The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 26, 1934, Page 4

| Whe Bismarck Tribune } An Independent Newspaper i THE STATES OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) ———— { Published by The Bismarck Trib- ‘Une Company, Bismarck, N. D., and entered at the postoffice at Bismarck 88 second class mail matter. } GEORGE D. MANN h President and Publisher nas rane iaeeanne SEE Subscription Rates Payable in Advance Daily by carrier, per year.......$7.20 Daily by mail, per year (in Bis- ‘Daily by mail, per year (in state outside of Bismarck) ........ Daily by mail outside of North Dakota . os 6s ‘Weekly by mail in state, per year 1.00 Weekly by mail in state, three years ..... seeeeseeee aeceeeceee 2.50 Weekly by mail outside of North Dakota, per year 1.50 Weekly by mail in Canada, per year Member of Audit Bureau of ‘irculation 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 rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. A Sound Suggestion Suggestion by Arthur E. Thompson that there has been too much poli- ties connected with the administra- tion of our school system and with the operation of our courts of justice points the way to a saner considera- tion of many things than has been the rule in recent years. In the heat of the partisan politi- cal squabbles which have raged in North Dakota for many years, there has developed a tendency to make the processes of government subservi- ent to the dictates of partisanship rather than to the interests of the} ‘people. | ‘This, obviously, is wrong in princi- | ple. No one political group has any | better claim on the support of the/ voters generally than is justified by its record, if it has one, or its an-| nounced policies with regard to pub-| lic questions. The question is not) now and never has been who shall govern the state or administer its business half so much as how the state should be governed and how its affairs should be handled. In this connection, it is notable that the people, in so far as they can do so, have established the policy of non-political administration for schools, courts and public institu- tions. Any attempts to inject these matters into partisan politics have run counter to this spirit. That they have sought to nullify this spirit is indicated by the records which show political endorsements for offices on the no-party ballot, such as superintendent of public in- struction and judges. The heat of political controversy has made the) politicians insensible to the demands of the public with regard to such natters, Thompson's statement, asking that no endorsements be made for super- intendent of public instruction is a step to put these offices where they | belong, taking them out of the realm | of partisanship and putting them on the basis of service. It may or may not operate favor- ably on his own candidacy as super- | \ntendent of public instruction, but | that, too, is a minor matter when | compared with the broader issue of | the public benefit. Whether he wins or loses, he is to be congratulated for | pointing the way in the direction of @ much-needed new deal. The state| needs men in public office who will think more in terms of honest service to the public than in those of politi- tal manipulation and advantage. ‘Thompson's record is a good one. He has valiantly withstood rather marked efforts to make his office an appendage to a political machine. He has guided the state’s school system through a period of storm and stress competently and without fuss or feathers. He has met the test which the times impose upon honest and capable public servants. This, in the long run, should prove the best pos- sible politics on his part. The people are intelligent enough to appreciate ® square deal and responsible admin- istration when they get it. Hail and Good Luck Organization of a state hospital association, effected here Thursday by representatives of the state's lead- {ng institutions of medical care and mercy is a consummation which should help the public as well as the institutions themselves. If there is one thing which the public needs in these stressful times, it is good medical and hospital care at fair prices. The new organization should, in the long run, operate to promote these interests, even though the ostensible reason for bringing it into being is to protect the interests of the hospitals alone. Hospital men will agree, when you talk with them, that competent serv- ice costs the average individual too much money. They have no quarrel with the person who contends that 2.00 But they know, too, what changes be made before this laudable can be achieved. Much more the layman, they understand tors which prevent reductions Chief factor in the situation is the Necessity for hospitals to continue their service \despite failing income, their inability to collect sums due them. The case of Bismarck’s two fine hospitals are strictly in point. Among the largest and best in the state, they offer perfect illustration