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Evening star., 1924-06-01
BY FREDERICK O'BRIEN.

"HE first of the eighty Paumotu
atolls. as We approached 1t on
the morning of the fourth day
Il out from Papeete, Tahiti
raised a delicate green fringe of trees
four or five miles away. 1t lay SO
low that from the deck of the schoon-
or it could not be seen even on the
clearest days at a greater distance
One heard the surf before the island
appeared 1t was only few feet
above the plane of the sea, fiat, with
no hill or eminence upon II, leaf
upon the surface of pond. | could
hardly believe it part of the familiar
globe. 1t was more like the fairy
island of childhood. the coral strand
Of youth, the lotus land of poesy. 1t
was. in reality. the most beautiful.
fascinating, inconCeivable sight upon
the ocean.
AS closer we went, ! saw that Niau
was a perfect oval, composed of a
number Of separate islets or moths.
These formed the land on which were
the trees and shrubs and the people.
but this oval itself was inclosed by
a hidden reef. several hundred feet
wide. on which the breakers crashed
and spilled in flood of foaming bill
lows.
There was no enthusiasm over the
beauty of Niau except in my heaving
breast. and I concealed II as ! would
free thinking in a monastery. To Nc
Henry and Jean and Virginia a lovely
Atoll was but a speck upon the ocean
on which to cozen inferior creatures.
"Madre de Dios" vociferated the
skipper. when. mile from the sleam-
ing teeth of the reef, he brought the
Marara up into the wind and halted
her like a painting mare thrown upon
her launches. "Mc'onree ct M'sieu'
O'Breeon. eef you go shore. tomble
cen. pronto."
He released the wheel to the mate,
and we three scrambled over the rail
and jumped upon the cargo as the
boat rose on a wave. joining the four
Tahitians who We're at the heavy oars.
with Piri Tuahine at the stern,
holding a long sweep for a rudder.
1t was attached by blight of rope,
and by a longer rope kept from float
ing away in case Of mishap.
Now came as delicate a bit of action
y
mother-in-law as a guest. might
recklessly essay. Capt. Moet sang out
from his perch on barrel to the
half-caste at the wheel to go ahead,
and the Flying Fish, which. for few
minutes had been trembling in leash,
turned on her heel and h ,&ded di-
rectly for the streak of foam, the
roar of which drowned our voices at
that distance.
Eight hundred feet away. when 1t
must have looked to a landsman on
the schooner that she was almost in
the breakers. we cast off the line and
took to our oars. 1t was nice sea-
manship to save time by minimizing
rowing, but certainly not in Lloyds'
rules of safety. Those who reckon
dangers do not laugh in these parts.
A merry rashness helps ease of mind
In five minutes our boat was in the
surf rolling and tumbling. and I on
my merchandise peak clasped bale
fervently, though McHenry and Moet
appeared glued to barrels which they
rode jauntily. 1t was now I saw the
art of the Polynesians. the ablest
breaker boatmen in the world.
Evening star., 1924-06-01
REPELS WEEK END GUESTS
Epidemic Signs Effective and Also vent Ne Set Names for Country
Houses tInn" "NoIcker."

and you would advise him TO do the
same as everybody in the house must
be up by so as the hired gal can
get the beds made and catch the 7:i0
for Port Washington where she is
going to spend the day with her
niece. Then you show the guest to
his room which has previously been
arranged for him by removing the
bulb from the only electric light.
For breakfast the next morning you
serve him % No. egg and "a cup
of some good coffee substitute.
II It happens to be Sunday you
read him all the comical pictures out
loud and then take him to church.
Don't make no mention of food or
drink all day long and IL the guest
starts talking about them, just laugh
1t off.
1t takes q good game guest to stick
It out 20 hrs. in the face OF this kind
of cordiality. The most of them
makes their excuses long ere time
for the evening meal and when they
go they go for good. And Is they
genalIy always rush off to tell what
happened to all the rest of your
friends, why it is very seldom nes-i
sary to give the last named course
of the same treatment.
RING LARDNER.
Evening star., 1924-06-01

