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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-07-29

New York. July ga symphony
orchestra Of 100 pieces playing .
musical score synchrOnized with the
motion picture has been made pos
sible for the smallest houses by the
perfection Of the vitaphone.
The music is "photogrsphed' with
the picture, but its sponsors have
made it clear that the Vitaphone is
not like other inventions which have
attempted to project normal tones
through light rays controlled by the
film.
I Coordinate CGMera.Recorder
This instrument is . recording de-
vice. similar in some respects to the
photograph recorder, which is. run OF
the same speed as the camera while
the picture is being photographed
Production SO far has consisted only
OF pictures Of grand opera stars and
concert artists, both the action and
sound being photographed for presen.
tation in . manner which is claimed
to equal in every respect the original.
! The actual working Of the Vita
phone was demonstrated when Marion
Talley, one Of the artists, sang an
aria from Rigoletto.
- Talley First Artist
She sang in . motion picture set
ding built on the stage Of the Man.
haitian Opera House, while cameras
were perched on stands built above
the seats. While the master camera
controlling the recording disc in q
laboratory in another part OF the
building. continuously ground through
the. scene. other cameras took required
cl0se-ups.
Miss Talley sang, the chorus Joined
ct proper intervals. while the
orchestra accompanied her - II IN
audience had filled the house.
Intricate sounding horns ut strak-
eric points picked up each note Of
voice and instrument, land these were
transmitted to TIE laboratory for re-
cording, through . switchboard more
intricate than that Of the largest
radio hroadeasting station.
Operation II Sound Proof
The recording device was 50 sensi.
tive that the camera had to be en-.
closed in sound proof box to prevent
its "clickety- ciick" from going on the
record. Production had to be stopped
each ten minutes to give the camera
man air.
More. than mere sound was re-
corded, however, as musician. cleo
trical engineer sat 1t the board. read
| ing . marked score of the music. ans
controlling the volume according t.
: predetermined plan.
With the completi ton Of the produc
tion. there was print Of the picturl
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-07-29
Freigang Funeral
to Be Held Friday

Funeral services for A. E. Frei-
gang. well known local barber who
died at hospital HE Monday,
will be conducted Friday at 8 p. m.
at the Masonic Temple. The Bis
marck Masonic lodge will be in
charge and the Rev. Oscar 8. ia
cobson will officiate.
The body will lie in state from
2 to 3 O'Clock Friday at the tenn
pie. The remains will be taken to
Valley City Friday evening for
burial.
Among the floral offerings win
be . large wreath presented by the
BARRIERS Of the city. y s
A Masonic escort will meet the
train 1T Valley City. Mr.. Fret
gangs father and mother will Or
rive in Bismarck Friday morning
from Tacoma, Washington.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-07-29

By NEA Service
Atlanta, Ca, July 20.-De Witt
Smith, stone blind since he was &c,
can and does drive an automobile
with safety, but he never attempts
to walk along the streets alone.
That is too dangerous.
II back the car out of my garage
nearly every morning." he says. But
that is not all.
Il drive in traffic, too--of course
not alone. l have to have someone
with me who isn't nervous and is
good hand at seeing things and
telling me how the road lies.
"You've, no idea how my ears help
me. I can hear things you couldn't
detect at all except by seeing. I'm
convinced ] have sixth sense, some.
thing inside that let's you know what
your eyes can't see. Almost all blind
people have. One friend OF mine
claims he can hear a telephone post
or brick wall and avoid humping
it. do not doubt him.
Smith just a few days ago. with
out any help, changed a tire on his
car.
THAT is the worst thing about au-
t0mObiling," he says. IL hate it.
It gets my hands SO greasy. But
there isn't anything like . car,
otherwise. The wind hitting your
face and the road sliding by under
you, and the sense Of power when
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-07-29
ESTIMATED 1926 WHEAT PRODUCTION
IN FOUR STATES SHOWS DECREASE OF
25PER CENT, SAYS MONTHLY REVIEW

