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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-07-08
ADVENTURE OF
THE TWINS
BY OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON

At last the Twins reached the house
of the Sour-Old- Woman.
"Here is the balloon" cried Nick.
1--WE got safely over the seven noun
tains. Twelve Toes did all he could
The Sour-Old. Woman was so glad
to get the balloon that for about two
minutes she forgot to look sour. In
deed, she looked SO kindly at the chill
dren that they forgot all about her
sourness. Which shows that no mat
ter how homely q person is, it doesn't
matter one bit, if he only looks kind
and happy.
"Now III find my fortune" said
she happily. "And in return I shall
give you the key to the secret cup
board in Pixie Cave"
"How do you get to Pixie Cave ?"
asked Nancy.
"For goodness sake!" cried the
Sour Old W oman. "Don you know {?
Here you are. hunting for the Fairy
Queens lost beehive, and you
haven't any more idea of how to go
about it than the Babes-i the. w Gods.
The key to the cupboard won't do you
any good if you can't find the cup
board. Come here!"
The children followed the Sour
Old Woman to the top of the water
fall and she pointed toward the
north. "Pixie Cave is two miles
away in that direction" said she.
"But before you get there, you
will have three things to pass.
First, there is. the pebble wall. In
order to get oversit you will have to
get permission from the Bean Shoot
er Man. who sells these tiny pebbles
for bean-shooters.
Second, there is the Mire- Of Mud,
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which the movement greatly needed.
He was college professor, who
believed that the economic situation
of the farmers of his state justified
the government going into business
enterprises to help them.
In this sense, he was a radical.
But he would not have been capa-
BILE Of the rash financial pyramiding
Of Townlcyism, which finally brought
its own institutions topping on its
head.
He had the confidence of his peo-
pie and the respect of his colleagues
and the nation.
When he committed the nolitician's
only objectionable sin, by boiling
the ticket, of course he had to be
excommunicated; but his course in
the senate itself had aroused no
P'11;;onal hostility.
-, a,,e,,, Contributed to the insurgent
NOV m =. EFot the brilliant magnet.
soundness which IL put It.. a asa SANITY S.s ana
His successor is likely T.. "e eithar
less representative or less -nmnd
than he was.
Either way, his loss will be felt, by
the nation as we'll as by the agrarian
movement,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-07-08
UNWRECkING THE HESPERCS
New York WORLDLY

NANO" A'l n VVOA tuJ
1T was the schooner Hesperus.
wrote Longfellow in the bleak
December of 1899 ut was not the
schooner Hesperus." says. in eff
feet, an unsigned statement sent
out from Boston as news dis
patch. And the message from
Boston goes on to quote old files Of
the Morning Post. to prove its
point.
Accord ng to these files, the Hes,
perus lay in safety in Boston har-
Dor all through the great blow of
Dec. Is, suffering only the loss OF
her bowsprit Some boat from
Castine it was. We are told, OF
which the MINDLESS -bitts bore the
burden Of dead body, and ':the
body, instead of being that of a
captains daughter, was that Of a
married woman of SIS, one Mrs.
Sally Hilton.
Ferrero, the historian, under
took to rob the world OF Mark An
tonys Grafton: one Walter Benja'
min sought few years ago to de-
,prive us of the midnight ri,!e OF
Paul Revere: other iconolcasts
have urged us to give uo Frank,
Inns kite and throw Washington's
Ratchet into the discard. Are We
left in the mood to accept in the
matter of the Hesperns the details
OF a deliver among musty files In
Boston as against the rhymes
which have come down through
ninety years of schoolIboy repeti-
ton?
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-07-08
PRAISES APPOINTMENT
VALLEY CITY Times Record)