as our starting point, at the base of
the isosceles. Kaukura was a diver
gence from our intended course, but
air, which must take their sustenance
as fortune wills. Copra was scarce,
and competition in buying. fierce.
X \ X
KAUKURA rose from the sea at
~ dawn, after a night OF wearing
and tacking. 1t was an atoll, irregu-
Iarly annular in shape, twenty six
miles long and ten wide, wooded in
patches and with vast stretches
where only the dazzling coral shone.
1t, too, had been spoiled in prosperity
by an inimical wind and tide. and
| the cocoa palms had been annihilated
that once had grown upon all it's
many component fslets.
Landmarks we gradually discerned
"a village, two churches and a row
Of houses, and then the French tri-
color on a pole. The surf broke with
a fierce roaring on the. reef. and
| when McHenry and I left the
! schooner Moet stayed aboard. as the
| wind was ominous There was no
pass into the lagoon at this village
and even the pit in the barrier reef
| had been made by French engineers.
They had blown up the modrepore
rock and made a gateway for small
| boats.
The schooner did not take our
/ xha
for the venture. and SO we had a
half mile to row. When we neared
the reef and entered the pit felt
| that It was touch-and-go. for we
rose and tottered on the huge swells
and dived into their hollows with a
prophetic certainty OF capsizing.
| could hardly keep on the box under
me and swayed forebodingiy.
Then suddenly the steering oar
caught under a bank Of coral. bare
ly heard the cry Of Piri a Tuahine,
| "E era. There she goes" when the
| boat rose on it's stern with a twisting
motion, as IL whale had struck IT
with its fiuke, and turned turtle.
| was slighted into the water at its
topmost teeter. falling yards away
from 1t. and in the air ! seemed to
see the Tahitians leaping for safety
from its crushing thwarts and the
cargo.
McHenry's What the bloody"
as we both somersaulted, was in my
ears as ! was plunged beneath the
surface.
| With the fear of encountering the
| dimply above me, swan hard under
the water a dozen strokes and rose
| to find myself beneath the reef which
grew in broken lodges. When my
head in stunning contact with the
rock knelled a warning to my brain
1 opened my eyes. There was only
blackness. I dived again, a strange
terror chilling me. but when I came
up 1 was still penned from air In
abysmal darkness.
| Now fear struck me weak. / re-
allied my extraordinary peril. a peril
| glimpsed in nightmares I had pene-
trated fifteen or twenty feet under
the ledge, and I had no sense OF d.
rection Of the edge Of the coral. My
distance from 1t was considerable:
knew by the invisible gloom. With a
feeting recollection OF camera Aims
in my shirt pocket came the choking
dread OF suffocation and death in this
| labyrinth.
| I suppose l invoked God and His Son
to save me. Probably in my agony
promised big things to them and hu-
manity If survived. 1 kept my eyes
open and struck out. After swim
ming a few yards I felt the coral
Evening star., 1924-06-01

