The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 19, 1932, Page 4

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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, BREWER (Incorporated) CHICAGO NEW YORK BOSTON The Popularity Election Few things have created more in- terest or have stimulated more friend- ly rivalry than the popularity contest for young women of this city which recently was staged by local business- men in cooperation with this news- paper. The avowed intention of the elec- tion was to stimulate cash trade, In that respect it undoubtedly was a Pronounced success as may be proved by anyone who cares to total up the vote cast and then remember that every vote represents a penny in cash paid over the counters to participat- ing merchants. These elections have been held in other cities and it seems Probable that the returns from that held in Bismarck will be more im- pressive than those from any other city of comparable size under present conditions. This may be fairly in- terpreted as a favorable comment up- on both the participants in the con- test, the merchants who sponsored it, the citizens of the city and the pub- licity medium through which the elec- tion was made possible. It demon-| strates that business potentialities | here are much better than in most othe; of the same relative pop- | ulatio: The young women chosen as win- ners by virtue of the support of their friends and neighbors are truly rep- They worked hard for| resent the honors won and this fact will maxe thei: trips all the more en- joyable. Without question they will be a credit to Bismarck during the holidays which they have provided for themselves through the cooperation of the agencies participating in the con- test. In nearly every case the trips are such as would have been impos- sible for the winners to take were they dependent on their own re- sources, and this fact doubtless adds to the thrill of their achievement. Those who participated and failed to win also obtained something worth while from the contest. Although the | free trips were denied them, they ob-| tained valuable experience and each| bears in her heart the knowledge of | the friendly interest and enthusiasm | which her candidacy inspired among a large number of persons. Each has | the comforting knowledge that even | she who loses gains something from having run a race honestly and fairly. Here's to Miss Bismarck and her three companions in victory and here, also, is a toast to those other splendid young women whose participation in the contest made it so distinctly worth while. Handsome Is as Handsome | Does | If ever there was political truth in; the old adage “handsome is as hand- | some does,” Republican managers are | finding it in the person of Patrick J. | Hurley, secretary of war and cam- paigner for Hoover. Mr. Hurley is, beyond question, the handsomest high official in the ad- ministration. None has been more truly like Adonis in recent memory. Incidentally, he is a snappy dresser and finds it easy to look the part of a cabinet: member. But he doesn’t go so well on the hustings. In what we like to call the | effete East he has made no notable mark and displayed no ability to warm up to the crowds or to get the crowds to warm up to him. His arguments evidently have carried little weight and advices from Washington are to the effect that the administration is disappointed in the results he has ac- complished. A commentator observes that he is inclined to scold his audience, a bad thing when one is iooking for votes, for honey is as effective in catching votes as in catching flies. Quick of temper and with the tra- ditional Celtic lust for battle, Hurley finds it difficult to get on friendly terms with people in the mass, al- though the newspapermen in Wash- ington say he is quite a fellow when dealing with individuals. There are indications that Hurley will be retired soon as a major cam- paign speaker and Secretary Mills sent to the front in his stead. In Politics as in other things the copy- book maxims sometimes hold true, Sacrifice by Fire The Carthaginians sacrificed their children to the worship of a calf-j| headed image, in the belief that it! would increase their crops and help them win their wars. The day of such superstitions has gone. But enlightened America is| needlessly destroying some 10,000 lives and nearly half-a-billion dollars in property values a year, through fire alone. The difference in the two samples/ is simply one of motive. There is no difference in the effect—save that our carelessness and incompetence in handling fire destroys more lives than did the Carthaginians. As a matter of fact, their record is a more} excusable one, in that they were al comparatively