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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-16
Adventists Of State
Contribute Heavily
to Foreign Missions

jamestown, N. D., Feb. l6.-The
North Dakota Conference of Seventh
day Adventists, Of which Rev. H.
Meyer is president, contributed $34,-
G3990 for the advancement of for
eign mission enterprises during. 1895,
according to Il report just received
from Professor J. l.. Shaw, treasure:
of the Foreign Mission Board in
Washington. D. G. The total amount
given in the Northern Union Confer
encc, which includes North and South
Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa in it's
territory, was S20A, 6l4.33, a per capita
for every week of the year Of slight
ly more than AZ cents.
Because Of the liberality Of the adj
herents Of the church in this. section
of the country. in cooperating toward
the advancement of the church abroad,
it is possible to carry forward the
program which the Mission Board
has outlined without the slightest re-
trenchmcnt. There are twelve unioh
conferences in North America, and
these contributed S2,48S,587.5O.
The other LEGAL conferences that
are included in the Union contributed
as follows: South Dakota $42, 19l. IA,
or Il per capita of 62.6 cents per week
for the year. this being the largest
weekly amount given by any of the
local conferences.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-16

Morse messages on a single wire at the
same time, without interference. One
evening while resting from his struggles
with the apparatus, Bell turned to his
helper and said:
watson, I want to tell you of an
other idea l have, which l think will
surprise YOU"
Vibrating Spring Sticks
He then went on to explain that he
believed it would be possible to talk
by telegraph.
"If," he said, 81 could make q cur
rent of electricity vary in intensity,
precisely as the air varies in density,
during the production of q sound, l
should be able to transmit speech
geographically"
Bells dream took on it's, first aspect
of realization on the afternoon of June
2, 1875. The two men were at work in
the garnet of the Williams building,
where they had fitted up wire con-
Meeting two rooms perhaps sixty feet
apart looking out on Court street.
Watson had charge of the transmitters,
setting them squealing one after the
other, while Bell was returning the re-
ceiver springs one by one, pressing
them against his ear. When one of the
transmitter springs stopped vibrating,
Watson plucked it to start it again, but
(itfailed start !, He kept on plucking
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-16
Motor Car Buy
Should Be Made
From Good Dealer

1T is undeniably true that almost
any car man buys today is worth
what he pays for it," says w. f. Lair
of the Lair Motor Sales company.
"But ask any experienced motorist
and he will tell you to shop for q
good dealer and buy, whatever car he
sells.
more and more is the responsible
ity for satisfaction in ownership
gravitating to the dealer. Operation
and maintenance are the outstanding
items in the cost, of automobile trans-
portation. These differ with the diff
fering measure Of responsibility rem
dered by car dealers to car owners.
Accessibility of dependable, sensible,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-16

Sherwin chapter, Telephone Pioneers
Of America.
DR.. Bell is no longer alive, but his
associate. Thomas A. Watson, the man
who heard the first sentence of speech
sent over the telephone wires, is still
active and was present at the dedica-
ton services in December. At that
time he explained how he and DIR. Bell
worked during the summer of 1875.
The crude work benches used by both
men in those early days were also
reproduced.
Experiments at Night
What Alexander Graham Bell dis
covered on that momentous June day
was the right way to transmit speech
by wire, lie found the principle that
resulted not alone in the transmission
of sounds, but also OF all the delicate
tones and nuances which make up hui
man speech. Bell had been expert
mcnting for some time in the electrical
workshop. many of his experiments be-
ing carried on at nights and on Satur-
days and holidays, for he was busy
dlVing the day at Boston university,
where he was teaching his fathers sys-
TEN Of visible speech by which deaf
mute might learn to talk. One of the
devices on which he was at work was
Il harmonic telegraph" by means of
which he had hoped to send six or eight
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-16