mans, Yet gifted by nature with both
defensive disguise and ofYAastys
weapons, remnant of tha Eerce
struggle for survival in ySYcn SO
many forms of life had disautsared
or altered in changing environment.
The nohu lay on the coral strand
where the tide Tapped it, looking the
twin of battered messy rock. so de-
ceivfng that one must have the sight
OF the aborigine to avoid stepping
upon 1t, II in ones way. Put a foot
on il, and before one could move
the nohu raised the bony spines Of its
dorsal fin and pierced ones flesh as
would row of hatpins; not only
pierced, but simultaneously injected
through it's spines a virulent poison
that lay at the base of a malevolent
gland
The nohu possessed a protective
coloring and shape more deludfnx
than any other noxious creature 7
know, and kept its mouth shut excspt
when 1t swallowed the prey for which
1t lay in walt. It's mouth is very
large, and brilliant color in
side, so that If 1t parts it's lips It be-
trays Itself. Brother to the nohu in
evil purpose is the tataraihAM. But
what trickster is nature, The nohu
is as ugly as a squid and the tatarai-
hau beautiful as a piece of the sunset.
brilliant red, with transverse bands
of chocolate, bordered with ebony.
IF you can spit on the nofu before
he sticks his taetae into you. II will
| not poison you," sagely said my
savior, as he stabbed the wretch with
his knife.
Pliny, as translated by Holland
said:
"All men carry about them that
| which is poison to serpents; for il it
be true that is reported, they will no
better abide the touching with mans
spittle than scalding water cast upon
them; but if it happen to light within
| their mouth, especially IL it comes
from a man that is fasting. it Is pres
ent DEATH
Pliny in his day may have known
of quick -witted people who. when as
sailed by a snake, had presence of
mind to expectorate in his mouth, but
the most hungry, salivary man could
hardly avail himself of this prophy-
tactic unless he recognized the nohu
| before treading upon him. The Pau
motuans employ the mape. the native
chestnut. the atae, ape and rea moe
ruru. These are all "yarb" remedies
and the first, the juice of the chest
nut, squeezed on the head and neck,
they swear by.
The French doctors advise NOR
phine injection or laudanum exter-
nally. or to suck the wound and cup
it. Coagulating the poison in stu by
alcohol. acids or caustic alkali, or the
use of turpentine, is also recon-
mended. If the venom is not speedily
drawn out or nullified. the feet of the
victim turn black and coma ensues.
The French called the. nohu. La Mort.
The Death.
NV Paumotuan friend and Elder
Kidd. a missionary of the Reorgan-
lied Church of the Latter Day Saints,
together gave me this information.
and when we brought the nohu TO
the house in which he lived the cler
eyman said we would eat It The
native heated an old iron pipe and,
after flaying the skin off the fish.
boiled it. The flesh was remarkably
sweet and tender.
lay on mat, and, after tn
American had laved me with the lini-
ment. the Paumotuan. a Konito elder.
massaged me for an hour. durin z,
which grievous process I fell asleep.
Copyright, 1924
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-15
MANDAN NEWS
ALIENS ESTATE
MAY BRING SUIT

Farmers and others who have been
helping themselves to coal from open
veins on the property Of the estate Of
I'd Stahltefoht, northwest of New
Salem, Morton county, may be called
upon, to pay or the United States
alie:, property custodian may be held
for damages as the result of investi-
cation being carried on here by
Maritz Hcit, attorney Of st. Paul
who is counsel foN heirs.
Stahltefoht was a rich, German
bachelor who spent most of his life
in this country. His holdings were
many and varied and in every ccnti-
nent, and according to New Salem
men who were old friends he often
likened himself to the British en-
pire for the, "sun never set on all his
land holdings" He died in 1918.
During the war a tract of land
containing 1900 acres owned by
Stahltefoht northwest of New Salem,
was taken over by the alien proper
ty custodian and has but recently
been released. The land has valu-
able. Ignite coal veins. During the
war and since, it is claimed, persons
have helped themselves at will to
the coal which is easily shoveled into
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-15
ST PAUL LIVESTOCK

