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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-07-01
By NEA Service

By NEA Service
Berkeley. Calf. July l'Whilc
biologists throughout the world seek
specimens OF rare little animal
known as tho amphioxus, Chinese
villagers in the remote little town Of
Lluwuticn are fishing them out Of the
sea by the ton for use as a table del
icacy'
If Professor S. T.. Light had re-
turned to the University Of Califor-
MIA with the announcement that
while acting as head Of the zoology
department Of the University Of
Annoy. China. he had been served II
luncheon Of dodo bird stew and dino
sAur egg omclct he could not have
startled tho scientific world more
than he did with this statement.
To tho zoologist. the amphioxus is
a geological treasure TO DO sought
for years and to be guarded with
care. He prizes this shiny. pinkish
little animal for the evidence it Of
fcrs Of mans kinship to Tho worm
and to the amocba.
IT is living evidence Of an older
form Of life on the evolutionary scale
when the vertehrae or backboncd
animals, Of which man is ono, were
just beginning to emerge from the
primordial mud. although still retain
ing their fish-like qualities. The am
phioxus is a ffish-likc animal. about
one inch long. tapcring at both ends,
which burrows into the mud Of Ger
tain tropical waters.
Fishery in Operation
Imagine the surprise of zoologi SITS
when Professor Light informed them
that he had actually seen an am
phioxus Fishery" in operation. and
had even tasted the worm-likc crca-
lures which his Chinese friends ate
with relish. His associates at the
University Of California priced the
ampioxhus on the laboratory table
but doubted it's value on the lunch
con table. despite his assertions.
Professor Light tells tho following
story Of the discovery he made while
at the University Of Annoy:
"Old Tang Wang wang. the taxi.
derimst and collector Of the Univer.
sity Of Annoy, came to me one day
with several hundred of the amphi
oxi. saying the fish was new to him
after his 90 years Of collecting in
South China. as we'll it might be.
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Buffalo Robes
Worth Nothing
in Early Days

Buffalo robes, now worth hundycds
Of dollars each, bould be had for the
taking when Bismarck was young and
this part Of the west was . frontier.
according to r. d. Hoskins, pioneer
citizen.
II can remember" Hoskins said.
when 10000 buffalo hides were
brought ashore here. They were un-
loaded from boats coming from Fort
Benton and other points Up the river.
They lay there until the rottcd be-
cause no one wanted them and they
wero too cheap"
With the coming Of the railroads
and the white man. however. the
buffalo vanished and now buffalo
robes are costly possessions.
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SUPREME COURT
FROW WARD COUNTY
Mary J. Halliday. otherwise known
as Polly Halliday, Plaintiff and
Respondent

w.
Equitable Lifo Assurance Society.
corporation, Defendant and APP
pellan:
SYLLABUS:
I. A fifteen year term policy in
standard form as prescribed by Sec
ton 6635. G.. l.. 1913. does not accord
the privilege Of extended insurance.
and is not within the purwew or
purpose of Section 1886. G. L. 1918.
providing automatic insurance in case
OF default.
=. In the absence of facts or cir
cumstances showing . waiver, ex-
press or implied. Of . stipulation in
the policy for annual payment Of the
premium, the insurer can not be
compelled to accept payment of less
than the inytallment agreed to be
due and payable on = named date:
and where the insured had the privil-
ego Of paying premiums quarterly,
semi quarterly, or annually. and has
elected TO pay annually. until that
bstipulatiOn y abandoned or waived.
either expressly BY agreement. OF
impliedly By custom or the course
~ conduct Of the insurer, Is IL in
eunbent upon the insured 70 pay
thl premiums in full when due. or
withjnlth period q gfaee.
I. C1stom ~ N iutvrer's course
- eonduet may affof1 : basis No9
n sVa1pMahle SDeose Tor not paying
the premipm = the time or IN the
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MOVIE-ANA