primitive people, while we lay claim to wisdom. All through the ages fire has been both friend and enemy to man. To keep it conquered has always been a problem, and it has grown in import- ance with time. Each step forward in the march of civilization creates new hazards, new dangers. The tragic: Part is that this has not been ac- complished by an equivalent change in our mental attitude toward the tisk. 1 Fire CAN be controlled. At little expense, either in money or time, we can make our homes and places of business safe. To do that is a double duty, owed both to ourselves and to the community. Every fire affects jevery citizen—and every time a fire is prevented it benfits us all. The Advantages of Rouge Because they didn’t wear rouge, two girls, 18 and 19, paid a visit to a New York police court the other day. They were taken there by Policewo- man Wilhelmina Lawless of the Bronx, who suspected the girls of be- ing runaways. Her reason for notic- ing them and taking them to head- quarters was that “they wore no rouge as most New York girls do.” Investigation proved Policewoman Lawless’ suspicions well grounded. The girls had left their home in Pennsylvania, but when officials tele- graphed their father there he replied: “Keep them. I have 12 more at home that I can’t take care of.” The police don’t know just what to do with the sisters—these two strange- looking girls without rosy cheeks. | They're trying to persuade the father | to take them back. | Meanwhile, one issue seems clear. It would seem that girls who go to New York and want to stay there had better rouge their cheeks. Editorial Comment |! Editorials printed below show the trend of thought by other editors, They are published without regard || to whether they agree or with The Tribune's policies, Then and Now (Aneta Panorama) A copy of the Weekly Bismarck | Tribune, printed in 1909, was handed | to us by M. E. Sperry, of this vicinity, which he had found in some debri: There is nothing peculiar or inte: esting about this find, since the files | of the Panorama date farther back than that, but one thing struck us in glancing over the old copy was an advertisement of the Weekly Trib- une, offering to give away absolutely | free, an “$800, 1909 Model Lambert ; auto.” Adding further, that: “this | beautiful Model Lambert auto is now | on display,” ete. A cut of the “beautiful Lambert auto,” 1909 model, is shown in the ad- vertisement. Looking over this “beau- tiful” auto shown in the picture we find that it has no side doors; no top; no windshield; no bumpers; no lights, except two attached high above the cowling. Little thought is given to changes time has made in habits, customs and equipment of mankind in this brief span of 23 years, but when one con- iders the difference between this eautiful 1909 model,” and the; autoes of today, equipped with prac- | tically everything except a mone: manufacturing contraption, the changes brought about are a thing | to marvel about. \ and yet, when all is said and done, are the people any happier today with all these advanced and improved modes on conveyances than they were when an automobile was something | to stop work for an hour or more and} view with wonder the marvels pro- duced by the hand of man? We doubt it! Happiness is a matter of mind, not of circumstances. Contentment is a condition that is not calculated through the possession of wealth, or an auto with sidedoors and patented cigar lighters. roy” It occurs to me that present-day Pick-pockets are becoming clumsy. Fifteen or 20 years ago... they were so clever they could pick a pocket without the victim becoming aware of it until he reached for his wallet. Now, it’s mere bungling.—Municipal Judge Frank S. Day of Cleveland. * Oe * We must be done with violence— Franz von Papen, chancellor of Ger- many. ek It is heresy to say that the path for Peace lies not in mathematical arms Parity—Professor James T. Shot- well of Columbia University. * Oe If this sudden success had happened to me at 20, it would have seemed more important than it does at 40.