VALLEY City Times Record)
Gov. Sorlie has reappointed Hon
J. NJ. Devine commissioner of
agriculture Of North Dakota. The
governor has shown very excel
lent judgment in this appointment
and has also shown that efficiency
instead Of partisanship has gov
erneu' him in this matter. Mr.. De-,
vine is the best man in the state
for the job and has made good the
past two years. For many years
he has lived in thl. state, a regu-
lar pioneer citizen. lie has been
superintendent of public instruc-
ton, lieutenant governor and gov
ernor, and has been identified with
the growth of North Dakota second
to no other person living in the
state - he knows the people and
their needs and he IS an able
speaker who can present the adj
vantages Of this state to any audi
ence or bunch of people who might
want to listen to him. A man Of
keen foresight am perception, he
knows just what this state has to
offer to the homeseeker and what
any settler coming to this state
can acquire IL he pursues ordinary
Intelligence and common horse
sense. North Dakota offers un
rivaled opportunities to the pros
pective settler and no place in the
union is there better chance to
succeed than in this state. Mr..
Devine is the right man for the
job and the governor has shown
good wisdom in this selection.
Congratulations to the governor.
Mr.. Devine and the state OF North
Dakota.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-07-08
FIRE COST s1,O44 A MINUTE

Americas bill for fire waste last year. 1924 was $1O44
minute annual loss of 0O00 exceeding all prev
Gus high records These the figures of the Actuarial
Bureau of the National Board of Underwriters quoted
in bulletin issued by the Insurance Department of the
Chamber of Commerce of the United States and the National
Fire Waste Council.
The total amount of property destroyed during the year
was equivalent to than half the annual
national debt.
Much Of this enormous loss is preventabe waste al
though the fire losses of the United States continue to
mount the bulletin lit is not necessarily indication
that they cannot be reduced The experience of the 1924
Fire Waste Contest shows that losses the
reporting cities reduced to the of $4OOOOOO
with the activities undertaken by local fire prevention
mtees The capita loss these communities 49,
as compared with the national of approximate
ly $500.
what has been done in cities might we'll be dupl-
Gated in others through energetic fire prevention programs
carried out under the auspices of local chambers
and similar organizations Although fire is national
problem, it only be solved through the combined
deavor of all communities"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-07-08
ON HEALTH-
IF YOU'RE SICK TRY FASTING

Man is the only animal that per-
sist in eating when sick.
Sometimes, of course, a dog or a
cat or some other animal pet long in
the domestication of man, will par
take of food when sick.
But the animal in its wild state
when sick or indisposed is driven by
instinct into fasting. Nature in
tended it this way. 1t is natures
method of fighting Sickness.
Man, however, has had it dinned
into his ears for ages that disease at.
tacks the body from without. pretty
much on the order of a cyclone at
lacking a ship.
And he logically concludes that the
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-07-08
E( @E&$M

A summer resort is a place where
mosquitoes start in just where the
flies leave off.
A man can't talk with his mouth
full of hairpins. but a woman can't
talk with q pipe in her mouth.
BY the time you find the needle in
the haystack it is rusty and useless.
Many a man keeps his nose to the
grindstone so his wife can turn hers
up at the neighbors.
He who plays the horses may find
he is the victim of horse play.
Lots of lips just made to kiss are
made over again just after.
A dictionary is what you use when
you can't think of what to use in
place of word you can't spell.
You can always spot a man who
drinks coffee out of a saucer because
he spots himself.
An honest man frequently finds oc-
casion to call himself liar.
Many a father can't be stylish be-
cause his grown son doesn't wear
out his clothes quick enough.
When man goes to the dogs
many of his friends bark at him.
The young people of today are lazy
chiefly because they are the young
people of last night.
The man who says honesty is the
best policy never tried telling an
ugly girl how she looked.
These are stirring times and YOU
must keep stirring if you expect to
have any time at all.
Fashion demands slim people. Fat
ones can reduce by talking to those
who make them sick.
Among the books with unhappy
endings are check books.
"nSH JVu VOL SWdC lily chase
the little fellow until he laughs him.
self to death.
Many girl is single today because
she couldn't stay awake while a man
talked about himself.
Some girls wanting to marry should
never 60 swimming while Others
should 60 every day.
Many people who went to school
can't prove it.
Electric lights last longer if kept
in the dark.
Copyright, 1925, NEA Service, Inc y
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thing for him to do is to fortify his
body with plenty Of food.
His conclusions are wrong. Much
Of the lingering illnesses of the hu-
man race would be driven out If the
persons affected would refrain from
eating.
The most common of all diseases,
the cold, can be cured by three days
fasting. Feeding a cold will prolong
it. Drinking milk, the richest Of
foods, should never be done by
person suffering from a cold.
Water and fresh air is the remedy
nature designed for sickness, and
this remedy will prove effective
many. many times when a man.made
remedy will fail.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-07-08