Hollywood. July 1.-The tc,hnica
miracle worker Of the films. like tho
proverbial prophet. is not withou
ocnor save on his own homestead.
To-wit, Roy Pomeroy. the screcr
In DE Miles "Tcn Commandments,
and. who refuses to be bafficd by an,
T. Photographic stunt or mechanics
lroblem Of the studio.
But Roy proved quite flat tir,
When It came to fixing the plumbing
~-really . very simple john hi
kDwn new home. He got the pipe.
uixcd, so that his lawn was sprinklet
l. with hot water while Roy shave,
&With cold. He called in an ordinar,
|Fplu mbcr to untanglc the mess.
II Sentiment outweighed cold busi.
ness on Paramount's "Old Ironsidcs
31ocAtion for an hour, with costs
|kclickin1 along at $4,000 per day
|kMAen Director James Cruze delayc,
koxplodinC . powder charged ship t
&fescuc seal which had become /,
n eompany pet, and which was playful,
RGyfating SO close to the doomed yes
eo1 that the explosion might hav,
killed 1t. This incident will per
laps balance criticisms which hav,
&oen directed to movie makers for al
JgGed cruelty to animals.
NIL Eddie Cantor. who is now in ouI
midst to picture "Kid Boots" goi
Hts first laugh from Hollywood when
= the presence Of a greeting throna
~ che train station, he solemnlS
~6unted off three of his four chill
&en, Introducing them by name.
SlCominR TO the youngest, he hest.
a1od. seemed bewildered. and said
Hhat's your name--I never can re.
oMberf~
l31nEalie." piicd up the well-coach.
Sd &ohy. equally grave.
4kotss right" added Eddie. -four
it1roa and seven pieces Of baggage:
fiSAt. Mr.. Taxi, we're ready fol
1FWood."
Palace Beery is one Of the few
80 boys who is always in the
~ ehaxactef on and off the screen.
~ anCment he 10 being threat
corporal punishment by
gG 1o1oa Of his. irate male con-
soefes whO are blessed with
12c1p - . u that the wives
11 posteards, ee&ensibly, intend
ksir worse halves. Bearing
III ~ inscription, Dear
ip, ~ did, yen not neet me
oas :. gou pfomissd3 a
- - &c.
q sJsr, q - ifersnsst r.nl
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ROAD WORK FOR
PAST YEAR is!
GREATEST EVER.
Highway Body Starts 4 Times
as Much Construction as
Any Other Year

Nearly four times as much con-
struction work was undertaken BY
the state highway department during
the fiscal year ending June 80 @
during any similar period in the his.
tory Of the department. report is
sued today by the highway depart
ment indicated.
Contract awards from July 1, 1926,
to June 30, 1926, reached the cnor.
nous total Of $4,1O4,223.14 ~ COM
pared with $l,614,847.73 for a similar
period last year. When the contracts
for the Williston and Sanish bridges
are included the total for the year
coaches the staggering figure Of
$5,113,553.04.
During the year just ending the
department has put under contract
1863 projects which provide for earth
grading SO miles, crawling 569
miles and two and half miles Of
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WIFE KNOWS MIND
London--A new law, based on the
equality Of the sexes, abolishcs the
presumption that wife who commits
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manner stated in the policy, when
such custom or course Of action 10
not within the terms Of the contract.
I. When the insurer applies q div
idcnd upon the premium, due the
same day as the dividend. it cannot
declare the policy forfeited for nom
payment Of the premium during the
time that such dividend is sufficient
to pay tho premium.
Appeal from an order Of the Dis
trict Court Of Ward County. Hon.
John G. Lowe. Judge.
AFFIRMED.
Opinion Of the court by johnson. j.
b. H. Bradford. Minot, North Da-
kota. Attorney for Plaintiff and Re-
sponden;.
Fisk 4 Nash. Minot. North Dakota.
Attorneys for Defendant and Appel
LAM.
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Scientist Finds LOng-SOught Specimen
Is Table Delicacy Among Chinese

after microscopic examination
proved to me that the poorly pre-
served specimens were actually am
phioxi. further conversation revealed
that there were 20 pounds or more
available in the market and they
were selling for "a cents q catty.
"Thoso who have spent many
weary weeks dredging for specimens.
or who have tried to purchase them
for museum or teaching collections,
| can imagine my state OF mind!
"Thc fishing ground extends 90 Ii
along the cost and two Ii from the
shore. The fishing apparatus is
primitive but effective. It consists
oil scOop-shovclcd blade attached
To a long bamboo; to this is fastened
. cable made by twining long rattans
together, the whole reaching 80 or
60 feet.
Drag bottom
"This is dragged along tho bottom
at two or three fathoms depth. filled
with sand and cmpticd into the boat.
The amphioxi arc then separated
from the sand by means of rounded
baskets Of split bamboo which arc
whirled and swishcd through the
water until only the squirming
masses Of amphioxi remain"
This industry is as old as the vii
lage itself, and, in keeping with Chi
ncsc custom, is surrounded by tradi-
ton and legend.
After his discovery Of the fishery,
Professor Light spent many days in
Liuwuticn at different times. search
ing through the debris scoopcd from
the bottom of tho ocean by the fish
ers and discarded after the amphi-,
| oxus had been obtained. There he
found many other geological treas
| ureS.
Before leaving China TO return to
| the University Of California to be-
come member Of the zoology dc.
partment there. Professor Light OBJ
tanned the support Of the zoology de-
partmcnt Of the University Of Annoy
in preserving this source OF supply
| for biologists.
A biological station probably will
be erected at Liuwuticn and scicn-
lists seeking to probe the secrets of
mans evolution will work side by
side with the Chinese fishers who are
seeking table delicacics.
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BRIDECROOM PAWS

