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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-06-25
DANCING FOR MONEY

"Thc girl was very slangy who
talked to me in the park, Judy. In
fact could not always understand
her. For instance, when ] TOLD her
that l wished didn't know where. |
was going to get the money to eat
that night, she. said: Come off.
Come off. You're telling the cock
eyed world something that you cant
prove
81 didn't know what she meant by
'cock-cyed' world, but l valiantly told
her was telling the truth, and she
answered.:
"'So's your old man.
FINALLY, she said: I must icave
you. for Pm on at The Circle from
half past six until ten. tonight, and
I've got to 60 and feed my stomach
first. l don't dare to trust those
hard shelled old guys that have to
dance with. They may gyp me out
Of my" supper
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~S4NDY".: .: !:
refuse to live with YOU. ask moth
ing except my freedom. Il

Ie4uSc 70 i've with sy0u.Sl ask nOth-
ing except my freedom. b
He held his long, yellow hands
said, smiling with insinuation:
"Rather clever in you to wait until
YOU had a three thousand dollar vaea-
ton, wasn't it?':
Hot blood stained her cheeks. She
said with violent quiet: II wouldn't
have needed that vacation if you had
treated me right" aaH g..
He leaned across thee table,. his
long mouth curling: "If l had treat
ed YOU right? You would allow me.
to support you,. but l mustn't regard
you as my wife! must be glad to
build home for you, clothe you,
feed you, give you my name!"
With each phrase he pushed near
or to her. And lyoull give ME moth
ing! Sacra-! You married mel /
You weren't drugged. You sit there
and tell me didn't treat you right"
She closed her eyes, turning her
head to avoid the heat Of his chug-
ging breath.
"Speakl Answer me! Did you
think l needed to marry you IL I
WAS only to look at you? What did
you think it meant to be my wife,
She reshed her chair, accosted
him, flaming with humiliation. Her
| voice rose and sobbed, growing, wild
with the stormy repetitioirs.
- knew what it meant to be your
! wife when came back to you!
knew what it meant when I came
into this house! / wsuld have stood.
it. Oh, God, would even be your
wife. | did stand it. l. was your
wife. | never denied it, would
be wife to you yet. That wasn't
enough! You had to kial it--y0u.
killed the child! You think I'll como
back to you now-aftcr that-sA
He leaned on his hands, his jaws
dropping apart, blue notified pal
lor going like wash over his face.
He began to nod slowly: "Y0u tell
me killed the child!',
| She backed from him, pressing her
hands against her mouth. She shiv-
iercd, remembering che litAlc cold
body laid against her breast. ayes
you killed it" -
He got up and walked around the
table, confronting her: And that's
Why you want your freedom? Ha!
That's why you want to lcayc me !!
4 Because / killed the child"
He laid his hands on her Shout
ders-clcnched them. He began to
shake her: II killed it, did IL
killed it-and you want your free
dom!"
She flung her hands up against
him: "You-can't-fright me!
There's nothing fear! NOTHING!
She closed her eyes against the
hideous smiling of<hls lips.
"But you want to be frce?"
I'm going to be free!"
4 "Youll never be free. Never. Re-
!, memhc: that"
Il (Continued.)
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ADVENTURES ']s
qMe.TWINS

