The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 16, 1937, Page 4

THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, FRIDAY, JULY 16, 1987 The Bismarck Tribune ‘An independent Newspaper THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) Gtate, City and County Official Newspaper Published daily except Sunday by The Bismarck Tribune Company, Bs- Sesto oD. and Goseea ak the poccortinw an Blasares en soon claws aad Mrs. Stella 1. Mann © President and Treasurer Aschie O. Johnson Kenneth W. Simons Vieo Pres. and Gen'l. Manager Secretary and Editor Subscription Rates Payable in Advance Datly by carrier, per ye Daily by mail per year (in Bismarck) by mail per year (in state outsit Daily by mail outside of North Dakota Weekly by mail in state per ye: ‘Weekly by mail outside of North Dakota, per year. Weekly by mail in Canada, per year ...... eoreeee Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entities to the use for republica- tion of the news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this Gewspaper and also the Iccal news of spuntaneous origin published herein. All rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. Will He See It? M. L. Wilson, right hand man of Secretary of Agriculture Henry Agard Wallace, comes to the northwest for a look at what drouth is doing. The thinking man wonders why this should be necessary for the drouth of 1987 is not a great deal different than the drouth of 1986, the drouth of 1934 or the drouth of 1863. We have records of drouth in the northwest that far back. But the thinking man welcomes Mr. Wilson. He knows that it is indicative that the great government at Washington is not totally oblivious to the economic needs of what in reality is a very small sector of a vast nation. He hopes that Mr. Wilson will return to Washington with a better idea of the remedial] measures needed to recreate again the great agricul- tural empire. He hopes that he will put into immediate motion the wheels necessary to start the rebirth. Of recent years there has been a steady parade of the great and near-great from the marble halls along the Potomac, But all the parades of politicians in the nation will hardly make a scratch on the slate of history unless the people of this territory make up their minds to rebuild the farm economy they destroyed. If there are weeds in our back yard that need root- ing out, we will have to do the job ourselves. Not until the northwest proves its faith in its own future can it expect to get its neighbors excited about the rebirth of an inland empire. Mr. Wilson knows this country. For many years he farmed and taught agricultural education in Montana. He knows its soil. He knows its people. He knows the pioneering spirit still exists and is reasserting itself. gj Therefore it is the hope of North Dakota, particularly western North Dakota, that Mr. Wilson will see that our people here, drouth-dogged as they are, well nigh cropless and cattle- less, at least are making an attempt to help themselves. We hope Mr. Wilson will return to Washington and te!! Mr. Roose- velt and Mr. Wallace that North Dakota has not lost faith, that it has pulled up its belt another notch, that it is pitching in by creation of soil conservation and irrigation districts, in an effort to restore what is gone. We hope he will tell his chiefs that in North Dakota there is one state deserving of more than ordinary assistance and that assistance should be immedi- ately provided. The productivity of the soil may be temporarily gone, but the productivity of North Dakota people is not. Robinson — Politician Untimely death of the senate majority leader, Joseph T. Robinson, re-emphasizes America’s need of copying one of the great political features of Great Britain—the training of young men for political service. Joe Robinson was a professional politician. He had been one since a young man in Arkansas where he learned the fundamentals of the American political system in the most lowly of political places—the precinct, Joe Robinson made no bones about being a politician. He was proud of it. And his colleagues were proud of it for Rob- inson exemplified the highest type of public\servant. He was able. He was honest. He was methodical. He was reliable. _ _ His leadership in the Democratic party was not.achieved by the tactics of the demagogue, not by sensationalism in public life, not by pure brilliance but by-plain, steady plugging in the political harness, by doing today what he could have done tomorrow. Outstanding political trait of Joe Robinson was his dogged- ness. Some called it fighting. But it resembled tenaciousness more, He hung on to his beliefs unrelentingly if he thought he was right. He battled an issue through to defeat or victory. He never permitted expediency to confound his judgment despite rumors that in recent months he had permitted his position as leader of the majority party to be a stepping stone to what might have been a seat on the supreme court as liberal repre- sentative after a lifelong reputation as a conservative. Joe Robinson practiced politics in the American manner. He was ever loyal to his party. America’s young politician might well copy him but with a shifting of emphasis on loyalty to the people rather than a party. Impractical under the present ways and means of