the big hotels have immense fur
naces in q hole below the sub-base-
ment. These furnaces are incinera-
tors for the disposal of garbage and
rubbish. Before a roaring blaze q
man stands all day stoking stun
through the door, coffee grounds,
potato Feelings. orange and banana
skins and dirty papers. believe
his job is the worst hot weather oc-
cupation to be found any place, in
cluding that Of the hairy apes in the
holds Of the ocean liners.
know Of one man who works as
fireman. His wife acts as superin-
tendent of an apartment building.
They have free tent in a basement
apartment. About the only time this
man is above the level of the ground
is during a short walk to and from
the subway.
believe more business is trans
acted underground in New York than
the total business transacted in 9th
er cities Of the country with q few
exceptions.
Do you know who wrote "Sweet
Adeline," the most warbled and
garbled song Of two generations?
One OF those old-timers who mas
long since passed on to the invisible
choir, you probably think. Well,
the fellow who wrote the ballad that
is to quartets what the ABC's are to
kindergartens is Dick Gerard. He
is still rather young man although
he composed the lyric Of "Sweet
Adeline" 20 years ago. And he is
still rather prominent figure in
and about Tin Pan Alley.
Taxicabs are the one big problem
in the traffic situation here, but
believe one big truck causes more
trouble than dozen taxis. They
are like big DULLES, hogging the
street and ignoring the driving
rights of other machines. secure in
the knowledge that in . collision the
other fellow will get the worst of it
unless he is driving q bigger truck.
Taxicabs are rarely in accidents de.
spite the thousands and thousands Of
them here and the daring driving of
their chau6eurs. Yet hardly day
passes but what big truck figures
in a smash-up.
JAMES w. DEAN.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-07-08
THE BILLBOARD BAN

Inauguration of campaign to bilboards and
outdoor advertising signs from state highways announced
in order recently by Governor Sorlie, indicates
realization the part Of the state of the in
comparable scenic of North Dakota. With it's
wealth of rolling, vistaed prairies not long ago land of
painted North Dakota will be preserved from the
entertainments of the less admirable side of civilization
the of advertising Of recent the national
seriousness has been aroused at the extent to which the bill
board has mutlted the most treasured portions
of the nations The billboard has invaded patriotic
shrnes and historic places to which cling sentimental
cries deeply interviewer in the national life
North Dakota prairies, the background of of the
most stirring chapters in the winning of the northwest will
be rescued from the blight of dolar-grbbing maerasm
No part of their original charm will be cheapened by net
work of advertising signs which would substantially derac
from the magic of the countrya country avhy endowed
with smiling scenery unequaed in it's anywhere in
North America Governor Soie and the state Legislature
have shown foresight in heading off the billboard nuisance
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-07-08
CHECKING AUTOMOBILE THEFTS

The oyrider and the automobile thief have both come
to grief through the enactment of laws for the cercaton
of automobile titles Twenty-Five states have enacted such
statutes of them this and States
sidering legislation of this character
Estimates Of automobile thefts vary, running from
$1O0,OO0O0O to $15000000O annually in the aggregate
Cercaton laws have had the effect of checking them
cepby by making difficult for the thief to dispose them
not being able to give title Insurance companies have
agreed to reduce their rates against theft per in the
States where statutes enacted.
The curb intended for thieves has also placed check
upon the joyrder the latter often takes one ees
when indulging in this diversion.
1t is generally admitted that the maximum benefit will
not be obtained from certcaon until it adopted
in all the States. When this to pass the thief will
not be able to dispose of the stolen without forging
certificate of title.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-07-08
VACATIONS

A vacation is primarily intended to provide rest
Of course, this doesn't imply that woman on a
vacation should sit idly with folded hands for two weeks and
then go back to work.
Sometimes rather strenuous activity such trampng
the mountains canoeing gong the like is actually
rest for used to the daily routine of business.
But in the main it is good idea, in planning vacation
to remember that at the end Of must back to work
for another year. Your vacation ought leave you with
energy and vim enough to face that grind cheerfuly
If you're tired at the end of it, it has been than
useless.
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Editorial Review.