THE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES SHOP

THE DREAM.MAKER-MAN'S SHOP
If you will please come into my
work shop" said the Dream-Maker
Man to the Twins. IL shall finish
dream l am making. Then l can help
you too look for your lost china ele-
plant and toy clown
So the Twins followed tho Dream
Maker Man to his workshop, while
Snoozle> and Snuggle and Snore, his
three sons, went out in their air.
planes to do some errands on the
moon.
Snoozle was to buy q pound Of star
dust to make babies eyes sparkle.
Snuggle was to buy the tails of
dozen comets to- make smiles. for
them.
And Snorc was to search all over
tho moon for a dimple.tree.
All these things the Dreamy Maker
Man used in his dreams and they
were pretty hard to find.
Well. the Twins followed the
Dream-Maker Man into his work
shop, as l said before, and he set
chairs for them while he finished
making dream.
"Who is the dream for?' asked
Nick, as the Dream Maker Man tied
on big apron and rolled up his
sleeves.
cts for little boy down. on the
the Dream Maker Man, as he began
to stir up Some things in a kettle,
| with a big spoon.
"What is it to be about?" asked
Nancy.
"Oh. forgot" said the Dream
! Maker Man. Its good thing you
asked me that. my dear, because
| am not quite sure myself yet. | have
to call up his mother on the telephone
and ask her what Johnny has had to
eat today. 1t all depends. you sec
| it all depends! If he has had plenty
Of milk and fresh vegetables and
eaten all his bread cruSts, he is ia
| have a dream about becoming gen.
1 eral and leading an army of thou
sand men. I'm sure he would like ia
dream about being carried around or
the shoulders Of the people and have
everybody shout, "Hurrah! Long live
1.-THE king!--I mean the general"
''But generals ride horses, doni
they!" said Nick. "The people dom
carry them around on their shout
ders. That's just in football"
4 "DOn't forget" said the Dream
| Maker Man, "that in a dream every
thing goes, and generals may do any
thing at all. 1t just happens tina
Johnny thinks it would be fine to b,
carried around on peoples shoulder,
and have them shout 'hurrah.' Hc't
4 like to dream that"
"What kind Of dream will 70,
give him If he doesn't eat his crust'
I and everythingr asked Nancy.
ooh, III hayesto send him dream
4 that isn't 50 pleasant, I'm afraid.
said, the Dream Maker Man, shaking
his head. Particularly if he has fa,
= two sundaes and three bananas an,
four sour pickles like he had yester
J; day. I think q dream about beinl
kept in after school for two hour
and being made to write five hundre,
words would be about right. Blu
there! I'll call up his mother RICH
a6ay on the telephone"
So the old man went to the tele
phone and called up 55O6. That wa
Johnhy's house on tho earth.
tits all right" he said when h
2 Gmaao back. "He's been = good bO
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JealOusy's Black Altar

"A bullet has killed Peter the Great, the famous
movie dog, bullet poisoned with the same passion
@tIst destroyed the Carthaginian empre-envy.
He was great dog. His rating in Dun and Brad
~Stfeet $4,000, and that's more than many hu-
srsn beings are worth, in dollars ut least. But Car
~thage great, too and the jealousy of Rome laid
low her might.
Carthage is greater than Rome," is the gst Of
the reason why Carthage was destroyed. my dog
better than yours" is the reason why Peter the
@Gsreat died on the altar Of human envy.
Peter the Greats trainer got into argument
ENlth Los Angeles breeder Of dogs. As the auto
mobile bore Peter away rifle spat out the bullet
3 ut ended the great dogs life.
\ Envy and its twin, jealousy, the silliest and
y TIE sgstlisst q ll-famsd human desires.
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'1yAGIRL@|
TO-DAY

who come to The Circle with no men
TO dance with them.
"'They are like l am, dearic.
That's their business, and the boss
pays them fifty cents an hour. But
you needn't think the women who
hire them get away with that, for
Pm sure those clever boys pick up
alota money from their partners just
as l do with the guys | dance with
almost unconsciously drew
back little, and yet, must confess,
the idea had a great fascination for
me. l wondered if it were true that
under any circumstance, that l, Joan
Meredith, would dance with any man
who had to be paid for it.
IL laughed. 1t truly was a laugh
able idea. Could such thing be
possible? We're there such places ~
Copyright; 1925, NEA "----' Inc.)
TOMORROW Barry, the Gigolo.
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today. He gets the dream about the
general and the army"
The Twins watched him as he went
to the big kettle and boiled some
brass buttons and pair of boots and
q sword. Then no caught the steam
in a bag and tied it up.
"There you are! All ready for to-
night" he declared. "And now, my
dears. am ready to help YOU"
ITO Be C0ntinued)
Copyright. 1926. NEA Service, Inc.)
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A welfare worker said recently
that bobbed hair had practically
eliminated many. distressing acct
dents, once common in factories,
caused by women workers hair be-
coming cntangled in, the machinery.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-06-25

Two more railroad systems have
merged. Now their trains can be
twice as late.
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Many man is tied to his wife's
apron strings now and then because
sho isn't in the apron.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-06-25

II we ever get shipwrecked alone
on. desert island we'll take advan-
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Ambitions great. But be careful.
The chicken that scratches for it.
self is praised. The cat is kicked.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-06-25

May be true a watched pot never
boils. It's also true a watched pot
never boils over.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-06-25

