferent matter. There is where the shoe pinches. wealths, short distances. more than a million residents. other age, yet, according to a report by the late Wickersham Commission, it is still common in some of the more backward States of the Union. Those responsible for this young man’s death should be tried and pun- | sundry. not every boy or girl is fitted to go! ished like any other murderers, And the States that permit such mediae- val practices should be held up to the | scorn of more civilized common- |labor and the good will of our cus- Wild ostriches can run at the rate of from 50 to 60 miles an hour for Rio de Janeiro, which had a popu-j;to prevent the urine from being too) lation of only 3,850 in 1858, now has acid. ee 8: a abe UNCLE SAM, PAYMASTER | i| Address Dr. William Brady, in i | PRODUCE ACID. should eat as she has been told by| ing j acid in her system. | |doctor says is too much alkali . . jand details some symptoms which do} Inot belong in a health column. Jasks if I will please give him a | of foods to reduce the alkaline excess. ‘citrus fruits until the past year. Now| por this? Will I kindly tell her which! PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE By William Brady, M. D. Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene, not to disease diagnosis, or treatment, will be answered by Dr. Brady if a stamped, self- addressed envelope is enclosed. Letters should be brief and written in ink. No reply can be made to queries not conforming to instructions. | asctaasaasanisimatemanl | ACID FOODS AND FOODS THAT sion in the popular mind about acid- esis and the acidity of the gastric A reader asks just what foods she| juice. The one has practically noth- }her Doctor that she has not enough! which increase the acidity of the stomach or decrease its acidity do not Another reader says he has been/have any particular effect upon the | troubled over a year by what his;reaction of the blood and tissues, as «| rule. Third, acidosis is always and solely, He|1 believe, an effect of disease, never @ cause of illness, and hence it is idle and futile for the layman to A third has been able to eat all] attempt to select foods which pur- |the least bit of such fruit causes her’ aware certain fruit interests exploit jto break out with large itching’ the idea that liberal eating of cer- bunches. What can she do to correct 'tain fruits will prevent or cure acid- osis, but in my judgment that's all baloney. At least I’d never accept or refuse any fruit on any such freak notion. Well, that’s about all there is about it. I mean, that’s all we know. Sorry, if you are disappointed in me, but I've done the best I could with a vexed question, and if you can bring any scientific evidence I have overlooked I'll be grateful to learn about it. Please spare me cita- tions of what this and that near- doctor says. I like baloney, all right, but I prefer to slice my own. care of this newspaper. to do with the other. Foods QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. Denatured Alcohol Using alcohol to rub on throat. It seems to relieve soreness and get the “frog” out of my throat. But our druggist claims there is something in alcohol that may poison me if I inhale it freely. Is he crazy or am I? (Miss M, A. E.) Answer—All alcohol sold without prescription is denatured (something! added to prevent its safe use as a beverage). I think it is unwise to use denatured alcohol or bathing alcohol t to prevent acidosis, Yes, I am in any circumstance where it is likely to be inhaled. Varicose Ulcer. Varicose ulcer five years. It has healed each summer, then broken open again. Now doctor wants to/stars have such long holidays. 7 Ee | Barbs | ———_r—_—_* A fan asks why it is that movie The cut away old tissue around ulcer.| ity of it is that some of them don’t (H. C.) Answer—Often some such treatment is necessary to complete healing. Baby Doesn’t Hold Head Up Son 3 months old. We notice he doesn’t hold his head up as other babies do. . . (Mrs. 8. M.) Answer—Normal baby makes first voluntary muscular efforts at age of 3 to 4 months. During the fourth permit surgical | have 365 holidays a year. A scientist has perfected a rub- ber substitute which has all the resiliency and twice the strength of the present product. We un- derstand that he got the idea while toying with a Welsh rarebit. Some foods heat the blood, a doc- month, as a rule, the baby begins to/tor observes. And some of the stuff hold head erect if trunk is supported. |the restaurants serve is positively it TODAY al ANeiieesaey CHATEAU-THIERRY FREED On July 21, 1918, after one of the longest sieges of the war, French and American troops finally succeed- ed in driving the Germans from Chatteau-Thierry and pushed across the Marne behind them to advance more than four miles. On the Balkan front Franco-Ital- jan forces advanced in Albania, and captured Point Iozi, on the crest of Mali Silovez. Another political blow to Austria came when the Von Seidler cabinet resigned. Baron von Hussarek was eppointed premier. The family structure is being wrecked by the new rise of individu- alism—Dr. Alfred Reginald Rad- cliffe-Brown, British scientist. Would to God we could exchange a thousand politicians for even one statesman—Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia Uni- versity. On our successful solution of our internal problems depends in large measure the progress of the rest of the world.