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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-29

pr. FoltH Hoap can now be had at
Dartella or Swift'B Drug storps.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-26
ADVENTURE OF
THE TWINS
BY OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON

What do you thing Of this riddle,
my dears? Nancy and Nick guessed
as hard as they could when the Rid
die Lady read it. It's q riddle for a
very cold day.
II grow, not like sweet pears and
plums.
Meath sunny skies when summer
comes.
But in the winter cold and drear,
Just overnight do ! appear.
"Nor do | bloom on bush or tree!
Most any place will do for me,
Like birdie with the yellow bill,
much prefer your window sill.
"But I take root with equal ease,
Or shutters, chimneys, roofs or
trees.
Then hang head downwards. holding
tight.
And grow and grow with all my
might.
II love the cold and wind and snow,
The colder It's the more l grow.
The suns the thing | mostly fear,
If he comes out ! weep tear.
Like sour grapes l hang up high,
Where you can't reach me; please
don't try!
1t isn't as plain us plain can be-"
But l shatter at the slightest touch.
Although I'm hard and sharp and
long.
I'm really not so very strong,
only live n day or two,
So must be careful what l do.
ITO guess my name can't be task,
It's clear as crystal if you ask,
AS to the point, why you must see
That it's as plain plain can be-"
as it a SNOWFALL o. asked one of
the Old Shoe Woman's cnildren.
They grow in winter"
How could it Beg" said Nancy.
"They don't grow upside down"
"No, but they get bigger and big
ger if you push them along the
ground. We children made one one
time as big as hundred water
melons"
Yes, and besides snowballs don't
like the sum-" said another Shoe
Woman child. "They melt when the
sun comes OUT"
"The Riddle Lady said it was long
and sharp and hard" said Nick.
"And a SNOWFALL isn't. l think it's
an icicle!"
IAN icicle it is" declared the Rid
die Lady. And as it is likely to be
cold winter, Nick gets this pair
of red mittens."
(To Be Continued.
Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, Ine.)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-26
Editorial Review
THE TRAIL OF POLITICS

Secretary Mellon has a provok-
ing way of sticking to the main
question. While the Treasury eX-
perts have not yet finished their
estimate of the effect on revenue
of the tax plan put out by Repre-
sentative Garner, the Secretary
loses no time in pointing out its
vicious principle. The evil lies in
thinking of lowered taxes in terms
of politics. not of business. De-
tenders of the Garner scheme
have pointed triumphantly to the
fact that it would relieve some hun
dreds of thousands more taxpayers
than would the Mellon proposals.
But this has nothing to do with a
thoroughly studied and scientific
effort to reduce and adjust taxation
for the general good. 1t ought not
to be a question of how to win
most votes, but how to confer most
benefits on the whole people.
This point Mr.. Mellon presses
with tenacity and force. What will
it profit a man of small income to
save $40 or SIS in direct Federal
taxes, if at the same time the high
surtaxes are left in force, and CON-
pei him to pay out indirectly five
or six times the amount of his ap-
parent saving? Secretary Mellon
drives home the argument of the
economic effect of unnecessarily
high taxes. He shows again that
the Treasury has had larger rev.
enue from lower taxes, and could
probably have it in the future if
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-26
SYNOPSIS.

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80, S .o.s". D.M"nan' u.c pI', ,.
:1.'v .".e' ss':u' D'.'oeau'e a1 '.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-26
AWAITING MIR. FALL