Comments reproduceh In this
are presented here IN order that
our readers may have both sides
OF important issues which are
being discussed in tho press Of
tho day.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-07-08
CHECKS

The American Bankers Association, through it's press
bureau suggests that is not good policy carry around
a check for an indefinite time before cashing it.
The advice is sound
First of ALL it's easy to mislay check. If you carry it
around Endorsed and then lose it, the finder will find it
negotiable specie.
If it gets worn drted in your wallet the signature
may become almost iegibe and your bank may refuse
cash it.
Further, it serious inconvenience to the bank
at is made but not cashed for time brings end
Of annoyance.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-07-08
KELLOGG'S RESULTS ARE
GOOD, ANYHOW

Perhaps it was only coincidence,
but Secretary Kellogg's tart state
ment and President Gales saucy re-
ply were promptly followed by ex-
actly the steps which Gales said it
was none of our business whether he
took or not.
The Mexican budget is balanced;
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A THOUGHT

I an purposed that ny mouth shall
not transgresA-Psslm l7:3.
Few men suspect how much mere
talk fritters away spiritual energy
that which should bee spent in &C.
ton. spends itself in xofds.-F. W.
Robertson. ~ 81
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-07-08

The United States exports more
mashihery TO Canada than any other
country.
The Washington times., 1925-07-28
UNCONSCIOUS GIRL IS
FOUND ON PENN. PIKE

ATLANTIC CITY, July rs
State troops are conducting an in
vestigation into conditions surround
ing the finding of Margaret Dolan
nineteen, of 1855 North Fifty
seventh street, Philadelphia, beside
the roadway Of the Black Horse
pike. four miles outside OF Pleas
antville. early in the morning. Inc
girls clothing was torn ana she
was badly bruised, apparently the
victim of an attack. Her condition
has been such that physicians nave
been unable to get a statement
Troopers believed the girl was the
victim Of an attack because or the
from her, and will not permit the
police to question, fearing tatal
results, should she become hysterl-
cal.
Norman Findley and Frank ca
hill, Of Mays Landing, were on thef
way home from this city, during a
heavy thunderstorm about O'CLOCK
when their spotlight illuminated
dark form just off the main ROAD
1t was Miss Dolan, UNCONSCIOUS
drenched and bleeding.
They hurried her to the state
troopers headquarters at Pleasant
Vile and then to the hospital mere
condition of her clothing. She has
remained in a dazed condition from
her injuries and exposure.
The Washington times., 1925-07-28

hawks had joined the patrolnan
They, too, heard the cries coming
from the rear Of the store, where
the smoke was thickeSt. Assured
that there was life at stake, the
patrolman hesitated no longer, but
plunged into the smoke.
In the rear of the store he.
fumbled his way through curtains
that lead to a little kitchenette.
where Abraham Blustein was &C.
customed to prepare his MONDAY
meal. Led by the persistent
"meows," Foley, choking and half
stifled by the smoke, succeeded IN
locating two kittens.
There seemed to be no way out
Of the place, so BILL" head Keeling,
with a. kitten under each arm, dove
head-first through a window leading
to the street. He landed in a
mortar bin filled with lime.
A fire company had just reached
the scene when an apparition, white
from the waist up, bearing two
meowing kittens, staggered from
an alley coming from the rear
Of Blusthin's store. Everyone
laughed. 1T was the cats meow,
as a joke, they said. But not 50
for bill"
Taken to the West Philadelphia
Homeopathic Hospital, physicians
spent several hours washing the
lime out Of Patrolman Foleys eyes
The Washington times., 1925-07-28
COP SAVES TWO
KITTENS IN
FIRE
RIuecoat Lands In Bed OF
Mortar and Almost Loses
Eyesight

PHILADELPHIA, July 27.--Slap'
stick comedy followed by a mar
rowly averted tragedy to Patrol
man William Foley, Of the Sixty
first and Thompson streets sta
ton, featured the rescue Of two
meowing kittens in fire that
quilted the two-story dry goods
store of Abraham Blustein.
1t was Bill Foley who first
scented smoke coming from Blu
STEMS store as he paced his beat
at 8 a. m. Turning in an alarm
Foley returned and projected to
break into the store. AS the door
gave beneath his weight, heavy
cloud OF smoke drove him hack.
There seemed to be nothing for
bill" to do but wait until the
arrival of the fire department, when
suddenly above the crackle of burn
ing woodwork he heard a faint
meow"
Meow! Meow! Meow came the
sound. A small group of night
The Washington times., 1925-07-28
BUILDINGS
TOW|THSTAND
QUAKES
Government Will Aid Carnegie
Institution in Gathering
Data on Tremors
BY ROBERT S. THORNBURGH

