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The Bismarck tribune., 1924-08-07

Being a rugged character is hard
because rugged characters usually
have so much chin to shave.
Living long time is hard because
it is so difficult to find the where
with on which to do it.
Bad news always looks worse COM
ing than going.
Some of these slow motion pictures
should be made of movie stars mar
rying so we can see how they do it
So fast. >
The sad thing about trying to be
cheerful all the time is you soon run
out of things to be cheerful about.
If BARRIERS talk too much land wo'
men talk too much how much toe
much do women BARRIERS talk?
No wonder everybody wants to bs
president Of the United States. Hi:
pay is not income taxable.
A small town is where the Jail j:
full if they catch a burglar.
'.,- e.,
Only ten out of every hundred flow
ers are scented, but the same is no,
true Of onions.
Burmese girls can't enter societ!
without ear plugs, and American
girls can't without spark plugs.
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-08-07
FABLES ON HEALTH
LEARN HOW TO WALK

muscles that support the arch.
Faulty standing and walking cah
easily turn weak feet into flat feet.
"A good exercise for strengthen
ing the leg muscles is to rise upon
the toes from Is to 80 times each
morning.
"People who toe out place greater
strain upon the arches of their feet
than those who toe in. Persons who
continuously toe out should try just
as persistently to toe in and, in ad.
idition to the exercises, will soon. be
greatly benefited"
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-08-07

Well, now that you have learned
how to carry yourself, the next thing
you need to know is how to walk. I
mean by that how to use your feet"
said Mr.. Jones' physical director.
"Once you have managed to get
we'll poised body, you want to be
sure of we'll directed feet.
"Such troubles as weak foot and
flat foot are more prevalent among
women than men. II isn't altogether
the arch, as many think, but gen.
eral weakened condition of the. leg
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-08-07
LETTER FROM SYDNEY CARTON
TO, JOHN ALDEN PRESCOTT

DEAR JACK:
If were not 50 sorry for that
splendid girl who was unfortunate
enough to marry you; would let
you go to--well, to the place you
are headed, for in your own way.
1t doesn't seem possible to me,
Jack Prescott that any man should
be such a. criminal fool as you have
been. Yes, consider it criminal.
Just because your little, bump of
vanity has been thumped. you have
decided that your wife. Leslie, one
of the, sweetest, most loyal and de-
voted wives ] have ever known, has
done something for which you can
not forgive her.
You have always known, Jack,
that Karl Whitney, has been in love
with your wife. You told me with
great pride how you had taken her
away from him. knowing this, what
in the demnition bow-wows are you
kicking about? Why should you. be-
ing so proud Of the fact that another
man wanted Leslie, be horrified
that he still has 9 prsdsliction for
her =. ,sssssss ,ssssss ~.
Al far as can ses, your wife
has> never given you b the slightest
reason 10 doubt her devotion to you
since your marriage. As for your
thinking. that this Whitney chap
hatched "A .deeplaid pl1n by means
= = n tha
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-08-07
(|011l}iinl5'
Says

You know how big cinder in your
eye feels? Well, that's small COM
pared to the way man in the public
eye feels.
The honeymoon is over when he
thinks she is skinny instead of slen-
der.
1t sounds easy to marry and make
your home with. the parents of the
bride, but it isn't.
Doing nothing is hard on you af-
ter you finish it.
Some people feel at home every
where except when they are at home
When you see a stenographer read
ing, it isn't spelling book. -
A lazy, impudent clerk is combi-
nation in restraint Of trade.
All of these old clothes collected
by the Salvation Army should be
sent to the bathing beaches.
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-08-07
THE RUST MENACE

