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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-15

Governor Soriie believes in building up the per
sonnet Of the highway department by promotion.
It is wise policy. Wherever and whenever pos
Sibe men should be promoted from within the de
partmen to tn" higher positions when these be
come vacant. II creates esprit de corps and
strengthens the morale Of the entire department.
The selection of II. G.. rrahm of Minot as sue
ceaSor to W. G.. Black is along the line of this
policy In taking up Mr. Blacks Duties Mr. Frahm
has behind him several years of service in North
Dakota, lie knows the road needs Of the state and
has had close contact with the many problems of
the highway department.
1t is up to the Highway Commits sion to formulate
the policy of the department and the duty of its
chief engineer to carry them into execution Act
ing in an advisory capacity to the members of the
commission, he do much to shape and direct
such policy but the final responsibility rests
upon tle members of the commits sion.
With new chief engineer the commission is
now confronted with formulating a program Of road
work. A state highway conference to develop a
five year program would be most excellent. Under
the present system the county commissioners must
be sold on good roads That work has been done
to great extent in most counties. IT has been
hard uphill job which the present corps of high
way engineers have worked hard Working in har
mony with Mr. Frahm the staff can do much in the
next -FOUR years to improve road conditions in the
state.
AS Governor Sore has outlined in interviews an !.
through the medium OF the Highway Bulletin h ,
will insist upon businesslike administration Of
the department. He opposes farming out juicy =
gineerng jobs to political adhercnts when the de
partment staff do the work as well and at less
expense. 1t is proposed to make some changes il,
the scheme of organization of the department, but
TO retain the members of the staff who have been
responsible for the great increase in federal aid
projects
Governor Sore, however, is to be commended for
lis determination to make this department model
business institution for it directs the spending of
vast sums which if wastefully used will mean slow
progress for the of good roads
Taking the highway department out of politics
and removing it from those influences which seek
to feather their nests at the states expense is
the Soriie idea of public service and will be an
proved of generally.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-15
Editorial Comment
The PerilS of the Air
Duluth Herald)

Progress in air navigation has been wonderful
and marvellous achievements without number arc
already on record.
But events of the last two days show that ira vel
ing through the air is not yet safe enterprise
and that those who attack extraordinary project:
in air navigation not the best life insurance
risks.
The great airship Shenandoah, the pride of the
country. is total wreck in Ohio, caught there AM
destroyed in storm while it was undertaking ar
expedition which its sister, the Los Angeles hat
lives were lost in the wreck.
And at this writing the .PN-9. NO. 1, lost sight OF
two days ago on its nonstop flight of twenty two
hundred miles from San Francisco to Pearl Har
Dor, with the goal only short distance away, is
not yet found after thirty six hours. Nor is its
crew or five precious lives yet found
Both these spectacular expeditions, therefore, are
total failures
No great arship yet has completed a projected
trip across the continent
The nonstop flight from California to Hawaii has
not been made, will it be made right away A
third airpane that to have gone today will not
leave
Beyond doubt both these projects will yet be car
rled out, successfully and safely
And some time. doubt people will think little
more of an arship flight from Washington to San
cisco to Pearl Harbor than they do now of an auto,
mobile trip from Duluth to Hbbing y
But that time is yet little in the future.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-15
just Horse Sense

The Finn, sire of the great horse Zeb.
Gently died on blue grass farm in Kentucky
Ten or II years ago The Finn made great rep,l
tation for himself and Andy Schuttinger the jockey
who usually rode him.
And the secret of The Firms success was not
alone speed and stamina, but the ease with which
he could be placed" in a big field of horses
placing means horse sense enough to dror
behind the pacemaker. squirt ahead or come from
behind in the stretch at the command Of the jockey
Many horse hasn't got it.
1t was that horse that enabled The Finn
to win many race from horses of dazzling speed
There's lesson for human beings in the success
of The Finn. There's many young man who
doesn't want to be placed" in the business world.
He doesn't want to be cog in the machine until
experience and developed ability will enable him
to direct the machine.
And like the horses The Finn defeated no Otter
will show dazzling speed at the start and then wilt
in the long down the stretch.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-15
An Empress on the Screen
New Haven Register\

