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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-08-28
ADVENTURE OF
THE TWINS
BY OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON

Tick Took gathered up his key and
oil-can and bellows and motioned for
the Twins to follow.
81 have to do a lot of clock mend
ing tonight all over the world" said
he. eve shall have to be moving.
The next place we must 60 is to the
house where an old grandfather
clock lives. He Is quite pet of the
family, but. like lot Of old people
is crochety and cantankerous and
nobody can do anything with him
but me. Come one, kiddies."
1t was very dark by this time ex-
cept for baby moon and the stars.
But with magic shoes it is no trouble
to find ones way anywhere.
So as Tick Took. the little clock
fairy. trotted ahead, the Twins fol-
lowed. Nancy carrying the big key
and Nick the oil-can which Tick Took
had trusted to their care.
They went on and on, and by and
by they came to big stone house
set in a grove of trees.
"Sh!" whispered Tick Took. 81
think they are having a party as
there is music, and so much light.
But the old clock is in back hall
so they won't know the difference.
Well go in by the study window. 1t,
too, will be empty tonight
Soon the three Of them were inside
the big house, tiptoeing softly
through room lined with book
shelves on all sides.
Tick Took opened a door into q
dimly-lit back hall and beckoned the
children to follow.
Hes asleep" he whispered point
ing to a dark corner where an old
grandfather clock stood on the floor
his hands dropping listlessly. Not a
sound was he making.
Suddenly he woke up and started
to tick furiously. "Who's there p
he said hoarsely. els that another
pesky mouse?"
"No, no, Grandaddy, it's only me-
said Tick Took quickly. eve have
come to fix you up"
"Oh!" said the old clock in a re.
lieved tone. II do need a tonic,
guess. I'm all run down. The peo-
pie here are kind but they don't un-
derstand me. Times are not like
they used to be and people have lost
the art of patience. l remember well
when was being made that the
man who made me took days and
days on one wheel alone. You don't
find patience like that any more"
"Tut. tut. Grandaddy,' said Tick
Took, climbing up and sitting on the
old clocks wooden bonnet. "You
mustn't get sour. It never does any
good. Besides, l am here. and l am
going to fix you up like new. A
little oil and good busting out with
my bellows, frightened screw here
and there, and your weights wound
up snugly on their spools. That's
all you nee6."
my. my!" sighed the old clock
II feel better already" And his old
face. with the moon painted on his
forehead, became bright with happi.
ness.
"That oil loosens up all my rheu.
matte joints. Tick-tock, tick.-tock!
/ certainly feel better!"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-08-28
Kicking
(Wichita Beacon)

Who said kicking doesn't get anywhereo
Consider the Of Judge Williams of Knoxville,
Tenn
According to press dispatches. he took youth
into his chambers, and administered three solid
kicks, posterori after the lads mother told him
that the judges small fine would not stop her boy
from drinking.
Perhaps that can hardly be made regular feature
of our judicial system. Some judges are not fitted
either temperamentally physically for such work
But 1t sounds like dandy scheme for some cases
In the divorce courts, for example
After all, there's nothing like making the punish
ment fit the crime.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-08-28
FRIDAY, AUGUST %, 1925

or sing we'll. no matter how hard
they work. But also. no one. how
ever talented, can write we'll without
hard work. Language easy to read
is necessarily hard to write. And
the knowledge, the thought. the feel
ing, the imagination, the observa-
ton and experience Of life, without
which there is nothing to write
about-these come only after ex-
ccedinsly hard work. Writing is a
talent, a trade. an art and life.
Only the intensest concentration Of
all these can produce anything
greatly worth while.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-08-28
Editorial Comment
A "HandsOme Tribute"
(NcW York TimcS)

