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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-01-15
LETTER WRITTEN BY JOHN AL
DEN PRESCOTT TO PAULA
pERIER RIFT NOT SENT

l am going to write you letter,
my dear Paula, and confess myself
an arrant coward. expect you have
known this for many years but it is
only within the last week or two that
really knew myself to be coward.
One goes on sometimes for all ones
life, not knowing what one really is.
But then, to some of US, an instant
comes when one really faces eternity
and then he finds out that ALI his
years have been living lie.
This that l have just written is
the excuse ! must give for writing
you at all. ] want to AK you a grcat
favor. want you, Paula. to per-
suade your producers to give up that
sequence from "Hot Steel" that, they
are going to take at the mill. l will
personally reimburse them for all
they have paid out and all the loss
thew have sustained in the picture
In fact, am willing to pay almost
anything if they will just drop the
whole matter.
!, Please, Paula, do not think | an
"s''v bnt I've had . long time tt
think since that accident occurred at
the mill just two weeks ago. | have
died hundred deaths since then, for
saw SO many things in that instant
when you pulled me back from u Ger.
tain and horrible death.
First, ! knew that you still loved
me. tor no one would have put her
self in a position where. there wcr.
!, ten chances to one that she was 60
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Eliminating a Bad Tax
Est. Paul D:spatch)


BY eliminating the capital stock tax and proper
tionaely increasing the corporation tax the Senate
Finance committee gets rid Of needless complex
ity in the fiscal system without loss of revenue to
the government
The capital stock tax was instituted as source
of special war income. Though it is supposed to
be an excise tax in fact it is property tax on the
entire assets Of a corporation. Because Of the
many different methods which are followed in fig
uring the tax, the disputed revisions are said to
be as many as 10000 yearly. 1t was recently re-
ported that the Capital Stock Tax section is plan
ming to re-examine the 100000 odd annual returns
for past with view to an impartial readjust
ment according to common rule.
The capital stock tax has consequently come to
be regarded quite generally by business as a vexa-
tious nuisance and needless addition to the com
pleAities of income tax administration, with its
changing and conflicting interpretations. The tax
yields the government $SO.0OOO09 a year. Spokes-
men for trade and industry have appeared during
the present hearings to ask the repeal OF the CAPT
tai stock tax, at least the inclusion of it's
in the corporation income tax. The Senate Finance
committee has adopted the latter course. The gov.
eminent Will lose no revenue but business will he
relieved Of an unnecessary vexation. The change
Ought to be written into the law.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-01-15

New York, Jan. 15.-Scc- saving up
and down Manhattan Isle passed
Klempcrcr, the giant orchestra lead
or who is known to Europe as "thc
volcano Of Weisbaden." And full
seven feet tall is he, if he is an inch,
and he comes to America to conduct
the New York Symphony after cut
ting wide musical swath in Eu-
rope. $50.
Saw Flo Zicgfcld Haunting his new
$1,000 beaver coat. :. Saw q cutter,
sleigh bells and everything, go tin
Cling down Broadway attracting far
more attention than all the million
dollar jazz cars at the automobile
show. .... The ticket takers II the
Metropolitan Opera House are wear
ing high silk hats this season and
most comical they look >. Which
reminds me, May Is will be straw
hat day $500.
Saw Joe Cook and Tom Howard.
the first of them is one of my pettest
comedians, and they are two of the
very funniest men on Broadway. And
his rise in the world is due to the
love of any small boy for the circus.
In Evansville, Ind, where he spent
his childhood Joe rugged up "mu-
! scum and circus" in the, family barn.
He wired the barn With, electricity
and startled the neighborhood with
his dexterity as a juggler. The
stable became quite q serious theatcr
--as much rs ten pins being required
for admission. In spare moments
he attracted on the tight rope and
soon was going about the country,
appearing at carnivals and things.
Later he trckked to New York and
wound up in vaudeville. $50.
Now Tom Howard was lured to tea
by imposing placards Of Sir Thomas
Upton. He found himself in a petty
I job in Philadelphia tea store. With
in two years he had progressed from
GRAND boy to messenger. This didn't
amusc him sufficiently so he turned
his swift line into monologue num-
Der. His first broadening experience
occurred at Minersyille, Pa, where,
after appearing for some nights. he
learned to his dismay that the audi
cnces had been attending on passes
and there was no money in the cash
register. He was doing trough stuff
in an East Side burlesque house
when discovered" for Broadway . /.
! Saw Morris Gest in front Of his
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Seating Senator Nyc
est. Paul Daily Newsl

