The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 19, 1936, Page 4

Poe ate § The Bismarck Tribune An Independent Newspaper f THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER h (Established 1873) State, City and County Official Newspaper Published by The Bismarck Tribune Company, Bismarck, N. D. and entered at the postoffice at Bismarck as second class mai] matter. Geerge D. Monn President and Publisher Archie O. Johnson Kenneth W. Simons Secretary and Treasurer Editor Subscription Rates Payable in Daily by carrier, per year i Daily by mail per year (in Bismarck) . Daily by mail per year (in state outside of Bismarck). Daily by mail outside of North Dakota . Weekly by mail in state, per year Weekly by mail outside of North Dakota, per year Weekly by mail in Canada, per year Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation Member of The Associated Press : Scenes Washington Now i New. Dears im the ‘Thriller Field; Love, Murder, Ghosts—Oh, Gasps Aplenty! By RODNEY DUTCHER (Tribune Washington Correspondent) Washington, Feb. 19.—Love, mur- der, adventure, and ghost stories al- ways used to be a bit out of the gov- ernment’s line. But if you had happened to think about it, you could have been sure that the good old New Deal would start producing them sooner or later. The beginning of it comes in a small way, of course, as such things Yo, and possibly in a manner which isn’t even unconstitutional. At the moment the yarns are to be found only in prospectus material for the The Associated Press is exclusively entitled. to the use for republica-| american Guide, a big WPA project tion of the 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. America at Middle Age? If you can’t find anything else about which to worry these days—and you probably can, very easily—you might* start worrying about your Uncle Sam’s decline in population growth. The census bureau officially has figured the country’s population today as 127,521,000—a gain of .71 per cent over last year, and a rise of 4 per cent since 1930. During the last six years, the population has been record- ing a net annual growth of approximately 900,000. This is only a little more than half the average annual gain for the 1920-30 decade. If the rate of growth continues to decline in this way, it won't be long before we have a stable population—or even, possibly, a decreasing one. What all this would mean to our social and economic organ- ization is obvious—and distressing. It would mean an end to for writers on relief, which will be a 3,000-page, five-volume encyclopedia of things in all parts of the country: to see or be interested in. Many of the stories are true, of course. Others are legends and some are a little of both. Thus, in a little tale called “Silver Moonlight,” you read how the pioneer, James Snow- den, made the mistake of settling at @ beautiful lake called Fall Hole, near Crafton, Pa. The Indian Chief Cornplanter warned him that he had better move, since the lake was haunted by the spirit of beautiful Incolala, who had been promised in marriage to Coco- huha. On the eve of the wedding a disappointed suitor took her canoeing on the lake and strangled her in the moonlight. Each spring thereafter, in the bright moon when “love awakens in the hearts of maidens,” Cornplanter said, “a strong young warrior is seized by invisible hands and dragged under the waters of the lake. So, Incolala’s spirit has sought revenge.” Snowden built his cabin on the the era of expansion which has lasted since our country’s birth. Cities no longer would increase in size; or, if they did, would make their gains at the expense of other cities or of rural areas. Every commercial venture from agriculture to real estate subdividing would feel the effects, Beyond that, there is the depressing feeling that America’s youthful vitality has been played out; that we have passed as a nation from young manhood to middle age, and that the era of slow decline is not far away. Now we could, if we chose, meet this development in the manner of Mussolini and Hitler. We could start taxing bache- lors, awarding government subsidies to the parents of large families, and pushing out propaganda about the beauties of parenthood and the citizen’s duty to the state. But it is hard to imagine such a campaign accomplishing much in