(Ncw York Timcs)
All friends of wit and genius will be glad to know
that Mr. William Allen White, in spite of recent
long attacks on the food supply of the world by
land and sea. is himself again. Reestabishcd l.,
Empora, submitting again to discipline and die
he has had wonderful recovery. His 'vocabuary
laboratories, as Daniel Pratt. the Great American
Traveller. used to say. are producing their finest
goods. He bubbles with fun and mischief He falls
on the neck of Dave" Muvane, that earliest OF
renominatio lion birds. He smears him with caressng
and perfdious compliments He calls him rightly
a scholar and gentleman: too ironically "the
shortest talker west of Swampscott." He halls the
bird in Kansas speech, too marrowy to lose:
If Kansas has to have Republican Ma
tiona Committeeman whose high hopes bark
back to the first Grant Administration
"Dave is the boy for us The editor of The
Gazette once defeated "Dave' for the Re-
publican National Committee and held the
job just II minutes 3 seconds and SO; hav-
ing ChuCked it to hit the slwdust trail to
Armageddon with Theodore Roosevelt and
would 40 it again if the circumstances
the same. But that's neither here there
We nurse no grudge against d. w. NJ. In
the cornucopia which prodgal providence
pours upon famshed world, Dave Null
! vane is the bright particular Elberta peach
for which we pant the hart paneth
for the water brook And we hope Gal"
won't get jealous.
The hunks of gay irreverence in this canto of the
! Willamiad are welcome. They show that the re-
! turned travellers health and digestion haven't beer
! hurt by his wild Pacific pantophagy. And he en-
riches history with the forgotten fact that he is a
| veteran officeho Who would have believed thai
old Father William could stay hitched" for four
| teen minutes?
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-08-28
New York Campaign

1'ammany is getting its periodical raking the
Goals, in the Gotham mayoralty campaign. Frank D
Waterman Republican candidate excoriates the
Tammany methods of doing business In one OF
his opening addresses. he scored the system in
the following terms
"The city has bought coal in 100000 lots
without bid. 1t has bought gasoline in
$4,000 lots without a bid 1t has bought
lumber and other materials in $4,000 lots
without a bid. 1t has bought automobile
accessories in $780, 900 lots without bid
1t has paid more than 100000 for Imperial
lmousines and Imperial sedans--four for
Mr. Hylan himself and apiece for his
Tammany commissioners and Tammany
deputy commissioners-al without bid
1t has bought sugar in $4,000 lots without
bid. 1t has built six new ferryboats for
S1,490O0O without bid. This is part of
the list. a few Of the contracts taken out
of competition and bestowed on political
favortes by vote of the Tammany Board Of
Aldermen and the signature of Tammany's
Mayor"
Increases in taxes since Hylans regime were
summed up follows:
Taxes directly indirectly from
,.~. every pocket We pay for them in the homes
we rent in the food we eat, in the clothes
we wear. Mr. Hylan and his Tammany
associates since Jan. 1, 1913. have increased
the cost Of the city's government from $3S
year for every man, woman and child in
the city to sos
3 The mounting cost of city government is arous
ing taxpayers throughout the length and breadth
of the nation. Long tenure in office firmly en-
trenches political machine and patronage and
pelf considered paramount to honest. econon-
cal government The drive to rid New York OF
Tammany's grip will be watched with interest by
the friends of good government.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-08-28

It's Hard to Cover All Your Tracks
You can't get away with it! Loeb
and Leopold, superintendent and
unprecedented. planned the per
feet crime" and left behind the clues
for their own detection. Charles
Henry Schwartz. chemist, keen
business man and amateur student
Of crime, killed his man and burned
and disfigured the body, but left his
victims own name, in his own hand
writing, for his identification. There
are undecided crimes, but not the
smart" ones. The obscure common
burglar may have the luck to get
away unperceived. and some do. The
intelligent man, planning an elabor-
ate crime and carefully covering his
tracks. leaves his trail in the very
coverings.
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windows are closed. but the drinking
goes on unmoested
And this one scene of corruption is
all in one block and there are other
blocks in New York like it, The
participants in the nightly orgies are
more than 90 per cent aliens who
cannot speak or write our language.
They probably couldn't tell you what
the word graft means, but they know
IT for what it is worth. And they
think they are doing things in good
American way.
JAMES ". DEAN
Half dollars, coined in 1886 anc
with the lcttered- edge, are worth
about 60 cents each.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-08-28
Under False COlOrs

