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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-10
Buying of North Dakota Farm Lands
{ MINNEAPOLIS Trihunel

I'm the North Dakotan, published by the
Greater North Dakota association, we find this
striking statement in the leading article:
Approximately $5,00O,0OO worth of farm
lands has been purchased by North Dakota
farmers and new settlers from other states dur
ing the past three months"
The number Of acres involved in the transac-
tons for the quarter was between 100000 and
100000. The purchases were in all parts of the
state. They had to do with improved and unim-
proved lands. The price range was from SIG
for land without buildings to 500 for highly
The word s purchased" is used advisedly in
the association survey. This North Dakota act
ivity in farm land is buying movement rather
than a selling movement. The buyers are
mostly persons who have had experience with
North Dakota lands and know what these lands
can be made to do when they are wisely handled
in farming operations. Many tenants have be-
come owners, and many occupying owners
have enlarged their holdings in anticipation of
the time when their family requirements will
be for more land.
| Thousands of acres of land also have been
purchased by investors from outside the state
who expect to become residents of North Da-
kota and cultivate their own land. These in
veStOrS have not made their purchases blindy
Tor on the basis of any false hopes. They have
studied carefully the possibilities for successful
agriculture IN North Dakota. In view of these
possibilities they have become convinced that
North Dakota farm lands are very attractively
priced from the standpoint of buyers who ex-
|pect to use their lands and not to hold them for
mere speculative purposes.
It is no wonder there is more looking at gate
ways to North Dakota nowadays than at exits
from North Dakota. The story Of what is being
done with stock raising, dairying and well-con-
Isidered diversification in our sister state is
!really inspiring one. The Greater North Dakota
association has spread this story far and wide.
The Minneapolis Tribune has rendered q sim
liar service. The portraiture has not been over
drawn. The facts have been eloquent enough
without any extraneous embellishments North
Dakota is making great progress in the new
order Of farming. Farm income is growing,
and it is being better distributed throughout
the year. Soil is being used rather than mis-
used and abused as it was under the one-crop
system. Incomes from herds increase with the
betterment Of quality Of the herds Production
is being more carefully related to market alb
sorption. Farms are becoming better looking
as plants and more interesting to those who
operate the plants. Farm misfits are getting
out Of the rural picture. The shifting 81 scene
in North Dakota Il ~ TO the good."
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-10
Lights Blown Out

AS ever. Time goes marching on and obliter-
es many things and many men. Since 1900
issouri has produced two men who, it not OF
size to be great as men, nevertheless wrought
a great way for better things. They were
sreat reformers." Their labors in their state
I'VE them national Importance. One was a
amocrat. Joseph W. Folk the other a Repub-
IAN, Herbert S. Hadley. Folk died five years
70 and Hadley, as chancellor of Washington
University at st. Louis, died the other day.
Each if the political drift within their par
IS had been Just little other than it was,
light have become president OF the United
:ates. William j. Bryan really wanted Folk
Democratic presidential nominee in 1912. II
ok had been able to get the Missouri delega-
On against Champ Clark in the Baltimore con-
snton of that year, he would have drawn sub
antialIy from the progressive" strength OF
,oodrow Wilson and might have been nominat-
L. The case of Hadley was like that the very
tine year.
The Taft "steam roller" was too powerful to
overcome by Roosevelt in the Republican
invention at Chicago in 1912. In the Roosevelt
Inks then, young, handsome and at the peak of
successful administration as Governor Of Mis-
)uri, was Hadley. Talk Of him as dark
orse," on whom the divergent Republican fac
'ons might unite, had serious basis. 1t was
ot to be, however. His health failed later and
babe politics adeu. After recovery in
dorado he was elected to the chancellorship.
Street talk is full Of cynical lightness towards
zen called "has beens." Most street talk is
npty Of meaning and about all of it unjust.
Many are called and few chosen" Chance has
ouch to do with reserving to a very few the
laces of supreme eminence. Men like Folk and
adley ought not to be forgotten. They are the
len who create in volume public conviction
lat brings about beneficial change.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-10
BY RODNEY BUTCHER

