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The Bismarck tribune., 1925-10-31
icial City, State and County Newspaper)
TO Observe Eclipse

A collection Of costly Telescopes astronomical
cameras, spcctroscopcs and Other expensive appar-
atus is now Il" first leg Of 4 Journey halfway
around the world. 1t shipped recently from
New York, bound for Singapore.
At Singapore it will be placed on another ship
and taken to Sumutra, of the larger islands
of the Malay archipelago. The equator cuts through
the middle Of Sumatra. There are six active vol
canoes on Sumatra. Earthquakes occasionally.
WatcrspoutS and severe thunderstorms are frequent
You might wonder, therefore, why expensive
astronomer apparatus is being sent to Sumatra 1t
is because total eclipse of the sun will be visible
there Jan. IA, 1926.
1t is only occasionally that astronomers arc
lucky enough to have total eclipse visible over
easily accessible territory like the eclipse of last
January, which visible in ii track extending
from Minnesota to New York City.
Usually astronomers have to carry their instru-
ments to far off places and the risk Of having
months of preparations ruined by cloud or sudden
rain at the moment of the total eclipse.
Probably nothing illustrates more forcib!y the
lengths to which scientists will go in their search
for knowledge than does their study Of total ecpses
The period Of totalty is less than two minutes
Yet because certain features of the be
studied only during those two minutes, astronomers
will spend months in preparation for them.
The Sumatra expedition is under the direction
of DR.. John A. Miller, the director of the Sproul
Astronomical Observatory.
DR.. Miller and the other members of the ex-
petition will all be in Sumatra on Dec l. They
Will spend from Dec. | to the day of the eclipse
setting up their apparatus and getting ready for the
two minutes of totaty
Their apparatus includes an astronomical camera
built of structural iron with local length of IS feet.
This will be mounted concrete piers
This instrument twin lens of six and three
quarter inches aperture. 1t is particularly power
full instrument and will be used to photograph both
the ecipsed and its corona and the stars which
become visible in the surrounding sky at the moment
Of totality.
These photographs will prove particularly val
liable in making additional checks on the Enstein
theory.
The Bismarck tribune., 1925-10-31
Editorial Comment
Another View of Education
dallas Lore Sharp in Harper's)

(DallaS Lore SHARP in HarperS)
a whole education must include not only the
ability to read book but also the ability to write
book. learning to read and learning to write being
a joint exercise. Let the schools give every child
book to write
Instead, they ask the child to write like book
and stop with that concerned with the way he uses
lay and lie, that he cross his S and dot his is and
get in al the commas, content when he shall test
100 per cent perfect - which is s:enography. no.
education
What boots the fountain of ink upon ones per-
son if within ones person is no fount of thought
Everybody nowadays walks with pen, only to
work at crossword puzzles!
Why increase your vocabulary when you have
nothing to say? The town is full of correct writer's
who without thought because in school they are
taught to associate their writing with nothing but
grammar.
Writing in school should be associated with
nothing except with what the child has to say. In
cidentally the teacher may suggest that capital
at the beginning and period at the end Of a SEN
tence will help the reader to get the thought and
lures and uses.
But the thought is the important thing: that is
exercise in self-expression-not in spelling
expression or in grammar expression in rhetoric
expression, but in self-expression until it becomes
paramount and developed into habit
The Bismarck tribune., 1925-10-31
Has JGb ON Its Hands

More than 100 drunks were picked llp on the
streets of Washington, the national capital, the
week end Of Oct. II.
washington, dear reader is the place where they
make all the federal prohibition laws and where
thousands of people are employed in prohibition
enforcement.
1t is not treason" against the prohibition law to
say that the arrests for drunkenness in Washing
ton clearly indicate what enormous task it really
is to dry up these United States.
If all these drunks arrested in Washington
right under the eyes of the federal government and
in district where that government rules supreme,
think what job the federal government has on its
hands in other parts of the country where its or
ganiZation is much smaller.
The Bismarck tribune., 1925-10-31
WALK MORE RIDE LESS,
SAYS DIR. CUMMING