So. St. Paul, Jan. Cattle re-
ceipts, $500. Opening very, slow,
with continued weak undertone.
Early bids show big quarter loss for
two days Spots more Killing
quality plain. Early sales beef steers
81 to S.. Bulk butcher cows and
hcifers. SO so to So Few better
grades up to 81, Gamers and cut
tiers, 10 to 25 cents lower, Early
sales. $3.7 to $3.50. Few heavy
butchers up to $5A Stockers and
feeders selling in line with general
market, bulk early sales, SAT- to
$G.25. Calves receipts, 5000. Big
Sc 25. Calves receipts, 5000. Big.
SO cents lower Bulk best lights to
packers early, IS. SO to $S.75.
Hog receipts, $4,000 Strong.
Bulk desirable butcher and bacon
hogs, Sc. rs. Choice heavy butchers
topping at S6s5 Packing sows
mostly, Sc Few up to Sc. 25. Pigs,
25 cents higher. Bulk stockcr and
feder pigs, Sc. Slaughter pigs up to
$G.25.
Sheep receipts. 500. Around
steady. Good grade native lambs
sales mostly around S12.5 so. Fed
westerns late Monday. $l2 80 to
$l3 IS. Practical top good to choice
fed ewes, 81. so. Heavies around Sc
OF below.
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Small Museum
Offered SckoolJ

The Lura fcrrine private co'lec-
ton Of shells, fossils, stones. fossils
and ores, built up BY Miss Perrin2
during her long service as a teacher
and curator OF The muscum OF the
Valley City Teachers College. is be-
ing offered to high schools of the
state for purchase, according to in
formation at the state superintend-
ent's office. The collections, which
may be obtained for a nominal sum-,
according TO State Superintendent
Minnie J. Nelson, are designed to aid
hight school students in interpret
tation and understanding of their
work. The private collection is in
addition to tho fine museum which
Miss Pcrrnc built up for the college,
and the distribution of the private
collection is in the hands of Mrs.
Hugh Mcdonald.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-15
LONG SERVICE
SAVES MONEY
NINETY PER CENT OF FIRST MIL.
LION CARS STILL PERFORM
ING SATISFACTORILY

at seems like surprisingly large
number" said NJ b. Gilman, local
Dodge Brothers dealer, in comment
ing on the fact that over 80 per cent
of 100000 Dodge Brothers cars are
still in service,
But when you consider the ram
Der of faithful 'old-timers' to, BE seen
everywhere you SO, on the county
roads, in cities and villages, you be-
gin to wonder if these Dodge EroIh-
crs cars ever wear out. AS mat
ter of fact, I don't believe they do
or, at least, haven't heard of any
Just as matter of curiosity,
when this latest Dodge Brothers add
vcrtiscmcnt came out. telling about
80 per cent Of 100000 cars still in
service, | interviewed all the junk
dealers | could find.
They confirmed my opinion abso-
lutcly. Of all the old cars they take
in, the Dodge is the least numerous,
Some of them have never received
oe. Others say that most Of the few
that do come in have figured in &c,
cidcnts so disastrous as to make them
worthless.
$50 it is more than simply a case
Of long life 1t is long service that
the owner values in his Dodge Broth
ers car. Nobody is going to cling to
an old car just because it is Il relic
They do that with hcirlooms that
have passed down from one genera
ton to the other. but not with motor
cars. But if the car continues to
give the same dependable service
year after year without undue eX.
pcse for parts, requirements an'
frequent overlEuling, it becomes the
most economical transportation tnn'
u man can possibly get. Won can
figure that by distributing tho orig
inal list price of the car over the
number of years of service. Whe,
a man has owned car five, six %,
seven years, as is often the case Will
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CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS
OVER TWO MILLION DOLLARs

OVER TWO MILLION DOLLARS
worth of Bismarck and Burit;gh
County real estate has been sold by
me during the past few years, prob>
ably as much, if not more, than the
sales of any other two or three deal
ers here in the same length Of time.
Never once has buyer complain
cd to me of any misrepresentation as
to the title, value or anything else
about any property have sold.
These sales include over 500
quarter sections, fully $50 houses
and several hundred vacant lots. I
made fully 1000 distinct sales of
real estate.
thoroughly believe that 1924 will
see the start Of the greatest growth
that Bismarck and the surrounding
country has ever seen. 1t will take
two or three years for us to realize
Rthe full effects of the change which
is coming but the great increase in
the acreage and the quality Of our
corn, together with the increase in
cows, hogs, poultry, etc, will, before
we are aware build sure and sound
foundation for our future growth and
prosperity. Buy QUE Real Estate
now. You can't lose at present
values and give your business to the
man who really knows the busi-
| ness.
| Fire insurance also written in
| strong reliable companies giving good
| service.
| +. E. YOUNG
| First National Bank Bldg. Phone 70
| 1-1A- 1Wk
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BRICKLAYING
SCHOOL URGED
Builders in Meeting Point
Out Advantages