tNeW Haven RegiSter)
Uneasy lies the head that wears crown" \
bit hackneyed, but especially during the decade
that embraced the World War, the adage has found
a vivid verifcaon in the news that the dethroned
empress of Austria is forced by poverty to take n
job in the movies to keep the wolf from the door
EX-Empress Zlta, WHO passed through the unfor-
tunate period Of the debacle OF the downfall of the
| Austrian throne is en- route to America and Holly
wood to take part in the greatest industry of mod
| ern times
Living solely on her social prestige in the various
neutral capitals of Europe. Empress Zta has pre-
sented for the last two years. a pi:iable example
of fallen majesty. Brought up in an atmosphere
of adulation under the old world idea Of imperia!
lsm the wife Of the unfortunate Emperor Carl
knows nothing other than the monarchstic philos
ophy which Frustrated by the defeat of the Mid
die European Allies-tle famous Triple Alliance =
by the Allied forces of the defensive armies.
The company which has engaged the former
| spouse Of Europes second ranking emperor has no.
announced the roles that the scion Of royalty will
take, but 1t is assumed by those opecuatvcly in
cilned that story woven around the fall of the
house OF Hapsburg will be in the making with the
actual empress taking the titular part.
Emperor Carl who resisted the dethronement OF
! the Austrian dynasty died two years ago, after
spectacular effort to set himself up as king of Hun
gary. His death closed the regime of the Hapsburg>
| In Austria Hungary, and in the suburbs OF Buda
pest the dethroned monarch gasped his life out
The Daily Mail Of London advanced the theory tina
Carl had taken his life. and it is still the i'm
| preston through Europe that, rather than face
life Of exile the head Of the house OF apsburg
Mtted suicide.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-15
FROM THE HOLLYWOOD
L'VDlSI,GS

The most beautiful dinner dance
ever given in Hollywood was that of
last night at the home of Miss Paula
Perrier in honor of Mr.. Melville Sar-
toris, who is en- route to the Orient
on mysterious mission in which he
hopes to find a long lost Chinese god.
There were only twelve of the
cinema's most brilliant woman stars,
with their escorts, hidden to the din
ncr, but about two hundred and fifty
of Miss Pcrrier's friends attended the
dance afterward. On account of the
distinguished travellers known quest
in the Orient, all the decorations
were Chinese in character, some of
the most famous Chinese savants
and artists in Los Angeles being
brought in to make the affair per-
fectly authentic.
The scene was like fairyland. The
women wore the costumes of Chinese
ladies', and the men were dressed as
mandarins. The dress worn by Miss
Perricr was given her by Mr. Sar-
toris, who obtained it from one Of
the princes household on his last
visit to China.
The dinner favors were in the
shape of the little twin gods Of ko-
nance and Love, represented as "A
man and woman who are always
made and sold in pairs. AS 1t is
almost impossible to get authentic
ones. these were cast in silver by a
Chinese metal worker who happens
to be in Los Angeles, specially for
Miss Pcrrier, from drawings made by
Mr. Sartors, who also furnished a
careful description in writing Of the
statuettes.
One Of these statuettes was at
tachcd to a bracelet to be worn by
the men and women who were for
tunatc enough to be invited to the
dinner. The women statuettes were
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-15
Must Be PatrOled

A Cleveland man recently drove from that city to
Buffalo one Sunday
The roads crowded and in that distance OF
about 200 miles he counted sixteen smashed cars
Nearly all the accidents caused by road hogs
who tried to pass other cars curves, at the top
CT hill at points where traffic going in the op-
posite direction prevented
AS result, the of people who were driving
sensibly were forced into ditch or smashed
The amazing thing was that during that entire
distance the Cleveland failed to see one motor
cycle officer patrong the road. 1t passes tn through
three states.
Main highways between important cities must be
patroed That won't stop accidents but there is
nothing that makes autost drive more sensbly
than few motorcycle officers.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-15