— Pearl 8, Buck, author of best-seller, “The Good Earth.” * * % {renal arteries | Which are invariably involved in hon- jest _arterio-sclerosis, | versions I may have made in years | a lower premium rate than they give Q SELL bs A FARMER 9520 (ERY yer © Swipe Hie DES Signed letters pertaining to personal addressed envelope is enclosed. Address Dr. William Brady, diagnosis, or treatment, wiil be answered by Dr. Brady if a stamped, self- Letters should be brief and written in ink. No reply can be made to queries not conforming to instructions, | PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE By William Brady, M. D. health and hygiene, not to disease in care of this newspaper. TOBACCO HOGS LIKELY TO DIE, SUDDENLY Two men who were excessive smok- ers passed out so suddenly and mys- | teriously that post-mortem investiga- | tion was ordered. The post-mortem proved that the men had been poi- soned. Not by any mysterious drug incorporated in their cigars or ciga- rets, but by what in Germany passes as excellent tobacco and in this coun- try would be called El Cabbagio or Simon Pure Alfalfa. Both of these tobacco hogs had coronary sclerosis. That means hardening and thicken- ing of the artery that supplies blood to the heart muscle itself. There was something peculiar and interesting about the arterial sclerosis in these two cases. It was confined to the coronary arteries. It did not even slightly affect the aorta (great ar- tery) nor was there any sign of arte- riosclerotic change in the cerebral and (brain and kidney) Now, girls, I want to be perfectly frank with you. Whatever animad- past about women smoking, I now say that so far as I know the temperate use of tobacco is no more injurious to a woman than it is to a man, I still insist, and without fear of com- Ppetent contradiction, that even mod- erate or occasional use of tobacco is injurious to the health of any youth, male or female, who has not yet at- tained full adult growth and develop- ment. It seems to me, and in this I ac- knowledge I may be biased, that young women who get into the smoking habit are more inclined to carry it to excess than are young men. Be that as it may, it is certain that male to- bacco hogs have no monopoly on the selective poisonous effect of tobacco on the coronary arteries. It will not be long now, I am afraid, before the women will begin to rival the men in the coroner's records. Real or pseudo- angina pectoris, coronary embolism or thrombosis, and startlingly sudden deaths from “acute indigestion” (where the community prefers to save post-mortem expenses) will give the smoking women something to worry about. Even now the list of cases of pseudo-duodenal ulcer, which was formerly composed almost exclusive- ly of men, includes a good many young women. When tobacco poisoning produces its first manifestations there is likely to be trifling but persistent trouble in the nose, throat or bronchial re- gion; later come gastric symptoms, such as heartburn, acidity, ulcer- complex; finally cardiac manifesta- | tions. The drug seems to have a spe- cial affinity for the vagus or para- sympathetic system, which is the un- conscious or autonomic control me- chanism for lungs, stomach and heart. People who use tobacco in excess should prepare their affairs for pos- sible sudden death. If insurance companies really could have truthful experience tables they would give the non-smoker or the temperate smoker regular heavy smokers. But who shall say whether an individual's habits in this respect are temperate or immod- erate? Who shall define temperate smoking? QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Corn Versus Wheat At our house we are very fond of corn bread made from a fine grade of sugar flint white corn meal. This is so sweet it requires no artificial sweetening in making corn bread or muffins. Such corn cakes, with milk and eggs, stick to my ribs. Can you inform me whether this corn meal is as nourishing as whole wheat flour? —(C. H. H.) Answer—Any corn meal yields from 1,650 to 1400 calories per pound. Whole wheat flour yields approxi- mately the same. If milk and eggs are used in making the corn cakes, it doesn’t matter much nutritively whether you prefer corn meal or whole wheat flour. Perhaps your favorite variety of corn meal runs a little higher in calories. Buttermilk I drink a quart of buttermilk every day. Have been using Blank’s brand exclusively. But recently I tried to get it in a country store and the wo- I don't think any more of the eco- nomic planks than I do of the prohi- bition plank in the Republican plat- man there gave me buttermilk direct from the farm. She claimed Blank’s is an artificial product prepared by form.—Senator William E, Borah of | dropping pills in the milk that re- Idaho, turns .. —(F. R.) Answer—All I know is that common ordinary old-fashioned country but- termilk is the finest beverage of the | kind, and in my opinion, all artificial preparations offered in place of that are inferior. Heroic Treatment I took the advice of one of your correspondents, hand tightly and struck the ganglion or “weeping sinew” I had on the back of the wrist a sharp blow with my right knuckles. It hurt, but to my de- light the thing disappeared like magic. It had been there for a long time.