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Melvin AgneW and Marvin Sherman
were passengers on No. 7 to Bismarck
Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. r. Welch returned
from Bismarck Sunday, where they
took in the presentation Of 'Bird Of
Paradise" given in the auditorium.
Mr. Y. M. Craven was a business
visitor in Bismarck the first OF the
week.
There will be a meeting of the Non
Partisan league in the Menoken Hall
Thursday, March 2, at | p NJ. There
will be good speakers, everyone cry
and come.
Orpha and Helen Agnew spent
Saturday and Sunday with Althea
Spear.
arthur Sherman, VIM. Atkinson and
Dave Olson returned Friday on No. |
Cities.
Miss Margaret Drale spent the
week with Mrs. William Atkinson.
There will be regular meeting Of
the Farmers Union Saturday evening,
March 4. There will be important
business, and it is the wish Of the
president that everyone be present
Nellie and Clifton lIubbart spent
the week end with their mother, Mrs.
VIM. Baker.
Miss Edna Dralle entertained nine
OF her little friends Saturday in honor
Of her ninth birthday.
Mr.. George Durey left Sunday On
No. IS for. his home in Manchester,
iowa, after five months visit with
his son B. O. Durey, and also looking
after his farming interests.
Mr.. William Baker and r. l.. Dralle
were business visitors in the capitol
city Friday. .,.,v,ii..t..
Mr.. Chris Yegen of Bismarck motor
ed to Menoken Sunday, and called on
his friend N. C. Niles. s.
Mildred Warren, Edna Wachal
Loyal Craven and Harold Welch all
returned to school at Bismarck Sun
day.
Mr.. S. X. Hood returned from Bis.
marck Saturday.
Mr.. ID. l.. Boynton returned to Bis
marck Saturday after spending the
week in 'Menoken seeing to loading
his grain. ..
Miss Alice funston spent Sunday
as the guest Of Mrs. Violet e. Smith.
Tony Neaugbeauer and VIM. Allin-
son returned from the capital city
Sunday.
Mr.. D. j. Warren returned Sunday
on No. from brief visit at Valley
City.
Mr.. B. o. Durey motored to Bis
marck Saturday.
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CATARRH

CAIAHRH BY Z. y
Just because you hawk and spit and
your nose is wet, cold, red, sore and
a nuisance, don't merely plug it up.
your nose. Take S. s, S. regularly
and you will drive catarrhal poisOns
out Of your blood The membranes
will soon recover and no longer con-
tinue to accumulate the mucous that
gathers and thickens into catarrh.
8. S. S. stimulates the cells of the It's
sues to select from the blood their own
essential nutriment. Rapid recovery
from catarrhal inflammation in the stom-
ach, kidney, bladder and all men,
MALARIA.
Throughout the country, wherever
people to whom S. s. s. has given won
tlerful help in the treatment of mala-
ria after the most sickening torture
Imaginable.
The gaunt complexion of malaria's
victims, the chills and fever, the ma
larial dysentery that seems to defy all
other treatment, the malarial leg, the
enlarged liver, the persistent anemia
where the blood turns to water and
the system wastes away. These are
the conditions that S. S. S. SO effectu-
ally ASSISTS in overcoming, by helping
to restore the blood to its natural vigOr.
STUBBORN SORES
Sometimes a sore spot becomes indO-
lent. The tissues surrounding it lose
tone and are unable to provide. sufti-
Gent nutriment to stop the drain. It
is then chronic. Just saturate your
blood with S. S. S. This is quickly
accomplished, as S. s. S. is naturally
assimilated the same as milk or any
other healthful liquid.
Nature acts with marvellous rapidity
when given the proper assistance, and
S. S. S. so stimulates cellular activity
that the parts surrounding an ulcer Sc
lect from the blood the materials that
make new tissue. Thus the sore spot
rapidly heals in a natural way.
Local applications for any skin dis
ease. will afford protection from with
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-03-02
VICE CRUSADE
IN MINNEAPOLIS

