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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-11-18
Odd Sea Birds

Frigate birds or men-o'-war are
birds which are found on the island
Ascension. The original species was
named Fregata aquila by the natur-
alist. Linnaeus, in 1858. They are
now known to be confined to this lit
tie oceanic rock. These odd sea birds
have bodies about the size Of those
of ordinary barnyard hens, with mon.
strous long wings, which spread as
much as ten feet. Their bills are long
with hooked tips, which make them
dangerous weapons, and their feet are
so tiny and so weak that they can
scarcely waddle.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-11-18
FOREST FIRES In STATE
Take Heavy Toll From Maryland
Woodlands

Take Heavy Toll From Maryland
Woodlands
Forest fires take greater toll
from woodlands in Maryland each
year than from any other State in the
Appalachian area, a survey by the
United States Forest Service reveals.
Results of the survey, forwarded
to Fred w. Besley, State Foresters
show that the average forest fire in
this State sweeps across 11.56 acres
and that fires last year burned 2.67
per cent of the total area in forests.
The state has more than 100000
acres of forest lands.
Although Virginia has a greater
average loss from each fire, the per-
centage of land burned off in Mary
land is greater than that in that
State, in Pennsylvania or in West
Virginia. These are the States list
ed by the Federal department as the
Appalachian area.
| Hope for a much better record this
year, however, was held out by Mr..
Besley. 1--WE can take little pride in
the record for 1926" he said, "but
since then we have received an in
crease in funds for our work. Fur
Their, we faced intense hazards last
year, but the weather has been on
our side so far this year. Fires were
kept down to a minimum during the
spring season.
Fire damage in the State last year
was $469,SO0. Compared with this
that in Pennsylvania was $1,186,-
321; in Virginia, $4S5,71O, and in
West Virginia, $24,3O1. The figures
Mr.. Besley pointed out, form no bas-
is for real comparison, because of
the discrepancies in the sizes of the
four States.
The area burned over in this State
was 59,512, and 224,253 acres were
burned in Pennsylvania. Virginia
lost 140,282 acres and West Virginia
24,3O1.
Fires in Virginia averaged 1913
acres each, the United States survey
shows, and in Maryland 49,; in
Pennsylvania the average is 1853 and
in West Virginia 52.6 acres.
Less than one-half of per cent of
the total forest area in West Virginia
was burned, while 2,67 per cent of
the wooded area here was leveled.
Virginia showed loss of lao per
cent of all its forests, and Pennsyl-
vania 1.65, per cent.
Brush burning, which gets beyond
the control of those who start small
fires in weeds, was cited by Mr.. Bes-
ley as chiefly responsible for forest
fires in the State. a
Fire wardens have traced 249 of
all fires here to that source, he said.
The same cause is the origin of 1852
per cent of the blazes In Virginia,
but numbering is the greatest cause
in West Virginia, and railroads i'm
Pennsylvania.
There were 5,151 forest fires re-
ported in Maryland last year; 2,916
in Pennsylvania; S67 in Virginia.
and 462 in West Virginia. There
were 91,793 in the United States.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-11-18
TELEPHONE MESSAGE
SAVES FLIER'S LIFE


A telephone call from woman and
landing lights probably saved o. H
Krieder, of Hagerstown, Md, an air.
plane manufacturer and a passenger
in plane en- route from Cleveland to
Hagerstown from death or injury, &C.
cording to an Associated Press Dis.
patch of recent date.
An unidentified woman called the
Belts Flying Field at Pittsburgh and
said an airplane circling about was in
all probability lost The field lights
recently installed were turned on and
the plane landed safely. The occu.
pants had become lost in the dark.
ness and could not find the landing
field.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-11-18
Wearisonaa

"The man who means we'll Is as
distressing as camel's hair under.
shirt" said ]. Fuller Gloom, the hui
man hyena. "He is so free from evil
intent that he greatly resembles q
dead clam. On account of his inno-
cence he is always getting into pre-
dicaments that no one else would
think of, and after becoming en-
broiIed in trouble he expects, because
he meant we'll, that all the rest Of us
will drop whatever we are doing and
rush to his rescue. am weary Of the
well-meaning man" - Kansas City
Times.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-11-18
Ancient Cross Erected

One hundred years after its discov.
cry, Celtic cross more than enc
thousand years old was erected during
a ceremony held recently in st. Pat
rick's church, Ballymena, Ireland The
cross was unearthed in 1927 while q
ditch was being dug in the KircOn-
riola church yard, near Ballymena
and placed in the tower of the church
where it remained until 1879, when
the church was burned. 1t was lost
until recently, and was found broken
in three pieces in the cellar of Bally-
mena castle. The cross is of rough
hard limestone, % inches long and
about inches thick. The inscrip-
ton was carved early in the Tenth
century
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-11-18

This charming little lady had the
distinction of being the first girl in
The world to have her voice and her
smile carried to city $50 miles away.
Miss Horner is an instructress in the
Long Distance School of the Chesa-
peake & Potomac Telephone Company
at Washington, D. c., and she was Sc
iected to take part in the first public
demonstration of Television, Distant
SEEING" a development of the Bell
Telephone Laboratories. Seated at
he telephone in Washington she
greeted a large number of guests
gathered at the Bell Laboratories at
New York with her CHEEKY voice and
pleasing personality.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-11-18
MRS. JENNIE TAYLOR