If you are still interested in evolu-
ton, think of this: Only two ex-
plantations have ever been offered
of the fact that the earth is inhabit-
ed by many kinds of creatures.
One is evolution.
The other is special creation.
BY the one explanation, God first
created each species separately, and
then destroyed most Of them and
created others.
Nearly all the species that ever
lived on earth are now extinct.
Through millions Of years they have
followed each other in constantly
growing order.
Each kind lived for time. and
then gave way to another kind,
slightly different.
This part Is not theory"
1t is fact. The explanation of it
is theory.
One theory is that God destroyed
each kind. leaving it no descendants.
and then created another. having no
ancestors. and that he kept it up.
species after species, for countless
ages.
The other is that life from the be-
ginning was endowed with the pow
err Of variation. and that all the crea-
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-15

New York-M Maybe this story came
from the imagination Of press
agent, but anyhow it reflects the
city attitude so clearly and truly
that here goes:
Nora Bayes, the actress, was a
guest at the Long Island estate Of
Marcus Loew. After dinner the host
showed his guests the telescope
which is part of the elaborate house
furniture and they took a look at the
moon. Miss Bayes thought the moon
ridiculous (first city touch).
But look at all those ridges on
it," exclaimed another guest. what
are they?"
"The moon has just had it's face
lifted explained Miss Bayes.
Rapid transit is dragged in for a
prime issue in the present city cleo
ton campaign. According to tn" old
historians, this same maligned in
sttution is to be credited with most
of the city's early expansion to cover
Manhattan island. A hundred years
ago the upper part of the island was
sparsely populated, and included
three or four small villages, Of in
tensely competitive spirit.
"They would in all probability
have remained so but for the rivalry
engendered between the proprietors
Of the several modes of conveyance
to and from the city proper" says
one cronicler. "The reduction in
the rates Of fare consequent upon
such competition induced large num-
bers of our citizens and others TO
visit the upper portions of the
island"
So was the city developed by rival
omnibus drivers and lots increased
in price up to $500 or $3.50.
In the locker room of the West
Side Y. M. C. A. these days you may
read the sign:
Thank You Very Much
S. w. Griffin
The signature is that of the reli-
gious director of the Y. Going into
the pool for swim recently. he
carelessly left the door of his locker
unlocked. When he returned. the
locker was bare. Not only his watch
and money, but all his clothes were
missing. And his papers and letters.
These latter saved everything.
Next morning messenger brought
them all back, intact. The thief upon
examining his catch discovered that
he was robbing minister. And that,
he decided, was unethical and un-
lucky. The minister is not going to
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-15
ADVENTURE OF
THE TWINS
ny OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON

"Now them" said Tick Took, the
clock fairy. when they had left the
little traveller clock ticking brightly
on the mantel, II shall take you
Twins to a fine big mansion in
which there are wonderful pieces Of
art and rare old treasures"
"What does that mean?" asked
Nancy who was as bad as Nick for
asking questions.
"Well," said Tick Took, "by art is
meant lot of things. Principally
pictures and statues, but it also
means other things such as tapes
tries. Tapestries are pictures woven
in cloth instead of being painted on
canvas. And it also means fine en-
broideries, too. Embroideries on chairs
and fire-screens and table-covers
which people were SO fond Of doing
in the olden times. And it alsO
means lovely things to ornament 'tt
rooms with. Vases and clocks and"
beautiful" said Nancy.
Took with a firm little nod. eek
actly right. For even lovely old Cur
niture and rugs are works Of art.
As you say, Just anything that man
has made that is really beautiful"
SIS bird a work of art-or a
flower?" asked Nancy. "They are
beautiful"
"More beautiful than any work of
art" said the fairy. "But God made
them. Man can never make anything
one -millionth so fine as either Of
them. But that is different. l am
going to take you to house that
has many lovely works of art. not
only pictures and vases and statues
and rugs, but fine old furniture and
clocks as we'll. There is one fine old
clock that needs repairing. And it
has story"
ooh, dear! Let's hurry! I'd love
to see it," said Nancy.
ut is too bad you children haven't
studied more history" said Tick
Took. IF you knew more about his
tory and people Of America when our
country was just starting, you
would be more interested in this old
clock"
SWELL, can't you tell us?" said
Nancy quickly. "That would be bet
ter than studying about It in books,
I think"
"That's So" said Tick Took. "You
are very wise. You remember the
story the old grandfather clock told
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-15
Fear