Americans noted for their of fair play Hence
there is generally willingness to await the completion OF
the senate inquiry into the actions of Former Secretary Of
the Interior Albert B. Fall connection with the Teapot
Dome Oil Lease
MIR. Falls at this time appears very bad He is
record before the senate committee in previous testimony
having said that in obtaining loan enlarge his ranch
holdings in New Mexico he did not approach E. L. Doney
oil magnate, any of his friends. Yet Mr. Dolney tells
the committee that he loaned Mr. Fall 100000 year before
Mr. Fall permitted the government to lease certain California
oil lands to Mr. Dohney
Mr. Fall also informed the committee that he obtained
his 100000 loan from Edward B. Mclean, Washington,
newspaper publisher and close friend of the late President
Harding But Mr. Mclean teegraphed the committee that
Mr. Fall returned his check for 100000 without having
cashed it.
Archie Roosevelt of the late president and wounded
veteran of the World War; enough the senate inquiry
and in his capacity president of of the
lions of Harry F. Sinclair who obtained the Teapot Dome
Naval Reserve Lease him to resign Mr. Sinclair
makes his denias from Europe instead of before the
mittee in Washington
The former Secretary of the Interior retired from Pres
lent Hardngs cabinet. No explanation made of his
retirement satisfied those curious learn the facts
Many believed that President Harding believed that the Sec
etarys actions not in accordance with the high prn
cples which should actuate member of his cabinet though
without detailed knowledge of any wrong and quietly asked
Mr.. Fall to resign.
The former Secretary of the Interior the basis of
icting testimony before the committee, stands in bad
light is to be hoped that he may be able do the
ngy impossible and clear his name But it is also to be
hoped that the senate committee keeps boring until every
of truth connection with the activities of the Secre
tary is brought to light.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-26
EIGHTEEN OF THE MOST LEARNED

most interesting referendum has been completed by
the University of Washington at Seattle The question sub
mitted "Who the eighteen greatest in point
of learning and culture in history? Following the
suit rs:-Adam Smith, economics Second :-Beetho-
ven, music; Thrd-Dante, poetry; Fourh-Darwn, bio
logical science; Ffth:-Da Vnc, art; Sxth:-Frankln,
public SERVICE physical science Eighth:
Goethe, poetry; Ninth: -Grotius international law;
Tenth:Gutenberg, printing; observation-disclosures, his
tory; Twelfth Homer poetry; Thirteenth, Justnian, law
and administration; Fourteenth: Moses religion; Fiji
teenth Newton, mathematics and physics Sixteenth:
Pasteur medical science philosophy;
Eighteenth shakespeare, drama.
These decisions made by the faculty of the uni
versy and the figures of these selections in marble
bronze will be used to ypy knowledge and wisdom in the
library of that seat of learning.
For such purposes at least the referendum served well
and the selections judged from practically every angle
we'll supported by weight of accomplishment.
The referendum represents probably what majority Of
professors would designate the greatest figures in their
respective fields OF choice limited to those who
had passed into history and for whom time had fixed per-
manent nitche in the annals of the world.
Musicians might not agree in the placing of Beethoven
above of the other masters and putting Da Vnci
first in such complicated field art may not meet the
of cultured opinion but the selection is better
than what ordinarily out of such referendum.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-26

given the chance. In any case, the
demonstration is complete that the
surtaxes Of today have killing ef-
feet upon the investment of cap
ital. which in turn means that or
binary people have to pay more
for rent, railroad fares, clothing
and food. The high slrtaxes We're
a war measure. They should cease
in times of peace To base tax re-
duction upon political motives can
only confuse and bedevil the whole
matter Minor technical questions
being put to one side for the mo-
ment, the severest condemnation
of the alternative plan fathered by
Representative Garner is that it is
not economic but palpably polit-
ical.
The personal controversy which
Senator Couzens has raised with
the Secretary of the Treasury we
pass by. But the Michigan Senator
unconsciously gives away his case
as regards taX-exempt securities
and the high surfaces. He points
to the very generous, and co1mend-
able gift which he made in 1919 to
the hospitals and crippled chill
dren, in the form. of 400 shares OF
Ford Motor stock. With dividends
at the rate of 50 per cent, this
meant turning over an income of
$4,000 a year To equal that re-
turn on the tax-exempt first Lib
erty 31as he would have had to
give a principle sum of s4,OO0,000
AS it was. he gave stock of a par
value of 100000 on (which, if he
had kept it, he would have had to
pay yearly tax of $4,000. In
the hands of the hospital the stock
would not he taxed at all. There
could hardly be neater proof Of
Secretary MELONS, contention that
the high surtaxes invite escape in
to tax-exempt securities and re-
duce the Governments revenue. -
New York Times.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-26