Bob La Toilette, Jr, is running. upon Republi-
ballot but he is lambasting Coolidge and the
Republican party. There few systems of party
government under the where such condition
would be tolerated Under the primary freefor-all,
socialist can enter Republican primary and win
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-08-28
HARD TO BE FOOTLOOsE

$50 you are going to Brazil next
week. 1t must be very hard for
you to leave the dear homeland and
all the tender associations it has for
you?"
ooh, that doesn't trouble me-but
I'm awfully sorry l have to break
off the serial now running in our
daily paper!"-Fliegende Blaetter,
Munich.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-08-28
THOSE FLOATING CI,OI1ns

Teacher: Have you been smok-
ing in here!
Coed: Emo Miss Pinch.
"Well, then. what makes the room
look so hazy?"
"Why-er-I opened a window and
a. cloud blew in."-Rutgers Chanti-
cleer.
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4 THOUGHT

He that lcveth pleasure shall be a
poor man.-Prov. 21:17.
There is no such thing as pure IN
allowed pleasure: some bitter ever
mingles with the sweet.-Ovid.
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s. O. s.

s. o. s.
Sober Brother: I've come to bail
you out.
Intoxicated Brother Gin jaiD: You
don't-hic-need to bail me-hic-
out. I'm not full.-Lehigh Burr.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-08-28
ANOTHER Coincidence

Professor: Give me good ex-
ample Of coincidence.
Student: My father and mother
were married on the same day
Herald and Presbyter.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-08-28
OUR START IN LIFE

OON MIAMI IN LIT =
Astute Prof: Students of today
have too much money. Now, when
! was young l started out as bare
foot boy.
Sophisticated Frosh: wasn't
born with shoes on either.-De Paw
Yellow Crab.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-08-28

It would take the potential power
OF 80 Muscle Shoals to equal the po-
tential power of one Niagara Falls.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-08-28

Writing Is Real Hard Labor
"Wrting is just hard work." mod
estly says Cora Harris. who writes
very we'll indeed. OF course it is
more than that. Most people can not
write we'll. just as they can not draw
Evening star., 1925-02-18
DEWITT PREPS DIVIDE
TWO GAMES ON TRIP

Dewitt Prep court performers have
broken even on the two of the three
contests listed for their Southern
trip. Leading the Shenandoah Mill
tary Academy Quint all the way, the
Washington boys scored an easy az
to-17 victory. Collins and Ribnitzki
scored heavily.
At Lexington the Washington and
Lee frosh Quint proved too much for
the locals and took the Dewitt five
to camp, 80 to 49,
University of Virginia yearlings
will be met at Charlottesville today.
University Of Maryland freshmen
came back strong after taking defeat
from Western, and trounced the
Eastern High Quint, 27 to IL, on the
College Park court.
Hyattsyille High tossers registered
against Charlotte Hall with 33to-17
score. Hyattsville held the advan-
tage during most of the contest.
Breaking mn 11-tO-11 deadlock at
the end of the half, Swavely Prep
tossers downed the Business High
five, 81 to %, at Manassas.
Evening star., 1925-02-18
V ucpn Meet Here ent BuckmeN t Visits 7vo Games
AMERICAN ATHLETES
TO TRY NURMI STUNT