June brings the roses. July brings
the bills for the roses.
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White House roof needs repairing,
which comes from raising it SO often.
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BY Tom Sims
Worlds safe for another year. We
have some more college graduates.
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Shopping with your wife is foolish.
If she is out shopping best thing
for you to do is be working.
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Congress hopes to adjourn July l.
Well do all we can to help it. Well
hope it does, too.
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Flord's been made an honorary
Doctor Of Engineering. That's fine.
Perhaps he'll doctor some sick fliv-
yerc.
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tage Of the opportunity to learn to
CT
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-05-19

ing about Edison's cars as he sat at
his key and thought out new invcn-
tons and ideas. Bunyan. in the soli-
tudc of his prison, or young Richard
Ha riding Davis, writing excellent short
stories in the old Evening Sun office,
with the stcreotpying machines III
the same room, could do the best
work that was in him. Both Of them
wanted to work. If you want to
work, crowds do not interfere. II
you don't want to work. solitude will
not make you student.
American divorces are of all kinds,
based on many reasons and excuses.
Often hidden away in cold legal
papers you will find woman as usual
sacrificing that which is most pre-
cious for the one she loves, Poor
Mrs. Helen Shirley, for instance,
young. beautiful. felt that she was
holding her husband back. He want
cd to be a great doctor and needed
complete freedom for study.
She gave him divorce in the
easy American way, and then learned
that he was studying a widow in
Hollywood. so she told the judge and
he cancelled her divorce.
But Europe's idea that you can
get q divorce here for any reason,
merely, for instance, because you
do not like the shape Of your hus-
bands nose, Is false. Mrs. Rose
Bernard wanted q divorce because
her husband called her a dumb
bell: The Judge would not give ii
to her even when she proved that
he often stayed. away at night.
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bringing IS 10 III cents. The condi-
ton Of sheep is placed at % per cent
Of normal compared with % per cent
last month, 90 per cent year ago
96 per cent two years ago and 81
per cent three years ago.
Details ny States
NORTH DAKOTA WESTERLY April
precipitation tho State over, was very
much below the average during April
and at the close Of the month there
was deficiency of soil moisture
which caused the high winds, which
were prevalent to carry the. soil in
light areas. There has been no cause
for alarm during April and the feed
supply was abundant although the
lack Of moisture retarded the growth
alone rs they otherwise would be-
The North Dakota sheep arc nov
lambing and because Of the fayorable1
weather and their high condition oil
flesh the number of fatalities has
been low and the lambs are numerous
and strong.
SOUTH DAKOTA (Wcstcrn) Grass
.tartcd we'll carly in April but rain
IS needed and stock water is getting
short in places. Landing starting
under favorable conditions and CALI
prospects are good. The mild winter
left a good supply Of hay. and cattle
and sheep are in very good shape
Wool sales have been slow.
MONTANA--Ranges generally about
three weeks early. rain needed in
east central and southeastern sec.
tions. Cattle and sheep in excellent
condition. Landing conditions best
in years with high percentage saved
on earlier lambs. Very few lambs
contracted with price at about AZ
cents. Only small part Of wool ciiT
sold at prices around 80 cents. Stock
cattle are in excellent shape but local
sales have been limited.
WYOMING-Gra is generally
early and there is sufficient moisture
to start feed, but moisture will BE-
needed soon in the northern third Of
the state. Practically all cattle have
been turned on the range and there
is considerable carry over Of hay
in some sections. Feed Is very gOot
on Iambing grounds and the liant
prospects arc very favorable as ewes
are in very good shape. Cattle have
wintered we'll and arc in good shape
and large calf crop is expected.
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News From the
State University