Washington, Dec. 1O.-The gov
ernment's Bureau .of Labor Statis-
tics, from its name, might be ex-
pected to have nothing on hand in
its annual report except plenty Of
dull reading.
But the bureau is the Labor De-
partment's fact-finding division and
It you would know the trend of
wages, the extent of unemployment
and the ups and downs Of the cost
Of living, read on.
Roughly speaking, the bureaus
report shows that the cost Of liv-
ing has gone down more proper
tionately than wages have, but that
industry Is getting along with few
er workers than it did eight years
ago.
Shoe workers, for instance, aver
aged $25.67 . full-time week in
1926, an average increase of 95.4.
Cotton mill workers averaged
$17.48, working an average Of 1913
hours . week, after an average in
crease Of 1918 per cent between
1913 and 1920 and q drop of 29.7
per cent since. Highest earners are
the mule spinners at IS cents an
hour and the lowest the spooler
tenders at 10 cents. Wooden mill
workers averaged $24.21, after in
creasing 253 per cent and dropping
POP per cent in the same period.
In these industries, it should be
pointed out, there has been consid-
cradle curtailment, 50 that the
actual average income probably is
considerably lower:
The bureau finds that iron and
steel workers averaged $34.41 a full
time week, automobile workers $780,
81 and hosiery and underwear work.
ers $22.73. Average union wages
per hour in some principal trades
included bricklayers $1.56, carpen-
tiers $1.28, plaste. ers $1.6", plumb
ers $1.38 compositors $1.20. paint
ers, $3.50, bakers 90 and chauffeurs
sc.
There were 1888 strikes reported
in 1926, the lowest number since
the war, with S78 recorded for the
first six months Of 1927. Men in
volved in the 1926 strikes numbered
only $4,000.
Unemployment in recent months
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-10
WASHINGTON ~
LETTER SKI

has begun to bother some of those
in the Labor Department and the
number Of unemployed has been
placed as high as 100000. It is
estimated that there were 12,00O,-
600 persons at work in factories in
1919 and only 8,5OO,OOO now. Bust
ness is not quite so good in the first
place, but the increase in produce
tivity per man per hour has been
the most important factor.
Taking even 1928 as q normal
year, the bureaus tables show a
10 per cent falling off in the num-
Der employed in manufacturing in
dustries. Population, however, has
increased. Going back to 1919, and
pursuing the general average to the
present time, it would appear that
population had increased 10 per
cent and that the wage earners per
1000 population had decreased in
number more than 20 per cent. But
in 1925, the last year for which this
computation is available, these
workers produced "a per cent more
goods per man than in 1919.
The cost of living is still prac=
tically rs per cent higher than in
1913, figuring from the average
workers standpoint, but it is much
lower than in the first part of 1920.
Taking 100 per cent for the 1918
average. the bureau gives 1855 as
the index figure for the last six
months of 1926 and 1884 for the
first six months in 1927. The peak,
recordedo in December, 1920, was
216.5. but in 1922 it went as low
as 1868.
In those industries studied by the
bureau, wages have kept we'll ahead
of the higher cost of living, in
proportion. Much of the difference
is going into installment buying. In
cidentally, food is estimated to. re-
Guire some 38 per cent of the aver
age family's expenditure.
Progress, of labor-saving machin-
cry is noted, for example. in the
glass industry, where output per
man has increased 1906 per cent.
In the rubber industry it was 211
per cent, automobiles 172 per cent
and so on. Wherever, as often han
pens, demand cannot keep up with
the production capacity Of employed
forces, men have be released.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-10
Editorial Comment
Little Men and Big Odds
(ChicarO Tribune)

(ChlcagO IrlDune)
The football season is hardly over and already
the yeast of memory is at work. The reality IS
for any man to see who cares to look for it: the
players on all the teams are pink faced boys
barely out of their teens. Memory will soon
take care of that Our team will remain pink
faced boys who shaved twice week, but the OPP
ponents will become galloping Pullnsn cars
named Joesting Caldwell, Oosterbaan, Flana-
gan, or Drury. If they beat us it was only be-
cause the contest was so uneven; If we defeated
them, and memory will give us some help there,
and cunning, accompanied by exertions that
were superhuman.
There is no comfort for defeat at the hands
of en- equal and no glory in defeating him. That
is probably why memory is called in to make
it's adjustments. All bar-room rowdies were
gorias and were put in their places by soft
spoken, little fellows who found the jaw in a
flash, then hoisted the big man by the seat of
his pants and tossed him into the gutter. The
Round Table was equal to an army with BAN
ners; Galahad himself wore horn trimmed spec
tacles and mancured his nails twice day. He
never lost his temper, but was good for ten
men-at-arms and an ogre in brawl Ulysses
dealt with giants and subdued them. Grandpa
went west because the trusts wrecked his bust
ness. Or was it the railroads? Anyway, he
was a thorn in their flesh for years and more
than once he brought them to their knees. It
was only his gentleness Of spirit which each
time allowed the big DULLES to get fresh hold.
And there went out champion out of the
camp of the Philistines named Goliath of Gath
whose height was six cubits and span. He
was no beauty. He had only enough brow for
a small stone to hit, but he was built like brick
power house. He was noisy, i'll tempered, and
boastful, always looking for trouble, but no one
would accommodate him until enc day young
poet and ballet dancer came along who didn't
know what it meant to be afraid and made a
monkey out of the bruiser. Goliath was at
least three times as big as David, but you know
who walked off with whose head.
It appears that when we make certain re-
adjustments of the odds we are in the best COM
,pany.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-10