!. Fargo. Jan. 15.--PlanS for the de-
velopment of school of brcklaying
at the state science school at Wahpc-
ton, n. d., were discussed at IA meet
ing of a committee of the Builotrs
& Traders exchange at the Office Of
Meineckc & Johnson.
1t was decided to carry on an ag-
grcssive campaign to get students for
such Il school, the one thing now
lacking, and it was decided to carry
Il series of display advertising to- at
tract students to the school in sew
eral papers throughout the state.
"Thcrc are now 80 such schools
throughout the United States and in
the past two years they have ,urned
out over $500 bricklaycrs, VIII are
greatly needed in the building
trades said b. +. Meinccke, mem
Der OF the committee.
"Thcrc is every real need for sr.ch
a school in North Dakota and it Of
fers Il wonderful opportunity to
North Dakota young men to learn Il
trade that is certain to bring them
exceptionally good wages. Bricklay-
ers are scarce throughout the whole
nation.
"1he dormtory ut the state school
of science is offering a very low rate
for board and room and there is no
charge for the course.
"Thcre are classes in printing,
plumbing and electrical wiring at the
state school now, and there are from
II to Is students in each.
eve hope to have the bricklaying
class established with large class
SOON
The members of the committee
are: Phil Franum, Caspar Johnson,
B. F. Meinecke, William Walgren and
Joseph Kcllar.
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Real Estate
Transfers Made

Real estate transfers filed in the
Office Of register oS deeds include:
S. II. Drum to First Guaranty Bank,
NV Ii. Sec. p, twp. 1877, range
~
Elias Benson to August Benson Sc
IA. Sec. 10. Twp. 1877. Range rs.
Chas. +. Lindsey and wife to Lii
liam NJ. Ong. Lot IA, Block ,, Regain,
First National Bank. Bismarck, to
Bismarck Loan and Investment Co,
+ IL of " IL. Sec. Is, Twp. 1873,
Range 7S
Chas. +. Bleckried to Ida Nord,
Lots 7, s and 8. Block 50. Flannery
and Wctherby Ad.
G. {. Jones and wife to {. b. Moore.
NE IA, Sec. Is, Twp. 1877, Range IS.
Leola Berndt to G.. +. Dullam. Lot
,, Block 10, original plat.
Tribune Want Ads Bring Results
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! MARKET NEWS
WHEAT FARES
WELL EARLY y
Not Much Change Noted in
Early Session of Board

Chicago. Jan. 10. --Buying orders
from the Northwest helped to make
wheat tend upward a little during to-
days, early dealings, which varied
from one-half to one-eighth cent up
ward, May, 81 .0s to 81 1854 and
July. 81. .O6 7-s was followed by a
slight setback and then something Of
a rally.
Subsequently reports of lack of
snow covering for winter wheat had
bullish effect and so, too, did the
corn market advance. Wheat closed
firm, 3-s to SIS cents net higher. May
100 to 100 1-S and July LOT IS.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-15
MINNEAPOLIS GRAIN