Minneapolis, March Another in
vestigation of vice conditions in Min
neapolis was decided upon today, at
ter officials of the county attorneys
office had questioned a fifteen year
old girl, for some time missing from
her home, who told of being lured
away by an unknown man, and forced
into life OF shame Two women
are being held in connection with the
case, and other arrests are expected.
Club women and welfare workers
are investigating chain of question
able hotels. and will present the evil
dence gathered to the grand jury.
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On Tuesday, Feb. end members
Of the NOn-Partisan league assembled
in township conventions for the pur-
pose of choosing delegates to county
conventions that will be held in the
near future. l.. d. Bailey, one of our
prosperous farmers was unanimously
elected from Long Lake township.
S. T., Mank and A. Amsrude We're
passengers to HazeltOn last Monday,
returning Tuesday.
Valentine IenZ was a capital city
caller Tuesday.
Sid Kendall is building an addition
to his residence.
VIM. Benz has started the cOnstruc-
ton of building to be used as a
work shop, south OF his garage.
Harold, returned home from Ohio
Wednesday, where they have been
visiting relatives for the past two
months. .:. .-..
d. D. Bailey and August Benz were
capital city callers Friday.
1H. p. Asselstine and S. T.. Mark
attended the Masonic banquet at Bis
marck Monday night.
Mr.. and Mrs John Benz were 500
passengers to Bismarck Monday.
Two horse buyers were in our vici-
nifty last week and bought number
Of horses from different farmers.
Miss Sallie Chalfin left for Mis-
souri, last week, where she will visit
with relatives. She was accompanied
by Miss Lena Eggen of LaMoure, who
will also visit with relatives.
Rev. and Mrs. Bruce were 500 pas
sengers to Bismarck Tuesday.
George Parks and family were visit.
ing at the Jensen home Sunday.
Wild Rose township can boast Of
! having an up-to-date Literary Society
in which all the neighbors take a
prominent part. It would be nice il
our township would start one too.
A home talent play entitled, 1.-THE
Old Maids Club will be given in
Sterling on Friday evening, March 8.
It's an hour and a half play, compos.
ed OF IS characters, and promises to
be the hit Of the season. 1t is given
under the auspices of the Farmer S
Union. Quiet a number from here
plan on taking it in.
Wedding bells have again been
Ginning; this time it being Miss Anna
Olson and Herman Neiman. Both
parties are we'll known here and have
a host Of friends who extend con
CALCULATIONS.
Everett Porter and family were
visiting at the Asselstine home Sun
day.
John Strong was q weekend guest
at the KnudsOn home.
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Lars Kleppe is the proud father of
boy, who arrived February 25.
Mr. Farrell was called to COmas
Wash, on account of the serious i'll
ness of his mother.
Miss Still spent the weekend at her
home, south of town.
Ed. Still, who has visited at home
for several weeks, leaves Thursday
for his home in Montana
Next Saturday afternoon Mrs. G
Swenson will entertain the Tell La
dies Aid.
There were moving picture shows
in Kintyre on Saturday and Monday
evenings. Oh
The baseball team will have their
dance Saturday, March 4.
Don't forget the 25c meals served
all dag Friday by the w. c. T. U. at
the hall. They surely will appreciate
your patronage
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-03-02
GRONNA SUBMITS
NAVAL APPOINTMENTS

Washington, March i.-Senator
Gronna has submitted nominations to
Secretary Daniels for midshipmen at
the Annapolis naval academy. The
principal candidate for the first place
is Eugene w. Hurley of Mandan, and
the alternates are Harold A. Hill Of
Dickinson, Arnold b. Flow OF Bis.
marck and Charles Fl. Francis of Mi
not. The principal candidate for the
second place is Adolph 'Hegge OF Hat.
ton, and the alternates are Willard
l.. Isaacs of Buchanan and Abraham
Langouski of MinOt.
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tive diseases snould 10 treateo WIN
" " POISONED BLOOD.
to % poiso a the S Blood and the effect is
so Startling that the sufferer becomes
panic-stricken and is led to use harm
full drugs. If you have any blood trou-
BILE, get a bottle Of S. S. S. and take
according to directions.
Don't take anything else. Poisoned
blood is bad enough without running
your bones, joints. teeth and vitals
with minerals. S. s. S. so stimulates
cellular activity that they reject all
poisonous influences and select only
those materials in the blood that make
healthy tissue. This is why it's assist
ance toward recovery is SO noticeable
and at times remarkable.
stomach s s. ,n is Ts IS sgsm IL ed
readily as the most nutritious food. It
has helped to cure host of sufferers.
RHEUMATISM.
In any form of rheumatism give the
blood a good effectual cleansing with
Use this remedy for three days and
take hot salt water bath to open the
pores. This relieves the lungs and
kidneys and assists S. S. s. to utilize
the skin as the principal avenue OF
elimination.
:. Avoid salts, calomel and other dras-
tic purgatives, as they absorb the mois.
ture from the walls and membranes OF
the intestines, weaken the muscular
action, produce chronic constipation
and thus stagnate the system with
s.. S. s.. at any drug store. Don't
take a substitute
s. s. s. is purely vegetable and is
prepared only BY the Swift Specific
Co, III Swift Bldg, Atlanta, Ga. Write
for special booklet on any Of the dis.
eases mentioned and II medical advice
is wanted, write for that also to ad
dress given above. Both booklet and
medical advice are free.
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AMERICANS FACE
FIRING SQUAD