flax acreages are all considerably
less than the reported intentions.
Purchasing Power Less
The basic agricultural purchas-
ing power created by the money
value of the marketings of live
stock and the grains combined dur
ing June was 8 per cent less than
a year ago. For the period August
l. 1925 to July l, 1926, the decline
in the money value of such market
ings was Ia per cent as compared
with similar period one year
earlier.
Grain receipts at terminals were
one-fOurth less in June this year
than last, and all the median prices
declined. As compared with May.
total grain receipts declined, and
median prices exhibited a number
of small advances.
Livestock Receipts Larger
Livestock receipts were much
greater than in June q year earlier,
owing partly to poor pastures in
the early part of the month and
partly to the increased marketings
of long-fed steers, which had been
taken on earlier to utilize cheap
corn. This explains the decline in
the median price Of butcher steers.
although the median prices of most
varieties of livestock were higher.
The heavy run of light weight
grass-fed cattle also affected the
feeder section of the market, in
crcasing the shipments to the coun-
try and depressing feeder prices rs
compared with last month. There
is evidence also Of a tendency to
limit the expansion Of sheep herds.
The quantity Of sheep marketed in
June was double that in May, the
median price Of ewes dropped dur
ing June and lamb prices were
lower than year ago. Excepting
feeder cattle and ewes, livestock
median prices were all higher in
June than in May, hogs attaining
the highest median price recorded
by this office in any month since
October, 1920.
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you control the motor and feel the
wheel turn % you will.'
Smiths job 10 that Of telephone
sub station operation in . downtown
hotel here. He has held IL for IL
years, making change without error,
operating IN automatic phone dial ef-
ficiently and learning to know hum
dreds Of psrsons BY their footsteps
and their voices.
"There isn't anything sweeter than
the voice Of person you like, Is
there!'' says Smith. ri had lots
rather be blind than deaf and dumb.
because then you are cut off from
people and from sounds. To me the
best thlngss N the world are music
and coAvessatisn. have . notion
there - too much reading In this
world and not enough good talk"
Smith, you'll notice, is one blind
man in this world whom blindness
has not licked.
"When was a boy" he says, II
noticed that SO many blind people,
especially whsa 1pg, went with
their heads dow. <Ikbout the first
thing I thought Of when the blow hit
me was that was not going. to be
that way. Wherever am ! try to
hold my head up as though had y
million dollars. A man has got to
make the most Of the inevitable and
keep on being = man.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-07-29
ny Milton Bronner.)

London. July 29.--British golfers
and British golf writers ARE dis
cussing animatedly the serious situo.
ton in which they find themselves
after the disastrous year in which
Bobby Jones won the British open
golf championship. Jess Sweetser the
British amateur championship, while
the American team OF xmateurs once
more captured the Walker cup. which
so far. they have never lost.
They are more Interested in find
ing out why they fell SO far behind
than they are in discussing the tact
less interview about their playing
which has been attributed to Walter
Hagen.
Mental Attitude Big Help
One clever writer says the differ
ence between the Amer PANS and the
British is purely genealogical. It
is not that American players have
better methoe; or hit the ball more
accurately. 1t is that they have .
different mental attitude toward the
game.
This writer says that in Britain
the player has an ingrained habit Of
saying to himself, when an iron shot
fails TO finish on the putting green
"There's q stroke lost" He chips his
shot somewhere on the green and
then, in most cases. takes two puts
ito hole the ball.
This kind Of thing, he says, never
occurs to the Americans. When the
iron shot fails to land the ball where
they want it. they don't give up. In
stead they say to themselves:
Il can hole out with . pitch and q
putt now and still get the par figure"
This he says is the constant at
.titude of Bobby Jones and all the
great American players. One OF the
effects Of this is that the Americans,
when in trouble, concentrate more on
their shots than do the British.
Takes About Same Time
The average good British player
spends about the same amount Of
time in thinking out each Of his shots.
The American, bent on retrieving .
mistake by laying q chip shot close
to the hole, slows down till he Is
filled with the feeling that he will
certainly achieve his object.
Another writer comments that
Americans are usually considered high
strung and nervous and Britons slow
and phlegmatic. But he says in the
championship games he noticed it
was the highstrung Americans who
took ample time to study their shots,
while it was the slow British who
swung in a hurry.
AS to the individual players, the
modest demeanOr of Bobby Jones has
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-07-29
TIN LICKED EALWAYS IN BRITISH
GOLFERS MIND WHEN HE MAKESABAD
DRIVE OR MAShlE-SO HE USUALLY IS