the United States. In the first place, it is even harder to imagine an American government trying it. Besides, there is a much simpler way to accomplish the same end. During our long period of growth there was a hopeful, expectant air to America; a feeling that the country progres- sively would be a better place for people to live, a conviction that each generation would find life a little bit easier and happier than the one which preceded it. During the last few years that feeling has vanished. In its place, there has been helpless resentment and dull despond- ency. Many people have feared that their children would grow up in less favorable surroundings instead of in better ones. Once we abolish that feeling of discouragement—and abol- ish it in the only lasting way, by removing the conditions that caused it—the old air of hope and confidence will return. Then, in all probability, we shall see the rate of growth again increase. For those statistics simply reflect the average American’s feel- ing about his country’s future. Hard to Be Hopeful Just as it seemed that Wisconsin university had settled the difficulties of its athletic department in a satisfactory man- ner, up pops the Big Ten with a suggestion that the university regents had no authority to overrule the decision of the univer- sity faculty committee in the matter of hiring and firing ath- Jetic coaches. The Big Ten rules, of course, are intended to keep school matters in the hands of university authorities, but if the regents can be considered in any other than that classification it is diffi- cult to understand why. _ After all, the person who pays the bills is likely to be a pretty important figure around any institution, public or private. As for the decision of the regents to oust both Dr. Mean- well and Dr. Spears, it would seem to be in the best interests of the school to get rid of both warring camps. That this will give Wisconsin winning athletic teams, how- ever, is extremely doubtful. The school needs a rebirth of spirit before that can be accomplished. It must abandon its intellectual and faintly pinkish academic attitude before its men of skill and brawn return to the top. Where undergradu- ates have only boredom for plebian pastimes it cannot make much difference to the players whether they win or lose. It is easy to wish Wisconsin luck in her attempt to reju- wenate her athletic situation, but it is hard to be hopeful. Ahead of the Wolf Whenever a man gets just a step ahead of the wolf he begins to think about the future for himself and his family. He recognizes the fact that “sufficient to the day” is not always enough and begins to lay up what he can for the future. This tendency has made life insurance one of the great businesses of America and during the last year it caused an increase of 24 per cent in the volume of life insurance written in North Dakota, according to the latest compilation by the Life Insurance Sales Research bureau. In this advance North Dakota was one of the foremost states in the union, being topped only by Nevada, with a 81 per cent gain. There is some significance, too, in the fact that the per- shore regardess of old Cornplanter's 1936 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, Behind Ho. the ‘All Germans to Be Under Arms’ tale and, sure enough, according to WPA, they found his body floating on the lake that Math next spring. * More Love and Tragedy Then there's the legend of the widow's mite—how Chief Mannacas- set fell in love with the young female captive (“but she found no place in her heart for the red man”) and put her and her little daughter, Gwawa, (St. Paul Dispatch) in @ hut under a tree, from under the! An interesting feature of last week's shade of which she must not stray debate in the Senate on the new farm on pain of death, and how eventu-|pi was the argument of Senator ally the Maryland legislature gave /Robinson that the United States su- her 17% acres around the tree in @P-|nreme court should have upheld the preciation of her sufferings. ,|AAA because congress had declared And the “Black Hand of Augusta”’|tarm relief to be @ national question. —s slave placed his hand on a ston€!ie said that the determination of column, the imprint still shows, and/i1.. state or national character of the anyone who tries to remove the Col-|rarm