Ell Paso, Tex, March Passengers
arriving on the first train to reach
Juarez directly from Mexico City in
several months reported today that
CarranZa soldiers under General Luis
Gutierrez, the new military command
er. OF chihuahua state, had killed a
chinese hotel keeper at Jiniez, and
threatened to execute five Americans.
The latter, it was declared, had been
placed against an adobe wall and
were facing a firing squad when an
order for their release came. Carran-
"a officials here announced the re-
port was a fabrication.
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GRAFTON SUBDUES
FIRE IN 4O-MILE GALE

Grafton, n d., Mar. with 40
mile gale raging the Grafton fire de-
partment had one of its hardest fights
last night The Strand theater, only
opened in November, was found to be
on fire at midnight. The blaze was
in the basement under the stage and
was difficult to get at. The flames
came up through the stage opening
and in a short time the scene loft
was a seething furnace After stub
born fight of an hour the fire was
checked. The damage to the building
and its contents is between $1,000
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tack with stones was made on 10
Greek and German stores.
The soldiers became dissatisfied,
according to the report because their
hours of drill were increased from
Sc to 40 - hours a week. They seiZ-
ed Liverpool station after driving
away the guards with hose, and it
was not until the next day that au-
thorities gained full control of the
situation.
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TRAINING CAMP
STARTS MUTINY

Honolulu, March More than 49,
600 British soldiers in a training
camp in Sidney, Australia, mutinied
February Is, according to word
brought here today by the liner, So
noma, and before order was restored
one soldier was killed and six were
injured. Incidental to the riot, an at.
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WOULD BE CRIME
AGAINST HUMANITY

Budapest, March IL For the United
States to take part in the European
war would be crime against human
ity," said the Hungarian premier,
Count Tisza, to correspondent OF
the Associated Press today.
Saying that this was not the time
for comment on the subject beyond
the statement quoted, which he utter
ed with calm emphasis, the premier
would not say single word about
the American situation.
Fresh dairy butter. Farmers Union
Mercantile Co.
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and $4,000 covered by insurance. The
managers have force of men at
work making repairs and will open
again soon.
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CORRESPONDENTS WANTED.

Editors The Tribune
your vicinity by avang yourself opportunity
sonaIs local will
in
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NEWS OF OUR NEIGHBORS

500 and Northern Pacific. Help
Weekly letters dealing with per-
once. Your town should be repre-
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Valuable Health Hints
For. Our Readers

out, but have no medical value. Ec-
zena, letter, acne and all such erup-
tive diseases should be treated with
The sun., 1916-10-15
lie Is Severely Joted in the Game, and Although Unconvinced of Err
Decides to Seek New Light Elsewhere on a Certain Matter

should be no redecming feature, and
my thought was that since there was
none elsewhere | might ilnd one in
what ! have been told is the most pop
u,a resort in the place. AS II is. my
only regret in going back on board the
boat, which is now about 20 leave, is
that | ever came here at an
And he looked at the old man as If
cXpcctant Of the change from his s.
bill.
Strangers who sojourned In Arkan-
sas City were frequently stricken with
madness, hut few were made So d,s-
perate as he appeared to be. They
looked at him with awe. and the old
mar gulped painfully. but nothing was
said for n moment or 81.
Then the old man recovered himself
and said. Five dollars mo-
What FORE" asked the stranger.
He wa plainly surprised and seemed
inclined to anger.
"Fo' them drinks" replied the old
man, and the discussion was on,
Are drinks usually sold for a dollar
apiece at this bar?" inquired the
stranger.
Don't make no difference what's
usual" said the old man. That's what
yo' all Is got to pay 70 that round"
Seems 10 me-" said the stranger,
this Is n case that calls for arbitra-
ton. Certainly ! don't propose TO pay
any such outrageous price for any
such whiskey as that"
Amt nothin' arbitrary bout it,"
replied the old man. II say that's the
price, an yo' all II have to pay it,
Then 1t was that he made the remark
already quoted about questions that
were not debatable and the stranger
made the protest h~ereinhefore noted.
Wont do yo' no good to p'test,'
said the old man doggedly. at
mought he some different If yo' al WINS
gwine to stay round n spell. Y"'d sit
yo' drinks mo- reasonable. mebbe, mo
special II yO' felt like settin' In at a
game o. poker. But s long s you're
gwine to leave on this boat an amt
never comm back I'm chargin' 70
what I'd ought 10 to make on yo' trade
II yo' was TO stay n spell longer"
~ can assur you" said the stranger
producing the money, that you would
never get any more of my trade undor
any circumstance unless you should
change the. brand. Nothing would in
duce me to buy any more whiskey like
The sun., 1916-10-15