On the front Of II moving picture
theatre at 100 Court street, Boston,
is bronze tablet which commence
rates the birth Of the telephone.
There it was on June =. 1878. that
Alexander Graham Bell discovered the
principle which led to one of the great
est inventions in the service of man
kind. The building was then occupied
IS tho electrical workshop OF Charles
Williams. and the discovery made by
Rcll. working IN con junction with his
helper, Thomas a. Watson, on that
hot summer day, eliminated on March
10. 1876. with the successful trans
mission by telephone Of the first com
pete sentence OF speech.
Unveiled in 1916
Tic bronze tablet marking this his
;cric SPOT WIS first unveiled by DIR.
''cyant'c: Graham Bell on March 10,
1916. beng placed on the building by
tie Hostonian society and the New
,cl.nd Telephone and Telegraph
.enI;n". LIST year the widening
a terrt street ncccssitatcd cutting
III !, fntcn Of the building where the
q. o. TIE telephone was born. The
te,; l.: $ fctr restored, however. and
80 ~ the t:,b'ol provided directly
rlscr tie t;t' ct dice leading to the
tend cn cccnlhcr -, 1925, the
q VS. n-,,cdic;.ted by Thomas
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-16
Hijackers Board
Schooner, S t cal
100 Cases Whiskey

Nuremberg, N. s., Feb. 16.-R)--
Captain Arthur Whynot, master of
the Schooner Arthur j. BalfoAr,
which has just arrived here, relates
a story of being boarded by hijackers
off Rum Row. Eleven hundred cases
of Scotch whiskey were pirated and
the captain and his crew were held
prisoners on their own ship for 10
days by armed buccaneers.
Captain Whynot says the hijackers
came alongside the Balfour in q yes
sci disguised as United States coast
guard cutter. rhey overpowered the
Nova Scotian crew and transferred
the whiskey to the cutter" The hi
jackers left on board the Balfour
waited patiently for the return Of
their companions who took the whis-
key away, and finally when they did
not come back they sailed the Bal
four>within a few hundreds yards of
the coast, took boats and rowcd to
land.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-16
TAFT THANKS
LAYMAN FOR
HIS SERVICE
Manistee, Mich, Mans Serv-
ice to the Courts Brings
Congratulations

Chicago. Feb. lG. t4) A chief jus
" tice of the United States has writ
ten thanking Il layman, unlettered in
the law and unknown to many law
yers, for his service to the courts.
The letter, made public Monday.
was from William Howard Taft to
Charles +. Ruggles, Manistee. Mich,
timber and salt king, with large in
tercsts on the Pacific coast The
,hicf justice congratulated MIR. Rug
giles on having made possible the APP
plication Of business principles to
courts. -,
Mr.. Rugglcs also was lauded by
Chief Justice Harry Olson of the Chi
cago Municipal Court, who said no
individual has contributed more to
u court reform in the last fifty years
Mr. Ruggles."
Judge Olson had received letter
from Elihu Root similar to that from
Chief Justice Taft, which he for
warded to Mr. Ruggles. Appended
was declaration by officers and dl-
rcctors of the American Judicaturc
Society, of which Judge Olson is
chairman, which disclosed addition
ally that Mr.. Ruggles founded the So
cicty and has financed it since its
inception III I3lS.
To Eliminate Delay
Mr. Ruggles' chief purpose in spon-
soring the society was to eliminate
the delays Of the law.
I'm maintaining the equality be-
tween the rich and the poor III the
court" said the Taft letter in part,
"the greatest difficulty is the delay.
A rich man can stand the delay and
profits by it. but the poor man al
ways suffers
"A judicial force Of judges ought to
be under the executive direction Of
somebody, so that the number OF
Judges needed to meet the arrears of
business at a PARTICULAR place should
be under the control Of one who
knows what the need is. They have
worked out this plan in the city of
Chicago, where Chief Justice Olson,
rs chief justice Of the Municipal
court. assigns the judges Of that
court to the work that is most press
ing. In other words, we ought to APP
ply business principles to the use OF
our judicial force.
at is along these lines as ! under
stand that the American Judicaturc
Society is working, and ! write to fe
licitate you on your having made thi.
possible You could do NO more i'm.
portant work for the body social anc
polite than this. AS one in the com
Munity' write to thank you"
M Serves as Model
Besides doing directly many admir-
able things, wrote Elihu Root, the
Jutic; are Society has served as /;
model for vast amount of research
In 1912, Mr.. Ruggles employed ;
Manistea editor, Herbert Harley, t
Investigate the courts of the country
Through Mr.. Harley he discovered il
Judg Olson Judge who kept book
on his court. Impressed by the Chi
cago system Of records, ADULTS, or
ganization and procedure, he organ
lied the American Judicature. SOcict.
and asked Judge Olson to head it. Nj
Harley remained in Chicago as secre
tary Of the society.
Julius Roscnwald of Chicago ha
agreed to finance the .Judicature SO
ciety when Mr.. Ruggles' appropria
ton shall have been exhausted.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-16

