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be able to select the most qualified
Jurors of the various townships as
the township, town and city boards
may. Furthermore, jury panel
selected by the various boards
throughout the county 20 my judg-
ment would be more impartial.
The biggest trouble in North Dako-
ia since 1917 has been that our
people and legislature have believed
too much of what was told them. What
good are all these new laws for
North Dakota? do not believe
laws up to 1917 were as bad as they
were made to be, and l am sure a
lot Of these new laws would have
never been on the statute books if
North Dakota had the legislature
and the people of North Dakota stud
led old laws.
The writer believes in leaving the
government as much as possible with
all subdivisions and not centralize
to much of our government, even
such as to create a county assessor
and abolish all other assessors and
make the county treasurer the GUS
todian Of all public funds, and
abolish all other public custodians
throughout the county, as suggested
- SAAS NnASA SAOSutlSC AL his mes"
sage to the legislature.
There is one thing sure will hap
pen in North Dakota, unless the
Legislature takes steps forward and
cnacts a law that limits the loan on
farm land and actual resident farm
crs only one third Of actual value,
the land to be appraised by the town
ship board as valued by the town.
ship assessor, or if the state of
North Dakota must acquire title of
fifty. per cent of the taxable land,
which then is taken off from the
tax list, the remaining one half will
have to- throw up their hands as
taxes will be too high for them to
pay, Furthermore the state will have
to sell the land to bring the land
back on the tax list. Sure the poor
man will not be able to buy the land
and the rich man may get some
cheap land. Is this helping the poor
man?
MY taxes this year instead of lower
are higher than last year, to help
make up the taxes on land taken by
the state,
Yours truly.
julius Meyer.
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IN NEW YORK

New York, Feb. 12.-The toast
master of the banquet tables has
evolved into the master of ceremonies
at the night clubs.
And just as the success of many
dinner has depended upon the toast
masters wit and intelligence, so the
unventilated atmosphere of Manhat-
tan's night resorts has lowered an
entertainer who can carry his cafe
10 popularity and himself to fame
and fortune.
More than one place would have
gone under in the chaos of compe-
tition but for a clever master of GER
monies, and regulations that draw
crowds night after night have been
built on this personality.
Like the POSTMASTER, his acquaint-
ance is expected to be wide He i'm
mcdiatcly recognizes the important
guests and calls them by name. Now
and then he stops to spin an anec.
dote about them.
He lad Ibis" about this and that.
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4 Case of Nerves

Commissioners McDonald's and Livlahl's demand
Tor 4 rctraction from Representative Cox and The
Tribune Of statements made by Mr.. Cox and report
cd By the Associated Press is of nerves pure
and simple, These SNUG hureaucrats must both be
suffering from "rrcsticatis,' a malady that some
times seizes state department heads and blind
btreaucrats who think their should not be
lried into BY presumptuous public a mere leg
isiator.
= OF course uterances the floor and in the heat
: of debate privileged matters. Il newspaper
had 70 Investigate the truth fasity Of every
statement made in either chamber, the editor would
be running around in circles his paper could never
20 to press and the dear people would not get the
news. How fine TO mlm2ie The press by trying to
fix responsibility upon the newspapers for every
statement made the floor Of The various brancho5
Of the legislature That battle FOUGHT out way
back in Millions time
Those who know the record of S. S. Mcdonald
the bureau. must realize his utter inability t.
work with any official until he met Livdahl who
carried into the job by the l. v A. landslide
First there Wehe who had to walk the plank
with Mcdonald cracking the whip. Then came Ell
lot who found Mcdonald most temperamental and
Wenzel is having his grief.
1t is hard to know just where the Bureau is head
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guardian of a minor Or incompetent
person, or his bondsmen, from any
liability personally for loss of funds
by reason of a closing Of bank or
trust company. Carries emergency
clause. Judiciary.
II. B. 307-Lyon-Amends and re-
enacts section "A CT 1913 relating to
legislative apportionment providing
lG Legislative districts and 1O4 rep
resentatiyes. Apportionment.
II. 3. 3O8-Erickson, by request
Amends section 111OO CT 1913 re-
curing a majority vote of quorum
for pardon. parole or reprieve.
Measure provides the board of par
dons shall not request from the
presiding judge or prosecuting at
torney his opinion for or against a
pardon or communication Of sentence,
but shall base their decision on the
record made by the applicant while
an inmate Of the penitentiary. Judi
ciary.
II. b. 309-Erick an act
requiring agents of railroad COM
panles to report to sheriffs Of tho
various counties when emigrant cars
are ordered and requiring that the
sheriff shall make an investigation
as to whether any personal taxes are
owing by the emigrant so as to levy.
on the personal property to be ship
ped. State affairs.
II. Il. -Erickson.-Amends and
rcenacts section 63OaI Sup CT 1918
concerning new thistle eradication so
as to provide for cutting of weeds
and destruction not to exceed $iG0
per quarter section or reasonable
and necessary cost of work when
done on any state road, highway, or
railway right-of-way. Sets up meth
cd of thistle eradication on uninl-
proved lands owned by non-res idents
Agriculture.
Bills Killed
H. B. -Opdahl-Remoyes re-
quirement that school treasurers' re-
ports be made yearly. Indefinitely
postponed.
H. B Observation-Disclosures but
one publication Of school treasurers'
reports annually instead of present
three. publications. Indefinitely post
poned.
Bills Passed
H. B. 220-Lynch, Polfuss, Holt
husen and Worner -Appropriating
$4,000 from state highway fund
for state aid in building bridge
across Red river between Wahpeto
and Breckenridge, MINI. SO to il.
II. b. MISUNDERSTANDING pres
ent statute requiring 20 per cent Of
frccholders in county to petition
county board for assistance In pol
soning gophers and prairie dogs so
that township supervisors on petit
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Old Masters

