The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 11, 1934, Page 6

TH .. The Bismarck Tribune An Independent Newspaper THE STATE'S OLDEST “Published by The Bismarck Trib- une Company, Bismarck, N. D., and entered at the postoffice at Bismarck as second class mail matter. GEORGE D. MANN President and Publisher Daily pel Daily by mail, per year (in Bis- marck) 1. Daily by mail, per year (in state outside of Bismarck) Daily by mail outside of North Dakota Weekly by mail outside of North Dakota, per year . 6.00 —— | intelligently, his father hesitates to Circulation 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. Conservation and the Indian Not the smallest benefit of a real conservation program for this coun- try, intelligently outlined and ener- getically carried out, would be a new deal for the much-abused Indian. The possibilities are clearly indi- cated in an analysis of the situation existing among the Indians in Min- nesota and Wisconsin, made by In- dian Commissioner John Collier, after @ tour of inspection. His observation is that the real need, if the Red Man is to have a square deal, is a condi- tion in which forest lands are re- claimed, the woods stocked with game, rice lakes and fishing lakes restored and wood and craft industries are established. In the land of the Chippewas he found misery and squalor at all ex- cept one place. That was the Red Lake reservation where one of Amer- ica’s greatest natural forests was spared from the woodsman’s axe. Ten million feet of timber can be taken from it annually for the next thou- sand years without diminishing the prospective supply. The Indians are doing their own lumbering and the sawmill belongs to them. They fish in the lake and pack, refrigerate and sell the catch through a cooperative organization. They alone of all the Indians in these two great states, can look toward the future with reason- able confidence. Other Indians in these states are Mving in misery. The death rate from tuberculosis is 10 times that among the whites. Other diseases assail them and they live in the midst of grey wastes created by the ruthless advance of “civilization.” Ordinary intelligence, it would seem, dictates beginning now to create new forests in districts which are good for noth- ing else. The whites can enjoy them along with the Indians. And from their aboriginal neighbors they can learn some pretty good ideas as to what constitutes real conservation of natural resources. Valuable to the West Back from seven months in the deserts and foothills of Russian Tur- kestan and most of Turkey, two American scientists have set about “seeking a new solution for agricultural problems in those regions which fre- quently have suffered from drouth in recent years, ‘The object of the search was to bring. home grasses and other plants which will do well in semi-arid re- gions and the list of items in the collection made runs all the way from new desert grasses to shrubs and trees. One grass, in particular, is of in- terest. It may be blown away, roots ‘and all, but it takes hold again when it lands. If it will grow in the sand hills of this country as it does among the dunes of the Kara Kum desert in Middle Asia, it may prove a real blessing. Another introduction was a plant similar to the crested wheat grass which already 1s attaining popularity in this country, but is believed to be even more hardy. Even a species of bluegrass was found growing. in regions where the only rainfall comes in winter and it, too, Will be given trials in this coun- In “developing” the west we have Practically ruined vast stretches of grazing land and now we find it is - Of Uttle value for anything else. It seems intelligent to attempt to re- ‘store them by the introduction of plants which have proved their hardi- ness in a natural environment which ig even more difficult. A Much Over-Rated ‘Menace’ Fully 1,500,000 Communists and 20 | York lad who has been found by psy- 00; because of his exceptional brain de- dispute, and the overwhelming ma- jority of Russians were so desperate that they preferred to try the wildest experiment rather than remain as they were. That isn’t even remotely true in America today; until it ts, the Communist “menace” can’t be very alarming. Pity the Prodigy If we can believe all we are told, we seem to have a new infant prodigy in our midst—that 7-year-old New ;chologists to be a boy in a million velopment. This child has an intelligence quo- tient of 196—a bare nine points below the mark set by the great Einstein himself. He can discuss astronomy talk politics with him because the youngster usually gets so far ahead of him, and he uses four-bit words in the most casual conversation. Nature apparently has performed another of her freakish stunts here; and while it is fascinating to specu- late on the things that such a pre- cocious child might accomplish, if he could be shown how to make the