were rewarded by several quaint
songs and also the music of the call
played by express riders to warn of
their approach to remount station.
All Tell a Story
Most of the songs Of stage coach
days have rhythm that reminds one
of the better known Lone Prairie"
of the cowboy. Virtually all of them
have a story to tell. Such a one is
that of Joe Bowers who. the song
tells, came to California to win a
stake that he might marry girl in
Pike county, Missouri, only TO return
to find her the" wife of q red heaied
butcher. The song, with a lit that
almost sings itself, opens:
My name it is Joe Bowers.
! have brother, Ike,
| come from old Missouri.
Come all the way from Pike.
III tell you how came thar
: And how l came TO roam
And leave/my poor old nanny
So far away from home"
And so it runs through many STAN
Zas.
Strain is Haunting
Another sings in a tuneful. haunt
ing strain of thrifty old Indian wO-
man of Albuquerque, known as old
Bobby Cox. Only one stanza is now
remembered:
"Old Bobby Cox,
Star-wano, come and antcc,
She lived in Albuquerque
In 'dobe shanty.
She wore string of beads
And had feathers on her legs
And peddled beets and cucumbers
! And hard-boiled eggs"
The poor milking qualities of Texas
cows is paid sarcastic tribute in an
other song; while fourth tells the
dire end of George Edwards who fell
from the proud profession Of stage
driver to that of "whacking bulls" on
street car.
The melodies of these songs of the
!. frontier of the day when spaces were
notably wide and open, show thet the
men who were men had a c-editable
if primitive flare for music.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-16
TO TULSA BY FORD
GETS FINE JOB

His Ford car landed Oscar Mel.
son in Tulsa and his training at Da-
kota Business College, Fargo, land
ed him in an excellent position with
the Oklahoma Steel Castings Co.
there. Dakotans" win good posi-
tons far and wide because of super
ior training, receiving actual ex,
pcrience' in fully equipped offices
six days week. (Copyrightcd-un-
obtainable elsewhere). Recently
placed: Gcnevieve Sullivan, with
Agricultural College; w. H. Han
son, with Midland c ontineptalR. r.
Follow the SucceSSfup'-nex.
Monday. Write F. l.. Watkins,
Pres. SEQ Front ST., Fargo.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-16

serves HOLSTER, generally means
liberty to be chewed up by some
other wild animal, sooner or later,
or to be shot, poisoned or trapped by
man.
when one considers" he points
out in his article, show rapidly they
are being exterminated and the cruel
means employed in the quest for
meat, furs, hides and OIL. it is easy
for the animal lover to feel that life
for them in comfortable captivity is
preferable to fearsome struggle
against unbeatable odds in wild
state.
every wild animal is continually
searching for a safety zone and that
is exactly what a wcll-conducted ZOO
logical garden is"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-16
BRING
our 0LDS0NGS
OF THE WEST
Quaint Songs of Overland
Stage and Pony Express
Used in Scores

Hollywood, Calf: Feb. 49, A)-
Search for the American folk song,
which has brought into relief the
negro spiritual and songs of the from
tier. has gained aid from an unex-
pected source--the commonly called
silent drama.
Composition of the musical score
for western play sent researchers
on hunt for old songs of the Over
land stage and pony express. They
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-16
0CAGE SAD
PLACE BUT IT
SAVES LIVES
Wild Animals Are Better OFF
in Cages Than When Run
ming at Large
ny CHARLEs r. STEWART