of the hospital problem. Since they are private institutions, their books are not subject to public audit. Nevertheless, it is a known fact that only by the practice of the most rigid economy have they been able to continue giving service to the public. That they have done so is a tribute to their managements and a source of gratification to the vast area which they serve. Each of these institutions has un- paid accounts running into thousands, o|¥es, hundreds of thousands of dol- lars. Were they able to collect these ‘sums they would be enjoying unpar- alleled prosperity and a reduction in hospital rates would be easily pos- sible. No one admits this more frank- ly than the hospital people them- selves. But they have been unable to col- lect and their incomes are down. In jupon to render an increasing amount of service, for the times had added to rather than diminished their bur- dens, The only answer has been to charge those who can and will pay in order to absorb the losses incurred in treating those who cannot or will not pay. It is no secret that the man who pays his hospital bill is paying, | not only for the services rendered} him, but also for those rendered to others who have not paid. At the same time, it is and has jbeen obviously impossible to put hos- pitals on a pay-in-advance basis. To do so would be an injustice to thou- sands of persons in dire need of care, |and would be a repudiation of the ideals of hospitals everywhere. They | exist to serve the people as a whole, and so they have made it a point of pride not to turn away any who) Teally needed and deserved their services. In this they have followed | @ policy which even the hardest boiled must approve, even though it has op- erated to increase the costs of his) own hospitalization. What the new organization can do! about this pressing problem, which strikes so close home to so many in-/ dividuals has yet to be determined but it is reassuring that a start has been made. In its efforts it will have | the whole-hearted support and the sincere good wishes of the public, generally. | Editorial Comment || Editorials printed below show the trend of thought by other editcrs. They are published without regatd to whether they agree or disagree with The Tribune's policies. Political Hulabaloo! (Glen Ullin News) ‘These days we hear and read po- litical bunk galore! One seems worse than the other and out of this we gather that the coming political “gaff” handed out will lead to one of the) hardest fought battles between office | seekers in the history of the state. ' On one side we have the officials, | elected by the voters, repudiating | Windy Bill Langer and doing every- | thing in their power to keep Bill from | entrenching himself in the governor's chair again. Their claims are that they realize the mistake they and their party made when they backed Bill in the last election and give no- tice that it is up to them to see to it that it won't happen again. On the other hand we have Gov. Bill Langer and his long line of per- sonally appointed officials doing some wild scrambling to repeat the last election’s results. Langer and his henchmen have been braying all over the state, ever since Bill took office, with a view towards the ultimate per- petuation in office of Bill, And not. being satisfied with just ranting to North Dakota citizens and voters, Bill also flitted all over these United States telling the rest of the states what a wonderful governor he is and has been. Whether these out-of-state jaunts have helped to convince North Dakotans of the competence of Bill is still to be proven. Yes, this coming campaign is going to be something that will call for the continued wearing of the proverbial “gas mask.” The continual political stench from now until the verdict is rendered by the voters at the general election, in the fall, is bound to send many hard-working politicians into| ‘oblivion. Whether our five-per-cent governor has rendered such valuable service to the taxpayers of the state, that it should mefit him warming the chair for another term will be up to the voters to determine. In all his speeches, Bill adroitly always fails to mention the five per| cent extortion from state employes or | give the true facts about the deplor- able faults of other officials, in state as well as national, but never once admits his own shortcomings. We all know they have been sufficient to merit mention in many instances. In one ranting spell over the radio the other night he stated that he was running the state and expected to continue to do so. And all these years | we thought that any state official was supposed to be a representative of his people. But according to his ravings the people are only here to see to it that he is being served. When any state official gets to the stage where he wants to run the state government on his own, it is time for a change, alright. It has been the lament of the other elected officials that Bill has failed to consult