—William R. Castle, under secretary of state. The Cheshire cat might well grin at the present theory that the more money the goverment can wring from an overtaxed people the greater will be their prosperity—James M. Beck, former solicitor general of the United States. America has gone to seed musical- ly.—Mrs. Elmer J. Ottaway, president of National Federation of Women's guaranteed to make the blood boil. A genius is a man who gets paid so much a line for writing and who promptly introduced a character who stutters. ‘They are saying the big fellows have found a way to avoid paying the check tax. That’s nothing. The lit- tle fellow isn’t paying it either. He isn’t writing any checks. Raw rubber, selling for less than kindling wood, is being used for open fires in many British homes. STICKERS are ne section of lines and one section of five vertical lines, and four hor- izontal lines are added to the other sec- tion of four vertical lines and the other section of five vertical lines, you can spell out three four-letter words and one three- Many a friendship has been clubs. split by a wise crack. | foods form acid? | } Still another customer requests lists | of (1) acid foods, (2) starchy foods, and reveals no hint as to what he intends to do with them. Well, now, let's get down to brass tacks and no fooling. I know how fond people are of diet lists. Readers have harried me in season and out for more articles about diets and dieting. I suppose if I wanted to be accommodating I might copy out a few cut and dried diets, making trifling changes so the original auth- ors could not say I lifted them in one piece, and distribute them to all and I am told it is a very popu- lar game. But I'm not going to play it. So in order to save space, time, tomers, I'll set down here briefly all we know about this acid and alkaline | business. H First, the most acid foods—citrus | fruits—are among the best to oppose | acidosis, to keep the blood alkaline, | Second, there is too much confu-} A Forward-Looking Policy * r3 Capital In a recent address, a prominent railroad executive outlined a con- structive policy for his industry to meet present and future problems. The important elements are: HORIZONTAL Equalization of railroad and motor; 1 Decks above the spars. 12 Pine fruit. transport through identical govern- 6 Agent. 13 Female sheep. mental control; elimination of rail-| yo contest of 21 Female deer 23 Female road facilities that are not justi- speed. attendant ce | fied by available traffic; coordination 14 An orderly ‘a boat i of motor transport with railroad fa- collection. 25 Ready cilities; railroad consolidation on a 15 Unoccupied. 26 Deadly pale. broad scale; financial reorganization} 16 To acknowl 27To grow of over-capitalized lines; further re- F seme aie 0} 28 Seen | ‘o ascertain, If lage railroad operating costs. 18 Pertaining to Me Tish machine a forward-looking policy animals. Hy 29 Little devil. that the government and rail man- 19 Prong 30 Columbates | agements as a whole would do well} 20 Horse that heanauarare 57 Taxaceous (saltss “ draws a sled. of Washing. trees 31 Perched. bn pape 2 ee 2 ee 22 Apart ton’s army? 68 Surfeited 32 Unjust Ae WEE 8? oads, all forms | 34 Electrified 40 Crook VERTICAL 33 Custom. of interstate transportation should particle 41 Male title of 35 Finis be viewed the same by the Federal] 25Singing voice. courtesy 1 Chum 38 Pep government, and subjected to the| 27 Port-au--—-. 42Shovel 2 Typee of 39 To emulate same treatment. The suggestions capital of 44 Turkish title metallic rock = 41 Chaises. te ilroad lidat i Haiti? for governor 3 Verbal 42 Uleer lds consolidation and. 700r-| 9 Neck muscie of Egypt. 4 To peel 43 Part of @ ' ganization are simply good business.| 34 Witch 48 Ship. 5 Subjected to window We cannot afford to let the rail-) 35To dine 49Genus of frogs, the control of 44 Was fully roads go bankrupt. It is up to gov-| 86 emperaiie 51 ems for a adil Ram . saenrsn of # senator absence. new: s Corn lily pated &@ weierer Jor-making famous for 53 Sea eagle, 6To dress 46 Measure 4 necessary to give them ~ fair break Teapot Dome 54 Color gaudily 4% Edge of a root, } in the transportation field—and } investigations 55 Forest trees 7 Smell 48 Wager then it's up to the railroads to work 37 Powerless of a region. § Prophet 50 Verb out their own salvation. 