No medicinal remedies are nee.
essary or advisable in mumps. The
only treatment required, and which
is so simple and effective, ID fast
ing, hot applications, and rest in
bed.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Question: L. G. H. writes: "What
is the cause and cure Of aching, in.
famed gums ="
Answer: Have your dentist ex-
anime yo,'r mouth and see il you
are not suffering from pyorrhea or
from trench mouth. He will scale
your teeth, If necessary, and treat
the gums according to the infection
which he finds. You can help in
effecting q permanent cure by liv-
ing on we'll balanced diet such as
l recommend in this column.
Question:: I. B. D. asks: do you
not consider the onion healthful
food?"
Answer: No. Onions, garlic,
leeks and chives are non-starchy
vegetables, but the amount Of allyl
sulfid which they contain makes
them irritating to the mucous men,
brane of the digestive apparatus, in
consequence OF which they never
fail to produce gas. l am aware
that many dietetic authorities heart
lily endorse the onion, but my own
opinion was arrived at after much
experimentation with both the sick
and the well.
Question: Spike writes: II have
large veins in my hands. How can
l make them not appear SO large? I"
!, Answer: You may have harden
ing Of the arteries, which is one
cause of enlarged veins, or the cir
culation al over your body may be
defective. Curing the enlarged
veins in your hands will do very
little good unless you remove the
real cause which is not alone in the
hands but in other parts Of the
body. Some people are unduly
alarmed at the showingN If veins in
their hands when it is only because
they have thin hands and the veins
are not well covered with muscles.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-10
Protecting Wild Life

Enforcement Of the migratory bird law in the
fnited States and Canada and establishment
t bird sanctuares in many states have served
. increase materially the wild-life population
f the fields and woods. Continued protection
f the wild creatures will without doubt result
less spoliation of vegetation by insect pests
nd will perpetuate for man a source Of much
port and pleasure.
While the policy Of conservation as applied to
,irds is not likely to have other than beneficial
esults, the policy as extended to certain ami
nails may be overdone.
An elk refuge was established at Jackson
1ole, Wyoming, and the animals We're rigidly
protected, even to the extent Of supplying them
With forage during the winter. Eventually
heir numbers increased to such an extent that
t was found necessary to distribute them
mong other states. The herd transported to
Virginia has grown so rapidly that farmers are
complaining about the destruction of their
rops and trees by the voracious beasts.
Protection of female deer in Pennsylvania
has SO filled forests Of that state with these
animals that the state game commission has
s'Ound it necessary on several occasions to kill
hem off in large quantities for the protection
If orchards and farm crops and to prevent the
development of stunted species of deer. I'm
Ter government protection deer, rabbits and
)ther animals have propagated in other states
30 rapidly as to create a new problem.
These, however, are not convincing argu-
nents against game conservation. Game is
more easily depleted than conserved and propa-
gated. If sportsmen are to have their hunting
and others are to be delighted and inspired by
the sight Of majestic deer in the wild state
there must be protection and more of it.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-10

jumped up frtm the bed ant: thrust
the scarcely touched tray Of food
into Faiths hands, 1--WE got to
dress for the sheik."
(Which one?' Faith asked coldly.
hurt and angry at Cherry's obvious
attempt to deceive her.
Cherry laughed again. but her
golden eyes blazed with Z strange
fire. II thought you knew had
a date for tonight with Bruce Pat
ton. If Farmer Nils is sheik, I
must be way behind the vogue. If
l were interested enough to de-
scribe him, I'd say that he belongs
to the cave-man era, which passed
out about 1910. Let's see-what
shall / wear?"
CHERRY, do you really dislike Nils
Jonson so much?" Faith brushed
aside her sisters patter ruthlessly.
Dislike him ?" Cherry laughed,
pretending to be greatly absorbed in
contemplating her wardrobe. isn't
that putting it rather strongly, dar-
ling? I neither like nor dislike him.
He means SO little in my young life
that l don't give him q thought un-
less you or Bob Tugs him into the
conversation. / think I'll wear the
gold chiffon, gold stockings and gold
slippers, with that heavy, old-fash-
Toned gold necklace that Bruce gave
me-"
where are you going with
Bruce?" Faith paused at the door
way to ask.
81 haven't the faintest idea,"
Cherry retorted gaily. "But he'll
have something exciting planned
don't worry! Bruce Patton is my
idea of the correct answer to q
maiden's prayer"
with a large label reading, OBJ
ject-not matrimony'," Faith re-
torted cruelty, and closed the door
upon a sister whose beautiful face
was distorted with fury.
NEXT: Nils proves to Be Is I'M.
accountable Is Cherry.
Copyright, 1927, NEA Service, Incl
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-10
IN NEW YORK

