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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-08-07
vIGNEss FAMILY GUESTS HERE

Mr.. and Mrs. c. L. vigness and son,
Irwin. Of Mayville. have returned
home after q three day visit in the
city, guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. A. +.
Preston and Mr.. and Mrs. s. F.. Ber-
geson. Mr.. and Mrs. vigness' son.in-
law and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ernest Thorberg. Of Minneapolis. who
accompanied them, visited Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur Tavis in Mandan. Mr.
vigness was superintendent Of the
Burleigh county schools for IL years
and is well known in the city. He is
now superintendent Of the Mayville
city schools.
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Chats O'Lumber
Vol. Bismarck, North Dakota. Aug. z 1926 No. II

Published for the pur.
pose Of creating N
interest In this com.
IMunity In good. com.
Portable, up.lO.date
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tlu6Uus WSS IN SuU csv
route TO the Yellowstone National
park.
MOTOR TO BLACK HILLS
Mr.. and Mrs. n. J. Taylor left yes
terday on . motor trip to the Black
Hills. They will be gone two weeks.
RETURNED FROM WYOMING
Mr.. and Mrs. r. 8. Carr have re.
turned from visit with relatives
and friends 1t Casper. Wyo.
LEAVES FOR BUFFALO
Miss Barbara Ssavey left this
morning for two weeks vacation at
her home ia Buffalo. N. d.
HERE FROM xrNryRE
Mrs. Charles Nelson Il leaving, to. |
day for her home in Kintyre after .
business visit in the city.
VISITING IN JAMESTOWN
Mrs. L. r. Best left last evening for |
jamestown for visit with relatives.
TO MINNEAPOLIS
J. A. Flow viii leave tonight for a
business trip 70 Minneapolis.
TO VISIT. IN OKLAHOMA
Mr.. and Mrs. Z. v. Lahr and chill
dren have left for Blackwell, Okla. I
for visit with Mrs. Lahr's parents.
They are making the trip by car.
MARRIAGE LICENSE GRANTED
A marriage license was issued yes
telday in Burleigh county court to
Miss Bethel Marie Remington and
Carl Meyer, both Of bismarck.
LEAVING FOR GLENDIVE
Mr.. and Mrs. p. +. Ryan will leave
for Glendive, Mont. returning to His
marck later in the week after trip
through the Badlands.
HOME FROM BLACK HILLS
DR.. and Mrs. +. c. Stucke, who have |
been enjoying . two weeks aut0mo.
bile trip in the Black Hills. returned
home yesterday.
FROM REGAIN
Miss Alice Halvorson Of Regain has
- la. :.r AAx,l
The Kusko times., 1926-04-24
ALASKA. GAME COMMISSION
 CANCELS GUIDES LICENSE,
 AND FINES YIOLATOR $f0G

Junean, March l8.-The executive office of the Alaska Game Commission announces that the guide license of Allen Williams, who claims his resi- dence as Fairbanks, has been. cancelled by A formal action of the Commis- sion, during it's recent session, for having allowed a member of his hunt ing party, Kenneth Walker, of Vest wood,? Calif.. to kill a mountain sheep before the opening of the sea- son last year. Kenneth Walker was tried, on October 2, 1925, and upon 8 plea of guilty was fined S100 and his sheep trophy seized. The action of the Commission in canceling Will Hams license renders him ineligible to act as "a licensed guide for a period of five years. The cancellation of this guide license emphasizes the former announcement of the. commission that guides will be held strictly account able for the conduct of their parties in violations of the game laws.
 A recent report of cases presented is that of Kokrines Kriska, a native of Nulato, who on January 4th was takensbefore Vim. H. Lehman. U. s. Commissioner at Nulato, and on "a charge of illegal possession of beaver skins was fined $25. Thirty beaver skins were seized, and proceedings are. being instituted for the forfeiture of the skins.
The Kusko times., 1926-04-24
LUTHER BURBANK IN EARLY
 LIFE EYINGED < GREAT LOVE
 FOR EORTICJLTIRAL WORK