elevating public servants, emulation of Great Britain's system of selecting government workers under a civil service system could bring this about. | Common Sense in Crime Every time an ex-convict commits a crime while on parole, critics declare that parole “is a failure.” The public's natural tendency is to side in with this criticism; the result is that there is a good deal of confusion as to what parole is intended to do and how it is supposed to work. Some excellent common sense on this subject is to be found in an article by Harry Best, professor of sociology at the University of Kentucky, in the current issue of the maga- zine, “Probation.” After pointing out that parole, like the prison itself, is “only a way station” in society’s effort to solve the crime lem, Professor Best says: “Whether parole or any other device be the thing employed by us, we simply deceive and delude ourselves if we believe we can make genuine headway in crime control by stopping short of prevention—something that will require all the intelligence, all the patience, all the determination, all the earnestness, all the devotion, all the skill, all the industry, all the resources that the human race possesses.” Prob- | Behind Scenes i= Washington By RODNEY DUTCHER (Tribune Washington Correspondent) ‘Washington, July 16—At one period during the Democratic love feast Jefferson Island = group got cussing the question of who had the best speech within the of each member of the group. It came the turn of s certain gia congressman and expand seriously and wil on the oratorical powers, the speaker he was praising been making @ eulogistic introductory address—all about the congressman himself, prior to presenting him to his conssuea bee * political rally. Just Pisin Bean, Maybe Secretary of Agriculture Wallace has upon his desk a curious object, consisting of a transparent disc su- perimposed at right angles on another disc, each disc being made of plexi- glass—the solidified form of a new Mquid glass, In one of the discs is imprisoned a bright red bean. An inquisitive visitor picked up the ornament, expressed surprise at its lightness and asked what it was. Wallace reeled off the chemical formula, the process of manufacture and other pertinent facts. Then the visitor asked about the bean and Wallace pointed to a label which bore its Latin name, But that meant nothin to the inquirer, who wanted to know what he would call it if he t. Then— “I haven't any idea,” he confessed. * * % No Congratulations There It's @ general custom for star wit- nesses before senate investigating committee to step up to the chair- man at recess time and shake hands. Regardless of what the witness has been through or what he has con- fessed, there usually are thanks if not congratulations, and assurances of no hard feelings. But one of the Chicago police of- ficers who had been testifying about the so-called “massacre” of demon- strators near # Republic’ steel plant stepped up the other day to shake hands with Senator Bob LaFollette of the civil Hberties committee. LaFollette deliberately turned away from him. ee Just as Bad as Rest Little hes been heard lately of former Comptroller General John R. until his term expired a year ago and he subsequently helped Governor Landon in the campaign. He is practicing law here. But une til recently he was feverishly busy trying to win that great contest which ® certain cigarét company widely ad- vertised, offering immense. prizes. McCarl was just as nuts over the con- test as hundreds of thousands of others appeared to be. * * ® Not in Years and Years Robert A, Pinkerton, heir to the detective agency which bears his name, perhaps has met Dele Carnegie since he came here to testify before the LaFollette committee. At that time Pinkerton appeared to be slight- ly less than the quintessence of tact. Encountering Jack Herling, a news- were to eat it, in plain Anierican. |’ McCar!, a thorn in the New Deal side | ® A Copyright 1987, by The Baltimore Sun Pennsylvania, who made a attack upon Chief Justice Huges, call- ing him a politician and asserting that he was political speeches Paperman who was in his class at college, Pinkerton exclaimed: “My gawd, Herling, I haven't thought of ou jas) years!” * But No Rain In spite of the ic rain. that came down on the last presidential inauguration, the local business men obtained refunds of most of the money they put into the show. Guarantors received back about 79 per cent of the money they’ put up and the in- augural fund was $28,931 in the red. The big error was in omitting the in- 500 and took in $37,756. ** * Old Graves Green of Rhode Island have dis- covered that each has a great-grand- fether buried in the ancient congres- sional cemetery here. Green's an- cestor, Senator James Burrill of Rhode Island, served from 1817 to December, 1820, He rose from bed one day to participate in a vote de- spite a bad cold—and died. Gerry's great-grandfather, Elbridge Gerry, hee vies president and died in office 1814, Awhile ago the two Rhode Island senators went together out to the old cemetery and found their great- grandfather’s graves to be about 20 feet apart. (Copyright, 1937, NEA Service, Inc.) —_————__—_______——_@ | BARBS | CE ey Ivan Akulov, e Soviet official, has resigned because of a chronic head- ache. You know the kind—with