won all hearts. All the British sports
writer's united in lyrical praise Of
the American who took the crown
from them. Thus the Observer says
Most Proficient In Game
HE is beyond all doubt the most
proficient player that the game has
seen in any country and his artistry
is not 0utstripped BY his cold figures.
Every lover Of golf can rejoice in
talent which comes very near to the
physical representation Of its genius"
The golf editor Of the Times. not
only pays tribute to his greatness,
but adds:
certainly. and this is perhaps more
to the point. no more modest or
generous golfer has ever wOn."
Abe Mitchell. the only Briton to
come in the first five in the British
open championship games. with
sportsmanlike generosity writes:
HE is the greatest player living.
can. born playing the game who has
ever won the open championship Of
the United States and Great Britain,
H we have any regrets that the cham
pionship hes gone to America, we have
the onsolation that il has gone 10 .
very great golfer, indeed"
Equally generous has been the
British reception Of Hagen's sharp
remarks about British lazy golfers.
There has been n0r editorial outbreak
on the subject Hagen has not been
attacked.
The papers have contented them
selves with printing ~ news the sharp
editorial comments upon Hagen's tact
lessness written by American editors.
Writer ApplQvip PgPs 1Comne.ts
Sketch which s&yU tis <r1ticism may
reasonably cause BHtons 10 question
Hagen's tact, but it 10 wrong to adopt
towards it too complacent an atti-
tude.
On the whole, the writer approves
HagenS comments. He says it is all
right for the British to be good
sportsmen. but they should combine
with it being god golfers. He is
tired Of the attitude Of some of the
British press apologists always as
Stunning that the finest sporting quail.
ties are almost invariably associated
with the losing SIDE.
There is too much tendency in
Britain to excuse defeats by asserting
that their opponents treated games
as more of business than the British
do.
But he sharply points out that Bob:
by Jones, an amateur, won the British
open championship while the only
Englishmen who secured . place in
the first nine. was . professional.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-07-29

Il w : :

ticular attention to the fact that the
minimum price Of rubber fixed by
the new restriction is AZ cents in
stead Of minimum price Of 20
cents fixed in the Stevenson rubber
restriction act of November l. 1922,
or II cents pound higher. One
cent a pound advance on rubber i'm
ported into the United States In one
year means over eight million dol
lars. 1t is very easy to figure that
American automobiles have an addi-
tional minimum fixed charge on their
TRANSPORTATION Of $l36,OOO,0O0 per
year.
Foreign Monopoly
II is unthinkable that Americans
will sit idly by and allow a commod-
ity SO vital to our welfare, trans
portatiOn and commerce to be held in
the tight grip Of a foreign monopoly
that tells US how much rubber we
may receive and how much we are to
nay for it. In January, 1923 two
months after the Stevenson rubber
restriction act was announced
presented figures and statements to
officials in Washington showing
them the seriousness of the situa-
ton and succeeded in April Of the
same year in having congress appro-
pirate $50O.OOO to investigate new
sources Of rubber supply. This in
vestigation and personal investiga-
tions that ! have made, show there
are many tropical countries where
rubber can be grown prOfitably..
On account Of the enormous CAPT.
tai required for the growing Of rub
Der, and as investments are without
return for several years. Americans
are not keen to make these invest
ments unless they are in countries
under the control Of or protected
| by our own government, no matter
how large the returns on the invest
ments may be. The Philippine Is
lands hold out great opportunities
.. for American and also for the Philip
pine Islands itself il proper legis-
lation is enacted to encourage CAPT
tai to invest there in rubber growing
on a substantial scale. Soil and
climatic conditions IRE ideal, and
rubber in small way is being
grown on the islands Of Mindanao
and Basilan. These islands could be
made the richest and most prosperous
country in the far east. It is esti-
mated that Great Britain now has
over 5000, 100000 invested in the
growing of rubber which gives big
returns. There can be no question
that today its rubber growing indus
try is one Of the most valuable pos
sessions the British empire has. This
fact is borne out hy the significant
statement of Winston Churchill in
referring to the Stevenson restric-
ton legislation that "One Of the
principal means Of paying the debt
to America is in the provision Of
| rubber"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-07-29
VlTAPHONE BRINGS MUSIC ARTIST
AND MOVIE INTO SYNCHRONlZATlON

