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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-05-03
The Mississippi Floods

Devastation is visiting the Mississippi Valley,
that broad and rich area, fertile and valuable
Homes are being wrecked, businesses ruined, levees
demolished beyond hope Of repair crops ruined,
lives lcst-everywhere within the flood area the
hand of fate is writing moving picture Of grim
tragedy pathetic in its record of chaotic demolition.
of its untold human suffering.
The world is getting somewhat caoused to hor-
rors. there seem to be many CT them. Life seems
to mean SO little these days. Hurricanes floods,
explosions, wars, all sorts of disasters, have taken
their toll Of our sympathies until wonder ii
there is anything that will them again.
And yet this tragedy, this catastrophe of the
Mississippi, does obtain that sympathy. This is
part of our own country this Mississippi valley.
It is all that great empire purchased from France
when this nation was just out Of its swaddling
clothes. 1t is integral part of America, a
pivotal an important part in the economic structure
Of the nation, peopled by Americans. How, then,
cin we help but find sympathy in hearts for
81 the present flood?
There is little can do, beyond this, except to
send that aid that will be of service to the suffer-
k1b. Clothing, shelter food money will all be
Needed to alleviate the tragic results of the inunda
tion Doctors and nurses, medical supplies and
scores of other things must be provided for the
task Of aiding now and rehabilitation after the
floods have receded.
For they will recede and, although they will leave
behind the ebbing waters scenes Of utter complete
HSsClation, scenes Of suffering and death and de-
structon, yet the Mississippi Valley will arise, like
b phoenix from the ashes, to splendid and pros
porous future
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romantic exploits. He had been a
magician in England, followed q
circus in America, been a crack shot
and heaven knows what all. And he
was no longer young.
Forty years Of dreaming lay be-
hind Clivette. Some day, said
he, his works would find their way
to the world. Some day he would
have an exhibition "a show OF
Clivette became an old man, a.
age goes. He must be somewhere
around his seventies.
stumbled somehow across some OF
Clivette's works. He saw possibili.
ties. He called in a group Of i'm
bought up the works of the old man
The other day happened to be
wandering along the art mecca of
Amcrica-that little belt that centers
in Fifty-scvcnth street - and big
dodger hit my eye. In large type
across the top was one word
"Clivette"-
Below was the announcement of
big exhibition in leading gallery
and fine words Of praise from names
that mean something in the world
of arts.
So. it would seem. Clivette has
seen a dream come true.
l didn't go to the exhibit. Il
don't care to. | prefer to re-
call the kindly old fellow who rather
wistfullv led one up the stairways
to the little V-shaped studio to look
upon his hidden treasures.
There was another. also we'll
known to the Village in years agonc.
:. She was, perhaps, the most
famous Of the cigaret girls. She
would go from tea room to tea room
where poets and painters held forth
and sell her cigarcts. Her name was
written in gold letters on at least two
cafe walls and young men whose
names now cause the literary world
to pause have inditcd verses to her
on paper napkins. She dressed in
"villagy" garb, affecting sandals and
peasant shawls. A millionaire came
through one day.
She got out Of a big car in front
Of one of her old haunts. She has
been living in Chicago, l believe.
Diam onds glittered from her fingers
and her throat. When the ciearet
girl came by she tossed a $40 bill
and took no change. "A
But then, they tell me, all of the
Village cigaret girls Of the old days
married very we'll.
GILBERT SWAN.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-05-03
Bismarck Solves the Welfare Problem