New York, Deco. 10.-Nowhere
but in cemetery perhaps can be
gained better the impression of sud-
den emptiness left when the crowd
ing thousands have surged away
than in the canyon that is Wall
Street, on a Sunday mroning.
Here tn ough the week LIES
scramble has been emphasized few
erishly; here as been played the
great American drama Of commerce
in the concentrate. and now-empty
walls.
Ifnpregnable vaults Of silence now,
those gray blocks Of buildings where
the tick Of clock must sound like
some great crash.
In there sit Thousands Of tyne
writers. The;- millions Of sharp
staccatos have sounded IKE the
cracking Of some great fire TO-:
six days and nov they arc mute.
The thousands Of people who piled
busy hands over the. firing keys
have deserted the machines where
they poured CIT six hard days Of
life's thought and effer.
II is as If some great chorus of
mighty voices suddenly W. strick-
en- dumb and stood, stark and rigid,
without sound.
But tonorrow-as suddenly as the
| & teat swell Of sound would burst if
that huge choir suddenly came to
| life again-there will be the .sh
Of thousands Of feet, the clacking Of
Thousands Of typewr. ers and .ckers,
! the roar Of voice upon voice.
That IL why it seems so strangely
silent today.
The chorus girl who went to the
stage just 80 she might "step out''
after the last act with some accom-
modating Johnny is vanishing from
the picture.
Into her place in the ne comes
the young lady who has studied 3
Nf
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-10
Old Masters

"You are old, F. thor William" tho
young man cried,
And life must b Fastening aways
You arc cheerful and love % couvotso
upon deoth:
Now tell me the reason, I. pray
Il am cheerful, young man." Father
WILLIAM. replied;
Let the cause thy Attention engage:
In the dayh Of my youth ! rcmsiA4
bered my God,
And He hath not forrotten my aee.n
Robert Southey: Ipes from 1ho
Old Mans Comforts. \
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-10
Mercy Is Rewarded

In 1918, shortly after the armistice was
signed, Robert Minor was arrested in the terri
tory along the Rhine occupied by the Ameri-
cans. TO his energies were attributed distribu-
ton Of mutinous pamphlets among the Yank
doughboys in Germany.
Mr. Minor was guilty Of treason, but an act
of executive clemency spared him from the fir
ing squad. A deed of mercy overthrow the
rules Of war 70 free him.
The other day Minor addressed mass meet
ing in New York. He expressed dramatically
his contempt for the United States government.
The president he called skinflint and few
other things. =,
So shines good deed upon naughty world.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-10
Justajjingle

He watched his mother bake a cake,
And put it on the shelf.
And then he licked the frosting off,
And he got licked himself.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-10

A small man can be just as dangerous as .
big one, but he seldom is
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-10

What this country would like to have, if pos.
sible, is coal from contented mines.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-10

fected, it may produce sterility, and
thus change the whole temperament
Of the child in after-life.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-10

DR.. Mccoy will gladly answer
personal questions on health and
diet, addressed to him. care Of
the Tribune.
Enclose q stamped addressed
envelope for reply.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-10

and the relative stability of money, prices and
credit.
But the basis for all these is energy, and that
means hard work.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-10
HEALTH t'DIET ADVICE
NN DR. Fr0nk Nc cay !,
,ak!& 2tx 2e&t M5u NAaaEtE

:e . y $500 y. 1870 sss e:e e, "a g rs II,
s~e<osS sssissx0 Hoc8ESsx0 Ex19x6e9 ko< M6eEy
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-10

Unemployment in recent months
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-14

