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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-31
a Statue For Il Heroine

: A group of highly interesting bits of sculpture
has been on display in New York recently. 1t is
: made up of pieces offered in competition for a
prize for the best portrayal Of "Thc Pioneer
: Woman"
Among the figures submitted, as might be ex-
pectcd many diverse conceptions. One artist
shows the pioneer woman 1.-the, sincwy girl in
flowing draperes; another bent, haggard old
woman worn out by toll; another buxom, moth
ally sort Of goddess, and untroublcd.
= We don't know which piece the Judges will
ect Probably matter which statue is selected,
lot Of people will criticize it. Yet it is good
thing that the competition is being held; it
to remind Of the debt that to the pio
neer women of America
The pioneer woman has been neglected in our
histories. Hers is the epic that has been but poorly
written, the tragedy that too often goes unsung.
We have waxed eloquent about the bearded, two
listed who crossed the great plains in the gold
rush of 40; about the brawny old adventures WIN
blazcd the trail to Oregon and the northwest; about
the gaunt woodsmen who opened up Kentucky anl
the rich middle west in the days when Washington
still lived All Of these men have been given their
due
But when have paused to consider that the
American frontier was womaness frontier?
The men whose axes cleared away the forests Of
INDIANA and Ohio doughty heroes, surely But
they had wives and these wives lived in bare cabins
bore and reared big families, cultivated gardens,
made clothes and endured hunger, pain and danger
without limit. The long trek across the plains was
heroic and magnificent of course; but there were
in those covered wagons we'll men,
sharing the difficulties in greater measure.
The pioneer woman had all the worst of it, as
matter of fact. The thrills and savage joys Of
the adventure not for her; plain drudgery,
dreariness and a closely limited horizon were her
lot. She gave birth to her children in rude hut,
usually without any medical attention; she got up
and resumed her heavy daily duties few days
later, accomplishing and persevering.
She is not the romantic, heroic figure the male
pioneer is. There is little of about
grown old and haggard at So, with bent back
and stringy gray hair and deep-lined, hopeless
face. Yet she deserves the high tribute Of a ma
ton, none the less.
She, much the tall rfleman in buckskin
.eggngs and broad -brimmed hat, gave us our west.
If prize statue will help remind US Of that fact
it will be WELL
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-31
In Support of Mellon

Secretary of the Treasury Mellon should have the
hearty support and approval of the taxpayers in
his criticism Of the college heads who recently made
plea for revision of the foreign debts. There can
be no doubt that attempt at such revision would
result in great dscord and confusion.
The keynote Of Secretary Melons criticism Of
the college heads is noted where he says, t wou!l
not have been amiss foryou there he is addressing
Dr. John Grer Hibben, president Of Princeton) and
your associates to have taken into consideration
that the inevitable effect of such pronounccmcnt
would be to strengthen and encourage the opposition
in foreign countries to ratification His letter to
Dr. Hbbcn couched in blunt terms and ex-
pressed surprise that the professors. before giving
the public the benefit Of their conclusions did not
fit to make thorough investigation of the data
available at the treasury or seek by a personal
interview to ascertain the views of the American
officials who negotiated the settlements"
We think this is a very proper attitude We
cannot understand college officials lcapng TO con-
clusicns without being in possession of all the avail
partment, how could they have all the facts? Did
they merely surmise? If so that is evidence Of
poor method of reasoning.
AS for the debts, let not disturb the present
status Of affairs and let US not give laid and COM
fort to the enemy in this manner. While war debts
are in form loans from the American government
they really loans from the American people,
raised by the sale Of Liberty bonds to individuals.
In effect the private citizens lending money to
Europe under guaranty from their own govern
ment that these loans would be repaid. The college
professors may like to see in theory the debts
celed, but the taxpayer will support Secretary Mel
Ion in his attempt to get as many cents the dol
lar seems reasonable and just.
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Ruling the Air. Too.

Just where is the dominion of the United States
government going to end. anyhow-on the moon?
The government first left the ground when it
established weather bureau and meteorological
service. Then it put in department of aero
nautics. Now it has set up a federal radio board.
Go as high as you like. the rules and regulations
Of the u. S. government will still follow you.
Perhaps we should call our president by a new
titlc--"Prince of the Powers Of the Air"
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mashed potatoes creamcd peas, dumplings, chill
sauce pineapple salad hot biscuits, bread and butter
coffee and milk
The navy's slogan is Join the navy and see the
world" The army should adopt something like
Join the army and eat like king"
IT, Napoleon said, army travels and fights
on its stomach, the American army ought to be able
to whip any outfit On earth.
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You're in the Army Now