— (Mrs. H. 8.) Answer—That's one of those simple | things I never could get up the cour- | age to try. The other thing is having a baby. I nursed my ganglion ten- derly for at least 10 years, and finally it disappeared without any treatment. Now if I could only have a baby as easily as that, boy— Foolish Child I know you will laugh at this, but I want to learn to smoke. What can I take or do so T will not get sick to my stomach every time I try to smoke?—(Miss C. B.) Answer—No, I feel more like crying about it, daughter. I hope you get sick to your stomach, nay, to your ileum, every time you try to smoke. Seriously, if you do acquire the smok- ing habit you will certainly regret it afterward. Why not be yourself, be different, have some individuality, let the other girls smoke if they want to but you do not care for it. (Copyright, John F. Dille Co.) > o Now that so many parents have movie cameras to take pictures of and closed my left| Barbs | _—————_+ their children, the spoiled ones are ruining everything by standing still. * * OK because one of the waving combs she bought exploded. ‘That's what you might call a “permanent” award. * ek Motorists who go speeding across the country miss a great deal, an auto club booklet says. And sometimes they hit a great deal, too. * * * ‘The girl who said she would marry only a man who knew life and its sorrows must have been talking about @ widower. * * OK Just as we expected, they’ve decided to quit using w@men in the Russian secret service. (Copyright, 1932, NEA Service, Inc.) wih Gilbert Swan RISE AND FALL OF A | GOLD-DIGGER \ed out to me in a room where several dozen very attractive chorines and models were waiting for jobs. She was out of work, too, but she breezed | chicly and confidently into the place, talked with the secretary for a mo- ment, and bustled out. She was, | easily, the most smartly dressed wo- man in the place. “A few years ago,” a friend whis- | Pered, “that girl was considered one | of the most dangerous gold-diggers in New York—stopped just this side of | blackmail and once or twice tripped | over the border. She worked alone, never used the badger game on the boys—no, she had an interesting stunt New York, Sept. 19.—She was point- experience the herself and the dog would attract the attention of strolling males. They would pretend to admire the dog and use that as a lead toward further conversation. In this conversation she would determine whether or not an acquaintance walk. She knew by ¢: combination of should be continued. If money seemed in sight, she could become most friendly. ee & ‘Well, it seems that three men paid “through the nose,” as they say on Broadway. A fourth cried “black- mail” and the girl was through—as all such folk are through when the bluff is called. She had, it seems, taught the dog to nip her and she carried a dull- edged manicure file with which she could deftly scratch herself. Once she had lured a moneyed victim to be badly distributed, Zukor hired an that|agent in Budapest to see that the most worthy received their share. xe * There are, incidentally, links be- tween such ea an Se, kor, Loew, Brady and many 5. ped @ mender of furs, had bought a penny arcade. As an attraction he showed a picture of Mt. Blanc. The cinema being in its infancy, even this flickering museum piece attracted at- tention. Zukor took the film out with @ sideshow he had purchased, ‘“Hale’s Tours.” And William A. Brady bought an interest in it, although Brady was, even then, a rising \y pro- ducer. Then Zukor took i nhe ee Ke Robbery” out on tour. jome in the Bronx. Across the street lived another fur dealer by the name of Marcus Loew. Loew went into the theater business and Zukor, his neighbor, invested money in the her apartment, the dog would sud- , The sucker wou! ly to her aid and another girl, in an ad- TOD. AY joining room, would get the cue, and come rushing in. There would be «+ 1S THE ~= quick photographs of the bruises and scratches; @ shyster lawyer—and a settlement. In one instance, however, the case went to trial and the girl won # neat sum in damages. But, somehow, such money never lasts. And the boys no longer have easy coin for the gold-diggers. She was dropping in at the employment agency like the rest of them—pariah among her own kind! * * * As has been s0 often proved—fel- lows who make good in New York glow to the applause of the home town. Few show a truly sentimental attitude toward this town—in the sense, for instance, of Adolph Zukor, the film magnate. Zukor comes from Ricse, Hungary. And for years his pet charity was a fund that looked after the poor folk he had known as a lad in that town. At one time almost half the inhabi- tants of his birthplace were receiving an income. Fearing the money might ANNIVERSAR BRITISH DRIVE FORWARD On Sept. 19, 1918, British forces on the Hindenburg line near St. Quen- tin