Each year the of those watching wheat crop
mature in the Northwest raked by the of rust
An excellent CROP the result careful selection seed
good farming and splendid weather conditions may be vr
tualy ruined by black stem rust in short time Surely
if the Northwest continues raise wheat effort of
farmer and scientist should be bent toward combating this
annual menace.
A North Dakota Luther Burbank" John Brski in the
southwestern part of the state declared have developed
wheat that will rpen ten to twelve days ahead of present
varieties, accomplishing this by selection number of
years. II true ne has made immense contribution to
agricultural life in the Northwest Early and careful plant
ing this has proved it's worth to the farmer in enabling
wheat to mature before rust comes.
But the rust problem itself constitutes the greatest OBJ
jecve Scientists of the United States Department of A
rcuure have worked this problem for years. They
have become convinced that spores spread through
the medium of the barberry bush which they
thrive Millions of dollars have been spent the campaign
to eliminate the barberry BUSH
D. G. Fletcher in interview printed elsewhere in this
ISSUE tells of the of the rust spore Europe he
first proved that elimination of the barberry would eliminate
black rust In Europe hundreds of years ago it
the scientist who first said there nothing to this theory
and the European farmer who said the barberry
fault The situation has been somewhat reversed in this
country Various tests made ought to establish beyond
reasonable doubt that there vital connection between
the barberry bush and black rust Mr. Wallace believes
that rust is later the Northwest than usual is
because many common barbery bushes have been de-
sroyed in the campaign The rust spores in with
later tran usual
profits interested in agriculture in the North
i to scoff at any theory of the black rust
Of rjdding the Northwest of it, Whole-hearted
coeraton in the elimination of it is of the foremost
duties of the Northwest
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-08-07
ADVENTURE OF
THE TWINS
By OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON

The next place the Twins went
with Weeny, the elephant, on his
vacation was to Mrs. Camers house.
Mrs. Camel lived in a green spot
in the desert under date tree.
"HeIlo, Mrs. Camel," c,r1i a
Weeny good naturedly trotting right
up. to where she was. Company
come"
$50 l see," said Mrs. Camel, eye
ing Nancy and Nick and Weeny as
though she wasn't tickled to death
about it. Next she looked at the
size of their satchel to see how long
they were going to stay. It was a
pretty good sized satchel she
thought SO they must be going to
stay long time.
"I'm cleaning house." she said
kind of shortly.
"Oh, ho! You are, are you'll" said
Weeny. That's fine! We can help
like everything, can't we, Nancy
and Nick. I'm a fine squirter and
l can scrub your porches and water
the garden and everything!"
Besides have no guest room,' -
went on Mrs. Camel not paying any
attention, and mind you, she didn't
even say, "I'm very sorry, but"
"The very thing!" cried Weeny
"We do love fresh air, don't we
children! We can sleep under the
tree and count the dates and smell
the stars, l mean, smell the dates
and count the stars"
"Sure we can," said Nick. "Td
like that"
"The baby has the measles" went
on Mrs. Camel as though that end
ed it.
"Then l can help you to nurse
him." said Nancy eagerly.
"He's got the mumps, tool" said
Mrs. Camel, land it's Very catching
"And the chicken-pox and the
whooping- cough and we think he's
getting rosiola. too! That's three
day measles"
"Oh, DEAR" said Nancy. "That's
too bad! l don't see how you can
nurse him and clean house, too"
II can't" said Mrs. Camel. "And
have company besides!"
After that nobody could think Of
another word to say, and it did seem
as though the travellers would have
to be going along to the next place.
But Weeny finally thought of
something. The desert sand had
been hot on his feet and the nice
green grass was cool and comforting
to stand on. The longer he talked
the better his feet felt.
would you mind giving US a
drink, Mrs. Camel?" he asked
,"We're pretty thirsty!"
But he couldn't have said q worse
thing.
Drink" cried Mrs. Camel. GAS
though we haa enough drink fol-
ourselves. And lived in circus
long enough to know how much wa
ter elephants take. Why, l wouldn't
have enough water to cook or wash
with for two weeks, sir, if you were
to fill yourself up. Waters scarce
hereabouts. This is the only waite,
hole for so miles"
"Why, the books all say that
camels can 60 without water fol
days and days." said Nancy.
"Books!" exclaimed Mrs. Came
in surprise. "Is my name in {
book?"
Eyes, it is," said Nancy. "Didn't
you know"
"Never knew q word about it,
said Mrs. Camel in pleased voice
"Isn't that lovely, thought"
And I think it says that camel'
like to have company" urget
Weeny. !.
"Then do Z stay" smiled Mrs
Camel. "Stay as long as ever yo,
can. The baby's been sick, but he'
over, at his .grandma's, and as fo
the house-cleaning, it. can wait.
And to show how much she mean
it, she took the satchel into tn,
house herself.
Ito Be Continped)
Copyright, 1924. NEA Service, Inc.
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-08-07
&4hef fh1a6a