The old order changeth, giving place to new-or
SO, at least, said the poet.
This maxim it seems, applies even to
sentative institution as the United States army
Recently Congress increased the allowance for
the doughboy's food. Now there is made public a
typical weekday menu for detachment Of regulars
assigned to duty at West Point. Bear in mind that
this food is served the regulars, not the cadets.
Here = 4 sample dinner:
Noodle soup, oysters, chicken Ia Maryland.
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CHAPTER *

NJ OF for long now could Polly
~ count on blind obedience. 1t
was not in the nature Of things.
nor the nature Of a grown-up davgh-
ter. Polly decided the time had
come for frank confession.
While Mary brushed her hair.
Polly announced that she meant to
80 to Venice and lock about for q
place to spend several .months,
cheaply and comfortably.
Mary said It sounded interest
ing, hut did not commit herself
further. She was tired and hurt
by these half-cOnfidences.
Frankness was impossible. until
her mother was frank with her.
She would not degrade her moth
er's intelligence. or her own. by
playing the hypocrite. Mary said
she was sleepy and went to bed.
But not to sleep.
Mrs. Johnston stayed In her own
room. the door slightly open be-
tween them. She disrobed and
stood in her dressing gown before
the long mirror. wonderful color
study in soft, clinging robe OF
blue. with her red hair flaming
against white shoulders. Polly did
not take her usual nightly delight
IN the spectacle. She braided her|
hair with no eyes for the vision
In the mirror.
Got TO do ii, Polly. Come" she|
said to herself and put down the
comb. She went to the door and
softly opened II.
"Mary, want to .s:ccp?"
Mary shook her head. turned on
the reading light. threw a rose-col-
ored dressing gown over her Shout
dors and patted the bed beside her.
(1O BE CoNTINuED.)
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A THOUGHT

The hoary head is a crown of glory.
Proverbs xvi:3-
The evening Of life brings with it
its lamps.-Joubcrt.
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sJustajingle

He tried and tried to tie his shoes,
For punishment . glutton.
And then somebody broke the news,
"Your dog.gone shoes arc button"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-31
CAPITOL THEATRE

Realistic, thrilling and. absorbing is
Vera Reynolds new star picture
Corporal Kate" which had q highly
Successful premiere at the Capitol
Theatre yesterday. In this photo
play, the splendid work done by
women at the front in France, l.
wildly and convincingly shown in q
series of dramatic, pathetic and hum.
orous scenes that will hold your in.
terest to the final fade out. The
plot has to do with the adventures
Of three girl 'buddies" on the front
and rs the story unfolds. the interest
Of spectators never lags for an in.
slant. II has been said that this il
"ths laugh and cry picture Of the
World War" and It lives up fully to
the claim. Julia Faye and Kenneth
Thomson, who are featured in Miss
Reynolds support. finely supplement
the admirable work Of Vera Rey-
nolds, the star. The supporting cast
10 excellent, while the direction BY
Paul Sloane Is admirable.
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AT The Movies
ELTlNGE THEATER

John Gilbert will be seen for the
last times tonight, Thursday, in
"F'lcsh and the. Devil" Grcta Carlo
and Lars Hanson arc in the cast.
Adolesccnt youth, with its self
consciousness, it's dreams of daring
and dash, it's love sick absu rditics.
has been mirrorcd in cclluloid for
the first time in history by the ir-
resistible Harry Langdon ut the
Eltinge, where his third feature
length comedy, "Long Pants" is on
view Friday and Saturday.
1t is subtle satire throughout, but
none the less hilarious.
Langdon uses repression and sup
pressions to get many Of his effects,
and mingled with these effective
agencies Harry adds that Langdon-
esque touch which has brought to
him in quick march such q ire
mendous following.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-11-25

Christmas cards galore. See them at Guys Drug Store. (Adv.)
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"EARLY TO WED" IS
 AT LIBERTY TONIGHT

According to advance reports Matt Moore is better than ever in Early to We'd" Fox Films feature opening at the Liberty theatre tonight.
 Once again he portrays the young husband who is working his way to the top as rapidly as he can, only this time, he is more of bashfully enterprising type. He and his little wife, Daphne, have been content to live in a small boarding house until Tom my gets his start. Then. Art Meyers, a seemingly successful friend of the young couple con vince them that to get ahead they must live in an exclusive neighborhood and meet moneyed people in order to get ahead. Not only that but he makes Tommy promise to demand a raise from his boss to live properly on.
 The result is that Tommy loses his job, and, since they have al ready ordered the furniture from ''The Bountiful Friend" and leas- ed the house, they move in and start trying to catch up with their debts. This leads to complica- tions.
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house and rising all the time.