best use of his powers, one’s chief emo- tion on reading the story is a feeling of pity for the youngster. For no matter what the possession of such an abnormally developed brain may augur for the future, the one immediate probability is that this prodigy, like most others of his kind, will have a fairly thin kind of child- hood. One of the nicest things about be- ing a child is the fact that you don’t know very much and can't under- stand very much. You move in an incomprehensible world, in which the strangest things happen for no rea- son that you can discover; but it is @ world of wonder, even if it occa- sionally is a bit terrifying, and since you have no particular mental re- sponsibility you can devote yourself to the joy of simply being alive in a way that is never afterward quite pos- sible. Childhood, in other words, is an enchanted sort of time. There are a great many things to learn and a great many. things to understand; and the contemplation of them brings the dreaming of dreams and the see- ing of visions, so that the world takes on a@ light that it will never hold again. Now a youngster who has almost an Einsteinian intellect at the age of seven is going to miss all of that. Ahead of his time, he is going to be Plumped up against the perplexities and riddles of adult life, which range all the way from worry over the po- litical situation to a solemn contem- plation of those profound mysteries which can never be solved this side of the grave. When life does that to a child, it cheats him. This lad may go on to do great things when he is grown; meanwhile, he is apt to be robbed of his normal childhood. Editorial Comment Editorials printed below show the trend of thought by other editors, They are published without regard to whether they agree or disagree with The Tribune's policies. Liberalization of Dry Laws (Minot Daily News) It should be interesting for North to read the advice which William Allen White, famed Kansas editor, gives the drys of his state. A Prohibitionist still, he urges liberali- zation of the state dry laws as a Means of strengthening the prohibi- tion cause. At the time North Dakota was vot- ing by a narrow margin to retain its dry statutes, Kansas was voting by @ larger majority for retention of s Prohibition amendment in its consti- tution. bt ae to = Gocear tie laws are to stand pe! in the statute books of Kansas, the practi- cal application of the dry principle shoud not be too prohibitory. Stricter enforcement of less stringent law is what he advocates. “We should not forget.” he says, “that prohibition was aimed at the organized liquor traffic and not at the personal use of liquor.” Here is what White recommends: we 3.2 beer should not be forbid- len. That possession of a small amount of hard liquor should not be consid- ered proof of intent to sell. That making of home brew beer or wine should be permitted. And that it should be legal for per- sons to bring into the state for their Personal use as much as a gallon of wine or @ quart of hard liquor. White's position that statutory pro- hibition can be saved by liberalizing Washington War to the Knife Rages in New NRA Board ... Head of Chairman Clay Williams Is Near Block . . . Favorit- ism to Industry Arouses Wrath of His Colleagues. By RODNEY DUTCHER Washington, in NRA suddenly recent clashes in administration tanks look like so many Sunday school picnics. They can’t be muffled much longer. A majority of the National Indus- trial Recovery Board is in revolt against Clay. Williams, the chairman. And it’s a fair bet that the dove to the tobacco business. Meanwhile, the poor bird moans the the first inside story of events leading up to the calamity. It reveals, for instance, the rather startling fact that Chairman Williams had no choice in the matter. But that still left Mr. Williams the board's only avenue of contact with the president and with Donald Rich- Emergency it—or, as some would say, that it can be strengthened by weakening—is one which is certain to amuse many who welcomed the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment. So may his view that although possession of liquor should be allowed to quench an allowed thirst, there should be no legalized soamarce fe supply it. Nevertheless, rom standpoint of political ex- Pediency, one can see that those who want to keep prohibition laws on the Solitaire ——— representing labor, has usually worked closely with Hamilton. STAVES OFF VOTE Crucial issues have been kept from @ vote by Williams’ insistences that not @ policy-making body he would have to take those loss of its tail feathers and whispers /| press visions. iy gave them a vote by official action, ‘Williams said be would have to take the question to the White House, Nothing has been heard from the ‘White House and Smith and Hender- son don’t vote. Feeling against Williams began to solidify when he tried to have the Roosevelt-ordered