problem 1s a finding of fact and umn dies, Tradition says four MO-/ihat the court acts improperly when ers bare ae it goes behind the decisions of con- In “Sold Up the River” you learn that Capt. Smith was something of a slave trader and as to his rescue by Pocahontas—‘“all the world may love @ lover, but Smith and the\girl were not lovers. She was much younger than he and in rescuing him was very likely actuated by her general friend- liness toward the English colonists.” One can think of many government publications which are less fun than the American cue acipeine to be. Not Exactly Thrifty Anybody who wanted to make the point probably could offer a strong case of extravagance against the si preme. court. The other day it gave back about $200,000,000 in AAA processing taxes which already had been paid by con- sumers. time it killed a New Deal act it seems to knock off a large investment in administration and en- forcement. And of the space the new court building and grounds cover, about 5 per cent seems to be occupied. (Six of the justices scorn their handsome office suites and work at home.) And then on the Monday when the whole nation was sure the court would rule on TVA it allowed about 300 per- sons of more or leas importance to wait in vain for a couple of hours for that decision without a hint that it wasn’t to come. James M. Beck, the Liberty League's constitutional authority, whose time is doubtless worth $5,000 in hour—at times—was there. And Solicitor Gen- eral Stanley Reed and many other government lawyers and no end of big fee lobbyists who might have been spending their times more profitably. Your correspondent observed a magazine editor and a famous col- umnist from New York and a news- paper editor from Knoxville who had come all the way to hear the court on TVA. There must have been numerous others like them. ** k This Was Real Show The only consolation was that you could go down and hear Bill Green of the A. F. of L. and John Lewis battle at the mine workers’ conven- tion later in the afternoon. That was @ real show. No one had thought Green had it in him to try for 90 minutes, with splendid oratory, to convert the miners from crusading for industrial unionism. His mistake was in think- ing he could woo such a tightly knit union from Lewis, its idol. Few men ever showed more cour- age against overwhelming odds and cheering of the miners. (Copyright, 1936, NEA Service, Inc.) The with a bitterness never equaled in American political history.—Senator Lester J. Piskinien: fone The extent of Germany's military fentage gains were greatest in the farm states, the industrial reas being at the bottom of the list. There are few better gauges of the return of prosperity, for after he has taken care of the most pressing immediate needs tthe average man interests himself in protection for the future. safe jAnd once he gets it he hangs on to it if it is at all possible to fo so. That is the main reason the life insurance companies ave suffered a smaller reduction in. their businesses in the last ew years than is true of most other lines. gress on such points. ‘This is @ position which could not be allowed without relegating the judi- BIT OF HUMOR NOW AND THEN 18 RELISHED BY grooms go night and instead of finding a light burn- ing in the window they find the meat, potatoes and vegetables burn- ing in the kitchen for them. Eleanor—Oh, Jack, just listen to lit- tle Jackie crow. Jack—Humph! I'd crow too if I were the boss in this house. George: I ate 67 hot cakes once. Harold: “How waffie!” Stranger—See here, my man, I'd) like to use that telephone. You've | Prima HORIZONTAL 1,8 Present day [O/O|¢c|T OR} opera star. pjolo}al 12Song for one JF OIG) voice. 18 Tiresome persons. 15 Old garments. [1 {R{A] 17 Was indebted. 18 To brag. 19 Profound. 21 Natural power. 28 Versifier. 27 Yeast. 31 To worship, 32 Soda ash, ity is of first 33 Snare. rank, 34 Money drawers 60 She plans to 35 Ancient. 36 To exile. we ra 37 Specimens, o 42 Festival. VERTICAL 46 Challenged. 1 Opposite of high, 2 Rubber tree. 47 Nimble. 51 Bay window, 53 Garden tool, 3New England fish. 4 To recede. 