Santa Rosa, Galif.-Early in life Luther Burbank, famous horticultur- ist, who died at his home here on April II, evinced great love for growing things, selecting plants rather tha nanimals as his pets. His first notable success was achieved at the age of 22, when he happened to find q seed ball of the Early Rose po- tato, which rarely bears seed. From this he developed the world-fameus Burbank that has spread to. every portion of the globe and. which is said to axert greater influence upon the food supply of humanity than any other single food plant.
 Soon after breeding this potato. winch brought him neither fame nor money at ,e time, Burbank moved Go California, where tSe obtained em- pioyment as a farm hand, He con tinped as laborer until able to ac- quire a small farnt.ir in the town of Santa Rosa, some fifty miles north of San Francisco Nith-t this small be- ginning he undertook the series of ex periments which long had been up- oermost in his mind- Thereafter his work was continuous and tireless. oc- cupying nearly foH1teep hours day on the average.
 Burbank was born at Lancaster, Mass, March T.. 184@,4son of Samuel and; Olive (Roxsl of English and Scotch ancestry EIe VAS the thir- tecnth of fifteen children born on his father 200-acre farm. lie attended the Lancaster Academy from which he was an honor graduata
 Next to the potato tho accomplish ment which brought first fame to Burbank was the spine.eSs cactus, whereby he turned worthless desert growth into valuable forage and fruiting plant. In recognition of this work he received in 1912 a United
The Kusko times., 1926-04-24

nized by the Carnegie Foundation in 1905 by gift of S1O,OO0 annually for a period of ten years to insure a con- tinuation of his experiments. In 1921, when the city of Santa Rosa com pleted a new $3O0y00o park, it was named after Luther Burbank. He turned the first shovel of earth in the construction, and later laid out the gardens, which cover a 4t-acre tract.
 The Stat eof California also, .hop- ored its distinguished resident, some years ago by naming March ', Bur banks birthday, as Bird and Labor Day, and the occasion has since been celebrated as a school holiday throughout the State.
 Recently Burbank aroused much comment and criticism by announc- ing his disbelief in a Supreme Being or life after death.
The Kusko times., 1926-04-24
Modern Youth.

"Modern young people are a. sad lot. Heaven only knows what's going to become of them," said oCttlandt Bleecker at a Piping Rock luncheon.
 Some folks hold that the 4girlsare worse than the men," he went .on, "but-
 Well, I was talking toaone of these modern young men e1he other night, and he said to mex
 Girls are the limit. :. Yoa cant trust 'em. There isn't a girl alive to- day t hat I'd trust out of my sight
 "'You're bitter, said. What makes you so bitter ? ''.
 Well, Pm engaged at the present time to five girls said he, and there isn't one of them, not one of them, I can trust.'"
The Kusko times., 1926-04-24
A Speaker of Merit.

Representative Schuyler Merritt, whose eloquence is remarkable, said in an.aftef dinner speech. in Stam- ford:
 Modern orato1;y is simple. No big words, no lofty flights. Speech should be simple to be understood.
 "A gentleman went to his favarite
The Kusko times., 1926-04-24

restaurant for lunchson and missed his favorite waiter.
 Where's Rudolph.? he asked the, maitre d'hotel.
 Gone, sir
 "'Gone? Do you mean he is de- funct?'
 Yes, sir, and with everything he could lay his hands on.F"
The Kusko times., 1926-04-24

And now they announce a sardine merger in Maine. Just how can you merge a sardine any re?-Chris- tian Science Monitor.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1926-06-17

home used be CASTLE where could live without
the bell could friend
neghbor But that with solicitors, agents.
peddlers doorbe from early moningyese
evening using something Free
gain home In fact the Prudent
Thrifty ShopperI pestered with pedder
trying speciality day of the week
until they have become NUISANCE
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1926-06-17

:. coRxRIGW 1913 THE CITY LOYALTY ASSOCIATION
Seward daily gateway., 1926-04-20
NOTICE OF DELINQUENT TAXES AND
 ASSESSMENTS, YEAR 1925.