NEW YORK, February 1g.-Ameri-
can athletes and adopted sons will
test the training methods Of Paavo
Nurmi tonight.
The knights of St Anthony games
In Brooklyn and the Prudential In
surance meet in Newark are sched-
uled for the same night. However
Nurmis accomplishment have stirred
the track stars of this side Of the
Atlantic to new endeavors and a brill
liant group will manage to compete
In both engagements.
Willie Ritola will attempt to break
the 2-mile mark, a seemingly i'm
possible task, at the Brooklyn races
Nurmi raced the distance Saturday
night In minutes 5S1-5 seconds
faster than any other human ever
had travelled. He will appear in New
ark earlier in a 3mile test.
Joie Ray. George Marsters, Lee
Larrivee, Tom Clausen, Jimmy Con.
molly and Johnny Barnes will run the
st Anthony 1,000," for which dis.
jointly with Hal Cutbill, the Flying
Parson.' Jimmy Connolly, former
Georgetown star. has run a 2:16 this
year
Another feature Of the BROOKLYN
contests Is the Suburban quarter, won
in the past by Ted Meredith, Tom
Halpin. Dave Caldwell, Walter Kop-
pisch and Jake Driscoll. In this
event the starters will be Vincent
Lally, Waiter MuIyihill, Jack Seller.
and Anthony Woostroff.
Willie Plant, American watkins
champion, who has defeated the
Olympic 10,000-meter winner, UEo
Frigerio, on three occasions, will seek
to eliminate George Gouldings 2-mile
record of 13 minutes 38 3-5 seconds.
Evening star., 1925-02-18

There will be relay races galore in
addition to numerous special events,
in which such men as Nurmi, Hahn,
Connolly, Ray. Osborne, LIE Gendre
and Watson will compete.
Local high schools will steal the
spotlight from the better known stars
in the earlier part of the meet, when
they clash In two relay races, one at
a mile and the other at half mile.
The usual prep school mile relay race
again will be on the program, the
contest this year being among Epis-
copal High, Fork Union and xBalti-
more Poly. The annual freshman race
between Georgetown, Navy and Vir-
ginia and a prep school clash between
Georgetown Prep and Gonzaga are to
be held.
The team of the University of Mary
land will have an opportunity to show
IT'S ~ettle against the Johns Hopkins
quartet, while Princeton and Navy
viii hook up IL a mile battle as viii
Virginia and Pennsylvania. The
Washington Canoe Club will hSjd it's
annual relay race with the 5th Regi-
ment.
Evening star., 1925-02-18
ALEXANDRIA CUNTS
HAVING A BUSY WEEK

ALEXANDRIA,, Va, February IS
Washington A. A. will meet the
strong K. E. Knight & Sons Store
five here tonight at $3.50 with pre-
liminary between the George Mason
High School and Columbia A. c. girls
team starting at 1880.
Columbia A. c. of Alexandria, Va,
will take on three strong opponents
this week, meeting Eastern High
School lightweight five Friday after
noon in the Eastern gym: Episcopal
lightweights, Saturday afternoon, at
Episcopal, and the Cardinal A. C. of
this city, Saturday night, in the Ar
mory.
At meeting of the Columbia A. G.
held last night Jimmy Bradley was
elected captain of the clubs base ball
team for the coming season. Ralph
Scrivener was elected manager, and
Kermit Smith president Of the club.
Old Dominion Boat Club cagers will
meet the strong Fort Humphreys En-
gineers Saturday night in the Armory
Hall. In preliminary the Columbia
A. c. will play the Washington Cardi-
nails.
St. Mary cagers of Alexandria, Va,
annexed two games last night in the
Lyceum Hall. The junior combination
defeated the newly organized Ma
tional Athletic club of Alexandria,
1910, while the Reserves downed the
Wilton Clubmen of Washington,
37-15.
Technical High school, upsetters in
the District interscholastic series, are
slated for an appearance in Alexan-
dria this afternoon as opponents of
the Episcopal cagers. The Alexan-
drians will meet Baltimore City Col
lege, Saturday afternoon.
Alexandria High School is dickerin
with the management of the Swavely
Preparatory School of Manassas, Va,
for game for Friday night in
Manassas.
Evening star., 1925-02-18
GUNSTON HALL SIX
DEFEATS EASTMAN