(St. Paul Daily News)
The federal senate acted wisely in seating Sen
Gerald r Nye of North Dakota
The question Of the political ideas of Senator Nye
had nothing to do with the matter. There are ali
kinds Of political notions in the senate, and the in
dividnai senator's are entitled to their opinions an,
the expression Of them.
The question in this case was whether or not q
sovereign state Is entitled to the representation
allotted Il by the constitution OF the United States
Some OF the oid-time politicians, who will resor!
70 almost any tactics to gain advantage for their
IDEAS 81 government naturally contehded that North
Dakota should be deprived Of one-han or It's sena
tof'ei representation becanse Senator Nye did moi
ssrss Vim fhs It Is fortunate that their poicit4
did not preyajl. .,..~a<..
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Something Else

John D. Rockefeller tells the boy who caddcs for
him how to get rich. According to the United
Press, these are his injunctions:
Don't buy anything you don't need; save money,
be punctual; form good habits.
Excellent rules, doubt. But il you think it
was four pinchpcnny phrases like that that made
Rockefeller the worlds richest man, you're Off your
base.
1t takes genius to do what Rockefeller, Ford,
Gary Mellon and the rest have Gone II you have it
you needn't worry about those neat ccpy-book max
inns. And If you haven't they'll never make you
rich alone.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-01-15
CATARRH IS NOT INCURABLE
AS SOME MAY TELL YOU

with ) free discharge. Any inflsm-
nation of any mucous membrane OF
the body may be accompanied by =
discharge, and such inflammations 50
accompanied are, therefore. catarrhal
inflammations. Appendicitis may be
1 form. The conmon head cold also
is just as much catarrh as 10 the
type of the nasal Inflammation that
becomes chronic.
Sinus Troubae
The longer any Inflammation exc
lists the more that inflammation
tends to spread. In few chronic
cases is the inflammation limited to
the mucous membrane Of the nose.
Usually the disease causes an in-
volvemcnt of the deeper tissues, or
spreads as has been indicated.
The secretions formed in sinuses.
and other cavities drain into the nose
more or less imperfectly, and imper-
feet drainage tends to keep up the
inflammation in these places.
A few cases Of chronic nasal ca
tarrh when examined by . specialist
show the presence Of diseased bone,
or Of infected or abscessed cavities.
It is necessary in most cases, in order
to treat properly . case of catarrh,
to provide drainage in order to per-
nit the complete removal of the
products Of inflammation. This is
the reason why it is sometimes nee
cssary to remove . part Of the dead
or diseased bone. or to open up inn
perfectly drained cavities.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-01-15

is tire moving figure In the Aluminium Company OF
America.
The investigation hasn't got under way yet, and
it will be some time before it yields any facts.
Meanwhile
Walt for evidence before you form your opinion.
IT the investigation is being undertaken solely
II, the other hand, Secretary Mellon is usin,
his official position to gain favors for company
he is interested in, and If this Is allowed
to break the law because he is member of the
government-that, too, is shameful thing.
At present, however, neither has been proved the
case.
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BY BR. HUGH s. CUMMING
Surgeon General u. s. Public Health

service
A chonic' "cold in the head" So
called. If condition that has con-
tinued with or without an intermis.
sion Of symptoms for some months
or years. Such q cold is usually
spoken Of - "catarrh," and the word
"catarrh" is very much abused. Be.
fore the days of the Pure Food and
Drug legislation, it was not unc0m.
mon to find ten. twelve, or even
twenty deceptive advertisements in
our newspapers Of sure cures fol
catarrh.
The unscrupulous manufacturers
Of such preparations preyed upon
the credulity Of the public with ex.
aggerated statements not only con-
corning the efficiency Of their com.
pounds. but also with equal cxag.
gcration concerning the tcrrors and
horrors Of this disease.
An inflammation
The majority Of people to this day
still believe that catarrh is some hor.
rible, disgusting, dangerous. and al.
most incurablc disease. As matter
Of fact. it is usually nothing of the
sort. A catarrhal condition is
neither disgusting. terrible, horrible
dangerous, nor Is it necessarily in
durable.
Catarrh may be defined as an in
Examination Of mucous membrane
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1.-THE TWINS
~ OLIW RECEIPTS BApT0s,