.,T.Io,s eh.' Aau Sotl cha ola man
~
a., ,ho, a.o, ,o,,rraa tho s,r,,.
,or "r u,u 5n =, h,s, ,o o,,,c,do,e tho
-, I,, ,ni,n s,.,,t,
hs o,aarr, rrdors,no, ho,n-a heyin-
n,ry VA ca,,a mn., lac for kaens os
,aIs oxrr,ss =, ir n,,yi,g marhles
Tharo :, ~, zoo, ,o., IN zinc for
rh.ns un,ess ,bo, ore clearly under-
s,on, =, h,,o ,ctu,I MONETARY vain.
n o.inners frroucntIv err in the sun
nosI,ion that they can learn the game
nv ulaving for chins"
"N.hhe tb,,,, rho rea sor The hovs
o,r,, r.rsr ,o,r,, Tho game M hotter
~ ,boy have lang ~, NOT havin' never
MIA voa ~ IN. real Nancy. said thu old
mn no a. seoirg , new ,i,h, 81
reckon though" ho continued. "what
,boy,d ha vilI,r, IN mn, nm n bu,ared
ar 40 .ni.c, fo. tho sala n pittin'
II a,no,rea tbo, ,hey were willing
AMI ~oycontin, Nv p,nnor the entire
marty wen. into tho hack room. That
gentleman wou,d talk to himself IL
,b,r, wac M ope a,.e nresen, IN listen
10 hi,,
"ob 7 dor't know" no said "I
reckon ~ mat van en- deal out cyard
Xix. no does language Jim Blaisden II
The sun., 1916-10-15

that. But when you speak OF poker I
confess tEat o rouse more OF my in
tercst than | thought could he aroused
by anything in Arkansas city. L. II
possible that any body in this COM
munity Is capable of understanding the
most scientific pastimc known to man
kiId?"
"Mchbe they amt nobody what
Understands II remarkable said the
old man. whose temper seemed to have
improved suddenly and wonderfully.
hut the boys is maxim n effO't TO to
cit onto the myst'rics of IL. Mebbe yo'
all mought learn 'em somepin' bout
some - tie fine pints what they amt
been showed, not yet. In that case I'd
be williu' to low yo' all a blue chip TO-
that oNtry 81. Not ms a matter o.
principe, ! wouldn't, but ruther n to
have no hard fcelin's."
"rhe feelings ! entertain are inerad-
icahle," rctorted the stranger very pos
lively. certainly my resentment Is
no to be assuaGcd by any such paltry
eXpedirnt as n blue chip.
Il consider s., sir, an exceedingly
small price to have paid for the knowl-
'AA't j flbNt acquired vi l'f 'AllfIl'S
to which n person can be induced to
proceed by a ~prcternatural develop
ment of pecuniary concup!scence, The
mere return of so Insignificant n sun
would only serve To confuse my views
OF the individual without removing my
original impression.
II would therefore greatly prefer
that no effort be made to adjust that
matter. We will consider II as res ad-
iudicata,"
"Oh, | don't know" murmured Mr..
owen Pepper again. but nobody paid
any attention to him. They were al
mast stupefied.
The old man recovered first, hut the
effort he had made to grasp the Others
| meaning mad RESULTED only in IA mis-
apprehension of the concluding sylla-
blos,
9TH amt nobody round name o.
Cyarter," no said. but I'll keep II TO
him II that's the way yo' all feels
about IT," And he put the money in
his cash drawer.
The stranger ignored this. His
mind had reverted to the other propo-
s.tioa.
81 wouldn't mind sitting In for a
while" he said, "if there be any who
are DESTROYS OF learning the game"
The sun., 1916-10-15