Eastman Schools sextet lost to a
heavier and more experienced team
when it went down before the attack
of the Gunston Hall six, % to IA, on
the Epiphany court
Taking a substantial lead in the
first quarter, the Gunston team was
forced to- the limit to maintain Its
margin.
Miss Sinclair accounted for most
Of the points registered by the van
quished, while Miss Wilbut scored
heavily for the winners.
With Annabe1le TOtten back in the
lineup the Princess sextet was never
extended to win over the Business
Night High School girls, by 41-to-13
count. Miss Totten accounted for 25
counters, Miss Douglas running Sec
ond, with 16.
OntplayiDE their opponents in every
department, the Langley faculty CO.
eds downed the Hine basketers, 33
to 10.
Evening star., 1925-02-18
20 CUNTS WILL CONTEST
FOR l25.POUND HONORS

7 AST-MINUTE entries have bro
nation tournament for decidir
- District up to 26. The list
Corinthian Athletic Club, National
Army Boys" Club. Boys Club. Kama
Anacostia Eagle Reserves, Renroc .
berts, Southends, Epiphany Juniors,
rick's, Royce, Kendall School. Mount
ulates, Warwick Props, Montour an
Taking the place of the Freer
Props, the Southends will clash with
the Boys Club five tonight at 1880
o'clock on the Congress Heights
court. Mount Vernons and 1mmacu-
late Juniors have been scheduled for
the same floor on Friday night.
Final arrangements for the Alloy
sius senior and junior championship
tournaments will be worked out to-
morrow night at meeting of team
managers set for s o'clock at the
Aloysius Club, Al 1 street. Clubs not
yet entered have until the close OF
tomorrows meeting to get into the
running. Typewriter eligibility list
with the weights of players will be
required of each organization.
AioyHfuS Coui
appear in a Bill Mcbride benefit to-
morrow night at the Gonzaga gym
nasium Argyles and Youngbloods
will try conclusions in the prelimi-
nary.
Four teams of the Christian En-
deavor Basket Ball League will
clash in the Calvary Methodist gym
nasium tonight, starting at o'clock.
United Brethren and First Presby-
terian fives have the floor for the
opener, while Eastern Presbyterian
tossers and the Calvary Baptist quint
will furnish the nightcap.
Washington Athletic Association
basketers, defeated, 81 to %, by the
Aloysius Club. journey to Alexandria
tonight for meeting with the r. 4.
Knight Store quint on the armory
court Columbia "Buddies" and the
George Mason High five will tangle
in the preliminary attraction.
Epiphany Big Five tossers added to
their wins by downing the Boys Club
Coaches. 28 to 20, on the Epiphany
floor. The Epiphany-Pu game,
scheduled for tomorrow night, has
been called off.
Calvary NJ. E. five scored a trio of
victories on their home court. The
Midgets defeated the Wingfoot Club,
Is to Is; the Reserves handed the
Liberty Athletic Club five a 38-to-29
setback and the regulars ran up a
56-to-6 score on the Columbia Heights
Evening star., 1925-02-18
THREE COURT GAMES
ON CARD,AT ARMORY

A triple basket ball bill is listed
for the National Guard Armory to-
morrow night. Company c and the
Naval Recruiting Station will furnish
an Army Navy battle as the head
line attraction, while the Princess
seXtet and the Liberty Athletic Club
five will figure in the two other con-
tests with teams not yet announced
The Company c quint is challeng-
ing the Stantons. Pullman. Quincy
Washingtons and Company F teams
Capt. Jorgensen, manager of the
soldier five, who may be reached at
$3.50 am. and $50 pm, wishes to
the 206th Coast Artillery court ag-
gregation.
to bring the Washington Barracks
five anywhere near their opponents,
the game going to the Navy Yard
Marines by a count of % to %.
Speeding up In the final periods, the
Argyles overcame siZable lead
piled up by the Walter Reed soldier
quint and won by a 23-to-19 score.
Brooks and Dennis scored heavily
for the winners.
The winning streak of the Elliot
Juniors was broken by the Dominican
Lyceum quint. the long end of S.
to-33 score going to the Southea st
basketers.
Jack Hans. well known omcial, is
expected to serve as one Of the ref
erees at the Washington and Lee
high and prep school. tournament at
Lexington. on March 5, 6 and Z.
Paramounts took n 27-to-16 setback
from the Rosedale Juniors, Streeks
leading the scoring with six baskets
from scrimmage.
Petworth Boys Club to~sers wish
to cancel their game with the. Ell
liots, scheduled for Friday. ..
Evening star., 1925-02-18
DElTAS HOLD SWAY
in U. M. FRAT LOOP