The hearty response which Bismarck gave to the
Community Chest campaign is convincing proof that
this plan fills much-ncedcd place. BY their gen.
crosby, Bismarck citizens have assured the Chest
plans success.
The advantages Of this system Of financing
social welfare organizations met with the favor OF
donors The one campaign dea instead Of nine
ten individual drives and tag days; the budget
system, to assure fair proportion of the fund to
each agency participating these, and other factors
offer genuine advantages TO the city, the donors
showed by their whoc-hearted support.
1t is noteworthy fact that the campaign was
held without cent Of cost. Every penny contrib
uted to the fund will be used for that purpose In
stead Of calling in outside help and paying big
salaries to help make the drive success, its spon-
sors decided that the work should all be done by
local people. They had faith in the city of Bis
rnarck and in its appreciation Of the Chest plan.
That their faith was net mistaken was proved by
The campaigns
All the service clubs and other organizations
which furnished solicitors to help put the drive
deserve praise for their cooperative spirit. Those
who contributed SO literally to- the fund deserve
praise, well as those who devoted much time and
effort to seeing that the project successfully
organized and successfully carried through. With
The Community Chest a reality, Bismarck is as
3ured a sane and practical solution of its welfare
problems.
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For six days Faith had watched
witnesses being sworn, had seen
them settle nervously into the big,
high backed chair, and pitied them
or hated them, had wondered how il
felt to be the cynosurc of all eyes, to
have ones every word seized upon
by the flving pen point of the court
stenographer. And now she was to
be witness herself, not u witness
for the defense, for lovely, stricken
! little Cherry. but for the terrible lit
tie man with the burning eyes and
the caustic, flashing tongue who was
determined to send Cherry to the
electric chair for crime which not
even Cherry's own admission could
have made Faith believe she had
committed.
Don't be so frightened, darling"
Cherry whispered. one Of her little
cold hands pressing Faiths nerve
it, and so does everyone else
She walked jerkily to the little
platform on which the witness chair
stood, stumbled as she mounted it.,
/ raised her right hand automatically
as the clerk mumbled the ritual of
the oath to tell 1.-THE truth. the whole
truth. and nothing but the truth, so
, help you God"
A pen and ink artist sketched her
nortrait hastily as District Attorney
Banning put his first questions, in a
, low, deferential voice.
Then: you are the sister of the
defendant. Cherry Lane Wiley?"
~ am" Faith faltered. and tried
to hide the trembling of her lips be-
hind her handkerchief.
miss Lane. will show you this
envelope. with message written on
it in pencil, and ask you if you can
identity it," Banning said, still in
that low. courteous voice, as he hand
ed her Cherry's pitiful scrawl, her
farewell message to- Faith written
| just before she had crept out of her
window to elope with Chris Wiley on
the night she was to have married
Ralph Cluny.
~ cam" Faith answered. looking
at the message with swimming eyes.
1T is the note that my sister left
for ME the night she--she ran away
Thanksgiving night"
Banning leaned toward her, took
the message, introduced it into the
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IN NEW YORK

New York. May 3.-Beforc Grcen-
witch Village went commercial" .hc
had little shop in the green
V-shaped building that now blazcs
with the bright colors of batikcd
gowns just beyond Sheridan Square.
His shop combined q little bit OF
everything. but once you won his
confidence he might take you up
stairs TO the little studio. the walls
Of which were plastered with
sketches and paintings. Here was
sort Of q personal "rogue's gallery
Of all the Village characters. He
had some slang name for them;
forget just what Il was.
Anyway he went on running q
shop. but his heart was set on
recording the people about him and
manipulating, new forms Of express
sion. He wasn't particularly good
shopkeeper; he was too good Be-
hemiAn. He disliked taking money
from his fellows and | have seen
manys IN artist Nalk out with brush
or canvas and leave no pay behind.
A. say, Al this was before the
village went commercial.
There came time when landlords
found this eelorful type Of tenant
unprofitable and batik shop moved
In.
!. Ihsy md -te-ssy a; aClivetts thar
e had lived ! life brtmmed over With
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BARBS
A LITTLE MUSIC. PROFESSOR!