Students Of the College Of Enrin.
eering at the State University celc-
brated the annual engineers day
at the University on Friday. Demon
STATIONS Of the phases Of engineering
and exhibits in each Of the depart-
ments were features Of the cclcbra.
ton.
In the electrical department. Leap
ing Lena. an electric motor that re-
verscd direction without apparent
cause. was one of the clec-
trical wonders; the stroboscope
an instrument for showing
the fallacics Of the human
eye; an ciertric motor that obeyed
the commands of the human voice to
stop. start, and reverse; the produc-
ton of four foot spark ares in the
University colors Of pink and green:
and artificial lightning Of million
volts intensity. were some of the
electrical features displayed.
Modern engines were exhibited in
the gas engine laboratory. A new
diesel engine that will operate on
any petroleum fuel that can be pump.
cd into the cylinders was one Of the
iHolC uS IV0I VI
a 80 horse power Curtiss airplanc
engine proclaimed the location Of the
engine exhibits.
All Of the machines that arc used
in the instruction Of students were
in full running at the machine shops.
Lathes, presses. millers. shapcrs,
punches, planners, and other machines
were operating. An electric phono-
graph, built on the same principle as
tho newly invented machines con-
structcd by the operator Of the uni
vcrsity radio station kFJM, was
shown.
In the Mines department. the vari-
Gus uses of the North Dakota CLAWS
and soils were demonstrated. The
making Of North Dakota sandpapcr,
modelling Of bricks. tiles, and carthen-
ware with North Dakota clays was a
feature. Ignite briquctting as de-
vclopcd at the University was demon
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-05-19
LETHAL GAS
CHAMBER Is
MADE READY
Two Condemned MurdererS to
Be Executed at Reno,
Nevada, Friday

Reno, New. May Nevada S
lethal gas chamber. scheduled to
claim the lives Of two condemned MUIR
derers, John H. Randolph and Stanko
Jukich. has been given it's final oyer
hauling preparatory to the executions
Friday,
A trusty spent most Of yesterday
afternoon chinking possible air holes
SO that none of the hydrocyanic gas
might escape and harm the witnesses
at Fridays execution.
The gas will kilfin ten seconds, ac-
cording to army experts from the
Preside, San Francisco.
No one will know for certainty
how long it will be before Jukick and
Randolph arc dead from the gas for
no method has been devised whereby
physicians may examine them within
an hour, after tbs gas has entered
their cell. When Gee Jon. Chinese
tong slayer. was executed by gas in
1914, his only movements were brief
mods Of the head which lasted for six
minutes. Observers at the windows
which open into the gas cell believe
these movements were the natural
of tho muscles which fol-
lows death and that the end came
with tho first breath.
Jukich was convicted Of killing an
Fly, Nevada, girl. and Randolph Of
Staying his mother
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LIVESTOCK IN
GOOD SHAPE AT
THIS SEASON
Cattle on Western Ranges
Wintered in Best Shape
in Several Years

Cattle, sheep and ranges in the
western country are in unusuall,
good condition for this season OF
the year. with prospects of heavy
lamb crop, according to the MONTH,
livestock and range report issued b,
the United States Division of Cror
and Livestock Estimates.
Range conditions arc generally yer,
good to excellent, except in small
sections Of the plains area of western
Kansas, Nebraska and the Dakotas
Range feed in the Southwest is the
best in years. Ranges in a large parI
OF the west opened early with good
feed. but dry conditions developed late
IN April in parts of Oregon. Idaho
Eastern Montana, Eastern Colorado
and the western parts Of Kansas, Ne.
braska and the Dakotas. Summer fees
prospects are generally good. In the
Northwest due to light snow fall some
stock will move to high ranges early
Thee carryover hay for the entire re.
gion will probably be heavier than
last year. The condition Of the ranges
lis "a per cent Of normal compared
with 81 per cent last month and 81
per cent year ago, 81 per cent two
years ago. and 88 per cent three
years ago.
:. Cattle Losses Light
Cattle have wintcrcd in the bes,
shape in several years and showed a
gain in April over most Of the west
with marked improvement in the
Southwest. Losses have been light
and breeding stock is in good condi
ton. with prospects Of a good cali
crop except in areas that suffered
from drought last year. The cattle
business seems to have gotten little
better footing. prices are little
stronger than year ago, with {
little more local trading. but -restock
ing is generally on a rather limited
basis. The condition of cattle i,
che western states is 81 per cent Of
normal. compared with 90 per cen
last month, &c per cent year ago
81 per cent two years ago, and 8!
per cent three years ago.
Sheep on the western ranges came
through the winter in the best shap.
in several years, losses we're light ant
breeding ewes arc going on to lambin,
grounds in very good condition. Earl!
lambing has shown a high percentage
and generally prospects arc for 1
large crop of late lambs. There ha:
been but little contracting of fccde1
lambs for fall delivery. as lamb feed
crs who lost money on this year!
opc rations are hesitating about buy
ing. Wool sales have been more o.
less restricted with considerable &C
tivity in Idaho and Utah. but the bull
Of the Montana and Wyoming clip'
arc unsold. Prices arc reported q!
30 to IS cents with Texas WOOL
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$500 Young Men
to Spend a Month
at Training Camps