Co-operat ting with the Carnegie
Institution, the United States Gov
eminent has launched a study OF
the construction Of earthquake
proof buildings.
The Governments part in the in
quiry will consist chiefly of fur
nishing information to the Carnegie
Institution relative to the earth.
quake zones, the prevalence of ire
mors and the probable times of
disturbances.
1T has been established beyond
argument that special methods of
construction greatly reduce the loss
of life and property during earth
quakes," Colonel f. L. Jones, of
the Coast and Geodetic Survey,
said.
Jones explained the necessity for
general earthquake investigation
by saying that it is just as impor-
tant to know of the probable time
and place of future earthquakes as
to post storm warnings.
But let us apply this argument
to the hurricane or the typhoon,
which are often as destructive as
great earthquakes. No one will
deny that it is of great value to
know the nature of these great
storms and when they are coming,
as ships can get away from them,
and certain precautions can be
taken on land.
For similar reasons it Is impor-
tant to know where and, approx
mately, when earthquakes are like
ly to occur.
I'm many reports Of earthquakes
we read the statement that the
quake would not have done much
damage if the building had not
been Of such Indifferent construc-
| ton; and again if, in the construc-
ton of the building, the character
of the geological formation had
| been taken into account, the dam
age would not have proved
| serious"
! The coast survey probe will be
completed by the scattering of a
large number of seismographs
| throughout the United States in
the areas most likely to be dis.
turbed by earthquakes. Following
the compiling of statistics the
earthquakes zones will be desig-
mated.
With this information at hand
! architects acting under the jurls-
diction of the Carnegie Institution
will fix standards for earthquake
buildings, which will be recon-
mended semi officially to the va
rious cities OF the earthquake zones.
The Washington times., 1925-07-28
CROP FAILS BECAUSE OF
LACK OF PICKING FORCE

POTTSVILLE. la. July 28.-The
biggest huckleberry crop in this
region ever known is failure.
dealers stated. because of the lack
of pickers.
Many big orders from Philadel-
phia and New York were refused
because it is impossible to get any
body to go on the mountains and
pick the berries for rs cents a
quart.
Mrs. Elmer Roberts, of Consho-
hoocken, Pa. was badly injured
when the steering knuckle Of an
automobile in which she and Mr..
Roberts were coming to Wildwood,
broke and the car hit telegraph
pole. Mrs. Roberts face and fore
head were badly cut by glass from
the windshield. Roberts, who was
driving received minor injuries.
The Washington times., 1925-07-28
"OF RETURN. AFTER
EUROPEAN SOJOURN

The Interstate Commerce Com
missioner and Mrs. c. G. McCnord
have with them in their apartment
at the Willard their daughter, Mrs.
George Leroy Boyle, who recently
returned from Paris, where she has
been for several months.
X \
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Miller, OF
New York, who are staying at Hot
Springs, Va, entertained at dinner
there last evening for their daugh-
ter, Miss Frances Miller, and her
cousin. Miss Francesca Mckenney.
daughter of Colonel and Mrs.
Charles McKenney, of Washington.
y
until August Is when she will re-
turn to her home in Atlanta.
Miss Sarah Spencer arrived today
from New York to visit Mrs. Thorn.
X y
Mr.. and Mrs. Roger Lambelin, Of
Paris, France, are at the Willal d
for a short stay. They arrived yes
terday.
The Washington times., 1925-07-28
SOCIETY BURGLAR TO BE
TRIED IN ATLANTA, GA

ATLANTA, Ga, July 28.-Gera!d
Smith, Howard College Graduate,
who has become known in Atlanta
as the society index burglar, faces
trial today, and indications are that
he will receive a long sentence.
Smith, who once studied for the
ministry, denies that he is guilty of
burglary, but has made a written
statement to the effect that the
evidence against him is so strong
that he VIII plead guilty to four
cases.
Smith was arrested here a few
days ago trying to pawn a $500
brooch for 500. A subsequent
search Of his room disclosed a rifle.
four automatic pistols and other
weapons, and suit case damned
with jeWelry. About $4,000 worth
of stolen goods has been restored
to owners, and much Is yet un-
claimed.