Jack, but that seems to be your long
suit. You think too much of John
Alden Prescott, and too little Of
your friends and those who love you.
I'm getting all out Of sorts with you,
Jack. S,s. .sft
If ever / saw an .asinine move, it
was when you formed one Of the
wedding party and walked up the
aisle with Paula Parier on your
arm, when you, wife was supposed
to be with hsr dying father. I'll bet
you the gossips didn't sleep that
night. from talking about it.
II you'd had any decency, you
would have gone with your wife
when she went to her father, not
withstaading the hurt to your pride
and egotism.
Everybody calls me an incorrigi-
BILE old bachelor, but the more ] see
of men-the more l like women. A
man will be good friend to you,
he'll be a devoted lover, he'll be q
faithful husband only so long as the
friend, the sweet heart and the wife
keep patting his bump Of vanity.
But q woman will suffer humilia-
ton, as your wife has done, and still
be ministering angel, as your wife
shas been. 1t is the woman that
sticks, Jack, every time.
Don't coma to me with any more
Of your troubles until you have gone
to Leslie and begged her, on your
knees. il necessary. to forgive you
for everything you have done.
What are you going to do now
about the money Paula wants to
settle on little Jack? I'm little Gu
rious what You are going to do,
either with the child or the money,
If Leslie doesn't come back to you.
sgd.
! Copyright, 1924, NEA Service. Inc.)
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-08-07
Editorial Review

Comments reproduced In this
the opinion OF The Tribune. They
are presented here In order that
our readers may have both sides
Of important issues which are
being discussed In the press Of
the day.
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-08-07
VETS

Canadian provinces which like states have been
off the water wagon Ontarios the only big province
left that's still dry It will vote the subject in the fall
Politicians up there expect Ontario go wet It probably
you'd continue dry except for jealousy of neghbor and
their liquor profts-largey from American tourists.
we can't have prohibition unless the whole country
dry" is the Canadians viewpoint In America it's the
other way around Prohibition coming fast by states
and counties until national taboo law brought reaction
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-08-07
A Thought

Wherefore let him that thinketk
he standeth take heed lest he fall
i Cor. 1912.
Admonition must descend, az the
dew upon the tender herb, or like
melting flakes of snow; the softer
it falls, the longer it dwells upon and
the deeper it sinks into the mind
Seed.
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-08-07
FLYING

80 ! FLYIN(T
An aiplane in France stays the air 38 without
coming down to earth Unlike most air stunts this is i'm
tortant It demonstrates that flying s getting safer Pop
uar reluctance at going up in plane is due fear of fall
fng As fer stays aloft week it'll be time
advertise for buyers Of flying MYvers.
Arane industry is obsessed with for speed and
long flights It should instead concentrete. safety
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-08-07

guilty before Judge M. ]. Englert to
stealing clothing, shoes, . shotgun
and y in cash from Laurits Stock
land. bachelor farmer north lf here,
were each given one year In the stats
psuitentiaSy.
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-08-07
CAss COUNTY FARMER FIRST
IN STATE "a THRESHING