Washington, Feb. 16-Thare's some
thing pathetic in the sight Of one Of
the big cats-a lion or tiger, say
pacing his cage in Il zoo, to and fro,
to and fro, monotOnously to and fro.
A yak, chewing his cud, is all
right. A yak isn't very dynamic
animal anyway.
But the real WILD animals are
different. 1t seems a shame to keep
!. them cooped up. Gosh! how they
must wish they were providing the
jungle!
And those noble eagles! Lookit
'cm. The eagle! The emblem of our
freedom! Sitting on a dummy tree in
: Is big coop made out of chicken wire,
out at the Smithsonian Institutions
Rock Creek park geological gardens!
What sAcrilege! ya
Protest Issve6 4
,. Well, there was a esStain society
that. some tinie1ago. felt that way
about it.
~ II didn't believe in holding, wild
critters in captivity.
It. met and adopted resolutions to
that effect. It protested, in particu-
lar, against the imprisonm ent Of
American eagles-''the noble bird
I that has been chosen to typify the
proud, free and lofty spirit of Amer
icae"
HRelease 'em," demanded the So
ciety.
What Would Happen
"And if we did release Fem -
queries Ned HOLSTER, for many
years superintendent Of that zoo Of
the Smithsonian Institutions.
VA sSstsWhat would happen?
"Why, somebody would fill those
eagles SO full Nf shot instanter that
they wouldn't even do to stuff and
put on top Of the bookcase"
Hollister certainly came right back
at that society. He has an article
about it in the Smithsonian's last re-
pert on its activities.
he says, sis against the eagle. The
hid i without legal protection IN
most states. In some places bounties
!. ne even paid for it's destruction.
q what is needed is>not protection
for the eagles in zoos but for those
III . wild state"
~ 6ymtathy Not Needed
No. according to Ned HOLSTER.
don't waste any sympathy on the
Wild animals you see in zoos.
81 To be sorry for performing AMI
mails - all right. Frequently their
l3Rainers' methods are cruel. At best
10 doubtful IL they like their stunts.
MI sw HUT yaYnnints which are permitted
sinply u lie afpund and stay wild
~ IN, RFeat luck, not n spite q
Mir cSptivity but actually because
z n' fa1tssy & 8 frsf.yable
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-16
MUSEUM ROBBED

Sofa.-The Photographed Muse
UNI. in the heart of the city, has been
robbed Of coins, statuettes and other
objects valued at nearly half a mil
lion dollars. Several museum at
PENDANTS and about 80 other persons
are under arrest on charges of being
concerned in the theft.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-16

is not possible to satisfy all agents
and insurance companies and the
amount Of profit to local agents is.
IN many eases. hardly enough to off
set the expense and time devoted to
a campaign to get state business.
scores of times, during the progress
OF this audit, we observed the time
OF the manager monopolized from
half an hour to half a day or more
by some persistent insurance agent
or friends of an agent, seeking addi-
ti0nal insurance. These citizens must
be heard even though the business
Of the department must stand still
whIle the parlcy continues"
Under the heading Of recommended
tons Burchard suggests that the
legislature require the department to
assume the role of an insurance
compc ny (which it in fact now is"
and place all its reinsurance in the
same manner and at as great a saw
ing as possible instead of placing
It with various companies as has been
the custom of the department. He
estimates that adoption of this prin-
ciple would have saved the state
$4,000 in 1925 or more that twice
the entire cost Of operating the state
fire and tornado fund for that year
Should Go All the Way
"lf the state is TO conduct this
business it seems to me that it
should go the full way and prao ice
all the economies in vogue in the en-
surancc field generally" said Bur-
chard.
'This suggestion will take small
profit away from many local insur-
..ncc agents but It should be borne in
mind tn 1t insurance is somewhat diff
| ferent from cher forms Of business in
which the State might engage. In
| surance is not productive business
in an economic sense. 1t is the func-
ton of insurance to distribute Geo
nomic loss due To destruction OF
property by fire. With tlris concep-
| ton in mind we must conclude that
that method is best which fulfills
this purpose adequately and at the
least expense possible. feel thai
my recommendation is fundamental.
| ly sound and it has in it's favor tht
established practice among old linz
companies all over the world.
II am of the opinion that legally
the fire and tornado fund could d;
it's business on the same basis as AZ
old line company but | know tina
any insurance commissioner who
would take this step before being di
rected to do so by the Legislature
would be counting political cruel
fixon from the interests he woult
thus antagoniZe."
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-16

Don't miss seeing "What
Happened to jones" with
Reginald Denny at the Capitol
Theatre starting tomorrow.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-16

it without result until suddenly l,e-hcar,..
shout from the adjoining room, follows
ing which Bell came in with rush.
demanding, what did you do then?
Don't change anything. Let me sec. - !,
What had happened was that when
Watson snapped the spring the, circuit
had remained unbroken while the strip
of magnetised steel, by it's vibration
over the pole Of its magnet, was generA
ating what Bell had been striving for
q current of electricity that varied in
intensity precisely as the air was,
varying in density within hearing
distance Of the spring.
Telephone Il Born
It was at that moment that the
speaking telephone was born. The
mechanism could not articulate, but
the full twang Of the spring had come
over the wire and Bell knew that il it
could transmitall the complex vibrations
of one sound, it could do the same for
any sound and even for that of speech.
Several hours were spent verifying the
discovery, repeating it with all the
differently tuned springs, and before
the two men parted that night Bell
had given directions for making the
first electric speaking telephone.
This telephone, the first ever made,
was the forerunner of the more than
q. O0O, 0Otelephonesin the world today.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-16
NO WONDER