ADVERTISING
Read Tom Sims Newspaper. 1t
won't take you long because Tom
Sims newspaper uses 20 bathing
girl pictures.
MUSIC NOTES
Portland (Me.) man sued a sing
ing school because it annoyed him.
Maybe he can sue our landlord.
EDITORIAL
Irving Cobb's story about q dog
chasing a rabbit and the weather so
hot both were walking, isn't so good
for winter. We saw turtle racing
a snail and the weather so cold both
got arrested for speeding.
MARRIAGES
Women are nice, but many are
foolish. Traverse City, Mich, has
had no weddings this Leap Year.
Never count your chickens until
you are their only sheik.
LATE NEWS
Hiping your lips when leaving a
date keeps them from chapping.
SOCIETY
"Rats,' says Mr.. Shrek, "may
foretell shipwreck, but they also
foretell other wrecks. When my
wife sees AZ rat she acts as if she
would kick the b4cket, but she kicks
the chandelier instead"
THE DANCES
The waltz is growing popular
again, perhaps because tho jumpy
dances are so hard on noses.
BRO. TOMS KITCHEN
Stomping steak with hob-nailed
shoes makes it very tender.
HOME HELPS
Row of tacks will stop grandpa
| from sliding down the banisters.
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4h6e Ean8ZeA

you are married, and a man looks
so dreadful, Bee, when he Stops
around in his stocking feet unshav-
en- and collarless on Sunday morning.
oh, know it is comfortable and
I don't blame him for wanting to do
it. l know just exactly how look
in my disreputable kimona and bare
feet, Bee. You know I adore 20 go
barefeet, my hair struggling about
my face. There is a kind Of let
down and rest to your mind in all
this.
Consequently do not think that
any two people should live together
in such familiar-shall l call tim
decency, as do most married people.
expect that is why all those Snug
editors of the women's magazines in
sist upon telling woman that under
any circumstances she must always
look nice and greet her husband with
a smile. When you add, Bee, this
most onerous duty to trying to get
his lordship's breakfast and strv-
ing it daintily you know all the wo-
mems pages insist upon that on
gray morning when you would give
almost your very reputation to have
few minutes more sleep before you
must get up and make ready for the
office, it is too hard work. believe
that no love under heaven could
stand up under tat least mine has
not.
Sounds terrible, doesn't it, Bee
But it is true nevertheless. I've tried
it and / know.
When Sam was blind he couldn't
see all the disorder Of my toilet and
my pity for him made me very lem
lent when he looked unkempt. But
now I know that I give him the
"willies" if I am not the pink OF
perfection while he arrogates to
himself the privilege of looking like
q tramp about the house. 4
I'll finish this letter later. Bee.
Copyright, 1924, NEA Service. Inc.)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-26
|C[l()M..
N E w 8
STRING FOOD

RlA>u TooD
Kansas City man won spaghetti
eating contest by few yards, eat
ing 1851 feet which is some feat.
After using the holes in this amount
of spaghetti for making 1922 dough-
nuts, you would have enough holes
left over to feed two moths six
months.
FOREIGN NEWS
keep COOL" is Geddes advice to
England. The price of coal makes
this warning useless here.
CALAMITY NEWS
Earthquake was felt in .Belkofsky,
Alaska. 1t seems as if one hit the
towns name before this.
SPORTS
Alekhine, the Russian chess
champ, played chess and had a
tooth pulled at the same time with
out taking an anesthetic for either,
and without taking ether for an
anesthetic, the pain of zone prob
ably counteracting the pain Of the
other.
GUESSING NEWS
This is not about Congress. Prom
inent Portland (Ore.) woman called
a jury something awful.
FARM NEWS
Peru (Vt) man offers six farms
rent free, but an ex-farmer tells us
this is not cheap enough.
FISHING NEWS
Scientists found a whales rib in
Trabuco Canyon, Calf. What an
absent minded whale!
JAIL NEWS
Got the peg in Winnipeg. Crook
there had $1,000 jewels in his peg
leg. Cops pulled his leg.
SCHOOL NEWS
Study your spelling lesson or you
are in for q bad spell.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-26
XVI (contInued)