investigation of la- bor conditions in the automobile in- dustry made by the National Automo- bile Chamber of Commerce. LIBERALS TAKE THEM Certain forces invisible to Willams, ‘but casting shadows which seemed to include that of a woman cabinet member, caused Roosevelt to assign the investigation to two liberals, Hen- and Dr. Isador Lubin of Sec- Perkins’ staff. ‘Williams’ subsequent effort to sup- portions of Roosevelt’s firm let- ter on the subject also failed. ‘When a deputy administrator, with- out .NIRB authorization, extended the fixing provisions of the re- cigar code another 90 days, it was TEMPERS GET SHORT Lately, NIRB meetings have reached the temper-losing and name-calling HORIZONTAL 1,3 Who is the German states- man in the picture? 12 Adult kid. {4 Woven strings. £5 Oriental nurse. 17 Heron. 19 Skillet. 20 Excuge. 21To run away. 83 Railway station. 25 Myself. 27 Card game. 38 Saritorss fuel. 29 Deity. 20 Striped fabric. * Aree 32 Ship's record. 49 Tablet, 38 Because. 51God of war. 84 Hail! 52 Sun. god. 35 Province in 53 Wing. modern Greece. 54 Roe relish. 37Maple shrub. 57 Virtuously. 88 12 months 60 He is —— to (pl) the United . 40:Years between States (pl.). 12 and 20, VERTICAL 41 To perform. 1 Colli Sean ETAIS| OTE ME CIUI iM CANO sbout quitting even though is up, will be leaving soon. (Copyright, 1934, NEA Service, Inc.) To bring together and to reorgan- ize a true family of nations is outstanding human need of the in which we live—Dr. Nicholas Mur- ray Butler, president of Columbia University. that time One who is a martyr to —which may turn out in the end to be ® delusion or an error—does prove by his martyrdom that he kept within the law.—vU. 8. Court Justice Benjamin Cardoza. SE MIMO! ORI) SAUCE | ui IMSWORTTE 45 English coin. 46 Molten. rock. 48 Chums, 8You and me: 49 Every. 9 Forms of glory 50 Twenty-four 10 To eject. hours (pl.), Ul Teacher of - 551 am. the law. 12 He was sent here by the new —. 13 To relate. 6 Mineral spring 7To loan. E BISMARCK TRIBUNE, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1934 | PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE By William self-addressed envelope is enclosed. THE MAKING OF A REAL BOY Recently some whoppers have ap- peared in the daily papers and then hashed over in the weeklies, and I suppose recondite observations will echo in the monthly periodicals for years to come, Co! a “miracle” operation or series of operations which ‘changed a girl into a boy. Truth is that this case was just as miraculous as the stunts performed by @ quack on the stage. There are enough child-minded folk in this country to support many such insti- tutions, and in this instance the quack who changed girl into boy probably felt he needed the adver- A reader has son who will soon be seven. The boy has cryptorchidism, that is, the glands have not yet de- scended into their normal place. Nor- mally, that is, in a large majority of cases, the glands, which are placed hight in the abdominal cavity, near the kidneys, at first, and with de- velopment. gradually descend and reach their permanent position per- haps a month before birth. When this development is retarded, the child with one or both glands still retained in the abdomen or in the in- guinal canal is said to have cryptor- chidism. Most of the doctors consulted about} this boy have advised that an opera |}; tion should be done before eight years old. That is the conventional idea of doctors, but it is now obsolete ‘bad ad he is every case that could Signed letters pertaining to personal heal! » diagnosis, or treatment, will be answered by Dr. Brady, in ink. No reply can be made to queries not conforming to instructions. Address Dr. William Brady, in care of this newspaper. and/D.) Brady, M. D. Letters should be brie: cryptorchidism. There is still a rea- sonable. doubt about the wisdom of waiting for such spontaneous cure in cases of bilateral or double cryptor- chidism, tho there can be no sound objection to waiting until the thir- teenth year. Recently it has been found that a series of hypodermic injections of enterior pituitary-like hormone, per- haps three or four a week for three or four weeks, will bring about de- scent and normal development. One observer (Aberle) who has reported favorable effects from this treatment also suggests that the child’s diet should contain a liberal amount of vitamin A. Gosh, these days it does seem that vitamins get in our hair, doesn’t it? Altho I have browsed a good bit among the vitamins, both the wild and the domesticated, I should not have suspected A of having anyth: to do with such @ condition. I should have thought E the more likely one, that is, a deficiency of vitamin E, for we do know that E is the one essen- tial for fertility and all that. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS A Let of Hooey I don’t know whether there is any great harm in dampness or getting the feet wet, but I doubt you will influenza and la grippe . . . (T. R. Answer—Nonsense, old timer. That is sheer morbid fancy. If there is a specific infectious disease indicated helped by surgery the descend age of by the llth, 12th or applies to unilateral ry Hi i iid if | i ¢ Fr if § i i Eqrae fal ale aie i F i ES ii L F f a 7 i PE 3 2 E i li i i‘ E ! d F f F i i i : 3 i F i f f E i E Ft Ait rH ; f ‘ i $ if Z ir f E f ais E + a E EERE’ s z E f | Hy ue fig! i ba te i E i A] Ed: E f i ‘i | } it in A it Eri 5 t 5 i i : B i f BB £ i : aE i : i ¥ E in 4 i i # zc bd 8 J i Las i i z t i i f cj 5 $ F z At ES ef ET] ? i it by the vague term “influenza” or “la gtippe,” the infection is carried from person to person principally if not Coughing, sneezing or ordinary talk- ing. ‘The notion that flu or grip “germs” (no one has identified the Cause of influenza or grip) “lurk” in slush or piles of snow or ice about the streets is an almanac notion Propagated by old time quacks who vended alleged cold and grip cures when the weather was cold and wet, City Hicks Please Take Notice Nearly every day there are a few letters undeliverable because cotre- spondents give incorrect address, John Smith, 99 One street, City, can only reach the incinerator. Every city has some name or other to. dis- tinguish it from other cities, Why not use the name of your city, hick? Deliver Us, O Lord, From Cans Please tell me if a can of evapofat- ed milk has as many calories as.an Hie ye Of coffee cream? (Mrs, Answer—No, the cream has about twice as many calories per spoonful or ounce, and I think the cream would be preferable also because of the Greater amount of vitamin A and vi- tamin D it furnishes. . What, No Egg? i None of the baby books, including “The Brady Baby Book” indicates when we should begin giving the baby whole egg. I understand egg albumen is not good for babies. Have ing | given my baby only the yolk. She is 10 months old. (Mrs. M. H. F.) Answer—Now. Egg albumen or white is as good for babies as the al- bumen of milk is, My copy of the “Brady Baby Book” advises soft boiled egg at six to eight months— of course that means the whole egg. (Copyright, 1934, John F. Dille Co.) Prior to 1750, England banned bathing in sea or river. Richard Russell, popular physician of the, court of King George III, published @ treatise on the use of salt water as @ restorative of health, in that year, nes succeeded in having the ban Of ail European countries, France ranks second in the number of librar= fies and books in her possession. There are 20,000,000 volumes in her 111 Libraries; England has 100 librar- solely by mouth spray given off in | | fie i é : Hi i Ff 7% i F FA | : f 7 4 ik ft ii f Ht ii * £ i fh ut # s| Hh git g F if v2 FF f [ | 5 & rt tf i i it + F ij | g & (t i | ? H 3 3 t i F i ‘i ae Hie z} g E i r fk f alk Hi 9 A af E i ; ff ; : F fi faseele i f. E i 4 . i st i u al iF ist f i it i uF ; iy E : FA mp! c j jes with 17,000,000 volumes. Fi itive ¥ fe ey E Ei if i : i 5 si i i i F ; z i i i i : a : + i 2 i i i 4 i i E Z 5 Ve Z i [ EfviFl E i ee Ld 3 é ti Se Se H FE ti : i : ft : : ¥ ait Ra it i & E s ii il rf i i g 3 # af i g f E i F i § Ek ip zy -@ i Ey » FF. i rt l f ¥ [ i i I ‘3 fe Tage : books today are forced either to ad- vocate liberalization of the law or to be content with non-enforcement of f : z i - PT LrrrryTyTy il id Vid | t i e i E 5 i i : a if i system, ac-| i i cording to a warning issued by E. R. ‘West, president of the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce. Since it took only about 150,000 ment in 1918, Mr. West feels that this represents @ pretty alarming menace to American institutions. ‘ It is a little hard to share his fear existing statutes. We don’t know how it is in Kansas, In North Dakota, however, it is non- enforcement, taken as @ matter of course, which probably more than any other factor accounts for the fact that dry laws can be kept on the books. Within certain limits we fol- low the well-established old Ameri- can policy of doing pretty much as we please, regardless of how the sta- clear that this estimate of Commu- nist ‘strength is greatly exaggerated. the 150,000 Reds who upse: at had a different medium in ‘ which to operate than American rev- ‘ have. lived in a society which ite own bankruptcy beyond tute books read. And so nobody seems to have thought it worthwhile to talk of liberalization, although of course the sentiment for complete | repeal is strong. We wonder if Mr. White would stil) be a liberal prowibit’onit if he lived in a@ state where, as it happened in Fargo recently, a jury will find a li- hag | Wor defendant not guilty after his counsel stipulates thet all the allega- tions in the information are true. | is Hepa sad ee sors SAR emt a heme LN ee oe N\ sreeemetp nsec gommmm F EF t if i, if i 1 z i ‘ og 3 i E 3 8 § ak i if 3 ti z é iz Bl i te E a i Fa : i i Ss fi E £ E i i ? git a rf th € 8 i} ! Ey .