Mental fatigue, headache, insom-
MIA and other danger signals of over
work are often disregarded by brain.
workers and reliance is placed upon
dangerous and temporary forms of
artificial relief.
Walking is not a panacea for all
of the ills to which man is heir, but
it frequently will improve the health
of the person who is, by choice or
necessity, compelled to work indoors
in an artificial environment.
By reason Of the exercise involved
systematic walking diverts a largely
increased volume of blood to the
muscular system and particularly to
the lower extremities. As result
congestion in the internal organs is
diminished.
Until one is accustomed to walk
ing, it is best to cover only short
distances. Then. as the muscles and
| mind become familiar with the pleas
ant task of walking, the distance
may be increased.
A daily walk is better than an or-
casional one and speed of three
miles an hour is an economical one
! for the human machinery.
Occa sionai!y a hill or some rough
ground should be sought so that the
! lungs may be caused to expand and
| the efficiency Of the leg muscles
| tested.
Elderly persons and those with
organic impairment should, Of course.
confine themselves to approprate!y
| short and level walks, avoiding
| heart strain or undue exertion. 4
| lesurely walk in the open on pleas
ant days remains most beneficial
exercise for the aged.
Take the Walk
Before Dinner
Probably the best time of the day
for a walk is after office hours and
before the heavy meal Of the eve
ming At this time the mind rather
than the body is fatgued.
An hours walk dos much to in
crease the appetite, disseminate the
fatigue poisons and fit one for sound
sleep. A walk in the morning, fol-
| lowing breakfast, also has its dey0-
tees, for then the air is stimulating
and the mind is sufficiently alert to
appreciate natures ever changing
moods.
The shoes worn should have fairly
stout soles and be comfortable
Tight and high-heeled shoes are in
congruous and can only cause dis
comfort. Ill-fitting and darned socks
may also detract from the pleasure
Of walk.
Chilling Of the body through per
spiration should be avoided by wear
ing appropriate clothing and making
a change after the walk. Wetting
of the feet should be studiousIy
avoided by using proper foot gear.
To one VINO is seeking the move!
combination Of pleasant diversion,
mild exercise and good health, walk
ing may be recommended as a val
liable adjunct to careful living.
Walking develops the muscles. re-
moves excess weight and improves
digestion. 1t stimulates the circu-
lation and increases the lung ca
pacity. While not cure-all. walk
ing is an exercise we'll worth cult
waiting for it's manifest advantage.
The Bismarck tribune., 1925-10-31
LETTER FROM LESLIE PRES.
COTT TO RUTH BURKE
-Cn\Tl\ItED

| wish. Ruth, YOU could have seen
Jacks face as. he left me to tell his
mother what | had said. 1t looked
just like the face Of a little boy who
was going out into the woodshed to
get "A good strapping.
Shortly afterward he came back
and Mrs. Prescott WAS with him.
Shamefacedly, my husband waited
until his mother had given me such
a flashing as | had never
heard before in my life.
| stood and took it all, Ruth, be
cause it was Johns mother. but had
it been anyone else. would have
taken that furious cid woman by the
shoulders and pushed her out the
door.
Il cannot understand your. great
love for that oldest boy. Leslie. AL
though everyone knows that he does
not belong to.you, sometimes thina
YOU care for him more than YOU do
for your own flesh and blood
mo, | don't love him any more
than do my youngest child but /
do not know any difference bctweeh
them and | might as we'll tell You
that | must be allowed TO raise my
own children in my own way. If
John has told YOU that that is the
only condition under which YOU vii
be welcome in this house, he has toli
YOU the truth
Mrs. Prescott wheeled upon her
son.
John Prescott, are you going 10
stand for that and hear your wife
turn your mother out of DOORS
John kept his temper admirably.
Leslie is not doing that, mother.
She's only trying to tell you that you
must not interfere with the chill
dren.''
The Bismarck tribune., 1925-10-31

and Miss Ethel Mckee, 22. of Valley
City, N. D., were disclosed after he
was arrested in Lansing, Mich, on a
nonsupport charge preferred by his
wife.
Hutchinson. Minn.-The body of
Frank Micka, II, wealthy retired
farmer who mysteriously disappeared
October >, was found in ditch near
here, apparently the victim of foul
play.
Milaca, Mimi Pleading self de-
fense, John Davis and John Shingobe,
Indians. were acquitted by jury on
charge Of Staying VIM. Shakopee
August %.
Webster, S. D.-Two 1S-year-old
boys of Waubay. So. OAK, were ar
rested and authorities say they con-
fessed to robbing the First State
bank of Greenville. near Waubay,
early Friday morning.
The Bismarck tribune., 1925-10-31