London--Chinese weddings take II
days, and for the wealthy .sOmetlmes
cost as much as 100000. Il 10 not
uncommon for 5000 invitations to be
issued for such an event. rhe BRIDE
groom pays.
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On offense IN Ne presence of her
husband does 90 under coercion. In
the future . wife must prove cocr-
cion
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merely to call up and agree to pay
80 much per hour for the service oil
a compeniOn and he, would be pro.
vidcd with chatty, agceeabls, good
looking young lady.
One could hire . companion for 1
dance or for q theater or for a-1troll
There were many types to be had.
Apparently there are fewer lone
some men, or other sources Of com
paniOnship have been found.
At any rate the bureau recently
closed after losing money for some
time.
am told that the hostess dance
halls and cafes have been largely re-
sponsible.
A stranger can wander into one OF
these and by paying IN hourly rate
can have the companionship of Z
"hostcss" for dances. drinking or
chatting.
One of these places hired TAO girls.
Several Of these dance halls cater
to Japanese, Chinese and foreign
trade. Here there is q great demand
for pretty American maids and tips
are high. One place catering to ORR
entails ut one time had 200 white girls
as dancing partners.
GILBERT SWAN.
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Many American girls who worked
IN wartime munitions plants turning
celiulosc into explosives arc spinning
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-25

of the Naval Hospital Chapter, and in
order to increase the number now on
the rolls the new administration has
decided upon an immediate member
ship drive throughout the institution.
Saturday, September %. the eve of
the eighth anniversary of the begin.
ing of the Meuse-Argonne offensive,
has been decided upon by the
National D. A. V. as the date for the
annual Forget-Me Not campaign, and
the District of Columbia Department.
under Comdr. George w. Phillips. is
already working on preliminary plans
for the drive for the funds which
go to maintain the organization in
Washington, do emergency relief
work and support a full time liaison
officer at the regional Office of the
Veterans Bureau, who aids, without
cost, veterans and their dependents
who have claims before the Washing
ton branch Of the bureau.
The Veterans Bureau has already
started issuing regulations that will
govern nearly 40 amendments to the
World War veterans act which be-
came part of the law July 2.
Already the number of inquiries
and claims filed with the d. A. v.
liaison officer in room lob are said
to indicate considerable number of
disabled men of this city will obtain
benefits through the changes.
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Civilian Army News

staff is making a detailed study Of
this matter, and 1t is the general hope
Of Reserve officers that certain
changes will be made in the alloca-
ton Of officers personnel which will
permit an increased amount of team
training for Reserve officers.
Failure to give the practical test to
those Reserve officers going up for
promotion and the lack OF active duty
training in grade Is rapidly creating
sentiment among both Reserve officers
and Regular officers who have been in
close touch with the situation that a
change should be made in the applica-
ton Of those regulations. The under
lying motive governing the peace-time
promotion Of the Reservists is that 1t
Is as necessary to determine an Of
f1cer's technical military knowledge as
it Is to apply that technical knowledge
in practical way. This Is equally fair
to the Government as 1t is to the Of
ficer going up for promotion. The
regulations prescribe that knowledge
examination, which is written, and an
ability test, which was intended to be
practical should be given to every re-
serve officer going up for promotion.
The full intent Of the practical test
2XdInlIldLlOn IldS Il6FST DtSH ChfIlcu
out to the letter, largely due. it Is
pointed out, because Of the shortage
of troops and also because the troops
have been stationed at great
distance from the officer applying for
promotion.
Another important part Of the regu-
lations In which there has been a
great laxity of enforcement is that
provision which prescribes that the
candidate for promotion be given at
least one 15-day tour of active duty in
his present grade. Due to the lack OF
training funds, however, a certain
amount of latitude has been vested
in the various corps areas command
ers in waving this requirement, which
has resulted in the promotion of many
officers who have not had any active
duty training in grade. There is a
general feeling among the Reserve and
Regular officers that IL the Organized
Reserve is to be composed of efficient
officers the Is days Of active duty
Maining in grade before promotion
should be made compulsory. 1t Is also
suggested that the practical test
should be given at the close of this Is
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days Of active duty service at the post
or station where the training Is given.