Davenport, N. D., Aug. 7.-B. N.
Sanbeck Of Davenport vicinity, holds
the record here as the first to thresh
this year. He recently finished
threshing . 20-acre patch Of rye.
The grain was Of excellent quality
and yielded approximately 20 bush
els to the acre.
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-08-07

Soybeans for hog pasture are best
Xhen &xpWn Tor tall pse ,afke& the.
80 ~ bsSun q harden. &
The Bismarck tribune., 1924-08-07

Egypt's wheat production will fall
off about 100000 bushels from last
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-10-10

perhaps to shoot him down from be-
hind, Chris QuinniOn's way! Then he
taw safer way. He came up behind
Door old dad and struAk him on the
mead with something, ritle-barrel or re-
Eolver. He started the car up and let
t run over the bank. He"
She broke off then. Bud Lee felt
hat he knew what she would say if
the could bring herself to go on; that
Ihe would tell how crooked Chris
Quinnion had thrown the unconscious
man down over the bank to lie,
bruised and broken, by the wrecked
ear.
you've got to be almighty sure be-
fore you make charge like that" he
teminded her. "If Quinnion had done
1t, why didn't Emmett Sawyer get the
6eadwood on him?"
Because" she whispered quickly, "a
man fooled Sawyer! Yes, and fooled
ne! Quinnion established an alibi. A
nan whose word there was no reason
to doubt said that Quinnion was with
him at the time of the murder. And
that man was-Bayne Trevors!'
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-10-10
CHAPTER VII
Pardners

From without came the low murmur
of mems voices. Judith laid her book
aside and drew her rifle across her
knees, her eyes bright and eager. At
infrequent intervals for perhaps three
or four minutes the two voices came
indistinctly to those in the cabin Then
silence for as long time. And then
a voice again, this time quite near the
door, calling out clearly:
"Hey, you in there! Pitch the mon
ey out the window and We'll let you
60"
There's a voice." said Judith quiet
ly, ito remember! I'll be able to
swear to it in court"
Certainly voice to remember, just
as one remembers an unusual face for
years, though it be but a chance one
seen in crowd. A voice markedly in
dividual, not merely because it was
somewhat high-pitched for a mans,
but rather for quality not easily de-
fined, which gave to it certain vi
brant, unpleasant harshnesS, sounding
metallic almost, rasping, as though
with the hiss of steel surfaces rub
bing. Altogether impossible to describe
adequately, yet, as Judith said, not to
be forgotten.
Lee turned triumphantly to the girl.
1--WE got his tag!" he whispered TO
her. II played poker with that voice
one night not four months ago in
Rocky Bend!"
"WhO is he?" Judith whispered back.
with Crowdy down, if we know who
one of these men is, the rest will be
easy. Who Is he?"
"A bad egg," Lee told her gravely.
Hes done time in the state pen. He's
been out less than a year. Gunman.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-10-10
By JACKSON GREGORY

CHAPTER bud Lee, horse fore
man, man OF the Blue Lake ranch, oon-
o%nsd y judsa eaS pFSSsnz yo"1z
woman, her cousin, Pollock Hampton,
and Timothy Gray. decides to throw up
she has bought Gray's share in the
ranch and will rum 1t. She discharges
Trevors.
CHAPTER 1.-THE men on the
ranch dislike taking orders from a
girl, but by subduing O vicious horse
and proving her thorough knowledge
of ranch life, Judith wins the best Of
them over. Lee decides to stay.
CHAPTER III.-Convinced her vet
erinarian, Bill Crowdy, is treacherous.
old friend of her fathers, Doc. fripp.
CHAPTER Iv-Pollock Hampton.
with, with a party OF friends, comes nc to the
accepts Hamptons invitation to visit
the ranch. Judith's messenger 10 held
up and robbed Of the monthly pay roll.
CHAPTER V.-Bud Lee goes to the
safely sy 0T with t. SH"s though fEis Eis horse pack
killed under him. Both he and Judith
cholera, hard to account for, breaks out
on the ranch. Judith and Lee, investi-
eating the scene of the holdup, climb
a mountain, where the robber must
have hidden.
CHAPTER VIA cabin in flower
planted clearing excites Judith's adrni-
ration. It Is Lees, though he does not
say So They are fred on from am
bush, and Lee wounded Answering
the fire. they make for the cabin. Here
they find Bill Crowdy wounded. Drag
ging him into the building, they find
he has the money taken from Judith's
messenger. Besieged in the cabin, they
are compelled to stay all night.
"Stop shootingv he shouted 10
Judith.
"I'm coming!" she cried back to
him.
Almost at the same instant, their
two rifles ready. they came to the
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-10-10