DELINQUENT TAX ROLL OF REAL PROPERTY IN THE CITY OF SEWARD ALASKA FOR THE YEAR 1925 AND DELINQUENT ROLL OF ASSESSMENTS FOR LOCAL IMPROVE
 MENTS IN THE CITY OF SEWARD, FOR THE YEAR 1925.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-04-20
By Order of the Common Council of the City of Seward Alaska:

HEREBY GIVEN that the Dnauent Tax Ro or a  Roll of Assessments for Local Improvements made durg sne & ai public inspection the basement of the Bank Seward Building at said City seward 1926 thereafter will District of court
 
 men and anor
 IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF hand affixed this March, 1925 (sEAT) HANNON
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-07
COLLEGE BRED MOTHERS
by MRS. WALTER FERGUSON -

Some loud-mouthed man has issued a statement say
ing that "a child born Of a woman who has been to
college should be taken from the mother as soon as
possible and placed in some institution where it could
be properly cared for"
Women through the ages have grown accustomed
to such insults.
Hundreds Of years ago in medieval Europe wise
men gathered together to debate whether or not fe-
males had souls. Interesting arguments were offered
by the negative.
When a few intrepid girls decided to learn the al.
phabet, more men unctiously announced that this
knowledge would unfit them for motherhood. When
they boldly attempted to tackle arithmetic and spelling,
'they were subjected to long sermons. We now read
with smiles the walls of sorrow that arose when girls
first began going to country school. We can all re-
call the loud outcries that assembled heavenward when
We had the tennerity to ask for the vote. How they
hoofed us. the wise and superior men! They loudly
proclaimed that if we eyer went to the ballot box the
whole country would be a wreck,
And so this last snort from an embittered male is
but the echo Of all the cries of fright which have been
sounded since we first called our soles our own.
The man who asserts that a college education un-
fits a woman for motherhood only exhibits the mar
rowness of his mind.
If every girl in the country had an equal chance
for a good education, where such a large per cent of
them now are bound down forever by ignorance and
poverty, the future would be a lot brighter for the
race.
Great men have almost Invariably had mothers of
high character, and it is most ridiculous to suppose
that the education which would help a man to make
his way in the world and assist him to be a good
father, would not give equal advantages to a woman
destined to bring children into the world.
What this man needs himself is a.good course in
some Woman'S college.
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HONESTY

Texas people seem convinced that their State
will witness the next national real estate boom.
But some of them are determined that the boom,
If it comes, shall not be based on false pretenses.
The Ell Paso Post. ayscripps-Howard newspaper,
praises the efforts of the Ell Paso Ad Club to head off
any possible dishonest exploitation Of budding town
sitessin that cornerSof the big State. Discussing one
project, the Post says, editorially:
Matters not to the promoter that this place is
merely a flag station setting high and dry on a des-
ert mesa, far removed from producing valley lands.
There's that word Adjacent" to fall back on, along
with beautiful pictures of flowing water and luxuriant
in neighboring fields. 4
THE lure Of the crossword puzzle, the easy So
luton of which wins a lot, is one variety Of minnow
attached to their hook and sinker.
sAnd in this new enterprise the history of oil
stock promotions seems to repeat ITSELF. It's the
small Investors, many of them women, perhaps some
widows of meager savings, who swallow the bait. At
least, that's the record revealed in complaints re-
ceiveds by the Better Business Bureau Of the FL Paso
Ad club.
True the investment Is small-only $9.S5 per
MAM2
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Fl WRONG WAY

workers on the street railways, who have
ceased work as a protest against working conditions
should carefully scrutinize any suggestion from
whatever source that violence will help them win.
The quickest way to destroy sympathy in any
such controversy is an appeal to violence and force.
Any leader who advises such a course or coun-
tenances it places himself under suspicion OF having
other purposes in mind than that of the welfare OF
those who may trust him.
It would not be new in labor controversies 10
find that such counsel has been inspired.
It is lamentable that the city administration
takes the bland view that it's policy must be that
Of neutrality" an attitude which suggests that a
strike on a public utility is a private war between
employers and employees.
The rights Of the public are always paramount
Every factor in the situation becomes a public mat
ter.
The same public sentiment which Will righteous
-1y condemn violence will be just as alert to correct
seonditions which might lead men into such a frame
of mind. i
A strike on any public utility, presumably under
public regulation and control, should be more than
impossible. 1t shoruld be unthinkable.
The time has passed when unreasoning arro-
gance on the part of any factor in the operation OF
public utilities can be permitted to Jeopardlze the
welfare, safety or comfort of all citizens.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-07
INCREASING AMERICAS WAR
DEPT
DEBT