launched a great attack on a 20- mile front and drove forward more than four miles, taking thousands of prisoners and many villages. French troops operating on the same front encountered more stub- born opposition, but held positions won against several furious counter- attacks. British, Greek and French forces operating against the Bulgarians in the Balkan peninsular continued their drive, taking 45 villages and entering Bulgaria at one point. The situation of the Bulgarian army was critical, and Bulgarian envoys were reported requesting immediate id from Germany and Austria if Bulgaria was to continue in the war. Sunlight is about 618,000 times as bright as the light of a full moon. STICKEBS 12345789 x 6. Can you form a number, composed Het , 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, that, when by 6, will give a product containing each of the nine digits once? 4 “Right Dress!” is no less a military command than a social necessity. 1 he SYNOPSIS For years, Paco Morales ruled the peons in Mexico with an iron hand, confiscating their lands and driving them from their homes, but the crisis has come. “El Coyote,” the mys- terious bandit, avenges every out- rage perpetrated by Morales. The ranchers await their unknown pro- tector’s word to revolt. Morales, with the aid of the U. S. Cavalry, has searched for the bandit in vain. Ted Radcliffe, an American whose late father was ruined by Morale: is in love with Adela, the Spaniard’s beautiful niece. Jito, Morales’ ward, is of Ted. Bob Harkness, Ted’s friend, tells him he has plans for settling the score with Morales. While out riding, Ted and Adela lose their way and spend the night im the desert. Adela resents her uncle’s suspicions. Later, Bob re- turns home with Ted and learns that some of his cattle were stolen. He doubts that “El Coyote” is respon- sible. At Mendoza’s, a notorious re- sort, Bob leaves Ted and goes up- stairs to visit Ann Reed, an enter- tainer. Bob is “El Coyote” and Ann his spy. She is deeply in love with him. As autumn comes, “El Coy- ote” makes ready to overthrow Mo- rales. CHAPTER XXXIll * * * They used to call her fluffy little purp “the blood hound” in chorine circles. She had taken an apartment in Park Avenue. In the years when money poured off the Exchange like | of her own. She worked with a dog.” | | . | Eight Blacks | s HORIZONTAL — Answer to Previous Puzzle © 10 Destiny. 1Cuts as grass. 11 Soared. 5 English coin. E 13 Savor. - Barbed .sp0et: 15 Lambskin, 12 Simpleton. CIELICILIAISIGI #1 Saseems aida 14 To peruse. AINIZIAI | spun af 15 Pertaining to. IRISIOINI LININ} ae the calf of the IDIOINAMECIAIPIE] ——rellgious leg. rt | IAI awakening. 16 Divinely sup- as & 26 Sloe. plied food. 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His can- teen was empty, but he viewed the yellow, stagnant water before him distastefully. “Let’s ride up the arroyo,” he sug- gested, “We may find a spring at the head of it.” Then for twenty menutes they trotted up the narrow bed of the stream, but found no trickle of wa- ter. Manuel shook his head. “It is no good, sefior. One may not look for living water in this land until the rains come.” Suddenly he stopped and peered anxiously behind him. “Was it not a shot?” he asked. Ted listened. Only the creak of saddle leather as the horse moved restlessly. He turned to speak, but this time unmistakably two shots sounded from the waterhole. With- out a word both men pulled their horses about and spurred at a dead run down the arroyo. Manuel was ahead by a length, and Ted saw him’ pull his thirty-eight from the holster’ and twirl the chamber. Ted’s own automatic lay close against his side,’ There where the arroyo widened into the waterhole, both men halted. Already they could see their cattle racing up the slope, driven by three Mexican vaqueros, yelling and shooting into the air. Down by the waterhole one steer lay kicking out his life. Nearly a half-mile distant five other vaqueros were driving an- other herd toward the waterhole Ted's eyes blazed. The caution that Bob had urged so many times was forgotten. Drawing his automatic he fired after the vaqueros, and the bullet threw up the dust ahead of them. The men turned and came at a mad gallop straight for Ted. “Don’t shoot,” warned Manue quickly. “They will no$ shoot. These are Morale’s men.” s Ted rode forward, spurring his) horse directly in the path of the leading Mexican. “Who shot that steer?” he demanded, “I, sefiot,” the leader answered, then he laughed insolently into Ted’s face. “What will the big gtingo do?” Silently Ted put his automatic back in the holster, For a second he measured the distance, then lunged forward and struck the man full on the jaw. The vaquero swerved, and, as his