64 Armadillo, 55 Cooked in fat. 5 Zoological garden. iclAiRist LEI ME T[OIN| 67 Sum. 59 Her —— abil- Answer to Previous Puzzle 10/8) EDUARD A gal Fle le) BENES [AIR MEYIO} BOO DOO a [S|L[o}SsIHIE] GIAIMIE|T EMS MM OlEIFIUINIE! sg Advertisement. Oo Oot 800 wie © PlET MMGl! [EIRISMEN] 1 |P] ALA BEUIRIN] PIRIEISTIIDIEINICTY) after this 10 To regret. cial branch of government to sub- servience to the legislative and ex- ecutive. By so much the system of ‘checks and balances prescribed in the constitution would be destroyed. A good many persons prior to pro- hibition believed that the regulation of liquor was no longer a local mat- ter but had become of national char- acter. Yet no one ever supposed that congress could bring the liquor ques- tion within its authority by a simple declaration of fact. As it happened, the view of liquor as a national ques- tion did prevail to the extent that an amendment was adopted to the con- done nothing for the past 15 minutes but stand there with the receiver to your ear—you haven’t spoken a word. Man in Booth—Please be patient, sir, I'm talking to my wife. Postmaster—The weather we're having now isn’t anything like that 20 years ago. Farmer—Neither is it anything like it was six months ago. Agent (to barber)—What’s this 65 cents for? I only had a haircut, and you've charged me 15 cents extra. Barber—That’s according to our new rules. We now charge for NOT shaving you. Shock—They say talk is cheap. Sting—That depends on whether it is spoken from a soap-box or printed in the Congressional Record. “Is the world flat or round?” “Neither.” “What is it, then?” “Crooked.” Donna 25 Disposition, N 26 Gaelic. BIE IN Ie(S) 28 Related by blood. 29 Governor- general. Boo 0 30 Measures of IGIOIWIN| cloth. IL11 IO} 36 Cot. le GS Is] [R} 39 Leader of the faithful. fO|L MIME JO[T] 40 Golf teacher. ALLISMMLIAl 41 List. [PIOIOIA| 42 Hottentot instrument. 43 Measure of area. 44 To raise. 45 Pertaining to air, 47Gaiter. 6 God of war. 7 Bronze. 9 Queer. 11 Fish. 12She has a lyric —— 48 Sanskrit voice. dialect. 14 Outer garment. 49 Railroad. 16 She is —— by 50 Eucalyptus birth. tree. 20 Primps. 52 Fortification. 22 Deposits at 54 Devoured. river mouths, 56 And. 24Heathen god. 58 Either. 2A A et at a at S\N it B\ Geen a NN Tee stitution. When again it was the sense of public opinion that liquor control should be restored to the states, no declaration of congress made it so, but another constitutional amendment. Agriculture was certainly not a na- tional question when the constitution was drafted and adopted. If there is no other way of approaching it now, the remedy must be through amegd- ment. Those who want the courts to save the bother of amendment are themselves guilty of wishing the court to legislate instead of sticking to judi- cial decisions. BEGIN Hi TODAY DANA STANLEY, divoreed from her husband, DR. SCOTT STAN- LEY, ia making plans to rich RONALD MOORE. NANCY, Dana’s halt-sister, has loved Res- \y, for years. sved "PAULA LONG, ‘was tired of riner ef the getetanding’ physician, on Your Personal Health | By William Brady, M. D. juestions pertaining to health but not ae briefly and in ink. Address Dr. . Brady will enemy ir queries must be accompanied by & Dr. diagnosis. e Gesay ‘ts care ot ‘The Tri 5 stamped, self-addressed envelope. ‘WANT TO GET WELL mother writes: . for the past three years and have been on complete The first 13 months I spent in the———— ad a cavity the size of @ teacup in left lung size of a half dollar. Also scattered involve- said this made pneumothorax impracticable, was so situated (between first and fifth without collapse by pneumothorax. If the right healed enough might have the collapse. But they told . me I had no chance to get well and had just as well go home. About this time I procured a copy of a book you recommended—Fannie Benson Rogers’ “Want to Get Well?” I derived much help from it and de- cided maybe I could get well. I came home in the spring of 1935 weak, sick, discouraged and almost helpless. I weighed just 89 pounds. I am 29 years old, 62% inches tall. T called a M. D. who has been in general practice in this village bout four years. gave me some form of powdered creosote capsules and a calcium and phosphorus wafer and halibut liver oil. My diet is regular except six oranges and two glasses of thin cream daily in addition to regular Now I'm feeling stronger, no longer short of breath, temperature never above 99.2, pulse 80 to 90, and I weigh more than I have for.ten years—127 pounds without clothes—a gain of 