Between Them--a Man Lay HeIplessIy.
cabin. Between them on the ground
a man lay at the corner, moving help
lessly, cropping for his fallen gun, fall
ing back.
"Open the door," said Bud. "I'll get
him inside and We'll see who he is
Hurry, Judith; those other jaspers are
working down this way as fast as
they know how"
Judith, taking time to snatch up the
fallen rifle, ran around to the door,
Lee slipped his hands under the arm
pits Of the wounded man and dragged
him in Judith's wake. In the cabin,
the door shut, Lee struck a match
and went to a little shelf where there
was a candle.
"Bill Crowdy!" gasped Judith.
Almost before Lee saw the mans
face he saw the canvas bag tied to his
belt, a bag identical with the one he
himself had brought from the bank at
Rocky Bend.
1.-THE man that stuck up Charlie
Miller" he said slowly. And there's
your thousand bucks, or I'm a liar. I
get something of their play now:
those two fellows up there were wait
ing to meet him and split the swag
three ways. And I've got the guess
they'll be asking look-in yet"
Lee knelt and with quick fingers
sought the wound There was a hole
In Crowdy's chest, high up near the
throat, that was bleeding profusely.
At first that seemed the only wound.
But in a second Lee had found an
other. This was in the Leg and this,
like Lees was bound tightly with a
handkerchief.
"Got that, first rattle out of the
box" commented Lee. "See it?
That's why he stuck on the job and
didn't try to run for it. Looks like
rife ball had smashed the bone"
He didn't look up. His fingers busy
with the string at Crowdy's belt,
brought away the canvas bag. There
was blood on it; 1t was heavy and
gave forth the mellow jangle of gold,
lyon win nack VOur- -LqQnSano on
ronignts pay" he said, holding up the
bag to Judith, lifting his eyes to her
face.
But Judith shrank back, her eyes
wide with horror.
II don't want 1t! can never touch
it" she whispered
Suddenly she was shaking from
head to foot, her eyes fixed in terrible
fascination upon Crowdy's face. Lee
tossed the bag to the bunk across the
room, whence 1t fell clanking to the
floor.
"Now she's going to faint" was his
thought. well, 1 won't blame her 80
d-n much. Poor little kid"
But he did not look at her again.
He tore away Crowdy's shirt to dis
cover just how serious the wound in
the chest was. Unless Bill Crowdy
bled to death, he stood an excellent
chance to doing time in the peniten-
tiary. Lee stanched the flow of blood,
made a. rude bapdage, and. then, lift
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-10-10
Judith Of Blue Lake Ranch
Cpyrgh