~ IIAA LIZ NtO0ANs ! ANOE kIOOOH~.
The new music, such AZ Ballet
and Pacific 291," written for rivct-
lcrs, bells, locomotive whistles and
foundrics, is all right but it doesn't
20 far enough. The ideal will be
reached when the vinegar makers
collaboratc on a few notes that really
are sour. >. A Knockout" could
be written in the Chicago stock
yards. 1t might be called "Advcn-
lures of Cow No. 1929, 456." Is it
necessary to say that this must be
for horns only? Another
humber. representing factories, could
be done in one of the cash register
plants. 1t could be called "Tintinna-
bulating TILL" and a. good
place for an opening audi
ton would be Edinburgh,
Scotland. What this country
needs is a symphony that illustrates
the racIs.. created ~ q deaf ana
dumb man sewing up sofa pillow.
The verdict under which Socrates
quaffed the hemlock is to be APP
pealed to the supreme court Of
Greece. The next thing to do is,
investigate some of those hasty de-
cisions of Solomon's.
Fish are becoming scarcer, accord
ing to the federal fisheries bureau
Probably the Barnum influence still
persists.
Girl babies learn to speak before
boys, q speech expert reveals. Civ
ing the ladies both words, first and
last.
No more swearing in Italy, is II
Duce's edict. The patent pencil
sharpene1 however, has not been
abolished. -
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GEEBuck PRIVATE Does bock
&b FRANCE 4. 4. - ~: 4.

Madame's admonition to pay no at
tention to the animals. So he took
his knife in true French fashion and
sliced off hunk of du pain. This
he offered to the dog. The CHEN
shifted and then moved away, dis
painfully. In their turns. the cats
we're made the objects Of this special
beneficence also. All three sniIfcd
ayersions Of their heads.
But the moment the Buck de-
posited the bread on the table and
began the serious work Of demoi-
ishing the omelette where he had left
off. back came all the cats and the
purp with more whines and meouws.
The Buck scotched the omclette and
then finished up on little frontage.
In Every village
Cafes like the one Maoamc Clichy>
runs in LcCatelet France are scat
tered through every village in
France. Every soldier who did the
first A. E. F. knows them.
Everyone who joints the Second
A. f. F.. will know them. The omel-
cites with the pomme dcs tcrres all
wrapped up inside are always tasty
too. And there are at least three
cats and one dog, If not more, that
would like very much to share every
meal.
TOMORROW: "Doughboy French"
Still Serves.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-05-03
Visual Education

Public schools in twelve American cities this fall
will experiment with moving pictures as educa-
tional aids
Some 40 moving pictures for use in the fourth
fifth and sixth grades in the study of geography
elementary science and hygiene will be shown
School authorities will check the results very
fully, to just how effective these films are
in comparison with the old methods Of study
This is we'll worth doing. To one who is not
teacher it if the movie ought to be a
magnificent way Of getting little Johnnie to lear,,
things that leave him absolutely cold when he
studies about them in books. Well await the re-
suits Of this experiment with considerable interest
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Daily Health
Service

! A bacterial organism known as
| the mcningococcus is responsible for
producing the disease called epidemic
meningitis. =.
This germ is usually found in
the discharges from the nose and
mouth of infected persons, and dur
ing cpidemics is frequently found
in the Threats of persons who have
recovered from the disease and Of
healthy persons who have never had
the disease, but who have been in
contact with the sick or with other
carriers.
The meningococcus probably en-
tcrs the body through the mucous
membrane of the nose, which it
reaches by direct contact with in
fected persons and carriers, or by
indirect contact with articles freshly
soiled with nasal and mouth dis
charges Of sick persons. 1t has been
established that indirect transmits
sion is brought about by fingers,
dishes, pipes, handkerchiefs, toys or
similar objects contaminated with
fresh discharges given off by the
sick.
During the World War the dix
case was quite frequent in arn(k
camps. In one instance 10 out of
Is room-mates of soldier stricken
with meningitis were found to be
carriers of the organism.
Because of the facts that are
known relative to this disease, it.
would seem to be a simple matter
to control it's spread. Actually, how
ever, the control is difficult.
The organism may be carried in
the nose and throat from two rs
10 days before person comes down
with this disease. During this time
he is carrying it about and may
spread it. He continues to DE lv;s
to spread the disease while sick, and
after he is cured, until his nose and
throat discharges are free from the
germs.
The antimcningitis serum, which
has been found Of tremendous value
in the treatment of the disease is
unfortunately not Of special service
in preventing it.
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Introducing
the Governors