In came the man with two noses
bearing a large bunch Of catnip Oil
silver platter. 1t was a good thing
that he hadn't forty noses because
he already had such q fine opinion
Of himself that his wig kept slip
ping backwards, from holding his
head so high.
Suddenly the cat smcllcd The caN-
nip, and with loud "Micw" he made
a jump and knocked the platter out
Of Mister Nosey's hand.
The catnip flew all over the room
and the platter fell with clattcr
At the same time the scissors,
which were hidden in one of the ever
lasting umbrellas, jumped out and
cats nose by half an inch.
But in falling they cut off, not ono,
but seven Of the cats whiskers.
Up jumped Ub Club at once.
"Good for you, Mister INoscy,' he
cried. "You are as smart as the
brave little tailor who killed seven
flies with one blow. / couldn't have
done better myself. As q reward
you shall be promoted to be my chief
brass polisher, when l get my new
fire engine to ride in"
Nancy and Nick looked at each
other and then at Inch o. Pie. And
Inch o. Pie looked at Nancy and
then at Nick. And then they all
lC-'-h at each Otfc~
What was this Ub Club was say
ing? A new fire engine! He had
said that he wanted new fire en-
P'ne, but nobody had promised him
one.
roor little Inch o. Pie was think
ing, cts all my fault. brought
the Twins here to this queer place.
What if Cb Club should take no.
ton to be mean! What if he should
press button and slide his silly old
castle back into the ground with all
Of US in it. Oh, dear! What will the
Fairy Queen say when she hears Of
it! Oh, dear mel"
But Ub Club, the Nib Mob of No
bOdy's Land, was speaking. lie was
saying: "Here are the. seven whis-
kers. my dears. Sec! Each one Of
them has three ends! Seven times
three-hbw's that for luck?"
"Pretty good" said Nick. putting
the seven whiskers into his knife
Il should say So" beamed Ub Club.
strOking hts beard. Or did he have
= beard? Yes--I think he had two.
Or maybe he didn't have any.
But anyway he bcamed and said,
~ should say So" Then he added,
"Now, where's my fire engine :"
"Why-we-you see, we didn't hap.
pen to bring one with u.s." said Nancy.
"What!" cried Ub Club. mot
bring fire engine? People always
take presents TO kings, and they've
given them everything but fire en-
'gine! 4 wa sure You would bring
Dne. i ~: the only thing left:
Giys; M back those magic Whiskersl |"
tive thsm back at once,'
ssid Two Noses.
Al once" sid the cat, o. be stop
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-01-15

/ It's about. time the leading girls
colleges were including pistol shoot
ing in their home economics courses.
About the only Christmas present..
that haven't been exchanged are
photographs.
/ Wonder what the man who names
Pullman cars calls his children?>
When you 60 out to bring home
the bacon be sure and let the butcher
know you got it.
Weekend fun means no funds.
/ It takes but one stepping stone to
reach the altar-it's q diamond.
A woman always admires pipe
smoking until she marrics a man
who smokes one.
Just because 4 swimmer breaks
records in indoor pools it doesn't
mean he is pool shark.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-01-15
This, Nav DO It

Womens feet, says the head Of shoe manufac-
turing concern, are growing bigger Longer and
wider to be exact
This, he believes, is due to womens increasing
devotion to athletics.
He may be right and then again he may not II
lie s there ought to be grain of hope in it for the
people who are so Mortified by short skirts. Moth
ing would bring long dresses back as quickly as an
epidemic of size IL brOgans.
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Weigh 5 Pounds More
in Thirty Days

44
Ask Cowan's Drug Store or any
druggist for box Of McCoy's Cod
Liver Oil Compound Tablets. They
cost but little, are sugar coated and
as pleasant to take IS candy.
Skinny men and women take them
to speedily put on plenty Of good
healthy solid flesh and for this pur-
pose they are 80 extremely good that
thin men and women often take on
5 pounds or more in 80 days. Az a
matter Of fact, your druggist is auth
orixcd to return your money il you
don't take on pounds in 80 days.
One thin woman gained Is pounds
in six weeks.
Be sure and ask for McCoy's, the
original and genuine Cod Liver. Oil
Compound Tablets-60 Tablets so
cents. ss-. ADV.
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IL k,yM J
BY @1l 0bchaam
THE PAST