horse plunged back, fell headlong. Without another glance Ted turned his hérse toward the ap- proaching riders. Even from that GAY BA of th ier't COPYRIGHT 1951, BY INTERNATIONAL, by TOM — BAN DIT e BORDE MAGAZINE CO, INC. —~ DISTRIBUTED BY KING FEATURES SYNDICATE, INC. R! GILL ‘ed lunged forward and struck the man full on the jaw. distance he recognized Jito, the huge figure at their head. A sudden wave of almost physical pleasure passed over the man at the prospect of coming to grips at last with the ene- my. No one had ever dared use vio- lence to any of Jito’s vaqueros there in Mexico, where Morale's might was law. And the thought came to Ted, as he rode forward, that the man lying back there in the desert dust might be the one spark needed to set ablaze the long-smoldering enmity between those two. From that far-off day when Jito first seized his hand and looked disdainfully into his eyes—from that day both knew that sometime they must come to open conflict. They had known it, too, on that sunlit morning wken Jito rode out to find Ted and Adela returning across the desert. Every- one had tried to keep them apart— Don Bob, Morales, Adela herself, but something written in the des- tinies of those two men willed it otherwise. And Ted, as he rode out to meet him, found it in his heart to be glad. Jito had reined his horse to a walk, and as Ted drew up beside him the Mexican raised his som- brero in greeting. Ignoring the gesture, Ted pointed angrily to his herd, scattered up the hillside beyond the waterhole, and to where one of his steers lay dead. “Who ordered your men to stam- pede those steers away from water and to shoot into them?” Ted de- manded. “I did.” Leisurely the Mexican curled his leg about the saddle-horn and rolled a cigarette. He held out the bag and brown papers to Ted. “Will you join me?” he asked. “Is that waterhole yours?” “In a sense, sefior, it is. At least no one else owns it, and Morales’s cattle have used it for many years.” “They have used it because no one else dared. We choose also to use it.” “Sefior, it may be you forget you are in Mexico, Here Paco Morales) makes his own rights: If we allow every wandering herd to use the waterholes near my uncle’s ranch, it would take many vaqueros to keep them from using too his grassland, Besides, we need this water. But, to be truthful, I did not know these cattle were Don Bob’s, or I should not have molested them.” Ted listened silently. He could see that the big Mexican was mak- ing an effort to speak civilly—that for some reason he did not at that time seck open conflict. “Let us put this thing on a clear basis,” Ted answered. “Don Bob’s herds are grazing on these lands. They are also using this waterhole because it is public property, neither yours nor mine, There is room here for both.. We come seeking no quar- rel, but if from now on I find any- one driving our cattle from water, T'll shoot and order my riders to shoot. Is that clear?” Jito’s face had darkened and the great cords of his neck swelled, but he chose to smile, “Those are brave words, sefior, especially when used to me. Almost Iam tempted—but no, There should be no ill will between the men of Don Bob and of Morales. The man you knocked from the saddle—it was a very pretty blow—is well punished. I myself shall make double payment for the steer he shot. Esta bien?” The big vaquero smiled, There was something too friendly about him, Ted sensed an eagerness to get away—a suppressed air of anxiety about the man. More than once Jito looked back at his own herd, where Morale’s steers, with the scent of water in the nostrils, were impatiently crowding nearer the waterhole. Even as they watched, a few cattle plunged past the vaqueros, Something vaguely familiar about them made Ted ride forward, and with a sudden start he recognized on the shoulder of each the brand of Don Bob. Manuel caught sight of them at the same moment. Excitedly he called, “Caramba, these are of the herd that was stolen last spring!” For a moment Jito’s black eyes were murderous, then he smiled. “Si, your stolen herd is back there, sefior, This morning my vaqueros came upon them abandoned, To- night I intended to notify Don Bob that the cattle El Coyote had stoten are found again.” He looked search- ingly into Radcliffe’s eyes, and it was only with an effort that Ted refrained from smiling his disbelief. Yet it was all so clear. Jito’s men had driven them away that Verdi might believe El Coyote was at last raiding the Americans, He looked at Jito. “Don Bob will be happy to know his steers are safe. In the meantime, I am driving my herd back to that waterhole. We will probably be there an hour, After that, your cattle are welcome.” H (To Be Continued) 4 1 v Ww =i ia ye @