fully. but | am inclined 10 think that
i, is governed by the same Law that Oh
taIns IN the matter OF the distribution
Of cards. In other words. the winning
hands VIII fan TO one man as often As
to another in the long run. There Is
often a seeming contradiction Of This
prime pie to Dee observed in the tenn
porary advantage gained Ny the indi-
v.dua! who ls favored for the moment
hy an extraordinary run OF the cards,
but luck always changes sooner or
later. ard since all happenings are
necessarily subject TO the universal
law 1t follows that the average luck ~
each must hc the same. provided al
ways that the game is prolonged suf-
dCiently"
"M,lhe So" said Pearsall. who had
listened very attentivclY. "hut they =
c'nsid'able d'pcnds on who deals"
THAT Is something | has not oh
served said the stranger as II
what surprised, and consequently [
have not studied that phase Of the
game. | should say offhand. however,
that the question OF the deal was ex-
traneOus,'
PROXY that's t." said wint-rbot-
tom grlvcly, IAN 'cordin' TO my
'xpericnce it's n heap mo eXtrancous
with some n tbs with others"
To this the stranger made no reply.
he being ut the moment occupied In
studying his paper slip Bla.sdell had
Just dealt, and he had found four tens
IN his hand when he picked up his
cards, Finding by tho slip that the
odds in favor OF that hand were over
whclminS, he vas emh0ldcned To bet
out rather freely-so freely in fact that
sctt Immediately retired from the con-
test, liassctt, however, raised him,
quito chcerfully the stranger boosted
back, and Bassctt registered disCom-
future, but rs If o~hstinately determined
to stand his ground saw the raise and
took two cards. The stranger looked
again at his slip and finding that he
had no chance whatever of improving
IN the draw. stood pat. Mr.. Rassctt,
however, had improved his hand and
the net result was quite a sever loss
to the stranger.
He looked first at the remains Of his
wad and then at his watch, Then he
said thoughtfully:
"Ill have 10 go. have neither time
nor money NJ command Just now tc
continue this game. though ! would
very much Ike to do s &. II may h,
that there is NOR" than | thoucht In
That matter of the GyIl. | SHAH Iuvus-
tiGatc it further, but it VIII not hr lr
l Arkansas CITY"
The sun., 1916-10-15

save time by locking at them instead
o: figuring them out in my head each
time"
Comes to the same thing" said Mr..
Winterbottom. "G.ycs yo' all n 'dvan-
tage long q We uns bein' 'b,ecdged
to iigger EN- out in our maids, an
mehhc not Gittin' 'em right hathaway"
But Mr.. i'earsa.l. as II deslrous OF
avoiding delay. offered a suggestion.
"Kyind o looks hathaway he said,
h u | reckon IL the gent Il let We uns
look at the paper I'm time TO time
so s I We en- see whether were
reck'nin' the p'centages right or not,
same's he does. they won't be no
'dvantage took. What's fair TO- one Is
fair 10 ALL" And to this the stranger
agreed readily.
II Dor appeared that the stranger
was primarily n percentage player,
lie consulted his paper carefully each
time he took up n new hand, and
again when he Camc to draw cards be-
sides looking at ii from time To time
as the odds in the betting changed ar
ter a raise.
Mr.. Bassctt seemed greatly I'm
pressed by this.
81 reckon mcbhc ] done been playin'
this yer game all wrong VI Ia now
he said after n time. IL al'ays reck-
oned what them p'centages was mo- 7
less liable To- to he upset long o. one
man havin' mo- luck n another.
Mcbbe that amt So"
He spoke as n desiring instruc-
tion and the stranger gave II to him,
at Is true" he said, that there Is
such a thing as luck In a poker game
The fact Is lamentablc, since II mill
tatcs against the really scientific Az
pcct of the pastime. II is inevitable
however, according to the immutable
laws of chance. that the average OF
happenings Will be the same In n Sc
rlcs OF events provided they arc pro.
longcd sufficiently. Luck varies, bu,
the average cannot change. There,
fore the player who invariably follows
tho law of averages must necessarily
triumph In the long run over him who
relies upon luck"
81 sho'ly am indebted to yo' ALL
said Iassett politely. 81 never onder.
stood 1t right afo', Mobhe | en- DC
better now, mo- spccia, as my lucl
amt alays : good as some"
This question Of luck IL certainly
puzzling," said the stranger thought