IT is the unfamiliar danger that frighens
For three days leopard, escaped from the 200
at large in the Bots de Boulogne in Paris
Doubtless the poor beast was the most frightened
OF all.
At any rate it hid out and molested nobody until
it was finally found and shot. Then Paris breat
easier The jungle danger was over.
Meantime, the boulevards, the Pa risan ia xica
maniacs were carcening usual, gardiess of
pedestrians and everybody, as usual. took his life
into his own hands and trusted TO his own agility
every time he crossed the street. That scares no
We live in the midst OF constant danger and
are wisely Indifferent. Only the unfamiliar puts Us
into panic.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-15
FABLES ON HEALTH
CUMMING SAYS THIS
EVIL NOT TRIVIAL

Unfortunately this is not the case,
despite the fact that such an idea
is often conveyed by many of the
widely advertised cures for "liver
disorders" kidney complaints"
stomach troubles" and various other
ailments.
The evil in the medicine habit
may not result entirely from the
particular drug taken into the sys-
tenn. A far greater evil may result
from this habit because of the fact
that the promiscuous user of medi-
cine is given a false sense of secur-
ity in the remedy purchased. while
the disease, if there be a disease
present. may progressively increase
in severity.
SOME ALWAYS
CARRY PILL BOX
Most of us in the course of our
daily work have met men and wo-
men who constantly carry upon
their person box of pills into which
they dip regularly and from which
they take religiously as though life
were actually depend ent upon the
regularity with which the dose is
administered.
1t is true that the medicine fiend
may obtain some relief from his pill
habit, but such benefit, you can be
sure, is only temporary and in most
cases it is probably a mental benefit
rather than a physical one.
Medicines act as cures in only
very small percentage of diseases.
The results of disregarding the laws
of personal hygiene cannot be cor
rected by drugs.
You cannot find health in bottle
of medicine nor can you correct the
injury which you have inflicted up
On your body in careless habits by
dosing yourself with medicine.
Lead the simple life.
Eat plenty of good food.
Live in the fresh air and the sun
shine as much as you can and obey
the well recognized laws of personal
hygiene.
Present yourself to reputable
physician at least once year for
thorough physical examination
and if disease attacks you place
yourself under the care of physi
clan.
In all probability he will give you
| medicine to be sure, but he will do
much more than that and the medi-
cine that he gives you will not alone
effect a cure. 1t will aid but the
enforced restrictions which he will
place upon your habits and modes
of living will play a much greater
part.
Cultivate the annual physical ex-
animation habit, and just in proper
ton as the annual physical eximina-
ton habit spreads so will the medi-
| cine fiend disappear.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-15
Limit the Sale