i've met some actresses that
had very fine manners indeed. and
also the entree."
well. they don't measure up &C.
cording to my notion. This girl II
the real thing"
"Then why. in heavens name.
doesn't your Countess Loyos know
anything about her? II Madame
Zattiany 10 what she says she is.
they must have met in viennese
Society q hundred times. In fact.
she would have been one Of the
notable figures at court"
1.-THE only explanation / can
think of is that Madame Zattiany
- all that she claims to be, but
that for some reason or other she
IL not using her own name"
"Ah! That is an explanation.
But why-why?"
There you have me un.
less Ali" The familiar gilt.
ter came into his eyes and Claver.
ing waited expectantly. This old
bird had a marvellous instinct. II
have It.! For some reason she had
to get out of Europe. Maybe she's
hiding from q man. maybe from
the Government. Zattiany may be
ono Of her husbands names-or
her mothers. OF course Mary
would be interested in her-with
that resemblance-and help her
out She knew her we'll enough to
trust her. and somebody had to
represent her here. OF course
Trent knows the truth and natur'
ally would keep her secret"
Another plot for the movies
still-it's . plausible enough
explanation yes
shouldn't wonder. But from whom
is she hiding?"
POSSIBLY from her husband"
"Her-her''-
Like as not. Don't murder me
I think you'd better 90 to Florids
and stay there. Better still. marry
Anne Goodrich and take hel
along"-
Clavering had dung himself out
Of the room.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-26
LETTER FROM SALLY ATHERTON
TO BEATRICE GRIMSHAW

TO BEATRICE GRlMSHAW
DEAR BEE:
You will say I never write you
unless 1 have something to tell you
that is not particularly pleasant, a
problem which I do not trust my
moral stamina to work out.
Sometimes, dear, I have wondered
why you cling to me. Women as a
rule don't like me. In fact, l think
Leslie never cared particularly for
me, she onlyt tolerated me because
of you.
l guess I'm too Independent tc fit
into those conventions which women
make for themselves. Sam says that
my moral standards are those of a
man. Then, of course, I ask him
why shouldn't they be and tell him
am human. After that the fight is
on again.
10 wonder if it is true, Bee, that
marriage is cure for love. You
know all those old loves, Goethe,
Heine and the rest-even old DR..
Johnson, who always seemed to me
to be perfect old pig of mar
declared that marriage was of all
things the greatest cure for love.
have begun to think so.
You know l was desperately in
love with Sam when we worked to-
gether in the office and we were both
poor. Our combined salaries hardly
sufficed to make us home.
That is another fallacy, Bee, that
has gained undeserved crederce
Two people cannot live as cheapIy
as one. 1t costs two people who are
married more than twice as much
as that for which one person could
live alone. You always want to buy
things for permanent home. You
are always trying to add this and
that to your home. You are never
satisfied after marriage with hal
bedroom and cafeteria food. There
are so many things to keep up aftel
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-26
XVII

He charged down Madison Ave-
nue.. barely escaping disaster at
the crossings In the frightful con.
gestion Of the hour: he was not
only intensely perturbed In mind.
but he was In hurry. His column
was unfinished and an article on
the authentic drama" for one OF
the literary reviews must be de.
livered on the morrow. In the nor
NAL course of events 1t would have
been written q week since.
He was furious with himself.
Passionate, impulsive. and often
unreasonable. his mind was stngu.
larry well-balanced and never be-
fore had It succumbed to obsession.
He had taken the war as a normal
episode IN the history Of the world
dealing mainly In war: not as a
strictly personal experience do.
signed by q malignant fate to de.
prive youth Of its illusions. embit.
ter and deidealize It. MI II with
a cold and acrid contempt for mill
tarism and governments. convert II
TO pacificism. and launch It on q
confused but, strident cropping after
Truth. It was incredible to him
that any one who had read his.
rory could be guilty Of such jejuni'
!ty. and he attributed it to their
bruised but itching egos. After ALL
It had been z middle-aged mans
war. Not . single military reputa'
tion had been made. by any one Of
the millions Of young fighters,
despite promotions. citations and
medals. Statesmen and military
men long past their youth would
alone be mentioned In history.
The youth Of America was indi'
:vidualism rampant plus the nation
al selt-esteem. and the mass Of
them today had no family tradi'
tions behind thsm-sprung from
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-26

against the law for years to put, up
a roller towel?" +
"Sure, | know it," replied the pro-
prietor, "but no ex-posto law goes
in Kansas. and that there towel was
put up before the law was passed.
Topeka Capital.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-26
Outside the Law