TASk
Just stop and consider the things
OF the past and turn the thoughts
over, right we'll, while they last.
The tasks that you know you have
sighted, when mass'd, the right sort
OF tip for the future will cast.
You can't let the dead past just
bury itself, with many unfinished
things left on the shelf. The per.
son who's willing to have things that
way. still lives in the past, as to
'aS Tn. j JOB That you face, day by day,
can be met IL you'll tackle Che thing,
stead of stopping to fret. To starts
not the part that is right hard to
do. It's the keepin' on goin', and
carryin' through.
So, look to the past SOS to sum
up your FAULTS and say to yourself.
"Hercs where foolishness halts. The
past will not hinder my chance.
Never more! Ill be set for what
future is holding in. store"
Sometimes Che next door neighbor
wonders, cam bass or bari
tone" And the answer is "No!"
~ PEcSIy tVuku Wueu young
lovers can't make up because neither
one of them remembers what they
quarrelcd about.
Humanity's Brornides: Il owe my
success to early rising "The only
education have had tc."-"I don't
know art, but ! know what want
He raised his wife ut bridge one
|. night, a
I And. though quite on the level,
When friends had gone, she raised
him back. 81. 81
Bat only raised the devil.
; NOW, HONESTLY
You think your friends believe
everything you say when you're talk.
ing about yourself.
Kinda like you. doncha?
It seems that way, when people
hear you brag.
All of US like to broadcast our
good points, now and then. It's hu.
man nature.
But, don't be too dern human.
IT'S far better to let the things
that you DO, not say, advertise your
o~o~ PvS'
Just friendly tip TO actors who
are thinking Of touring whateve,
country the Ostrich comes from: ar
ostrich egg weighs from two to fou,
pounds. M.
Man In Phone Booth: "Say, I've
been waiting for a half hour fol
my party. Get move on. PLEASE
I'd like to get hold Of some Of you
girls necks."
Central-"Pm ringing them"
Many a tramp was at the front
but couldn't get any response. 50
went around to the back.
FABLES IN FACT
THIS PARTICULARS MARRIED
MAN COMMA WHO REALLY
WASN'T VERY PARTICULAR
COMMA DUG UP A SUIT THAT
WAS ABOUT FOUR YEARS OH
PERIOD QUOTATION MARK HERE
COMMA MOTHER COMMA PRESS
THIS SUIT FOR ME- COMMA WILL
YOU QUESTION MARK QUOTA.
TON MARK PERIOD QUOTATION
MARK WHY COMMA YOU CAN'T
WEAR THAT SUIT QUOTATION
MARK COMMA REPLIED MOTHER
COMMA QUOTATION MARK IT'S
TOO TIGHT AND WON'T HOLn
QUOTATION MARK PERIOD BUT
FAITH POOH-POOHED THE
IDEA COMMA AND THE SUIT WAS
FINALLY PRESSED PERIOD ALL'S
WELL If IT ENDS WE'LL COMMA
BUT THAT NIGHT FATHER START
ED TO SIT DOWN TO THE SUP.
PER- TABLE WITH THE TIGHT
SUIT ON PERIOD MOTHER WAS
RIGHT PERIOD.
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Lucky Boy

A Boston millionaire, dying, left his son |; huge
81 fortune = but left also $1,000 which lie provided
be expended i'll giving the Toys bride-to- be
course IN domestic science. SO that she could DC
oed cook And, dispatches say. she is taking the
\ sScourse
ahere-Was a man who had an eye for his sons
2okltaI kappiness. Say what you WILL the old saw
Il still holds good. man doesn't head for the divorce
Y aQll very reabtly II he gets his bacon ana eggs
II fhe way he diEts them at home.
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'MeALAhIGIgBk

ing straight to death, would have
done what you did for me. unless she
thought the world would be howl
ing wilderness without the one she
was trying to save.
This | know sounds rather ego
tistical, but it is not SO much SO,
dear, when l tell you that at the
same instant | knew you were the
one woman who had stayed in my
heart, while others--ycs, all others
have come and gopQ.
Paula, | did not intend to write
YOU this when | commenced this let
ter, but. having written it, | am go
ing to let it stand.
do not feel that | am wronging
Leslie, for have always known that
she was too good for me. She should
have married man like Karl Whit
ney, and well. my dcar--if you
would have had me, I should have
marrieds you.
love Leslie in quite different
way than the love ! have for you
know she is one Of Gods good women
and she has made sacrifices for un-
| worthy me that | believe no other
! woman on earth would have made
| for any man. much less a disrep-
table being like nc. She holds q
/ place in my heart that cannot be
given to any other woman, not even
20 you.
Good God, what am | writing?
! .annot send letter Ike this
Copyright, 1926, NEA Service; Inc,
TOMORROW: Night Letter from
John Alden Prescott to Paula Pcrier
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] Don't Decide Yet