89 —— Forge Editorial Comment Editorials printed below show the thought by other editors. without regard ee or disagree policies. “The Sweat Box” (New York World-Telegram) 56Golf devices. of Haiti Answer to Previous Puzzle 10 Reasonable. ! | * | 11 Greedy | 9 To revoke 2 Small child ©ppe er ea So we. BEGIN HERE TODAY read, “Anniversary Sale,” and)green carpet. There were buff) young man. He has a real future CHERRY DIXON, pretty 19- |“Sherman’s for Service.” walls, an attractive background for}and I know you're not going to rica ri ya rage Po aan tea A woman dragging a little girl|the Italian furnishings and the| stand in tho way.” by one arm jammed her way into the elevator. She crowded Cherry against the wall but it was only for a moment. Then the car stopped straggles with and the door swung open again. couraging. DIXIE They had reached the bargain base- movie. critic of the News, ts | mont, friendly with Cherry. She meets some MAX PEARSON, alao of News. fter several weeks Cherry's mother becomes seriously ill. The girl Is called home and reconelliation with her but pride will not allow accept financial aid from them, fn stronger ‘HE crowd about the yard goods counters was larger than Cherry She had plenty of time to linger until her turn to be waited upon. “Three yards of this yellow,” she told the clerk, “and three yards of the pink and white.” The pink and white pattern was very attractive. Cherry thought Dan would like to see her wearing it. She bought thread and some buttons and braid. Instead of tak- ing the elevator she walked to the ground floor. “And now for the shop windows!” she thought eagerly as she elbowed her way to the street, There was little to be seen be- hind the plate glass that fronted Sherman's. Bargains left over from summer and a display of window draperies. Cherry turned and made her way toward Chestnut street. Here was Madelaine’s exclusive es- tablishment, Stanley's and Logan’s —both department stores—and sev- eral specialty shops that sought their clients from Wellington’s wealthiest families. As Cherry had expected there were fall dresses, winter coats and hats on display in these shop windows. The colors were rich browns, reds and greens with here and there a lustrous black. They were beautiful cos- tumes made of expensive materials and artfully designed. “But I don't know why I'm look- ing at them,” the girl thought a trifle wistfully. “Of course I can’t afford to buy anything here this fall.” She was standing in front of Ma- delaine’s shop admiring a small brown hat when she heard someone call her name. Instantly Cherry Tecognized that voice. “Oh, Miss Vail!” she si turned, “How do you do? Brenda Vail's voice rose in its fluttering way. “What a coinci- dence! You know I've been think- ing of you this morning. Wonder- ing why Dan hadn't brought you to see me again. Now that wo've met you simply must have lunch with me.” Cherry tried to decline. She was not quick enough to invent a plaus- sible excuse and the other was in- sistent. “We'll go to Stanley's tearoom,” she sald. “It’s quiet there and it seems to be the only place in Wel- lington where a pot of tea is made properly.” Cherry fourd herself stepping into an tor and then emerging nm. A ertakes them and while waiting for it to pans he he loves her. They ch home but after that Ch they a NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER XXXVIIL rarer dropped her fare into the box as the street car lurched forward. There was a vacant seat half-way down the car and she made her way toward it. Twice the car jolted and almos: flung her into the laps of other passengers. She reached the seat and sank into it, It was 11 o'clock of a bright Sep- tember morning. Cherry had shop- ping to do down town. The yellow house dress, the making of which had caused her so much anxiety, had turned out well. Dixie Shan- non had seen the dress and liked it, Now Cherry was on her way down town to buy more material. She was to make apother dress for her- self and one for Dixie who had agreed to pay $1.50 over the cost of the material for the making. “It will give me something to do evenings,” Cherry had said when she had agreed to Dixie’s requést. “['ll get yellow for you, too, The same shade as mine or as near like it as I can find.” Cherry was wearing a white linen dress and her Panama hat. She noticed that the two women who sat in front of her wore hats of felt. “I suppose it’s time for them,” the girl thought, “but somehow I can’t realize the summer's over.” Idly she glanced about the car. There were four straw hats and nine of felt. Yes, autumn had cer- tainly arrived. Cherry decided to get out her old brown felt for her next trip down town, She left the street car and walked the two blocks to Sherman’s. The entrance to the large building was swarming with customers ‘and in-| into the department store tearoom. side the store even more crowded.