New York. Oct. 31.-Soap boxes
are still long way from the an
tiQue rooms.
Any night at Columbus Circle,
where seven streets join in a great
traffic hub, you will see orators
springing up mushroom-like. A Sal
vation Army revivalist competes
with the radical. You can have any
thing from politics to religion and
you will sec faces from the world
over-thc shouting Hungarian, the
argumentative Scot, the arm waving
Russian.
The other night. as | walked
through Second avenue, on the East
Side, stopped before an impassion-
ed young radical speaker who jump
ed about on his soap box near St.
Marks on the Bowery, the church
made famous by Or. Guthrie's non
! conformity.
The fiery young speaker was
speaking sardonically of all the ma
tion's officeholders. Resorting to
bitter irony he shouted:
''And now, friends, | wish to place
in nomination for president and vice
president of the United States
Frederick Nietszche and Herbert
Spencer"
He waited moment for the crowd
to be shocked. Some laughed, some
shrugged. but from somewhere in
the crowd came the voice Of a little
German, speaking in broken English
But dey are dead -dey are bodt
dead
"No-they live!" came back the
orator in hushed tones. "You will
find them alive-in the public IL
brary.'
Then, one by one. the orator went
through the cabinet and congress
and the senate, naming philosophers.
scientists, great thinkers and each
| time came the puzzled echo from the
crowd
"But dey are dead-all dead"
The inevitable reply would be-:
"No, they live"
/ don't know who the. fiery young
dreamer was, nor do | know the
name of the stolid materialist and
reflector Of common sense who spout
ed his indignation in German accent.
l know merely that ! felt l was
| looking in upon symbolic picture
| of the eternal duel between the
: idealist and the practicalist, with
, the situation balanced on sense
of humor.
| A Lexington Avenue barber shop
has added jazz band as lure to
customers. Upon the opening day
of the shop pretty maids did the
+. Charleston on the tile floor, and
The Bismarck tribune., 1925-10-31
T0night's S Radio

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WRNY (25S.5) l2-DN Hound Hour
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WHIT (40W 9:30-z-Jelke entertain
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The Bismarck tribune., 1925-10-31
News From the
State University

Tribute to the late Dean Earl j..
Babcock, who was head Of the College
of Engineering at the State Univer-
sity, at the time Of his death Sep
tember 3, will compose a large share
OF material in the November issue o.
the Quarterly journal of the State
University, Dean f. T. Towne, editor,
announces. This issue of the jour
nal is the first Of the l925-2G school
year.
Prof f.. F. Chandler, present chair
man of the College of Enginee ring.
is author of biographical sketch of
Dean Babcock to be contained in the
publication. John Lee Coulter, presi-
dent of the State Agricultural Col
lege at Fargo, is TO write concerning
Dean Babcock as teacher and lead
er of men, and Thomas F. Kane, presi-
dent of the University, is to write Of
Dean Babcock's service to the Uni
versity.
A new tradition will be started this
year by the State University band, ac-
cording to George +. Stricklng, di-
rector. Instead of making their an
nual tour into the west, the band will
journey east. Definite arrangement
for appearances is expected to be
started in the near future. Sixty stu
dents are enrolled in the two divi-
sions of the band this year.
Invitations from various towns of
the state already have been received
by the mems glee club of the State
University, asking that the club ap-
pear there in concert on its annual
tour, H. c. Rowland. head Of the de-
partment of music at the University
announces. An inspection tour to lay
out the itinerary for the club is to
be made by Mr.. Rowland.
The Bismarck tribune., 1925-10-31
( 'Me&zIA>lh{GIz;zz23z A2>lh,{G

"Intcrfere with her children! Does
she not know that | began to bring
up a boy before she was born ?'
"Well, | expect" said John grimiy,
THAT it is because she knows you
have made such a failure with me
that she is afraid to let you have any
say with her childrcn.'
If Mrs. Prescott had had the slight
est sense Of humor, this speech of
Johns might have cleared the air.
but as it was, she just stood and
glared at him for a few moments and
then left the room as though she had
been insulted as never before in her
life.
turned to Jack. He looked per-
fectly blank.
What Shall we do ?" he asked
"Well,' since you have asked me-"
said, '"if | were you, would leave
your mother quite alone. Treat her
nicely, but that is all. You see,
John. cannot have her running my
house or my children.
BY the way" | continued, 81 am
sending the boys and Hanna and the
other nurse out in the country while
am with Ruth. Pm afraid there
would be an open battle if | left
Hanna and Mrs. Prescott in the
house without NE for any length OF
time
This long letter is rather useless
as | will be with you so soon. t't
after got started, Just could not
find a place to stop until now. so
III just say shall be with you prob
ably before you have read this ali
through
Lovingly,
LESLIE.
(Convrirht. 1925, NFA Service lnc)
The Bismarck tribune., 1925-10-31
AKXENTYRES MI E
aMe TWINS
by OLIVE ROBERTS RARTof