! am . part Of all that / have met:
And all experience is an arch where.
through
Cleans that untravelled word whose
margin fades
For ever and for ever when I move.
How dull it is to pause, to make an
end,
To rest unburnishcd, not to shine in
use!
AS though to breathe were life. Life
piled on life.
Were all too little, and of one to
me
Little remains: but every hour is
saved
From that eternal silence, some-
thing more,
A bringcr of new things; and vile
it were
For some three suns to store and
hoard myself,
And this gray spirit ycarning in
desire
To follow knowledge like a sink
ing star
Beyond the utmost bound of hu.
man thought.
Tennyson: From "Ulysses."
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oA ~ N!kA ane A2S.tdIaN N ~: i

divert her mind. "He thinks-and
| agree with him--that the skirts
should be below the knees"
"And make me look like frump!'
Cherry famed. "Why, every girl in
town--yes, and every woman under
fifty--is wearing her dresses to the
knees and then he wants me to look
old fash toned. A fine impression III
make on the jury!"
"Juries are usually made up of
middlc.aged and old men, who talk
a lot about Old-fashioned girls"
Faith pointed out. Churchill doesn't
mean that your skirts should be long
but Just below the knees-two inches
probably. Sheer black silk stock
SWhen every other girl is wearing
French nude" Cherry protested
sombcrly. go on. What other bright
ideas has he got for me-? This is
good-'What the well-dressed MUIR
deress will wear"
II told you I'd slap you if you
used that word again!" Faith cried
stcrnly and brought the palm of her
hand. sharply against the cheek Of
her startled sister. But she relented
instantly, and kissed the red imprint
Of her hand upon the soft, satin
smooth, firm young cheek.
The two girls were laughing over
quickly sketched out designs when
the matron came to tell them that
the time was up. Faith watched the
two Of them-the stout. pleasant
faced matron, and Cherry-go away
together, Cherry's arm thrown across
the older woman's shoulders with
careless affection. Chcrry's voice
liltingly cheerful.
"If it were l." Faith thought.
then caught herself up sharply. ~
ought to be thanking Cod that she
can take it as she does-and do,
/ dol"
TOMORROW: Faith plans to 60
tn Chicago to raise money on Cher
rvs belongings.
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He introduces the entertainers with
sly quips, and his gift for being i'm
promptu is half his art. The guests
await his sallics and his cue is to
keep them in informal mood.
Generally he is pretty good en-
tertainer himself, can sit at piano
and sing amusing songs, or can do
some speciality. He is able to Judge
his crowd and appeal to their moods.
Where mixed crowds gather he seeks
to break down any existing barriers.
To the best of my information the
vogue started in London. James j.
Morton is credited with originating
the idea in a cafe then owned by Lord
Londsdale. Buddy Walker. a New
Yorker in London, watched Morton
and brought it back to America. The
idea caught on for time. went out
of style, more or less, and suddenly
returned to favor.
Perhaps Broadway's most typical
instance of the successful master Of
ceremonies is Harry Richman. Not
so many years ago Richman was
pounding piano and making very
good noise. He began to attract such
a following as a master that he start
ed his own cafe and early in the pres
ent theatrical season was thrust in
to more money and prominence by
doing his impromptu entertaining in
Broadway's most successful musical
revue.
OF late the call has been for we'll
known stage entertainers to take on
the role. And, since women have been
sharing honors in most occupations,
several of the most successful have
been mistresses Of ceremony, as it
were.
Texas Guinan became, perhaps, the