fteen.billion.dolla addition to the war debt
of the United States is lowering over the American
! taxpayer and consumer.
At least that is one way, and a quite reasonable
way. of viewing the valuation of the American rail-
roads. The question was argued before the Inter
state ommerc Comm ission last week, and started
on its way to the Supreme Court, where it will be set
tied some time.
Representatives of the railroads argued that the
railroads should be valued for rate-makfng purposes
at what. If would cost to rebuild them at the present
high level of prices.
They said the users Of the railroads-and that's
] everybody in the country-should pay rates high
enough to provide a profit on what 1t would COST
now to buy rails, locomotives, rights of way, etc.
and set up a railroad system comparable to the one
at present in existence.
The Interstate Commerce Commission has pro-
ceeded on another basis. 1t has regarded the high
price levels of the past twelve years as one OF the
freaks of the world war. Therefore, it has valued
that part of the railroad system built before tnat
time on the basis of the prices which prevailed in
1914. the year the European war started.
Wholesale prices today, according to the United
states bureau of labor statistics, are 51.1 per cent
higher than they were in 1914. If the railroads are
valued for rate-makihg purposes at present prices
they will be entitled to make a profit on about Sl5'
100000. 900 more than they would be If they were
valued at 1914 prices.
That's the nub of the argument between the
roads and the interstate commerce commissions bu-
reau of valuation.
The commission, in its method of valuation, is
willing to allow a profit on the full cost of additions
and betterments since 1914, but it things any invest
ment made prior to that time should be computed
on pre-war prices.
The railroads want full reproduction cost as Of
today.
If one assumes, as most economists do, that the
rapid rise Of prices from 1914 to 1920, with a grad
ual falling off since, was due to wartime pressure
for supplies and war financing operations, faing the
value of the railroads at present prices, instead Of
those prevailing in 1914, is equivalent to adding
about SIS, 000,000,0 900 to the cost of the war. That
is the added sum upon which American consumers
will have to pay interest.
1t is a sum greater than that to be collected In
the next Sixty years from all of the countries Of
Europe which owe war debts to the United States.
The Supreme Court decided two years ago that
the Government can constitutionally seize earnings
from the railroads. Whether that decision is to
have any real meaning will depend upon the coming
decision as to how the valuation of the railroads
is to be fixed.
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THE

The attitude of the Anti-Saloon League officials
and those of the organization which is trying to re-
peal volsteadism furnishes a significant contrast.
It is one which thinking people may consider
and discuss to their advantage.
The dry league fought to the last before a Sen
ate committee to prevent disclosure Of the sources
of their revenues,
against telling people the names Of those who con-
tributed to their cause.
1t might seem, under any reasonable view, that
they should be eager to parade the notable list of
names Of those who surely had philanthropic mo-
tives.
The Rockefellers. for instance, who gave $4,000
in the past eighteen months to protect the American
people from beer and light wines, must consider
themselves robbed of the glory which is theirs when
the league refused to list their contributions.
And from the league viewpoint, the contributions
of the so-called vets must bear every brand of in
fanny.
1t would seem, to a neutral mind, that if there
were any reason for secrecy it would be on the part
of those who contributed to the fund to fight Vol
steadism.
But the exact opposite is true and the Anti
Saloon League, still powerful, was able to control
three Senators to the extent of limiting disclosures
to the past few months. The vets desired to make
public their source of funds.
That is unfortunate. Every believer in the
present system must desire to know the names of
their benefactors and these philanthropists who are
financing the dry fight.
Certainly no one who contributed to that cause
can be ashamed of the fact.
Certainly no one of them could fear social os.
tracism or public condemnation from that fact.
Certainly if there be anything in the claim that
the public is in favor OF the present system, then
they become heroic in tn cir benefactions.
Secrecy is always sinister. 1t invites suspicion.
1t suggests improper motives.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-07
/ racy
0pSjon UnfoIds a
Staggering Tale of
Adventure,
By NJ. e. Tracy