Lincoln, Neb.. May 3.-{Pp-
Nebraska has a stay-at-home gov.l
ernor.
In his three years a. governor,
Adam McMullen has been outside the
state only three timcs-twice to ma
tional conferences Of governors and
once to a Drake-Nebraska football
game in Iowa.
Being governor has not even left
him time for his most priced diver
sion-a jaunt on q summer midday
to his Gage county farm with a light
lunch and q bottle Of coffee, for an
honr under shade tree.
His is the shortest biography in
Who's Who: "McMullen. Adam,
governor Of Neb., term 1925-27. Re-
publican. Address: State Capitol,
Lincoln, Neb."
Since that was written he has been
reelected.
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The Wheat Pool

North Dakota should watch with interest the out
come of the world conference cooperative mar
k&ting planned for May at Kansas City Regu
lation of the flow of wheat to market is to be dis
russed, and solution of the problem Of wheat
supply, which has sometimes reacted disastrousy
oh farmers Of this state may be reached.
tIRepresentatives Of wheat pools in the lead
Ing ain-producing nations to be present at
this meeting. Their hope is to reach working
agreement that gutted market, with its re-
Sultant low prices, may henceforth be avoided
The wheat pool idea, although steadily becom
ing more important factor in the United States,
has not yet reached the high point attained by
Canada. Up in Saskatchewan, Alberta and Mani
toba this cooperative selling plan has proved such
e:success that, Of the 800 million bushels of wheat
marketed annually by the prairie provinces 200
million Of them are sold through the dominion pool
In Australia, the plan is in use, and predic-
I'm Is made that Is per cent Of the wheat produced
Mere this year will reach the world market through
fGa new pools. Argentina, another great wheat
producng nation, is taking up the plan enthusiast
lilly
E5In this country, however, the movement is more
tIsorganised, with numerous groups functioning
f33ep1ndsntly. The Kansas City conference IS
f7Snned With the hope Of organising these groups
w ~ eentral dirseting body. There should be
5tle opp6eiticn q t1is plan, The success q the
- IA - efjen shows effectively what can
.eep Ehs1 ~ united sftort The United
- 6 SIpsIl ~ - y Ssin just = much benefi.
~ Z Dret ~ leee Canad
Ii - RI r. l 81 q not 4 pAnacsa for I'll
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record with the permission of the
Judge and of Stephen Churchill, then
handed it back to Faith and asked
her to read it aloud.
She began to read in SO low voice
tfat Banning had to request her to
speak louder:
/ ut says: I'm running away, Faith.
Tell Muggy I'll be all right. Don't
worry. I couldn't do it after all,
Faith. He was so old! Please don't
try to follow me. Give me. time to
ret away or I'll kill myself. Love,
!. Cherry"
j "Now. Miss Lane, kindly tell the
jury in your own words when and
how and where you found this mes
sage from your sister," Banning di-
rected.
Faiths low. clear voice, faltering
only on Chcrry's name, told the story
of Cherry's elopment with Chris
Wiley on Thanksgiving Day, less
than an hour before she was to have
been married to Ralph Cluny. She
told how she had entered Cherry's
locked room by the window, at half
Irasts eight, how she had found the
discarded wedding dress on the floor
and the pitiful little farewell note
on the dressing CaOle, WcIEHIcu uowH
by the little pile of jewels which
Cluny had given his fiancee; how she,
Faith, had rushed, distracted, to the
church to break the news Of the
elopement to the bridegroom and rec
tor.
Banning allowed her to tell her
story uninterrupted, then, when she
had finished, he asked defcrentially,
but with unmistakable significance !:
miss Lane, you knew, did you not,
that your sister was marrying Ralph
Cluny for his money and that she
hated him p
TOMORROW: Churchill wins sym
pathy for Cherry by his cross:exami.
nati1n Of Faith.
Copyright, 1927, NEA Service, Inc.)
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For 9 Years Gas
Ruined Her Sleep