best known. Her ideas were con-
siderably different from conventional
standards. The chorines of her resort
were trained to rip neckties and shirt
tails off visitors whether they be
dignitaries or butter and cggers.
Certainly she achieved the last word
in informality. And her inevitable re-
quest Of "give the little girl from
Illinois a hand! has become a Broad
way byword.
Kitty Donor, Cicely Courtneigh and
Vesta Victoria have been but a few
to appear in the cabaret belt in such
guise.
GILBERT SWAN.
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"Churchill wants you to wear semi
mourning" Faith began. her eyes
anxiously watching Cherry's face.
Mourning" Cherry gasped. HE
wants me to capitalize Muggy's
death, just to work on the sympa-
thies of the jury! l won't do it! l
promised Muggy over and over that
| wouldn't wear black. So did you
and you know it,"
II know" Faith agreed sadly.
"But Mother would want you now to
do anything in the world that would
help you to freedom. After all, dear,
Churchill must think of just these
things. Hes a clever lawyer, and
you are smart enough to know that
a jury does not decide case on law
alone. A hundred influences sway
them. Whether you like the idea or
not, the jury is going to remember
every minute Of the time that you're
tiny, tiny girl, most astonishingly
beautiful, just the kind Of girl that
every male thing in the world dreams
of having chance to protect. They
will every man Jack of them be in
love with you before the first day of
the trial is over. You can't get away
from that, and you'd be fool to
want to prejudice them against you
by wearing colors when they'll be ex-
pecting you to be in mourning for
your mother. And black will be ex-
tremely becoming to you. You've got
him soft about you already" she
added cunningly.
The girl who had just declared
that she was Disguised with men
all men-flushed with pleasure, which
she quickly tried to frown away.
"11l do it, ,suppose-wear black, !
mean. But I loathe the thought Of
advertising to the world that I'm in
mourning for Muggy. Oh, Muggy.
l wish I'd been good grill" sho
moared. covering her face with her
tiny white hands.
"Churchill wants you to wear very
simple black dresses with white col
lars and cuffs" Faith fastened 10
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Peoples Forum
TOO MUCH LAW MAKING

Editor Tribune:
The writer has taken as much time
as time has permitted to keep posted
on what our lawmakers at the capital
OF North Dakota are grinding at. j
nctlce n. D: l3l creating q jury COM
mission OF three members to be
named ny the district judge in each
county, may be reconsidered.
! tnink that the present law is per
1ect and have no doubt but what
most every legislator would feel the
same II ne was posted on the pres
ent law OF drawing the Jurors.
Every organized township in the
county draws the jurors for the dis
trict court by the township board.
! am sure that board Of commits
sloners OF three members would NOT
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Exactly Suited
, to the needs Of
Elderly People

There is . sound therapeutic reason
why Foley's Honey and Tar Compound
tor coughs and colds Il especially suited
to the needs Of elderly people.
Because It contains no chioroform, no
opiatss to cause constipation (thst bug
bear Of advancing years. and to dry up
the natural, necessary secretions.
Mildly laxative, wonderfully soothing
and healing to the irritatsd area, Foley's
Honey and Tar Compound Is fins de-
psndabls family medicine for all coughs
and throat irritations, lingering ''hu"
coughs and disturbing night coughs.
Essefiy ssitedto tkssssds q eiderly people
FoleysHoney and Tar
Compound
- sss.es-rA,..ass 4....,
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Events of the Week Ahead