Glasgow. Ky. - Leslie Plunkctt
struggled for more than an hour to
start his coupe. He then lifted the
hood and found chat someone had
stolen the motor.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-16

POWERS LAKE BANK CLOSED
Failure of the state bank Of Pow
ers Lake was announced today by the
state bank examiner. It was capt.
talized at $4,000, had surplus of
$4,000 and deposits Of $4,000. Pow
ers Lake is in Burke county.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-16

July /. They estimate the probable
demand for the chemical in the Unit
ed States at about 100000 pounds a
year. By-products, such as shellac,
paint. and disinfectant, are to be pro-
duced. The chemical, compounded Of
sulfonated hydrocarbons, has sold as
high as $50 a pound.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-16

low cost maintenance necessities is
the thing the wise nlotorist looks for
first"
New Britain herald., 1926-12-06
l2l FRE|GHTERS
 CAUGHT IN fL0ES
Great Lakes Fleets, Valued at
 Billion, ICe-Bound

Sault Ste. Marie, Mich, Dec. R -"Out of the trenches by Christi mas is still only hope of the 12l big lake freighters which with every passing hour of below zero weather are becoming enmeshed more tight ly in the lcebound lower regions of St. Marys river. Value of the fleet is estimated at nearly a billion dol lars, including it's cargoes of almost 15,000,000 bushels of grain and hun dreds of thousands of tons of coal
 There is coal, coal everywhere. in the upbound fleet, but none for use of the rapidly depicting bunkers of the great grain ships, some of which with less than five tons on board and days of blockade ahead of them have frantically appealed for assist ance from this city-assistance which cannot ge given because local coal docks have been emptied of all but sufficient amount to run domestic furnaces and stores of Sault Ste. Marie citizens oyer winter. ..-
 It is regarded as probable the Lakes Carriers Association will d. vert one of the up-bound coal ships. when one shall be released. and cause its cargo to be emptied on a dock here. Tugs then probably will
New Britain herald., 1926-12-06

tention," was devoted to the prose- cution of suits against concerns whose business affected the .'neces- saries of life and living conditions generally"
 Donovan defended the numerous consent decrees obtained during the year, describing them as analogous to a plea of guilty in a criminal proceeding and representing simply a submission by the defendant in equity to the demands of the peti- tioner."
 Gradual clearing up of the thou sands of criminal and civil cases growing out Of the war was shown in the reports of other assistants.
 Attorney General Sargent reiterat- ed his request for legislative pro posals submitted year ago and suggested numerous other recom- mendations, including the report of conference of senior circuit judges.
 He asked for federal statute making it crime to escape from a federal prison and suggested that the penalties for violations of the various federal reserve and agricul- tural banking jaws be harmonized and that cases Of contempt be punishable either in the district in which the decree alleged to have been violated was entered or in the district in which the act constitut- ing the contempt was committed.
 He also renewed his request or additional salaries for district attor- news and their assistants.
New Britain herald., 1926-12-06

be asked to break their way, if pos- sible. to the ships without coal and give them small supply. Two Sailors Drowned
 Report of the drowning of two sailors who left their vessel at West Neebish Cut Sunday and fell into a hole in the ice. has reached this city, 20 miles distant. but names were not available.
 The ice-breaking car ferry sainte Marie has transferred its activities to the down bound channel today. having reversed its course and damned, it's way down. bound in the up-bound channel through which it came Saturday. and is now attempt ing to do for the steamer Coulee, head of the fleet what two tugs were unable to do in three days of united efforts
 The situation in West Neehish cut, where the Coulee and a number of other ships are imprisoned. is such that when the giant ferry passes the packed ice immediately closes in on it's stern and the grain vessels are unable to budge an inch under their own power. So. small but mighty tugs have done virtually all the re- leasing work that has been accom-. plished since Dec. 1, when the frs ships were frozen in.