Nancy and Nick were having a
fine time in High Jinks Land.
Everyone was so jolly and light
hearted. -.
How do you like p" asked Mister
Corn Dodger, shaking the ashes out
of his corn-cob pipe and filling it up
again with dried corn-silk.
~ ITS ever so jolly" said Nick.
"Yes, it is" said Nancy, shaking
her little Dutch cap until the wide
wings on it flapped. 81 wish we
could have our fortunes told like the
Scare Crow and Jack o. Lantern"
"Well, you may" said Mister Corn
Dodger kindly. "I'll ask Mrs. Gipsy
if she-There!" he said all at once
"The Man-in-the- Moon is having his
fortune told now. He's staying "a
good while, think. He said he was
just on his way to Norwich. but
stopped in at High Jinks Land to
| say how-do-you-do to his friends
Lets hear what Mrs. Gypsy is
telling him." said Jack.
So the Twins and Mister Corn
Dodger crowded up close.
"Well," said Mrs. Gypsy. looking
at the Man-in-the- Moons hand, 81
fsee many interesting things. Stars
and clouds and the moon. Are you
an astronomer
mo, ma'am am not" said the
Man-in-the-Moon, "but you might say
that l am a star-gazer."
81 also see that you like high lv.
ing" said Mrs. Gypsy.
the Moon. 81 like to live high"
js Ct h1v,
Gypsy, "that sometimes you get very
thin. Isn't that 500"
1T certainly is" said the Man-in.
theMoon. Sometimes am not
even a quarter full. Indeed, an
only full once a month"
"You sleep all day and stay up all
night" said Mrs. Gypsy. "You must
be a very gay person."
Not exactly" said the Man-in.
the Moon, winking one eye at the H
Didale Diddlc Cat, and the other eye
at the Little-Dog- -That-L Laughed. "I'n
not SO very gay, although do &c
around good bit"
"Let me see! You have some more
fortune" said Mrs. Gypsy. 81 see by
your hand that you are great
traveller and that you have as many
friends in China as anywhere. Also
you have thirteen birthdays year
you live near the Milky Way, keeE
the Dog Star in your back yard, anc
use the Great Dipper when you want
to dip drink out of the sea-"
"Yes'm," said the Man-in- the Moon
But can you tell me the way tt
Norwich? / have been hunting il
since last Friday week. I've beer
to the South and it isn't there.
should like very much to know how
to find it,"
I'll tell you," said Mrs. Gypsy
Just follow your npse."
."Why, certainly" said the Apri
Fool to the Three Fiddlers. "Wh,
didn't he think of that before? H,
must follow his nose, of course"
"All he has to do is to follow hi!
nose," said everyone to his neigh
Dor.
1t was quite few minutes befor,
the Man-in-the-Moon could max,
himself heard.
"But my nose is crooked" said he
III follow it, l shall 60 all wrong
"His poor nose is crooked" sait
all the High .Jinks Landers to eacl
other. "He can't follow it, so he'll
never find his way to Norwich"
very we'll, them" said the Man-in
the-Moon. "I'll have to 60 back t,
I where came from. But it was
fine fortune you told me, Mrs. Gypsy
Thank you. Goodbye, everybody"
"Good-bye!" they called.
And that was the last of him!
To Be Continued
Copyright, 1928, NEA Service, Inc.
| "A London exhibit has decks of card
dated from lila to 1765,
The Bismarck tribune., 1925-10-31