shooting pains. + * startling storie, tldsingees Specs 8 mi appro priately will shift from “snake in the grass” to ee ry = bananas.” Funny thing about our European cousins. When they're taking of a licking to holler “Uncle,” never forget fo208 the “1 e * generation should be many a young- we with sea-legs as a natural heri- e, ling a horizontal pressure equal to one-tenth of its own weight. ———— hog fin animal eyes is brown, which ought to do away! mission of Finding Senators Peter Gerry.and Theodore be ment and sonal. He raised the question of party augural ball, which in 1988 cost $14,- | Port SO THEY SAY | Mistakes of judgment are inherent high pisces Floyd , Odiuan, N —Floy. jum, New York financier. — tice rather ‘These facts make somewhat ridicu- | Frank Murphy, Michigan. | SIDE GLANCES ice By George Clark | ¢ the sort of minority which can peat majority. STORIES IN STAMPS BY 1. S. KLEIN Your Personal Health By William Brady, M. D. tions pertaining to health but not dis- Wi letters briefly and in ink, Address Dr. Brag: bune. All queries must be accompanied by camped OXYGEN AND ‘NERVOUSNESS’ beginning to be despondent about Medicine, I have delved and i ST have ‘even bought several medical books and subscribed to some of most pretentious medical journals, yet I have never found (a) a defini- of “the common cold,” (b) # well authenticated case of rabies in man, (c) what “nervousness,” “nerve strain” or “nervous exhaustion” means that there is any dearth of literature about all of these hypotheticai tes; indeed there are tons of it produced annually, but no matter how ickly you pad it, it is still baloney. the marked increase in fatigability of persons recently arrived ‘at Cerro de Pasco, 14,200 feet altitude, Barcroft (Observations on the Effects of High Altitudes on the Physiological Processes) says thet any a tal effort unusually involved s degree, ot fatigue which necessitated « it “nervous breal \. Be ee the newt, prolif medical saab aes “In the neurasthenic ost constant symptom is fai Sai sates cesountable errors of Judgment on the part of pilots of high fy. ing airplanes (most transcontinental flights are at least 10,000 feet or higher) was considered a primary cause of 16 out of 27 accidents investigated by Department of Commerce. bal Physicians who have studied the matter now regard “pilot error” ag a manifestation of oxygen want, the deficiency of oxygen in the blood and tissues at altitudes over 8,000 feet. The medical term for this oxygen de- ficiency in the blood is anoxemia sane the oxygen deficiency in the tissues cells of the is called anoxia. ano of the haere of anoxemia or anoxia asphyxia, whether from rarefaction of the air and lowering of atmospheric pressure at such alti- tudes or from slight carbon monoxide gassing at or near sea level, are iden- tical with the symptoms that have been ascribed to “neurasthemia” or a ustion.” NOW, Thave @ crazy notion—I should say another crazy notion—that oxygen deficiency may be the fundamental factor of most of the “neur- asthenia” or “nervous weakness” so many people purport to have when doc- tors can't find any organic exlanation for their complaints or frailties, I do not mean to imply that a few whiffs of oxygen will restore nervous wrecks to mormalcy. I think the oxygen deficit may be due to an oxygen shortage in air jn some cases, and to some constitutional incapacity to utilize in metabolism in other cases—an incapacity comparable with the constitutional incapacity of the diabetic individual to utilize sugars and starches in metabolism. Alas, we heve no analogue of insulin to recommend for the victim of deficient oxygen utilisation. Nearest approach I can sug- gest to promote better utilization of oxygen in metabolism is exercise, mus- cular play, muscular work. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Addicts Drug ‘Would appreciate any information about the farms the government is preparing for drug addicts, where located, to whom a person must apply? Qits, A.M.) Answer—Address an inquiry to Public Mealth Service, Treasury Depert- ment, Washington, D. 0. Muscle Tonus What is the best thing to relieve poor muscle tonus? If exercise is the answer, how do you account for poor muscle tone in muscles used several hours a day with reasonably long and frequent rest periods? (0. ©. 0.) Answer—Faylty nutrition may account for poor muscle tonus, Eapecis!- Jy deficiency in intake of vitamins B, G and D. Calcium Lactate Two weeks ago I started taking calcium lactate as you suggested for Marvelous results—haven't had the terrible eye ache onoe for more than 10 days. It is heaven to be free, after the way I have suffered. Please let all victims of migraine know. (Mrs. R. M. P.) Answer—On request, accompanied with a three-cent stamped addreaged envelope, I will send-‘monograph on “Migraine.” : (Copyright, 1937, John F. Dille Co.) The Appian Way, a road connect-| ‘The cost of a dining car on Am- ing Rome and Capua, is in use today,|erican railways, depending on its in- although the paving was leid 2250| terior furnishings, runs from $50,000 years ago. It was paved with blocks|to $65,000, nearly double that of & of volcanic lava. day coach. 7 EVEN A PRIZE-FIGHTER CAN DO SOME GOOD, EVEN WITH ONE LAMP OUT OF COMMISSION Good LIGHTS To DRIVE SAFELY AT National Safety Council By Williams