When North Dakota's representa-.
tives arrive at the citizens military
training camps for this seventh corps
area, established at Fort Smelling,
Fort Leavenworth and Fort Des
Moines, they will find themselves part
of an army of $500 men, according
to word received here from headquar-
ters of the seventh corps area ut
Omaha. Present plans contemplate
sending an expected surplus of 500
men to jefferson Barracks, Missouri
In the seventh corps area, as in
the rest of the nation, Is per cent
of those in attendance are expected
to be high school boys.
Four Courses Provided
Four courses will be taught tho
1000 youths who will attend the AZ
camps in the nation for q 3O-day
|period. There will be basic course
for youths between II and "a who
have had no previous military train
ing: the red course for those with
preliminary draining; = white course
for red course graduates and the blue
course for young men seeking to
qualify for commissions in the Off
GERS Reserve Corps.
The government will furnish rail-
road fare to and from Camp, clothing,
equipment, bedding and meals. Rec
feation at oil camps will consist Of
baseball, tennis. track events, swim
ming and boxing. Instruators who
are physical experts. skilled horse
men, technicians in radio, automobile
engineering and mechanical arts vii!
be drawn from the army's best Of
Ulcers.
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Decision Of Cass
County District
Court Sustained

Sustaining the Cass county district
court. the supreme court has handed
down decision adverse to the de-
fcndant in tho case Of the Allis
Chalmers Manufacturing Co. VS.. the
Armenia Seed and Grain company.
Holding that the lower court did
not err in the sustaining demurrer
to the amended answer Of the defend
ant. the decision said: I'm an ac-
ton for wrongful conversion of per-
sonal property. a debt or demand
based upon contract having no
connection with the transaction set
forth in the complaint is not avail
able as a counter claim"
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TO-DAY
(continued from pags one.)

Continues from pags 6ns.(
The employer can last indefinitely,
far from hunger as q rule. The
government can last until overthrown.
a general strike is OVERRIDING. It
is like one man saying to another,
~ shall hold my breath until you
give in" And governments have big
reserves Of financial oxygen. work
men have none.
Professor, John Burnett. who
lectures in ancient Greek when, he is
at home in his Scotch university,
says our colleges are too big for the
right kind Of study. And that. Of
course. is nonsense. The right kind
Of brain can study and learn in q
crowd or in solitude. The other kind
does not much matter, it must ill
in for the right kind.
The real student has his univer-
sity inside his skull. In there the
work is done and there no crowd
Worries the. man anxious for knowl-
edge. Many instruments were tick
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-05-19
TWO LOSE LIVES IN
PENNSYLVANIA FIRES

Warren, Pa, May 19.--(P)-Five
thousand fire fighters today were
making supreme effort to bring un-
der control the fire in the Allegheny
National Forest which has taken two
lives and caused $2,0OO,0OO damage
to standing timbcrs and other prop
erty. Conditions were said to favor
the fighters, as the wind had died
down.
Y The men fatally burned were wood
choppers. as yet unidentified. Blind
ed and confused in attempting to
flee the flames, it was thought they
ran into the fire and persisted.
Besides the timber leveled, oil and
gas we'll equipment and houses in
the fire area have been destroyed.
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Edward G. McKrill and Louis N.
S(cc.
Non profit corporations: Mercer.
Bush Lake Community Association.
Mercer; r. A. Sommcrs, George 3.
Licas and nine others.
Alexander Masonic Temple Associa-
ton. Alexander, to erect lodge
building; L. d. Burns, c. 7. Tcllcf.
sen aud five others.
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BARBS

BY TOM SIMS
It's so difficult to keep Il good man.
or a good weed. down.
Pedestrians have the law Of the
land on their side, but the motorist
has the laws Of physics.
Lots OF beer arguments in Con-
gress. z Most of the congressman
seem 10 be at lagerhcads.
Most fools arc self-madc men.
Mother worries about her figure at
home while father worries about his
figure at the bank.
The Indians were almost as dan
gcrOuS as autos arc now.
Coffee is unhealthy A Chicago
man who hit his wife with a perco-
lator will be in for six months.