COLLEGE PARK. Md, February 18
~Delta Sigma Phi took the lead in
the national loop in the University of
Maryland Interfraternity League when
it downed SIGMA Phi Sigma in keen
ly fought 12-to-10 battle in Ritchie
gymnasium last night.
A goal from scrimmage by Zalesak
brought victory.
Delta Sigma has now won four and
lost one game, and Sigma Phi Sigma
runner-up, has four victories against
two defeats.
Sigma Nu with three wins and two
losses Is third. ...
Kappa Alpha and Phi Sigma Kappa
are fourth and fifth, respectively, and
are probably out of the running.
In the local loop Delta Mu clipched
the championship by defeating Delta
Psi Omega, Is to 13, in an interesting
tilt. 1t was Delta Mus fifth win in
as many starts.
u. s. Phi u2) Position. Sig. Phi Sig. nlo,
Hopwood 49,. Left forward. PEBBLES
snyder. Right forward ;Juska
Collins. Center ;..-......- MaSaen Sas,n
stIasst straka Rfqft frf seaai raatd. Green
Score by halves:
Sigma Phi Sigma ........:,.. G-Io
Observation-Disclosures for Hopwood, Chap.
goals-Hopwood, >Straka;. Zalesak, PEBBLES.
Jusks (2): Foul gosls-Hopwood, IN 2; E1yi
leska, / in 9; PEBBLES. In 4; Juska, In /;
Green, in 1; LIE Seur. / in 2. Refere-Son,
nenberg. Time of. halves-2O minutes.
Delta Mn nsl. Position. Delta Fai O.. OBJ
Mills Left forward. ...... .McClunA
Cole Right forward. Moore
MelchOr. ....x. Center ...s Ia ne
McC'une Left guard ...... NihiseI
Terhune Right guard. Pettus
Score by halves:
Delta Mu IA 2-1a
Delta Psi Omega -. .....:... I'D
Substitutions-Staley for McCune, Bergee
for McClung Jenkins for Fettus, Hnney Tor
jenkins. Field goals-Cole, Melchoif ts). Ter
hume, Moore co.. Nihiser t3l. Foul goals
McCune, in / Staley, o in 2; Terhune, In
/; Moore, . in S: Lang. 0 in !; Nihiser; 9
in 8: Jenkins. 1 in 3; Pinney. In l. hef-
eree-Mr Walker. Time Of halves-2O min
Evening star., 1925-02-18

ught the total of teams in the elimi-
: the l25-pound championship OF the
now includes the fremont Juniors,
Athletic Club, Rainbows, Cardipals,
VIA Juniors, Live Wires, Re Shields,
.thletic Club, Stanton Juniors. Cuth-
Eastern Props. Comforters, St. Pat
Vernon Athletic Association, Inmac-
Columbia Silents.
Christian team that was filling in for
the Anacostia Eagles, who failed to
appear. The Calvary senior quint
claims that title contenders are dodg-
ing it, Washington Athletic Association
basketers having Cancelled twice and
Anacostia Eagles failing to play last
night
Eastern Athletic Associations five
tackles the Hyattsville guard quint
tomorrow on the soldiers moor. while
the Delta Mu Fraternity team from
the University Of Maryland takes on
the Army "shock troops
Sixth Floor quint Of the Post ONCE
League took one from the Supply
team by a 3S-to-25 count.