days Of active duty service at the post
or station where the training is given.
SIN preparation for the fifth annual
convention of the Reserve Officers
Association of the United States,
which this year will be held at Nor
folk. Va. October %, 26 and 81, a
State convention will be held by each
State department, at which delegates
to the NATIONAL gathering will be Sc
lected and consideration will be made
Of the various needs Of the Reserve
project.
The schedule of instruction which
will obtain during the field training
period OF the 428th Infantry, the only
local colored Reserve regiment, which
will undergo it's active associate train.
ing with the 372d Infantry, Massa-
chusetts National Guard, at Camp
Deyens. Miss, beginning yesterday,
Is complete, with combat formations
and other preparatory exercises. Spe-
cial instruction has also been arranged
for specialists.
Due to the demand for training in
radio and other methods of communi-
cation, arrangements have been made
by Sd Corps Area headquarters, to
send so additional men to the Signal
Corps camp at Fort Monmouth, N.
j., which opens August and con.
cludes September 4. Any resident of
Washington between the ages of II
and 81 years desiring to attend this
camp can secure all necessary In
formation at the local Reserve head
quarters in the Graham Building. At
this camp, special volunteer evening
courses are offered preparatory for
the Department Of Commerce ex-
animation for operators licenses.
An innovation inaugurated this
year at the various camps which resi-.
dents of Washington are attending in
the Sd Corps Area, Is Mothers day.
A large number of Washington resi-
dents are now in attendance upon
courses of instruction at the various
camps in this corps area, and Mothers
day at the different training camps
will be observed as follows: Fort Hum
phreys, Va, July %; Camp Meade,
Md, July a. Fort Eustis, Va, July
30; Fort Monroe, Va, July 81, and
Fort Myer, Va, any day except July
% to 81. A scholarship in the Loomis
Radio School will be awarded to the
best man from the Sd Corps Area
Until further notice, there will be
no further band rehearsals of the
343d Engineer Band. The reason for
the suspension of band practice, 1t was
pointed out by Capt. John w. Davis,
commanding officer Of the band and
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American War Veterans Club.

The American War Veterans Club
was represented at the funeral serV-
ices Of the late Secretary of war,
John w. Weeks, at Newton, Mass,
by Lieut.. Charles Riemer, secretary
Of the club. Accompanied by Mrs.
Riemer, he motored from Dorchester,
Mass, to Newton. A large floral
wreath sent by the club was placed
at the bier--of the former Secretary,
together with President Coolidge's
floral tribute and those of organiza-
tions in which he was interested.
After the funeral Lieut.. and Mrs.
Riemer left for Camp Devens to visit
the officers training camp.
The dates for the next automobile
caravan to Orkney Springs, Va, will
be September 1917. The trip the
latter part of last month was such
success that the hotel management
extended an invitation for the club
to pay another visit on the occasion
of the closing days of the hosiery.
The club accepted the invitation, and
another gala. affair will be arranged
for the occasion, including military
bali Veterans and their Families
desiring to participate in the outing
are requested to send the reservations
to the American War Veterans CLUB,
317 Metropolitan Bank Building.
The meetings of the club will be
resumed in the Jefferson room, May
flower Hotel, this Fall, adjournment
having been voted during the Sum-
mer months. Lieut.. Col. Frederick
Butterfield Ryons. president of the
club, will announce the date of the
Fall meeting in September.
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BABY FASHION SHOW HAS
PLACE IN SESQUI EXHIBIT
Clinic in Operation, as Well as
Nursery and Playground Sent
by Children's Bureau.