and q box Of steel records. ready for
any theatre equipped with the project
ing devices.
Voice and Picture Jibe
The presentation involved another
vitaphone, less complicated than the
recording one, which transmitted the
sound waves over electric wires to
sounding boards above and below the
screens. The net effect was Of the
voice coming from the singer and the
instruments being heard in their
proper places in the mythical orches-
ira pit
This invention il the elimination
of months Of experiments co-operated
in by the Warner Brothers motion
picture company, the Bell Labora-
tories and the Western Electric COM
pany.
The Manhattan Opera House is the
production plant. under the direction
Of Sam Warner. and Herman Heller,
the motion picture director. There
also. is complete picture unit Of
electricians for lighting effects
cameramen, and stage men from the
Warner studios on the west coast.
The Vitaphone will have it's pre-
miere here. August 5. Simultaneous
with the opening of.John Barrymore's
''Don Juan"
~
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-07-29

The cumulative effect Of two
profitable crops on buying power
outside of the largest cities con-
tinucd to be felt in June. according
to the monthly review of agricul-
tural and business conditions in the
ninth federal reserve district made
public today.
The outlook for the next crop
year in this district is not as favor
able, the report says. From pres
cnt indications there will be poor
yields in the cash crops including
spring wheat, rye and potatoes.
Feed crops other than corn are also
poor. Corn can make an average
crop. The high price Of hogs, the
strong position of beef cattle and
the increased dairy production will
partly compensate for the poor
crops.
The July estimates Of the
United States production Of all
wheat 100 million bushels greater
than year ago. On the other
hand, the same estimates indicate
a total spring wheat and durum
crop for the four states of Mime
sofa, Montana, North Dakota and
South Dakota combined, Of 81 mil.
lion bushels less than last year.
This is decrease of % per cent
This shrinkage is due to impaired
condition caused by insufficient
moisture early in the growing sea
son. The relative size of the 1926
crops in this district is shown in
the table below.
Relative Size Of 1926 Crops in
Minnesota. North Dakota. South
Dakota and Montana
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-07-29
Real Estate Bond
Sale Is Postponed

Sale Of $4,000. 900 Of North Da-
kota resi- estate bends to the Bank
of North Dakota, planned for yes
terday by the state industrial COM
mission, was postponed until q lat
er date because the commission
could not raise q quorum Of its
members.
Real estate loans totaling more
than the amount Of the bonds have
been made by the bank since the
last bend issue and the new secur-
tiles will be turned over to it tn
hold or TO sell as the bank sees fit.
Although technically . sale the
transaction will be purely paper
deal. Bond and securities houses
were not asked to bid on the issue.
which win be sold to the Bank Of
North Dakota for par and accrued
interest. They pay four and one
half per cent interest.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-07-29
Minnesota. North Dakota. South
Dakota and Montana

Ninth District farmers have
planted 100000 more acres to prin-
cipal field crops than they did in
1925. This amount approximates
the increased acreage indicated in
March l Intentions to plant" fig
ures. Only three-fourths of the
intended increase in durum wheat
was planted, however, and the in
tended decrease in spring bread
wheat acreage did not occur, with
the result that the actual increase
in all wheat is almost double the
March l figure. Corn, oats and
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-07-29

An old Midsummer Eve custom in
England was for . girl to walk back
ward into garden and gather .
rose. This he'd 70 be kept -, ee1ean
sheet Of paR1Tf never kdked q
until Christians Day. Treditt6a had
Il that the rose would then ~ o.
fresh - Il hed beena % Jone:Ts
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-07-29
PROTECTION WANTED

Since it costs little over 6 cents
a pound TO grow an acre of peanuts
in North Carolina, growers in this
state are demanding protection
against the flood Of cheap peanuts
from China,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-07-29
WATCH CORN SILK