Secretary Mellon will 60 person
ally before the House Ways and
Means Committee, to argue his plan
of tax reduction. This is good as
far as it goes.
But would it not be infinitely bet
ter if the secretary, instead OF GO
ing before committee of Congress,
could go before Congress itself,
where all the rest of us could know
what he was doing, too?
Before the committee, he is a wit
ness, to give information and he
cross-examined. Before Congress. he
would be leader, to advocate his
plans and meet his opponents and
critics face to face.
If he could not meet the real OBJ
jections of his opponents, he would
stand discredited before the coun-
try. On the other hand. the dema-
gogc and specious part of their OBJ
jections could not long survive the
test of facts to which his presence
would subject them.
This is the only important coun.
try in the world in which the chief
fiscal official of the nation. with
definite piece of legislation to pre-
sent to the legislative body. would
| not have the opportunity to make
his presentation in the body Itself.
! publicly.
1t is "unpatriotic" to suggest
that government in America rs less
| than perfect. But not when the
critic has so we'll earned the right
to see faults, by constructive service
| in correcting them, as former Gov
ernor Frank o. Lowden of Illinois.
Said Governor Lowden, in an ad-
dress at the University Of Chicago
"TaXation's growing burden mas
been the only stimulus that has
awakened our people into the fearful
knowledge that democratic govern
ment, as America is practicing IT,
is a failure at the moment"
i If we needed stimulus 1t is
well that taxation has furnished II.
efficiency" is a good thing, but
most of US do not get interested III
it until inefficiency costs US some
thing.
1t was high taxes that made the
budget possible. But no budget can
produce economy enough by mere
cheese-paring.
| We have already doubtless as
much of that as is possible without
verging over the line from economy
=, to extravaganza. The real economy
isN the sort of constructive reorgaNi-
cation of the whole business OF gov
ernment of which Governor Lowden
gave the nation SO fine an example
in Illinois.
The first step toward that is to
realize that we are not perfect. Ana
doubtless the surest way to realize
that is to pay the bills.
The Bismarck tribune., 1925-10-31
SAYS DR.. CUMMING
BY DIR. HUGH s. CUNNING
Surgeon General, United States
pnhlic Health Service


Ordinarily it is reserved for in
fants to learn to walk. However.
there appears to be imminent need
for adults to learn as we'll, for the
increasing use of motor cars and
other forms of rapid transportation
has lessened the use Of legs until
! there appears to be some danger OF
! forgetting their function in the pro-
cess of locomotion.
| That walking is falling into d!suse
is greatly to be regretted, for 1t mas
! numerous valuable functions. among
which may be mentioned exercise,
diversion and assistance in health
mai nance.
With the advent of rapid indivl-
! dual transportation walking Tor
pleasure has fallen largely into the
| discard Even school children are
driven short distances to school when
the trip could be made advantage
ously by walking.
| The failure of walking to achieve
wider popularity is due in large part
! to lack of appreciation of the ad-
vantages accruing from this com
monest form of exercise. Walking
is primarily recreational in charac-
ter, for it offers changes Of scene
which are not too rapid for assiml-
lation and appreciation.
No matter what may be the par
ticular hobby Of tire walker, wheth-
er birds, trees, architecture, animals
or automobiles there is abundant op-
portunty for satisfying study OF
these subjects while taking lei
surely stroll or an invigoratine
walk.
Walking has the disadvantages OF
! being free and the misfortune of be-
| ing "A relatively mild exercise. of
fering little opportunity for competi
ton, while many other sports stress
strenuous activity and offer mum
erous chances for excelling.
Therefore, the value of walking i:
apt to be mnmized by the public
which is most appreciative of thing:
that may only be secured by effor
and expense.
Many Sports
Too Strenuous
In mentioning such admirable anc
health-giving exercise as may be al
forded by swimming. rowing. golf
ing, tennis. gymnastic exercise ant
the like. it must not be understood
that their use is deprecated. Quite
on the contrary. it is desired to rec
ommend these diversions most high
ly to those who can take advantage
Of them. In many instances. how
ever. the exercises mentioned are to,
strenuous to be INDUCED in by every
one or not readily available.
Walking. on the other hand, re
quirng only a willing spirit and :
pair Of legs. may be INDUCED III
without special preparation and will
the knowledge that the exercise vii
act beneficially.
Walking is particularly needed b!
so-called workers, for thi
| class, by reason of sedentary occu
patton and mental occupation. sci
dom secures the amount of exercise
essential to wellbeing.
The Bismarck tribune., 1925-10-31
Continue the Fight

John I. Scopes, defendant in the famous evolu-
ton trial at Dayton Tenn, begins work as a gradu-
ate student at the University of Chicago this fall.
appropriately enough, Scopes is studying geology,
the science which treats of the past history and the
origin of earth.
Graduate study has been made possible for
Scopes through specially raised scholarship fund
Frank Thone Of Washington, ID. c. reports that
so far one-thlrd of the fund has been raised goal