| Certainly it was quiet here. The » Cherry eaw huge placards that|foor was covered with soft, dark as she LEAP YEAR BRIDE had ever seen but she did not mind. | A tables were gay with bright hued garden flowers. The waitresses, in their trim green and buff uniforms, added a pleasant note of color, For a few moments Cherry thought with alarm that she might encounter some of her former ac- quaintances. She surveyed the room hastily, recognized no one, eee SLENDER girl in black led them to a table near a window. Cherry sat down, facing her com- panion, Miss Vail looked quite dif- ferent in street clothes than when Cherry had seen her before. She was dressed in black and white. The closely wrapped black turban showed only an edge of the bril- liant titian hair, It seemed to bring out the irregularities of her features. Cherry noticed for the first time that Miss Vail’s nose was too large. There were tiny lines suggesting age at the corners of her eyes and the same minute markings on her forehead. Daylight and the startling contrast of the black and white costume were not kind to that face, Apparently Miss Vail was un- aware of this. She consulted Cherry about the order, repeated it to the waitress with several sharp com- ments and then turned her atten- tion again to Cherry. “And why haven't you come to see me?” she demanded. Cherry hesitated. She had sud- denly become conscious of her worn linen frock and old hat. “I—why I thought you were busy working—” she began. Miss Vail shrugged. “I suppose if you're not interested in creative work you would find it boring. Of course I can’t really understand that point of view for to me my work is my life. . Still we must have other interests in common and I was so anxious that we should be friends.” She paused searching for an “inte might be suited to Cherry's mental- ity. “Do you like crossword puzzles?” she went on brightly. “I've found them quite entertaining. You know at some of the smartest parties in New York they've been going in for simple games.” Cherry replied that she had not looked’ at a crossword puzzle for several years, “But how do you spend your time?” the other persisted. “I cook,” the girl said firmly, “and wash dishes and sweep and dust. When I’ve finished all that there's always mending or sewing or the marketing to do.” “The little housewife!” Brenda Vail gushed, “But I might have known. Of course you're the do- mestic type.. Men of Dan’s talent and ability are so often attracted by gitls who have led a quiet home life, And it’s so easy to under stand! Dan is such a@ brilliant never do to stifle it!” “l or go vel art th I of Bees “Stand in the way?” Cherry re- Deated. “Why, what do you mean?” Mss VAIL said soothingly, “Only branch out—broaden his horizons— meet other creative artists and— well, in short, learn to express him- self, And you mustn’t worry your pretty little head about it. Dan has temperament and it would “I guess I don’t understand much about temperament,” Cherry said, “He must. Oh, yes, it's the place for him.” Cherry raised troubled eyes, hope you won't encourage him too much about going away,” she said, “If it's what he needs of course he'll have to go. But he's been get- ting along pretty well here. I don’t see how we could manage to leave Miss Vail dismissed these objec tions with a wave. “Nothing is im- Possible when it’s a question of hope you'll excuse me, Miss Vail,” it's growing.” “Oh, but you're not going?” “Yes, I really must.” arose. “Thank you so much for less. T'm not going to be satisfied unless any tim She turned and hurried away, as- suring herself that if she had stayed another moment her anger would have gotten the best of her. Vail is!” she stormed to herself. “I don’t care if she does write stories and sell them to magazines! doesn’t have to talk to me as though I don’t know a thing and she doesn’t have to tell me how bril- Mant Dan is and what's for his good. I guess I know Dan as well as she does!” not until she had reached the apart. ment, had dropped her packages and her hat to sit down and think things over calmly that the angry mood subsided, drive only the week before and how ashamed she had been Mer jealousy, : herself staunchly. “I won't!” later Dan told her Brenda Vail had party Cherry begged off on grounds sweetly to go without her that he agreed, © that of course he'll want to don’t think Dan’s being stified, course I know he’s anxious to to New York.” TY soon—” t,” she said. “Nothing!” Cherry had finished her ice. “y . “I didn’t notice how late Cherry © luncheon.” Brenda Vail’s smile was guile “It’s been a pleasure, But see more of you soon. Drop in Cherry’s answer was mumbled. “I don’t care how smart Brenda She the trip home age continued. It was - She reminded herself of the night of her ear “I won't be jealous!” Cherry told Consequently when two nights vited them to a little dinner a headache. She urged Dan 80 (To Be Continued)