stickup man, convicted once already
Iur manSlaughter .'
"Not Chris Quinnion, Bud Lee!" she
cried excitedly. Not Chris Quin-
nion!"
"Sh" he commanded softly.
"There's no use tipping our hand off
to him. Yes it's crooked Chris Quin-
Mon. You don't know him, do you"
He had never seen her eyes look as
they looked now. They were as hard
and bright as steel no true woman's
eyes, he thought swiftly. Rather the
eyes of man with murder in his
heart.
Then, thank GOd" whispered Ju-
dith, her voice tense Can you keep
secret with me, Bud Lee? Were it
not for the man calling to us now,
Luke Sanford would be here in our
stead. Crooked Chris Quinnion served
his time in San Quentin because my
father sent him there. And he had not
been free six months before he kept
his oath and murdered my poor old
dad!"
well" came the interrupting snarl
of Quinnion's voice, like the OminOus
whine of an enraged animal. What's
the word?"
"Give US five minutes to think it
over" returned Lee cOOlly. And, in
credulous eyes on Judith's set face, he
said gently: 81 was on the ranch when
the accident happened. He must have
driven that heavy car little too close
to the edge of the grade The bank
just naturally gave way"
Judith, her lips tightly compressed,
shook her head
"YOu didn't find him under the car,
did you? And the blow that killed him
might have been dealt with some heavy
weapon in the hands Of man stand
ing behind him, mightn't it? l know,
Bud Lee, | know!
"How do you knOw?" he demanded
insistently You weren't here even"
mo. | was in San Francisco But
the day before | had letter from ia
( ther He expected me home very soon.
He was going out, he said in his letter,
to look at the road over the mountain.
He wrote that the grade was danger
GUS, especially at the very place where
the car went over! He wanted me to
know so that in case he could not get
the work done on it before | came, /
would be careful On top of that would
he 60 and run his car into such dan
ger as that? Oh, | know ~ she cried
again, her hands hard upon her rifle.
4 II know, | tell you! From the first
suspected. | knew that Chris Quin-
niOn had threatened a dozen times to
get father. | knew that soon or late
he would try. / wrote Emmett Saw
yer, our county sheriff, and told him
what | believed, asked him to go to the
spot and see what the signs told A
square man is Emmett Sawyer and as
sharp as tacks."
'And he told you that you were mis-
taken"
'He did nothing of the kind He
reported that the tracks of the car
showed that it had kept well away
from the bank, that evidently it had
stopped there, that again it had gone
pn, swerving so as to run close to the
edge! / know what happened: Father
and to put up the sign he had brought
with him and that was found in the
road. Chris QuinniOn had followed him.
Arizona state miner., 1924-06-14
WIcKENBURG DANCES

With all respect due the personal
rights of our citizens to amuse them
selves as they see fit, / am 0bliGed
to again announce that drinking and
questionable dancing will not be per-
mitted at our Wickenburg dances.
This is final There are many among
US. happily, too, the great majority.
who thoroughly enjoy an evening of
dancing where the atmosphere is not
laden with the fumes of poison liquor.
Then there are very, very few who
believe that such an evening is not
complete without drinking, but ] do
believe that even these few will be
broad enough of mind to submit to
popular opinion and withhold their
drinking until after the dance If
they fail in this our dances will be
stopped, thus depriving the majority
of Wickenburg folks of the only
amusement they have to look forward
to.
There has been no financial gain
so far for the management, and it
will in no manner embarrasS me to
discontinue the dances altogether, so
| respectfully request my patrons to
assist me in this. This amusement
must be kept clean and will be con-
Quoted in such manner that our
smallest youngsters may come and
enjoy themselves if tley wish and
still see nothing that will impress
them in the wrong manner.
Dancing is splendid, healthfuI and
enjoyable exercise for those who look
upon it as such and I sincerely trust
it can be continued successfully along
these lines. LEO WEAVER.
Arizona state miner., 1924-06-14

Every time a newspaper prints a
free reader or gives any free pub
llcity it cuts into it's own revenue
and does direct injury to it's own
business. No merchant gives away
free, or even cuts the price of his
competitors, and why should the
newspaper man? Mrs. Frank Tar
button, estimable wife of our popular
grocer. graciously ordered the print
ing OF Sunday publicity for the new
Presbyterian Church in the Miner last
week and personally bore the ex-
pense. More power to such church
members, for it is known axiom
that churches, like stores, who adver-
tise are bound to grow.