house and rising all the time.
 From upper windows leaned the children, and beside them were the frantic parents. scream ing for help. The boys rushed to get assistance, but could find none quickly and returned to see what they could do alone. They stood on the edge of the rising floor and saw that house lurch like a man jostled in crowd.
 Slowly the building tipped up- ward, tore from the foundation with wracking scream of break ing timber, and floated off, lamps alight-for it was dusk-the occu- pants screaming and nothing to be done"
 The boys on the shore waved into the growing dark, their hearts pounding in their chests and their tongues thick in their mouths, and they thought they saw an answering wave from the window where their schoolmates leaned. And then the house was gone and the boys crept home, dry eyed but torn with great
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LET Almquist Press Your Suit.
 We call and deliver Phone h28.
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RUB RHEUMATISM PAIN FROM SORE, ACHING JOINTS

What Is rncumatism? Pain only. St. Jacobs Oil will stop any pain so quit drugging.
 Not one case in fifty requires internal treatment. Rub sooth- ing, penetrating St. Jacobs Oil directly upon the tender spot and relief comes instantly. St. Jacobs Oil is a harmless rheumatism and sciatica liniment, which never disappoints and can not burn the skin.
 Limber up! Quit complaining! Get a small trial bottle from your druggist, and in just a moment you'll be free from rheumatic and sciatic pain. soreness, stiffness and swelling. Don't suffer! Re- lief awaits you. Old, honest St. Jacobs oil has cured millions of rheumatism sufferers in the last half century. and is just as good for sciatica. neuraligia, lumbago, backache, sprains and swellings.
 adv.
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DOUGLAS
 NEVIS
FIRE THANKSGIVING DAY

A defective chimney in the resi- dence of Chas. A. Fox was the cause of a fire about f o'clock yesterday afternoon which might easily have destroyed his home but for the prompt arrival of the fire department boys with chemi- calls which sufficed to extinguish the blaze.
 The fire broke out around the chimney near the floor of the second story and rapidly extended up the walls and into the attic Two large chemicals besides sey- eral small ones were used be- fore the fire was declared out. Damage caused by the fire result ed from the necessary chopping through the roof and inside walls to get at the blaze and from the chemical solution which is about $50 to $1O0, covered by insurance
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FLOODS LEAVE GREAT HORROR
 YOUNG MINDS

(Continued rom Page One.)
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ters descended on the village and scenes of horror were enacted which yet may be seen in the youthful eyes that must have laughed in glee at teachers car toon.
 Miss Alice Jennings, a teacher in the school, who ever since the flood has been working night and day in Red Cross headquarters, told The Associated Press some thing of what the disaster meant to her former charges.
 "Two of my boys" she said, were in the lower part of town when the first house went down. They had been helping in the rescue work and had come in sight of the house where two os their schoolmates lived. They saw the water high about tae
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wracking sobs.

Wfackng SODS.
 Briefly they told their tale, and then would say no more.
 Don't talk about it." they told their mothers. "It was something we never will be able to talk about as long as we live"
 The children of Waterbury, at least the younger ones, were evac- uated during the days after the flood to the village of Stowe, sev- eral miles up the road to Snug. glers' Notch above the water line.
 And one would see them in the streets or peering from the cur. tafled windows of houses, staring as though at visions never to be effaced, uncommunicatiye, nerv ous. children who perhaps never again would be lighthearted enough to laugh at a harmless caricature drawn on a schoo, blackboard.
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MISS KiRkHAM SERIOUSLY ILL

MT. and Mrs. J. O. Kirkham were the recipients of the bad news Wednesday morning to. the effect that their daughter, Miss Elva Kirkham, teaching school in South Bend, Washington, was very i'll with pleurisy following pneumonia, and would not be able to teach any more this year.
 Hastily making preparations to leave on the first boat, MT. and Mrs. Kirkham made the Admiral Rogers which left at a. m. yes terday to go to their daughter. Depending upon the condition of Miss Kirkham, they will either bring her home or send her to California for the winter.
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SURVEY OF CHICKAMIN RIVER IS COMPLETED

Walter J. Sssacn, Chief Engin- eer and Inspeetor-Superintendent, who has had charge of survey crew of the Bureau of Public Roads working en Chickamin River during the past summer, returned here early this week with Fred T.edt, another mem- Der of the party. Ten others who were on the crew either remained ct Eetchikan, where it disband- ed, or went south for the winter.
 MT. Sisson will be stationed here during the winter in local headquarters of the bureau.
 The crew made line survey Up the Chickamin River from
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tidewater to ,ne glacier. In took the field early in June and com pleted it's work about the middle of this month. The survey was to furnish cost estimates for con struction of a trail or low type of development road into the dis trict should mineral prospects there justify such construction.
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NOTICE