Il had stomach trouble 8 years,
and gas made me restless and ncrv-
Gus. Adlerika helped so can eat
and sleep g0od.' - Mrs. E.eTouch-
stone. Just ONE spoonful Adlerlka
relieves gas and that bloated- feeling
SO that you can eat and sleep we'll.
Acts on BOTH upper and lower
bowel and removes old waste matter
You never thought was there. No
matter what you have tried for your
stomach and bowels, Adlerika will
surprise you.~ J. Hutchinson, Drug
gist.--Adv. -
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farming ills. But if it prevent decentralization
Of the market by seeing that the great wheat pro-
ducing countries of the world refrain from placing
great quantities sale at time when the demand
is Insufficient if it help the farmers get better
prices for their grain, this plan should 60 far
toward solving the wheat growers problem.
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CHAPTER XXIY

CHAPTER XXlY
In LeCatelct, hear Bony, up alor
the Scheldt Canal. back of the age-old
moated fortress Of the town, Madame
Clichy operates cafe. She has
long table near the door and three
smaller tables. Also stove with
three flat-irons on it. You can get
an omelette avec pommes de terrc
there. Three cats and terrier dog
will try to enjoy the dish with you.
Never were there four animals
more persistent in their efforts to
share the meal. Madame comes in
from the kitchen every few moments
and disperses them with shout and
wave of her hand. They vanish
under the long table, but only for an
instant.
As soon as Madame goes back into
the kitchen out they come, sit on
their launches and beg. The CHEN
barks and whines softly. The cats
look up To- q quiet appeal.
Nv Out Of Luck
Pcrha< you feel charitable as you
sit ut 9lamc Clichy's table. The
Buck dS He decided to override
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Editorial Comment
The Dakota Terminal
(Grand Forks Herald)


That the North Dakota grain terminal located in
Grand Forks is situated as to be of real service
to North Dakota farmers in the marketing Of their
wheat, is officially recognized in the findings Of
an examiner for the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion IN one OF the grain rate brought before
the commission by the terminal management. The
examiner, who may fairly be regarded as an expert
in such matters held that "the advantages offered
make the terminal valuable addition to the stor-
age and marketing facilities of the Northwest, and
an asset to the surrounding community" He also
points out that:
The North Dakota terminal is situated in
the heart Of the Red River Valley which pro-
duces dark spring variety o: wheat of high
premium quality and value which is much in
demand, fer the production of flour-to as
certain the quality and value of the wheat, it is
an advantage to the producers to have the
necessary service such as is offered by the ter
minal at nearby point. They not only are
able to market their grain much sooner than if
1t had to move to the markets of Duluth or
Minneapolis but they can hold it in storage at
the terminal for better prices"
The examiner thus confirms several of the points
that have been stressed by the Herald in the past
in connection with the farmers grain marketing
problem, and the potential value Of terminal fac-
tiles at Grand Forks.
At the same time the recognition Of the terminals
potential value calls attention again to the need
OF conducting the enterprise in such manner that
it may give to the farmers Of the state the service
OF which it is capable and which those farmers
have the right to expect II it is not operated it
Is not to be expected that the taxpayers will
tinue to carry the heavy burden Of expense which
It's operation has thus far entailed. To justify It's
continued existence the terminal must be made in
fact as well as in theory the farmers market"
which It was intended to be, and the value Of which
Il pointed cut in the Interstate Commerce Com
mission examiners findings.
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Justajingle

The fisherman said. Lets get up
Real carly" He was firm,
Because he knew the early birds
The one that gets the worm.