More than 900 years ago, if Prof.
Oluf Opsjon is correct, a little party
Of Norsemen, after having followed
the sunset for many a weary league,
found itself attacked by savages
near where the city of Spokane now
stands.
There were twenty-four men, seven
women and Il child in the party.
Half the men, one woman and the
child were killed, While the other
six women were borne off captives.
Later on, the survivors came back,
buried the dead and painted the
record Of their misfortune en- the
sides of a great lava ROCK.
1t staggers the mind to visualize
such an episode, chiefly, perhaps,
because it is so foreign to what we
have been taught. &
Though long admitted that Morse
men found the eastern coast of
North America centuries before
Columbus was born, it has scarcely
been credited that they could have
penetrated the wilderness for more
than a few miles.
To find an account of their adj
venturous ~wanderings on the other
side of the contirent is well nigh I'M
believable.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-07
~BondhoIderS 0bStruct

The first requisite of sterilization,
but especially as it involves pay
ment of the British and American
debts. is a reduction Of this interest
rate and that is what the French
bondhoIders do not want.
They, more than any other class,
are preventing ratification of the
debt pact with this government and
are standing in the way Of a similar
pact with England.
Other governments are refunding
their debts on a lower rate of in
terest. taking up 5 and 6 per cent
bonds and replacing them with 4
and a Az per cent.
other governments are doing this,
because they realize it is the only
road back to normally, because
they understand perfectly we'll that
the world cannot go on living with
such a drain on its public treasures
as war interest rates call for.
But France is still reluctant to.
follow the common policy and is
getting to a point Of petulance and
temper, where she is trying to just
ify herself by a show OF undeserved
resentment toward her creditors.
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BY Walter ID. Hickman

Am shouting this from the house
tops; Say. Mister, If you want to
hear Al Jolson at his best then get
his new Brunswick record.
Generally in the past. if 1 am not
all wrong, Jolson used a piano as his
musical background. That is a wee
bit foreign to this man as he uses
a large orchestra in his stage
presentations.
Jolson must have volume when he
sings those grooming little ballads
of the hour. Soft and sweet must
be the strains attending his singing.
This m best from a large or
chestra.
In his new Brunswick records.
Jolson uses Carl Fenton and his or
chestra. Fenton has caught that
grooming and soft something which
Jolson's voice has in moments Of
ballad. The lyrics have their mean
ing Of course. but Jolson has the
artistry which lifts them up very
high.
This is true in "If I Knew I'd
Find YOU" one of the soulful long
ing things in a mans heart. The
singer allows that he would tramp
the deserts, climb the highest noun
tain and swim the deepest river If
a certain "you" was on the other
side.
Jolson puts over this sentiment
with all Of his soothing artistry. He
makes a triumph out of a song
which a lesser artist would murder
with oversentiment.
And this Jolson-B Brunswick record
has been recorded with as much art
tistry as the singer. A triumph in
recording. 1t actually brings the
spirit of Jolson into you own home.
You will find on the other side an
other ballad type of a popular song.
81 Wish 1 Had My Old Gal Back
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they insist on postponing the issue
of sterilization until it is too late?
France owes us something more
than $4,000, 600. 900, but she owes her.
own people a dozen times as much.
What is worse. she has agreed to
pay them interest running as high
as Sc per cent in some cases and
averaging about 81 in all cases.
The interest on her domestic debt
now absorbs about two-thirds of her
entire revenue.
In other. words, two out of every
three dollars which France collects
Immediately find their way back into
the pocket of French bondholders.
No matter how high taxes are.
those Frenchmen who have invested
in government securities can smile
because they are sure of getting the
bulk Of their money back.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-07
Back to Middle Ages

Where will this man Mussolini
stop?
Not content with prohibiting
strikes and lockouts, with adding an
hour to the working day, with reduc-
ing newspapers TO six pages each
ana with forbidding all building. ex
cept modest houses. he now aboI-
ishes local self-government for Ital-
IAN cities.
He Will appoint the mayor and
by pressing a button. he will be able
TO attendNto such minor details as a
new traffic rule. or milk ordinance.
The idea is not original. of course
having been tried out and discarded
hve centuries ago. but it is so far
lie from modern ways that it al.
most seems original.