There is one angle to the brutal kidnapping am:
murder Of Mary DAILY, little Montclair. N J., GIRL BY
Harrison Noel, that should not be overlooked
1t was easy for Noel, admittedly insane to buy all
the firearms he wanted.
He should have been kept in asylum, but it IS
apparent that the indscriminate sale of revolvers
without restriction makes it possible for violently
insane persons to buy young arsenal should they
desire.
Limiting the sale of firearms by law is inevitable
in this country.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-15
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER Is, 1925

lures inhabiting the earth at any
particular time are descended from
those which inhabited it before,
those surviving which varied IN the
manner to be adapted to the new
conditions, and those that did not
vary, or varied in the other direc-
ton, perishing.
You may debate these two theo-
ries, to explain the facts, but the
facts themselves are beyond debate.
A DIFFERENCE
IN SALARIES
Robert T. Kane. moving picture
producer. offers some American uni
versity $4,000 year to hire pro-
fessor to teach young men to earn
$4,000 a year in the movies.
One wonders, if any university
can find man for the job, how
long it can keep him at that salary.
There is, of course, more cynicism
than truth in the saying "those that
can. do; those that can't. teach"
Plenty Of men teach who can also
do, and accept much less for teach
ing than they could get for doing.
But the difference between $4,000
and $4,000 rather stretches the
limit
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-15
({$ ZE&%M

Time is money. But there is no
use in saving either unless you know
what to do with them. d
When man starts to make fool
out of himself he completes the job
by claiming someone else did it.
Every man thinks he could think
of something different for breakfast,
but his wife knows he couldn't.
Many of our most beautiful girls
have been taurht to swim about a
hundred times this summer.
Ard even if a man in Chicago did
Bite his landlord we all can't live
in Chicago.
Mustn't be too positive about any
thing. Crazy people usually think
the rest of the wcrld insane.
In Detroit, a woman of 80 passed
bad check. Wisdom may come with
age. Age may come alone.
a girl with long hair talks more
than one with bobbed hair. Because
she is always asking should she bob
it.
Women talk more than men. But
they don't say as much. This shows
they have more sense than men.
Money talks. But dollar doesn' t
talk back to tax collector
Another woman has gotten di-
vorce from movie actor. I'm
hitching her wagon from star as
it were
Just about the time we think we
are caught up on everything we
find our hair needs cutting.
Copyright, 1925, NEA Service, Inc J
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-15
By DIR. HUGH s. CUMMING
Sugeon General, United States Pub
lie Health SerYica


lie Health Service
There is habit all too common
among people which deserves our
consideration.
This is the medicine habit While
the narcotic habit, the medicine
1t is quite probable that there are
than there are individual drug
fiends. though of course they are
not so constant in their use of med
icine.
The habitual user of medicine goes
his way unrestricted, purchasing
drugs by the bottle full and pills by
the hundred.
The medicine evil is by no means
trivial one. Many poor person
has been made poorer, many a sick
man has been made sicker and many
a weak woman made weaker because
of the mistaken belief that health can
be found in a medicine bottle.
The medicine fiend or the habi-
tual user of medicine is aided and
abetted in this practice by tradition,
by custom: and by the vendors of
these Medicines There are still
many people who believe that illness
requires the immediate use of medi.
cines and that medicines posses some
mysterious or miraculous qualities
which will drive away fever and dis.
ease.
To be sure, it is easie~ to take a
dose of medicine than it u to forego
some of the pleasures of indiscretion
lndiscretion in diet, over-eating
overwhelming, careless habits anc
improper living, however, cannot be
corrected by hourly or daily re-
course to the pill box or the medi-
cine bottle.
A little reading and lite
thought will reveal the fact that
there are very few specifics. How
foolish it is therefore, for the indivi-
dual to expect even reasonable
amount of benefit from some Of the
cure-all medicines now on the mar
ket.
MEDICINES SHOULD
PLAY MINOR PART
After all. medicines valuable as
they are, play only minor part in
the treatment Of disease. When in
telligently administered they are
helpful agents which assist nature
| in combating the invasion of disease
| producing germs.
Medicines do not and cannot ACT
as substitutes for rightful anc
healthful habits of living. If there
| were a specific for every disease
known to man the study of medicine
! would be simple science and health
could be purchased at the drue
store.