All ear owners having cars parked and not in use OH streets will remove the same during se- we're snowstorm so that the city can work in the mornings on both sides of the streets. By order of
 GEO. A. GETCHELL, adv. Chief of Police
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ON SICK LIST

Mrs. John Feusi was quite i'll at her home yesterday which pre- vented the usual generous Thanksgiving entertainment af- forded on that day by the Feusi family.
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THANKSGIVING DAY ENJOYED

Aside from the fire and some illness in certain homes, Thanks giving Day came and went in it's usual fashion on Douglas Island Turkey with all the trimmings was plentiful and many home parties commemorated the day.
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VIRGINIA "

Sails at D. m. tonight for Chs- chagof and way ports. Owing to weather on Chatham Straits run the Virginia was delayed and did net sail Wednesday. adv.
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ATTENTION REBEKAES

Perseverance Rebekah Lodge No. PA. I. 0. o. F., will hold their regular meeting Wednesday evening, Nov. 23, at 8 o'clock. Visiting members welcome. Mrs. Chas. Carter, Sec'y. adv.
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Advertising always pays. U the columns of The Empire
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-02
DENY BLOCKING COURT
Commissioners Say Consolidation
Idea Came From Citizens

Emphatic denial was made by the
District Commissioners yesterday to
the charges of Police Court Judge
Gus A. Schuldt before the Gibson in
vestigating committee of the House
Monday night that they evolved the
plan for consolidating the Police and
Municipal Courts for the purpose of
blocking the proposed new Police
Court building.
The Commissioners explained that
consolidation of the two. courts was
recommended by citizens COMMITTEES
headed by .Odell S. Smith as one plan
or alternating congestion In the Police
Court and that they have made every
effort to expedite the erection of a
new building.
Commissioners Bell pointed out that
there is In the current appropriation
act an authorization for the purchase
of a. site for the new. building. and
that the Commissioners on January
II sent to the Burget Bureau In the
form OF supplemental estimates for the
next fiscal year items ealing for $500.
600 wit (which to begin construction
OF the new courthouse and an an.
thorization for $1,000, 900, the estimat.
ed cost of the building
If there has been any DELAY in the
carrying out of the plans for the cree.
ton on the new court building, the
Commissioners emphasized that ii
has been due to deliberations over the
location OF the structure
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Income Tax Problems
Simplified for All

tN0s tDs
In making out their income tax re.
turns for the year 1926 taxpayers are
advised by the Bureau of Internal
Revenue carefully to present their
claims with regard to deductions for
losses. To be allowed such claims
must conform closely to the wording
of the statute. Losses are deductible
If incurred In a Taxpayers trade or
business. In any transaction entered
into for profit. though not connected
with the taxpayers trade or business,
or If arising from fires. storms, ship
wrecks, or other casualty. or by theft.
and IL not compensated for by insur-
ance or otherwise
Business losses result, usually, from
the purchase and sale of merchan-
disc. Such losses are ascertained by
means of inventories, which are re-
.quired whenever, in the opinion OF the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue,
their use Is necessary to determine the
income of any taxpayer.
The cost of capital assets, less ad-
justment for depreciation and salvage
value, may be deducted from gross in
come if their usefulness suddenly is
terminated, and they are disposed OF.
For example, a manufacturer may be
compelled to scrap machinery because
it has become inadequate or obsolete.
He may deduct the loss sustained, IL
he has sold, abandoned, or otherwise
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cry. Such loss must be charged on
the books of the taxpayer and fully
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II taxpayer demolishes a building
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-02
OGDEN MILLS QUITS
AS HOUSE MEMBER
Newly Confirmed Undersecretary of
Treasury Sends Resignation to
Gov. Smith.

Ogden Mills, representative of New
York. confirmed by the Senate yester.
day as Undersecretary of the
Treasury. today sent his resignation
as a House member to Gov. Smith
at Albany. It is effective at once
He expects to be sworn in as Under.
secretary tomorrow.
Representative Crowther of New
York was host at a breakfast at the
Capitol today to Mr.. Mills and all
Republican members of the New York
congressional delegation.
The entire membership of the
House ways and means committee,
on which Mills has served during his
tenure of Office in Congress, will &C.
company him to the Treasury to wit.
ness his induction into his new
Office.
Mills was the Republican guber.
national nominee against Gov. Smith
at the 1926 election.