by Children's Bureau.
A baby fashion show. a model nurs.
cry. model playground, educational
motion pictures and a children's clinic
In operation are among the interesting
exhibits of the Children's Bureau OF
the United States Department Of La
Dor at the Sesquicentenn.al Interna-
tional Exposition in Philadelphia.
ThG playground. 3x5 feet to scale, is
equipped with swimming pools, tennis
courts, base ball diamonds, swings,
ladders and flying rings. In the baby
fashion show are baby dolls in genu.
Inc costumes of the eighteenth, nine
teenth and twentieth centuries, Dor
rowed by the exposition through the
courtesy of the National Museum. In
the model clinic. a glass-inclosed room
constructed within the exhibit pavil-
ion, children under the age of 8 will
be weighed and measured by a nurse
and given free medical examination
as a demonstration of the value of
such clinical work in the normal de-
velopment Of children.
A motion picture, "WeI Born will
show the essentials OF prenatal care,
and a film, Posture" showing the Inn
portance of this subject 10 tho child's
health, will be shown. This Aim has
been produced under TIE direction of
DIR. Armin Klein Of the Massachusetts,
General Hospital.
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Disabled American Veterans.

The Naval Hospital Chapter, No. Z.
of the District of Columbia Depart
ment of the Disabled American
Veterans, has elected Thomas F.
Mahan commander, in succession to
G. c. Ellinger, who held the post last
year. Other officers elected We're: Jay
Lawhon, senior vice commander. Paul
Robertson, Junior vice commander; c..
j. Kelly OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Dennis
Policy, chaplain, and c. J. Clark, SER
geant-at-arms.
In the matter of membership and
handling cases for disabled men before
the Veterans Bureau, the past year
was the most successful in the history
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the Headquarters and Supply Com
pany, 343d Engineers. is due to the hot
weather and so many band members
being on vacation. According to the
present plans of Capt. Davis, band
practice will not be resumed until
about September 8.
In announcing the suspension of
band practice for the 343d Engineer
Band, the only Reserve musical or
ganization in this part Of the coun.
try, Capt. Davis issued instructions
to the band members to the effect that
all holding band property on memo re.
ceipt should properly care for same
during the Summer and that they
should keep the instruments In good
working order. A special effort will
be made between now and September
8 to recruit the band so that Ivy Fall
it will have a full strength Of rs
pieces.
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Sesqui Honors Noted Dog.

"Oweny." the worlds greatest dog
traveller, who was awarded more than
100 tags and medals because Of his
services" in the United States Post
Office Department, has been signally
honored at the Governments post
office exhibit at the Sesquicentennial
International Exposition in Philadel-
phia.
The body Of the globe-trotter, mount.
ed by taxidernist after the animal g
death in 1897, is on view in the model
post Office in the exposition grounds.
"Owney" was the official mascot of
the entire postal force Of the country
from 1888 to 1897.
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headquarters IN
the Graham Build
ing this past week,
W h ere. he has
assumed his new
duties as assistant
executive officer. In
he absence of Maj.
Albert S. J. Tuck.
err, Infantry, now
at Fort Eustis,
Va, with the 320th
Infantry, the To-
cal Reserve jnfan.
try regiment I'M
dergoing active
duty training at
that post, Maj.
McCants will be
acting senior ex.
9CIitjVA 0ffipnr nj
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e. c. wattles, Hartford Chapter:
Lieut.. Robert Montgomery, Louisville
Chapter; Lieut.. M. ]. Durkins, New
orleans Chapter; Gen. John ]. Brad
ley, New York Chapter; Maj. Guy w.
Carbon, Niagara Frontier Chapter;
Brig. Gen. S. H. Wolfe, Paris Chap
ter; Maj. Robeson L. Perot. Philar
adelphia Chapter; Col. H. Raymond
Freeman jr., Pittsburgh Chapter; Maj.
John e. Gray, Portland. Me-, Chapter;
Col. Clarence R. Hotchkiss, Portland,
Greg, Chapter; Capt. L. Lee Howard,
Providence Chapter; Capt. Forest e.
Alexander, Worcester Chapter.
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FOREST RANGER AIDED.
Alabama to Erect Observation
Posts for Spotting Fires.

MONTGOMERY. Ala, July "a Op).
AN innovation in Alabama fire con-
troll is a group Of steel observation
towers to be erected in the various
timbered areas Of the State. The cost
will be borne by the Government
"In rough territory a fire may burn
for a considerable time before it is
discovered" said Col. P. S. Bunker,
State Forester. while the ranger
seeks the highest points for his OBJ
servations, his view is often INSTRUCTED
by timber and ridges. In such cases
great additional range of vision is OBJ
tanned from towers which afford the
added elevation necessary to quick
fire detection"