them on any matter and in many cases went over their heads, Even President Roosevelt, to whom Windy Bill couldn't hold even the smallest candle, has surrounded him- self with master minds, and at no time, even dropped the slightest hint that he had any idea that he was If Bill would only forget his ego and work for the people, who elected him, he would receive his due respect which he s0 dirély craves, | the face of this they have been called; THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1934 PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE Adolph Hitler's mother, it Looking Over the Prospects | ‘ Barbs is said, 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. By William Brady, M. D. Ke @ grand sense of humor. Her best joke was Adolph. * * * ‘When the King of Sweden plays tennis, he is “Mr. G.” It would- WE DON’T PRECISELY DISAGREE How can the poor layman know what to believe, asks a correspondent, vhen we doctors can not agree? And he sends a clipping of another doctor’s | dissertation on the question of the ef- fects of exposure nad wet feet. The other doc first bids those who believe that wetting the feet causes one to catch cold to cheer up. “It is coming to be believed that there are two kinds of colds; those due to ex- posure and those due to infection.” Before we go to the mat I beg to call to the thoughtful reader’s at- tention, if any, the passive or furtive mood chosen by this other doc for conveying his idea—no, not his idea at all, but, oh, well, never mind whose idea it is or was, just you swallow it as the doctor tells you, you num- skull, Having thus imparted the illegiti- mate suggestion, the wily doc con- tinues: “An eminent nose and throat specialist lists the following facts as proof that exposure has some- thing to do with catching cold: 1. The all but universal exper- ience that wet feet and exposure to damp, cold weather are follow- ed by acold .. .” * So that is the chief “fact” on which the mysterious eminent specialist bases this proof? And here for years I have been citing universal personal experience as a strong point on our side, for is it not true that no illness or indisposition follows wetting of the feet nine times out of ten? And if that is so, then I maintain it is fair to occasional instance, in which some illness or indisposition occurs shortly after wetting the feet, as a coincidence, at least until evi- dence to the contrary is forthcoming. The other doc continues his lengthy quotation of the masked “eminent specialist”— “2—The experiments of Grant, Mudd and Goldman. They chill- ed the surface of the body by placing the feet in cold water and directing electric fans against the bare skin. They found that the temperature of the mucous meme brane of nose and throat was lowered three or four degrees by this surface chilling, but the body temperature or blood temperature was not correspondingly reduced. Several of the volunteers used in these experiments had sore throats or colds afterward.” I ask any one who has a modicum of common sense whether such an unnatural experiment may be fairly substituted for the everyday wetting of the feet to which most men, wom- en and children who live are neces- sarily exposed now and then? And I ask any one who has any scientific training or even a philosophical mind whether such lowering of temperature of the mucous membrane of nose and throat is evidence of any disease or indisposition? No, son, there is really no occasion do not disagree at all. The only dif- Address Dr. William Brady, in care of this newspaper. for any confusion here. We doctors ference is one of opinion or belief. Only when I give my opinion or belief to a king. xk ® T carefully tell you that it is my opin-| Col. L. H. Brittin, sentenced ion; and when the other doc sets forth his side, he conceals the iden- | tity of the “eminent specialist” whose opinion or belief he quotes, and even offers it as the last word of “science.” fit the crime. * ee QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS formation of a third party. Raynaud's Affection | T am a graduate nurse and goad my 10 years of practice I never heard of such a disease as Raynaud's until | Matter, is said to weigh 1646 hyper-pyrexia, streptococcus vaccine |treatment, diathermy, sunbaths, but n't be polite to yell “Forty, Love!” for des- troying airmail files, has been made file clerk in the District of Columbia jail. That’s making the punishment Washington writer suggests the What name can we give duey Long? ** * The neutron, smallest particle of billion- |billion-billionths of a gram. Mighty I becaume a victim. I have had | neavy figures for so light a weight! (Copyright, 1934, NEA Service, Inc.) without apparent influence on my trouble. My urine showed 2 milli-; grams of arsenic in 100 c. c. Does that mean anything? (Miss C. J.) Answer—Several cases have been reported greatly relieved or cured by treatment of chronic arsenic poison- ing. There is a normal trace of ar- senic eliminated in the urine. If this is definitely increased after an intravenous injection of one-half gram (about 7'2 grains) of photo-, grapher’s hypo, sodium hyposulphite, formerly called thiosulphate of soda, that is logical evidence that you have chronic arsenic poisoning, and daily doses of the same hypo would be good treatment. In some cases relief is ob- tained from sympathetic ganglionec- tomy, surgical removal of certain sym- Pathetic nerve centers near the spine. Rheum It Isn't Why do you never refer to the most common affliction of man, rheuma- tism? Instead of talking about the controversial subjects. . . (L. B. W.) 