38 pounds in six months, Menstrual func- tion restored for past six months, absent the six months before that. die 1, Is it reasonable to think my lungs are healing? .... The pneumothorax and collapse Mrs. R, refers to may be meaningless to most readers. Pneumothorax means air in the pleural or chest space around the lung. This happens sometimes by accident when the chest wall is punc- tured. The pleural cavity on each side of the thgrax or chest is normally a closed space containing only a few drops of clear serum which keeps the the inner surface of the chest wall lubricated. When space it causes the lung to collapse. A modern meth- tuberculosis is by injecting sufficient air into the pleural or chest cavity to bring about collapse of the lung. If the opposite lung is sound it easily does the work of the lung thus put in a splint for the time being. In the course of several weeks the air so injected is gradually absorbed and the retracted or collapsed lung gradually expands and begins function- ing again. Then the pneumothorax or injection of air is repeated. I print Mrs. R’s letter because it illustrates three things. First, that even good physicians are not always accurate in prognosis. Second, that the patient's morale or mental attitude is a factor in every case. Third, that the common, everyday, door-to-door general practitioner back in the old home town is not quite the incompetent wiseacre tuberculosis patients who have been off to the big city would make him out to be. Provided one can have the care of a good doctor and will obey his in- structions and advice implicitly and ignore all gratuitous advice from busy- bodies, home is the best place to recover, better, I think than any sanatorium, hospital, far-off health resort or famous climate. A comfortable home, in- telligent nursing and the attendance of your own doctor—that’'s the best ; formule for the cure of tuberculosis, QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS A Most Helpful Book The book mentioned by the woman who is winning the battle with tuber- culosis is “Want to Get Well?” by Fannie Benson Rogers. I have recom- mended it many times. I believe it is still available. For a copy send $1.08 to Fannie Benson Rogers, Colorado Springs, Colo. Sailors Sometimes Wear Glasses ei I understand sailors never wear glasses and never suffer from poor Answer—My vision must be bad, for I meet quite a few sailors in uniform who appear to me to be wearing ‘em. Any Way But Boiled ‘ Is there less caffein in coffee made by the drip process than in perco- A abe coffee is made quickly—goes thru the grounds only once, Answer—I should surmise there is less caffein in drip coffee. In my opinion the best coffee is made in a coffee pot without any tricks about it, except that it must never be permitted to boil, and it should be served and drank immediately. (Copyright, 1936, John F. Dille Co.) With All My Love wa an open-all-night restaurant Possibly the only one the small town afforded, Ronnie produced a “reverend” and they found him a short while later in a modest home beside a modest little church. But his denomination was to re main a mystery. Because @ cur- rent that had been set in motion on the long drive was gathering force, sweeping such small consid- ‘¢ jerations aside. The mild-mannered minister with the ithe white hair radiated interest mother. Scot! He takes the inju the ph “OH T’m shameless!” singing thoughts ran as she and Ronnie drove away. “But I'm happy!” Ronnie had driven to Lakeville where he had straightened out the sighted license business. And now, with o marriage license of their own, they were off to be married in an- other town. That had been considerate of Ronnie, choosing a new place for the ceremony, Nancy thought. “How would you like to go to Bermuda?” “Grand!” Nancy said. Bermuda was a dream place for a honey. moon, “First, though,” Ronnie told her, “we'll go to New York, and you can buy some clothes that really suit you. Clothes,” he hesitated, “that weren't selected for somebody else.” There was & lump in Nancy's throat. If she could only tell Ron- nie what a darling he was. “What are you thinking about?” Ronnie asked, as the silence deepened. “Clothes,” Nancy said, honestly. Ronnie laughed. “Gold digger!” “We'll buy out the shops.” Ron- nie added. He reached over and pressed