Watch the silking Of your corn to
get the best crop. warns NJ. T. Mey-
ers of Ohio State University. Early
varieties, like golden bantam. reach
their prime 20 days after silking,
later varieties % days after silking.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-07-29

On the Chelsea enbankment, Lon
don. has been laid new stretch of
road surface which is claimed to be
absolutely skid proof. The material
is ferro-concrete.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-07-29
WHEN HE began

"How long have you been giving
lessons on art ?"
ever since | realized that !
couldn't draw myself."-Der Brum-
mer, Berlin.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-07-29
FAST ANSWER, ANYWAY

Irate Passenger to bus driver)-I
say there. can't you 90 any laster?
Bus Driver: OF course can. but
You zee. I've rot 70 stay WITH my
bus.-Answers, London.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-07-29

CALLING THE TURN
He: Do you believe everything
every darn fool tells you?
She: No, but sometimes. darling,
you do sound 50 plausible.-Life.
New Britain herald., 1926-12-21
EIGHT PERSONS HAVE CLOSE CALL
Meriden People Are Overcome
 by Gas Fumes

Meriden, Chm, Dec. 21 LD-Eight persons, four adults and four chill dren, had narrow escape from death this morning at the home of Edwin c. Vibberts at 39 Akron street, when they were being over come by gas fumes from a kitchen range and a sheet iron stove in the parlor.
 They were attended by Dr. J. AL fred Wilson and all are expected to recover.
 Last night on retiring Mir. Vib- berts left the dampers in the stoves partly open but not sufficient to carry off the gas. This morning at 6:30 Miss Elizabeth Kenny, the land- lady, who lives downstairs, went up- stairs as is her daily custom to awaken the Vibberts family. Mir. Vibberts arose to answer her knock on the door and fell up against a table. His sister, ITS. Pearl West of Randolph, Vt. visiting at the house, hearing him fall arose and staggering into the kitchen fell up against the kitchen range and suffer- cd a burn on her arm. Securing some water, she revived Mir. Vibberts and threw open the windows and a call was sent for Dr. Wilson.
 When the physician arrived he found both MT. and Mrs. Vibberts, their three sons, Edward and Fred ericl, each years old, and Robert five, MT. Vibberts' sisters, Mrs. West and Miss Elsie Nibberts and Mrs. Vests infant son all ill, At the home, it was said that the physician figured than another half hour and all would have been dead.
New Britain herald., 1926-12-21
BOOTLEG RINGS
 NEARLY ALL GONE
Andrews Predicts They Will
 Soon Be Wiped Out

Chicago, Dec. 21.-(R- Within a few months the government will have stopped the operations of bootleg rings on a national or inter- state scale, and when the time ar rives prohibition will become local problem with each community vir- tually able to determine how string ently 1t wants the Volstead act en- forced, Lincoln c. Andrews, federal prohibition enforcement chief told 800 manufacturers of malt beer here today.
 The government, Andrews said, has three immediate objectives: to stop the smuggling of liquor into the united States from abroad; to halt diversion of commercial alcohol to the beverage trade; and to close old time breweries still manufacturing reel beer.
 We have not done all that vet" he said, but we are doing it, and can see our way to a successful fin ish.
 When these things are accom- plished, individual states and com- munities can tackle their local boot leg problem without finding that they have seized one tentacle of all octopus. The illicit iquor business Will be so broken up that it can be dealt with on a local scale by local officials.
 There will always be an effort 10 sell liquor. But we can stop it on al. interstate or intercommunity scale by daming the known sources of supply and annihilating them.'
 As Andrews construes the law, congress never intended the national prohibition unit to do more than dry Up the nation wide and regional channels of the bootleg flow.
 The federal government isn't go- ing to handle the problems of every municipality" he asserted. Tt is not supposed to deprive any community of self government. Now those who want the law enforced to prevent sale Of liquor are returning to self government after having said, when the Nolstead act was passed:
 Now the federal government will take the problem off our hands, and am preaching to these people that after we have done our full part in national prohibition enforcement, we shall have made local enforce ment possible and shall have en. abed every community which wants prohibition to deal easily and effect ively with violations of the law"