Minneapolis, Jan. 15.-Wheat re-
ccipts 149 cars compared with 1868
cars year ago. Cash No. north
crn $1.13 3-8 to LIT 3-S; No. dark
northern spring choice to fancy 1.21
3-8 to 1.27 SO; good to choice III
3-S to 1.20 3-sy ordinary to good
LA 3-8 to lit 3-s; May lis 49,;
July LA; September 1.12 "a.
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wagons from side hills and the sur
face.
~ ~. ~ ~.
The attorney for the single heir,
sister living in Germany, on satur-
day redeemed certain county tax GER
.tificates held against the land for
non payment of taxes and indicted
his intention Of closing off the COM
munity mining operations.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-15

our owners, his annual investment
is reduced to ridiculously smalt
proportions. I
1T has always been Dodge Brotl'-
rrs contention that dependable per
Torrance, more than any other at
tribute, is important 20 the owner.
Combined with the quality of long
life, il enables him to do exactly
what has just been pointed out,
namely, distribute his Investment
over a period Of Years and thus re-
duce his transportation costs to the
minimum With this in mind. Dodge
Brothers have always been exception
ally particular in the selection of
materials and in the quality OF
tneir Workmanship
The fact that they have now built
more than 100000 ears and that 30
per cent Of this million are still in
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service, proves conclusivcly that thav
have held stead lastly to the original
ideal Even when quantity reached
the million mark, quality still had
first cons;dcrat ION and will con1inne
I'd have, as long as Dodge Brothers
ears are but.
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CHICAGO LIVESTOCK

Chicago, Jan. 15.-Hog receipts,
$4,000. Moderately active, IS to 10
cents lower. Top $7.S5.
Cattle receipts, $4,000 Killing
classes slow at Mondays extreme
decline. Quality lss desirable. Rel
atively few fed steers here Of value
to sell above $40. So
Sheep receipts, 1900 Fat lambs
steady to strong Sheep and feed
ing lambs around steady. Bulk fat
wooded lambs, S13, to S13 So Early
top to shippers, $3.50.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-15
STEELE MAN DIES

Jamestown. N. D., Jan. 15.-The
death of Roy Wilson, of Steele, n.
D., occurred Friday evening at
Trinity Hospital, death being due
to typhoid. Mr.. Wilson was born
at Bowden, N. d.. and was % years
Of age att the time of his death.
He Us survived by his parents Mr..
and Mrs. George Wilson and six
sisters and four Brothers.
The remains were taken to Lis
bon, N. D., the former home gof the
Wilson family. this morning where
the funeral services will he at the
Methodist. = D6Irch Tuesday morn
ing. Burial will be alt Lisbon.
Read Tribune Mant Ads,
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FARMER is HELD FOR
POCKE11NG HIS NOTE

Rawson, N. d.. Jan. l4.--K. J. Berg
stad, farmer of near Rawson, was
arrested and held for trial in dist
riot court on complaint of repre-
sentative of the North Dakota pcni-
Tertiary. The latter claimed that
when he presented note given for
prison Irvine, Bergstad placed it in
his pocket. saying he had been look
ing for an opportunity to get hold
of it. Grand larceny was charged
Bergstad refused to give bonds and
is held in Jail.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-15
I.2OO BUSES IN PARIS

Paris is now being served by more
than 1000 motor buses. according
to the correspondent Of Bus Trans
portation there. There are 60 bus
routes in the city covering 50 miles
Of bou!evards. About 100000 PISS
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FOR RENT-7-room modern house.
including three bed rooms, recently
rcdecorated, on street car line. im-
mediate possession; l0-room mod
ern house. including five bed
rooms, we'll located, close in. I'M
mediate possession. Geo. NJ. Reg
lister. 1-l4-lw
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i Corn No. yellow 70 to 10 Ia
cents; oats No. 8 white, az "a to 43
GENTS; barley 80 to 62 cents, rye No.
2, &C 1-2 to G7 Sd cents; fax, S2.46
to- $3.50.
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FOR RENT-Modern 7-room house,
remodcled and redecorated. Ivory
finished throughout breakfast room,
Phone 697 1-lO-1w
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engcrs are carried daily. The sys-
tenn covers Paris by 4 vast network
Of lines reaching into every corner
of the city and its suburbs.