her hand. At the touch of Ronnie's hand, the understanding pressure, Nancy’s happiness dropped from her suddenly. Dazzling Ronnie by her appear- ances wouldn’t make him love her, if he loved somebody else. And what would anything matter— grand clothes and houses, every- thing you wanted except the modn if you couldn't have Ronnie's love too? If she could only find the cour- age to tell Ronnie what she had done. If she had softened the blow for him tonight would he have married her? si “Well, here's a nice-sized that looks as though it might boast | “Please @ parson,” Ronnie eaid. “What shall it be? Presbyterian, Episco palian, Baptist, Methodist, Congre gation: —name the church, Nancy, and we'll find the man.” “It doesn’t matter.” Nancy eafd. Her throat was aching. “That leaves it up to me.” Ron- “First, © and enthusiasm. Nancy suspected that not s0 many couples chose this town as a Gretna Green. “My wife.” the minister said. “will be one of the witnesses. And my brother the other.” The two “witnesses” were sum- moned, “Mother,” as the officiating who had evidently assembled her- self hastily, judging from her ap- pearance. She had come without her glasses in the excitement, she told them, and kept peering at Nancy and Ronnie from near. eyes. “Brother,” bad come — with an ear trumpet. And periodi- cally his questions must be an- swered in s vigorous shout by the Reverend Bennett. “I don’t know what denomina- tion he represents, but I think it would have been better if we had Picked the other fellow.” Ronnie said, smiling. But there was no answering smile on Nancy’s pl quant, heart-shaped face. Her dark eyes were looking out, solemnly. upon the scene. The minister examined the It cense, opened his Bible, cleared his throat and now motioned for the two to step torward. 'UDDENLY Nancy laid a trem- bling hand on Ronnie’s arm. “Ronnie,” she’ whispered, “I can’t.” “Can't!” Ronnie said in a low voice. “You mean you've backed out™” “Yes. I've backed out. I couldn't, Ronnie. You see—" “It's mot necessary to go into explanations,” Ronnie said in a quéer, curt voice. He stepped for- watd, speaking quietly, “We've de- cided not to be married, sir.” man, is this a joke?” “No, it isn't a joke. We're just not—" “It’s not his fault, fs mine,” Nancy said tremulously. “Please don’t blame him!” “In my day if a handsome young man—” Ronnte broke {n abruptly: allow the young lady the car. Nancy could see the stern set to Ronnie’s chin and the proud squaring of his shoulders. Yet she sensed s hurt and weariness that broke her heart. The car rushed on through the darkness with Nancy's eyes pools of dark misery. Tears were stream- ing down her face. Ronnie's voice came finally: “Stop crying, Nancy. After all, you were hurried into this so quickly, you hadn’t time to think. And it was natural for you to repent of your bargain. I don’t blame you. Not a bit.” “But you didn’t hurry me into it. I proposed to you, Ronnie. You know I did—and there was some thing else. I’m a cheat. I didn’t tell you the truth about Dana.” ese Roveaw stopped the car. get things straight. What are you talking about Nancy?” Nancy told him in s low, un- you wouldn’t go through with it, Nancy?” “Part of the reason,” Nancy said. “Let's have all of it.”: Nancy shook her head. “Please, Nan.” His tone was ten- der, and Nancy’s reserve broke. She erled wildly, “I couldn't marry you, Ronnie, under false pretenses. I wasn’t trying to save your face, as you thought. I was marryi you because I love you with whole heart! I didn’t tell everything the doctor said beca' “Oh, Ronnie, I will believe you,” Nancy cried, “because I want to so much.” Her arms went up and closed rapturously around him. Sometime later, the Reverend Bennett’s front door was treated to another vigorous pounding. The minister, tired from the night’s ex- citing experiences, slept deeply on. But his wrapper-clad wife answered the bell, and under persuasion opened the door. “Father, it's a couple to be mar- ried. The some young coupie!” “Constantinople!” exclaimed the minister, excitedly, clambering out of An ejaculation termed “Presbyterian dam” by his family. - But Es a mens. he was chuck- ing. ese lern young people tried your patience! But they would make a nice young couple. And it was going ito be nicer still to be able to keep that $100 bill this time,