A salesmanlike looking inspector
was surprised to find dirty roller
towel in the washroom. Indignantly
he said to the landlord:
I Don't you know that it has been
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-26
Sometimes He Must

THE VICAR-Your sons are real
ly terrible, Mr.. Little. Don't you
ever inflict a little corporal punish
ment on them?
MR.. LITTLE-No. I never have
hit them except in defense.-London
Opinion. z
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-26
ELEVATING STANDARDS OF MUSIC

Those who privileged to hear the most excellent
given Thursday evening by the Gold Star band of
the Agricultural College under the direction of Dr. Putnam
must have been impressed with the effort of these young
musicians Twenty Of the forty-ve freshmen at
the institution.
This forcbly brings home the work of the secondary
schools of the state in training people in the mastery
grounding in and love for music of the better type Never
before in North Dakota has much interest been shown in
the establishment of high school orchestras and juvenile
bands.
Bismarck has just undertaken this work and DR.. Putnam
congratulated the school officials and others who making
this work possible But it community effort and
spouse should be hearty at all times No great outlay of
money is needed. Not cent in contributions has been
asked Every benefit given worth than the price
of admittance.
If North Dakota young people not being trained
they Bismarck and other Cities the Agricultural Col
ege could have twentyfour freshman in the band It
speaks volumes for the work being done in this line and
should spur public spirited citizens that Bismarck
. juvenile organization of the very first rank
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-26
BIG SNUFF DEMAND

Do you know anyone who uses snuff? Yet 80 million
pounds of snuff year sold in countrythree times
as much in 1890.
The average person doesn't know thousandth part Of
what "eoes on" in the United States Judging from
startling revelations we've had this all for the best The
spice of life is in illusion and deusion.
New Britain herald., 1924-07-10
NEW BRITAIN MEN
 WIN RIFLE MEDALS
10 Qualify for Government TgO. phles in National Shooting Match

Ten New Britain marksmen quail, nea last evening for a bronze per, eenlass medal to he presented by the U, & government for having made sO per cent or more in the national championship contest, lt was in the small bore rife match for the national championship and was shot under the auspices Of The National Rife aS.oei- ation, Each team was limited to 10 men and only the five highest scores were counted in the contest,
 Seven men in the New Britain Rife club and three in the corhin, Ruaswln Riie club qualified for percentage medals Twenty shots sere fired at ho yards and 20 at 100 yards. Just rNst the final result willshe and what place New Britain will, get will not he krown for Asveral weeks.
 The score last night was aa follows,
 N R, Riae elnb William Houek ss5; F. ", raae sse; George Hamilla a77; Fred Hayes a7i; Earl Cooley s7?; Charles ilerwin sj7; Mitchell Bel!;ii 3s2; Theodore E. Doehm slb, Fred c. sir!ck!and S:t; team score is3s.
 cerhip. .Russ~in club; Robert Grif. nn s72; Fred Engle s72: Jacobson s6i; Robert Van Tine tss; Resco Au. sustlne sat Team score i7e5.
New Britain herald., 1924-07-10
MAnKET NOT AFFECTED

New York, July 1o.--The nomina- ton of John w, Davis as the demo- cratic presidential candidate was with out apparent effect on the movement Of stock prices In the early part of today's session, the first since the ticket vas named. Strength and ac- tivity Of the public utility issues which has been the feature Of all sessions for the last week or more, was again the outstanding develop ment today. Most Of the standard industrials open fractionally higher and then sold off on profit taking. Railroad shares showed only nominal changes.