p.
Bismarck E. Joslin
Monday Club E. p
Girl Reserves, Church Paos
Catholic Daughters St. Mary Hall
City ........................S p. NJ
q. o. F. Hall
Phan Sisters A. o. U. w. Hall
10 kwanis Club, Grand Pacific Hotel 1915
Mothers Service Club, Mrs F. NJ Hendricks
War Mothers, Mrs. W. c. eastman P.
A. o. u w.. A. o. w. Hail. p.
Eastern P.
o. o. F. Subordinate, O. F. Hall
Yeomen A. 0. U. w. Hall 500 r. NJ
l6 Rotary Grand Pacific Hotel
De Molay, Masonic Temple 1880
Catholic Order Forestcr. ST. Mary
knights of Pyhas A. O. U. w. Hall
A. l. O. O. F. Hall p.
II Methodist Ladies Aid Methodist Church
Company A. City National Bank Building 1880
Masonic Commandc Masonic Temple
Nonpartisan Womens Club O. O. F. Hall $500 P. NJ
ID Basketball Bismarck Jamestown High School 1880
p O. E, Eks Hall
o. O. F. Encampment, l. O. O. f. Hall $500 Y. M
W. B. A. A. O. u w. Hall 500 p. NJ
- Rainbow Girls Masonic Temple
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A THOUGHT

1T is easier for a camel to 20
through the eye Of a needle than for
rich man to enter into the king.
o0m Of COd.-Matthew xix:24.
The rich fool is like pig that is
ch0ked by its own fat.-Confucius.
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Lightning is not jagged at all, say
scientists. But you have to admit
that the white lightning Of the prohi-
bition era certainly isn't straight.
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A new York woman left $4,000 to
her eight cats. Since they are only
cats probably there'll be no fight
about the will.
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A picture Of the British tax stamp
that helped TO start the Revolution
AIRY War has been published by the
New Jersey Society Of Pennsylvania.
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The scientist who can start life in
the sea urchin could find plenty OF
jobs on land. For one thing, he
might be made editor of the Congress
sional Record.
Perhaps he could devise a way to
protect life from some Of the land
urchins, notably along the bsUuthe IN
shore Of Lake Michigan. ,''ot
He can put pep in the egg of a sea
animal. but it's the cold storage va
rlety that keeps US guessing.
Dust we are, but to judge by all the
swimming nowadays, it looks as if
we're returning to the water.
Don't let it out, but the society
editor of the Pratt (Kas.) Tribune is
Eloise A. Leak.
Ground hog, robins and all other
signs Notwithstanding, we saw a boy
the other day with very black knuck-
les, and that's enough.
The Washington times., 1927-11-02
4 Young Mother Asks About Her Willful Child

mosphere Of calm and quiet and
peace for her turbulent spirit.
Children sense tension in the
home atmosphere and it influences
their conduct more than most
people realize.
1t Is nearly always the insig-
nificant details which We are apt
to overlook that cause the big up.
heavals in life. Big dangers gain
our immediate attention, and we
try to remedy them before the
danger is done. 1t is the small
matters that pile up, one on top
of the other. until they manu-.
facture a mountain of trouble.
AS for the spanking. I honestly
think that whipping a child is an
admission of weakness on the part
of parents. But have known
spankings to get very good re-
suits. despite all that modern
child training experts say TO the
contrary. If parents were big
enough, and wise enough, and
patient enough, and determined
enough, they could manage their
children by their superior will
power, by tactfully diverting the
child from wrong doing, by filling
his time with undertakings that
would make him forget to misbe-
have and by surrounding him with
influences that would keep him
in the path of right thinking and
right living.
The Washington times., 1927-11-02
By Lucy Lowell

WHILE this interesting theme
w for discussion Is still so much
the vogue 1t might be worth while
to consider in what esteem var
ious types Of feminine pulchritude
were held in times long past and
in lands far distant, as we'll as by
some of the more famous lovers
of beauty.
First. there is the prevalent con.
ception, fostered by the great ar
lists of all time, that angels are
blonde. From this must have or
iginated the idea which is still to
great degree popular that the
blonde partakes of angelic charac.
teristics and the brunette, neces.
sarily of the opposite nature,
ToWeVer, long before the Christian
era. as far back as in the DAYS of
ancient Greece. where wigs were
always used on the stage, black
hair and beard belonged to the
tyrant. while the hero was repre-
sented with fair curtis. This ira.
dition was carried on by the Ro-
man tneater. Signal exception to
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beauty of the gods. Dark beauty,
save only in the purest Oriental
types, inspires only love.
The gray eye makes giddy the
soul, as though leaning over the
verge of eternity, beyond the
fields of stars. ." And so on
and on. Until no one could doubt
that gentlemans individual, pref
erence, even though he did marry
a Japanese.
Edgar Allan Poe. on the con-
trary, il we are to judge to his
heroines, liked best the dark type
of beauty. His adored Virginia
had dark hair, violet eyes and
skin of an unearthlv Wilderness"
Tennyson sang, Of black hair and
1.-THE dark of hazel eyes" Oscar
Wilde loved blond loneliness, while
Swinb rne. who wrote much of
love. leaves in his work but lit
tie indication of what types he
most admired.
Hagedown, in the Great Maze, :"
gives a picture of Clytaemnestra'
dark beauty that is untorGetta BILE:
There may he some truth in the
old belief that people are attracted
by their opposites in coloring, and
this certainly hold good In a gen.
eral way, as many dark races
greatly admire blonde.
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WRITTEN IN
BLOOD