Isl 6efiOu1 charges are being hurled back and forth
~ NashdnsfOn these days In connection with alleged
D S50koe36ns law by the Aluminium Company Of
y right fnyestigstion ms been deusnded
i ~ eee by mono other thsn Tbm walsh Of
10n1ana blew the lid o. Teapot Dome FUR
& 90 th1 has voted ~
ss-s III whols a3aif II fntsrss&, 81 course.
sscrstaz 4 ~ Trsaspy s,dellaa
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A THOUGHT

Thou preparest = table before me
In the presence Of mine enemies;
thou an0intest my head with oil;
my. cup runneth 0yer.-Psalms 23:5.
Great hearts alone understand how
much glory there is in being good
Michelct.
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ped rolling in the catnip and arch
cd his back again like Chinese
bridge.
"At once" said the Third Prin-
cess, stamping her foot. ~. We have
q fire-engine to pump water ali over
everything, l can make all the, mud
pies l want"
But Nick held onto the whiskcrs.
lie never offered to hand them back !!
"Oh. ho!" cried Ub Club. "Then
am not to have my fire engine, am
II" And he started toward the row
Of buttons in the wall. n
"Oh. dear!" thought Inch o Pie.
Here's where We all disappear
But something wonderful hap
pcned just then.
Ito BE Continued).
(Copyrigh, 1925. NEA Service, Inc
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Moscow Art Musical production and
it does seem that his hat grows more
shabby as years go by. His is, be-
yond doubt. the most disreputable
crusher to be found anywhere in the
Broadway belt.
GILBERT SWAN.
Copyright, 1926. NEA Service. Inc.)
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Why don't the women catch pneumonia? That's
easy. Less clothes they the warmer they arc
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Temperature and
Road Conditions

bismarck Clear. 17:sroads good.
st. CIoHdICleare rs: roads good.
Enthusiastically cloudy. Is; roads
Minot Cloudy, %: roads good.
good.
Hibbing Cloudy, 81. roads improy.
1uluth-Clear, 8: roads good. 4
Nechester Clear, 10; roads rounh.
Mandan-Cleudy. 20s roads good.
WinonaCiear, II above; roads
heavily blocked.
Grand Forks Clear. q, roads fair,
Fargo Cloudy, 2; roads faif.
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TOMORROW: Night Letter fror
John Alden Prescott to Paula Pcriei
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1926-03-25
Writes From Wisconsin

Mrs Retta Sears Miller of Viola,
crat, said:
We have had mild winter here ex-
| cept two weeks of sub-zero weather
in December when it reached 22 be-
! low, and a reminder of it the first
week in March. There has been
on ice, so that the roads have been
fine for sleds or cars all winter
We have been feeding the birds
this winter. Many English spar
rows come for it. They are city
birds, and we would be pleased if
they would stay at home. The
| friendly little chick-a-dees come in
large numbers. They will almost
eat from the hand; about six inches
away is near enough. Three kinds
| of woodpeckers come, and also the
blue-jay. The most beautiful of all
the winter birds is the CARDINAL
fine singer. The male is bright red,
slightly tinged with brown on the
neck, and black ring around his
head, back of his eyes. The fe-
male is smaller and not dressed in
such bright colors. During storms,
as many as twelve have been count
ed at one time Last Sunday, a
black-bird was here all day. He was
very hungry and must have been
lost.
The squirrels, both gray and red
sometimes four or five, may be seen
at one time playing. The cats get
after them, when they go up a tree
/ just out of reach and scold till it is
/ safe to go.
Anyone visiting this part of the
state should see the big orchard at
Gays Mills
Wisconsin produces two-thirds of
| the cheese made in the United
States One of her $500 factories in
this neighborhood attended by 20
farmers, produced over 60 tons of
cheese worth 21 cents per pound.
One of her 500 creameries at Viro-
qua, owned by 700 farmers, in 1925
made over 900 tons of butter
Cheese factories and creameries paid
about the same for butterfat-50
cents per pound.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1926-03-25
Oakland

Miss Doris Walker spent Sunday
with Miss Dorothy Ross.
Mrs. Minnie Mills and children
and Miss Helen BurfieId spent Sun
day evening with Mr.. and Mrs. J. A.
Bell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Ellis and fam.
lily have moved into the Fred Scott
property.
Miss Helen Burfield spent over
Sunday at the home of Mrs Minnie
Mills.
Mrs Eva Matthews and Miss Mel
lie Glenn called on Mrs. Alma John
son, Saturday afternoon.
Fred Thompson was business
caller in McConnelsville, Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon Ball and
Miss Alice Ball of Marietta attend
ed the funeral of Mrs. e. o. Ball,
Sunday