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The hope that they’d be seen sitting nine in a row, down in front, on the first night, probably wouldn't have been realized. But Justice Stone was one who sent for his tickets. Another project afoot was a cabinet, tea, at which New Deal big shots would meet the cast. Those and other ambitious plans were dashed when telegrams from New York revealed the show wouldn’t be ready in time to open in Wash- ington. SOCIETY BEFORE BUSINESS Social necessities were an actual factor in delaying Russian-American trade negotiations. A new ambassa- dor must call on each of the other ambassadors and ministers as soon as possible after arrival here. They, in turn, must call on him. Since many nations don’t recognize ovsky has to make only a couple dozen calls as against the usual 50 or more. .».» Even when the point of call is Russia, however, Ambassador Troyan- |gressm but half a block away, a diplomat gets in his automobile and is driven to the Andy, ICC why it should let him become a director of the Pennsylvania Rail- road—family tradition and that sort of thing. Handsome, unassuming, Skvirsky, all dressed up, at s pre- view of the British movie, “Catherine the Great.” ... Girls who try to crash the Blue Rook wind up in the Red. SYNOPSIS Rather than own way. Her friends charity. CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN before this fire, always!” BFEe iets ne fi ge sa “Why don't Harmon?” she said softly, her quite steady, her eyes on the fire. John Harmon dropped make you anything bi Stanley. I couldn’t bear it way!” Harmon.” She stirred Stanley Paige, beautifal, young society girl, is left penniless when love, Are her lawyer speculates with her|.°v° money and loses. Stanley, however, cares little fer the money, feeling that she has everything in the leve of fascinating Drew Armitage. But when Drew breaks their engage- ment saying it would be impossible, te marry en his income, she is aid from her wealthy friends, Stan- ley rents an inexpensive furnished feom and disappears from her ex- elusive circle to try and make her Northrup, straggling young author. A strong friendship ensues and y become very necessary te one another. John Harmen is in leve with Stanley bat refrains from tell- ing her because of Drew. Stanley loses her position. John Harmon wishes things were “different” so she weuld not have te work, but will net commit himself farther. 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I’m sorry, John Harmon, Ijalmost afraid to believe it.” wish I could you you E f tent wit ingty, ree eee ca ly, his arms her slim shoulders. “I Are you still derstand, Stanley. “Part of me does. I've tri iii é to tell me that you a s sharp wind whistled around corners and scuttled up alleys carrying with it bits of paper and dead leaves; lights s LH We couldn’t go on Do you want what knowing what I can’ For a moment John F i i Hi coat collars turned up, faces joulder. When |lifted to the night, tired but oddly eager. “I like this time of day,” Stan- ley said softly, slipping her fingers ever little, is more happiness I ever expected to know. What feel for this other man is bet you and him and doesn’t concern |so?' me. What you feel for me is yours| “I think I'm always going to like and mine and is precious to me be-|any time of day or night that hes yond words.” you in it,” answered John Harmon his shoulder Stanley’s|huskily. Then more matter-of-fact- eyes Were wet with sudden tears,|ly: “But isn’t a marriage always but she answered him clearly and|celebrated with a feast? Where do at once. “And to me, John Har-|we dine?” mon,’ “I wish you could stay here, Stanley, right here in this room, John Harmon buried his face sud- poese bigs. par acre psy leven longer search. Unpacking the most exclung thine of alt Avet e most e: unt Martha, at John Harmon's had sent down some lovely af cid handmade Iazaiters ane set eral softly faded, really beautifal, old hooked rugs. There was a pink tea set, too, that had belonged John Harmon's great-grandmother and a pewter teapot and some quaint, twisted i ie = e 4 i : fi E 4 gs 2 5 i a he s ? i E Ze R E ) ; ry F =A fs § 3 ty Pi ied HI TLE rf j i ‘ i E : i : F g [ i F E ® F was a slow, quietly ¢ ling smile. It made John made his eyes ri iL day for a 80 “You're so sweet, Stanley,” he|ing—I'm quite tion every “The; aa _Copgrightct 7 FE