nRACO was an Athenlan law.
~ maker who lived 500 or 700
years before the Christian era.
He is reputed to have been the
author Of the first written code
Of laws in Athens. These laws
became proverbial for their sever.
ity. The great orator Demades,
who lived three centuries later,
said Draco wrote his laws, mot
in ink, but in blood" According
to the Draconian code, slight Of
lenses. such as idleness or stealing
an apple, were punished as severe
" as murder and sacriiege. In.
deed it is said that Draco made the
violation Of every law capital Of
Tense. Once, according to legend,
Draco was asked why he punished
such petty crimes with death. He
replied: The smallest of them de-
serve death, and there is no
greater punishment ! can find
out for greater crimes"
The Pathfinder.
The Washington times., 1927-11-02
BY L. Lamar Matthews

A. YOUNG mother from Cal
"A ifornia writes a letter ask.
ing for advise about the manage
ment Of her little daughter.
She says in part:
my young daughter is just
twenty-five months old. and she
worries me a great deal, and I
find it very difficult to make
her behave.
MY husband says she Is to
full to pep. and that's why it is
so hard to quiet her. He believes
in light spanking when she gets
'mulish.' Do you2
When she does not get what
she wants she lies on the floor
and cries and kicks her feet.
Now you might say: You give
in to her; that's why she does
those things But I don't be.
lieve do. She is very foxy,
and it isn't that she does not
understand. 1t is just that she
doesn't want to understand"
Well, there is one consolation.
Your daughter evidently has
plenty OF sense and plenty of
pep. II you can just manage to
induce the child to forget her
tempers and her wilIful ways,
she stands. a good chance of max.
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FASHIONS
F A n CIES

DOUGH and Ready-Are the
IL rough Scotch tweed pouch
bags that so readily accompany
the tweed sports suits and hats
now being worn by the best
tailored girls and young matrons.
Mounted. upon gilded metal
frames, these swagger handbags
are very spacious, large enough
to accommodate the many small
articles the average woman likes
to carry about with her.
watch Us Grow" could read
lily be the progressive slogan OF
the three-strand rhinestone neck
laces so very much the vogue for
evening wear. Very small stones
are used for the first strand, each
succeeding row being formed Of
larger stones. A single run OF
rninestones forms the bracelet
that often accompanies such a
necklet.
Being named as q Cats Paw
naturally causes indignation, but
being named Kittens ear" desie-
mates soleiI felt as a highly lue-
trous medium for creating many
Of the smartest hats of the sea
son. The most stunning models
tightly frame the face-in this
type of hat those with the eye
brow curve, which describes an
upward point in the center front,
are very much in vogue.
The Silver Lining-To the dark
est clouds is scarcely more eager
" sought than the light pastel
toned sheer dance frocks, for
silver lame forms most effective
under sections. Frequently q
gowns entire bodice will be Of
silver trimmed in crystal fringe.
Silver lace, silver spangles on
white satin, and silver cloth,
embroidered in colored beads. are
very popular trimmings for even.
ings frocks Of this season.
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Congressional Club
Cook Book

Mrs. AISLE J. Gronna. widow of
the late Senator Gronna IN. Dak..)
NOUGAT CAKE OR DEVILS
FOOD
Il cup brown sugar
"a cup sweet milk
squares Bakers chocolate
Let this come to a boil and cool.
Scant II cup butter
l cup brown sugar
eggs
y cup sweet milk
cups tscantl sifted flour
! teaspoon soda
teaspoon baking powder
teaspoon vanilla
Cream butter. add sugar, yolks
well beaten, milk and flour alter
nately. Soda mixed with flour, va
nilla. Then add the chocolate which
must be cool. stir quickly. add hak.
ing powder. then add beaten whites,
fold in carefully. Bake in either
layer or loaf in a moderate oven.
Ice with either white or chocolate
icing.
Copyright 1927 BY The Congressional
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