I4I7 X St NV. Main $500
1743 n. CAP. ST. r. AND b.. ANIL: sos.
$500 Broad hr rd-' {. C. D. &C r.
sr seSs Sleeping n porch SIS. al" D. h'"n
40ls 3rd St. p;;wt--e r reception hall,
bath. ami. porches; s75
ami: porches; Gear garage: S75
BIB Allison It n.w.--6 r and bath, ami.
1897 Montague St nw.--9 r and baths.
557 Montague st. .n.w.--9 r and baths.
53@7 18th st--s r and 2 baths. ami;
screened b ,d garage shower newly pa
p': 34f3 End st. ne-PoTc6es. 6 r. and bath,
h.-wh;: gas; d: GARAGE; 500
a5a Morton r. Gsp t t' ne + 5ad p S05
1909 East Cap. SIS r and bath, INV h.,
1851 Montague st--s and . baths and
half of double garage 500.
43b R Ran es,fris st $50 r and bath
1871 Montagge st.-9 ana bath: ga
zoos i st. n.w,--s r and b.. ami: $50.
30IS PARK pl.z6 r. and bath. ami: $40.
10 Y 8. ne.m6 r and bath; double porch
6l3 Kenyon--6 r and bath: ami; sos.
= s14 Madison---6 r. and b., ami: SG5
1858 Park pi.-s r, b., ami, &-car
ri16ls Areonnc pit y. and D. closed
porches, reception hall large attic and "a.
so24 5th St net r. ana D.. am ga
9i'IoS 55th st. n.w.--t ~ ono d. h.-w.h.
1914 Conn. ave. n.w.--t rooms and bath.
1900" 1908 : st. NV r, and b.. ami: 500.
SO CO... I'd. n.w.-6 r.. and b.. am. ga "a.
faf i@7 5'S 4. II. AVE- =. ana b.. SIS.
- 4ta, 9t. AWE r. and baths; >I25.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-14

1876 I4th pl. NET rooms. bath, latrobe.
cleo. Lear gar: newly papered throughout
and electric lights installed: in excellent To-
cation near cars and schools; SAT 80.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-14

4I5 G St nw.--9 rooms. bath lat, cleo
newly papered and painted throughout: in
splendid location for rooming and boarding
SGT so.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-14
FOR SALE--H0US SEES.

OMETHtNG SCARCE---A STRICTLY MOD
ern house for sale in the southwest; Close
price and terms very reasonable Address
Box 227-A. Star Office.
3-FAMILY HOUSE. I4th AND FAIRMONT
sts NV. All modern improvements. VIII
sacrifice for quick sale. See OCCUPANT
2943.
in Randie tf2nlands-six large rooms, 2
enclosed porches; garage: ami; lot 75xlo0
bus stop at door. Owner leaving city. Cali
Main 1886 at 9 am. or pm. ---.---
NEAR 10th STA BRAND-NEw EIGHT
block west Of 10Th St.. a svery attractive
terms terms Address BOX 3@o.A Star Once.
A BARGAIN = OCT-OF TOWN OWNER
must sell her property at 047 shepherd y
Main l656 or Cleveland 2070.
312 9th ST NE-WII.L ACCEPT GOOD
mo; 1921 OrdWay st. Phone Cleveland
GROOM AND BATH BUNGALOW IN THE
District. close in; nice size lot; Move n ON
tercst. Phone Main 1855. "
CHEVY CHASE BUNGALOW. BUILT !
foom s75 and casa 9a's s mo- m
Box 1907. Star Office. -.-
3l2 9th ST. Me- ROOMS AND BATH
c at1G0f oa hsa sdo oef Der P mo 6wSGR
Ordway st. Phone Cleye. 334s TO-
NV, NEAR FILTRATION Plant
room, 2hath brick. ami. first class G ,I
ton, restricted section. 500 cash. terms
like rent Address Box 219-Z. Star Office
PETWORTH OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Noes
force me TO sacrifice my new home. ! pald
sToP-FoR HOME BARGAINS: PHONE
and finance you. -
WILL SELL 5000 EQUITY IN B 3RJ
house for $500 cash. Address Box 31es-A.
Star office. l6-
$3.50 cash S45 mo-. incl. all interest
new brick homes; ny n. elec yard e
st. NV. NJ 1896; evenings Att. 836-J. 15'
rooms, brick. all improvements. newly paint
ed and papered: double garage; good terms
Price. So. 800 -
Room 301. 927 9TH st. NV Nam 342
CoLoRED PROPERTY. Sc. 6,RooM
81 500 terms. $500 cash. balance 3 wears
j. A. BAKER & CO.
Room 30I. 927 9th st. NV.
Main 342.
KANSAS AVE. NV.
Just above Webster; eml-detached bFlcK
g rooms and tiled bath. ami. Priced TO
sell at 'Ti, HiooS. +. FARRELL CO.
721 10th St NV. Main 766.
SPECIAL~-COLORED.
6 large rooms, bath, gas and cleo, large
yard front and rear vacant; like new vide
'''ee'' OWNER, P: b HOLMES,
$40 18th st. NV.
Main 1917 Cleye 1917.