Licensed Funeral Director
Gentleman Embalmer Lie
ensed for Maryland and Penn
sylvania.
Dignified service given all
calls, night or day.
Cor. N. Queen Z Walnut SITS.
Phone 122 Rising Sun, Md.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-11-18
Fragrant Memories

Youth Is the time to build years OF
helpful, friendly, neighborly acts. This
done, the world will enjoy the fra.
GRANGE of lovable personalities as age
goes down the western slope of life !;
a fragrance, too, that will linger after
we have passed to the great beyond
Grit.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-11-18
WAR WORK NOT AT
END FOR RED CROSS
Demands for Service to Disabled
Veterans Last Year Cost
Nearly 100000. i

Expenditure of $2,930,223.86 for
services to disabled veterans, and Of
.$5O7,SS2.3O for service to men Of the
Regular Army and Navy, were out
standing details of the Red Cross ap-
preparations for the past years activ-
tiles, and are cited by Chairman John
Barton Payne as the continuing i'm
portance of this phase of the organi-
\ cations responsibilities nine years
sfter the end of the war.
pc the total expended for disabled
GRAMS, the National Organization
tributed $1,161, 223.S6, and the local
q Cross Chapters $1,769,000. The
service to men of the regular forces
was shared by the National Organi-
kation with an appropriation of $307,-
1920, and by the local Chapters with
100000.
During the year the Red Cross as
whole contributed materially to the
! success of the Government efforts to
have every veteran re-instate or con-
vert his wartime insurance before
the final time limit expired. Chap
ters worked in cooperation with local
veterans bodies to assist former serv-
ice men with their insurance papers,
and the application routine, many
Chapters keeping open headquarters
up to the expiration Of the final
moment at midnight.
Under local Chapters of the Red
Cross, assistance Ito ex-service men
in filing claims for disability and adj
justed compensation, securing hospital
care for disabled veterans, prepara-
ton Of social histories for use in
treatment Of men in government hos.
pitfalls, assistance in securing proper
guardians for veterans adjudged in
competent to administer their affairs,
rendering reports on home conditions
OF service men applying for discharge
because of dependency, and many
other forms of aid are a part of the
Red Cross duty to these men.
An interesting detail reveals the
fact that prosecution of ex-service
mems claims is becoming increasingly
difficult as they grow more involved
with each year that passes since the
war. The number of death claims is
growing constantly, in addition to the
fact that there is steady increase
In the number of claims referred to
various branches Of the Red Cross
concerned with assistance to veterans,
for aid in bringing them to close.
During the past year, National
Headquarters estimated that the Red
Cross assisted veterans and service
men with cases involving total awards
of $55S,6S1, for disability and death
compensation, revival of insurance,
adjusted compensation, pensions,
medical and burial reimbursements,
etc.
Red Cross representatives are on
duty with the Army and Navy both
In home and foreign garrisons, and
contact is maintained in the hospitals
and other centers where assistance to
these men and women may be needed.
Such Red Cross service, it is empha.
sized, covers only the fields where
regular governmental provisions do
not apply, and is designed to sup.
plement these benefits of the Govern.
ment.
IL was emphasized that this par
ticular activity of the Red Cross is
one OF the strongest appeals for the
increased membership, which will be
asked of the country during the
annuaA enrolment from November II
to "a. ~
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-11-18

During the past ten years there has
been gain of As per cent in the mum.
Der OF telephones in the State of West
Virginia. During the same period the
increase in population in the State has
been only about II per cent.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-11-18

The telephone wire mileage In the
United States on June 80 1927, totaled
6o,94O,OOO miles. OF this mileage. =
$4,000 was toll and 53,629,OO was
exchange circuits.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-11-18

None of us have any idea where
we might be year from today, but
we haggle over most nickles like we
will be here to spend them forever.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-11-18

The chief interest in life with
some people is pust the interest they
get on their money.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-11-18

If you are looking for the stamp
of approval it is just as well to culti-
vate those who are we'll heeled.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-11-18

You don't have to be football
player to realize that four-tifths of
all the kicks in the world are block
ed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-11-18

The total investment in telenhone
plant and equipment in the United
States on June 80, 1927 was ss.43O.
100000.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-11-18

There is plenty of room at the top
ANY man can put up bluff, but it's
quite another matter to climb.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-11-18

Even the handy man about the
house realizes that it is easier to
make break than to mend one.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-11-18

At any rate those who fight and
run away are never fought to a
standstill.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-11-18

Europe, it is said, is walking into
another war. That is easier than
keeping peaceful.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-11-18

No, Maude dear; among the gil
edge securities we wouldn't Away
recommend the bonds of matrimony
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-11-18

Advertising is a good thing if not
overdone. 1t does not consist OF
fooling the buyer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-11-18

If there was ever place that has
to make hay while the sun shone, i
is summer resort.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-11-18

You never can tell. The fellow
who is close listed may land you an
awful wallop.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-11-18

Don't go to extremes. 1t may be
foolish to cry over spilled milk, but
it is just as foolish to laugh over it.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-11-18
Facts About The Telephone

The total Bell System payroll for
one month (June, 1920 was $3.50
600,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-11-18

In order to cement broken heart
try little fiattery.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-08-25
WILL STEEL CORPORATION ADOPT
~. new 'C0-CETTINC' POLICY NOW!

izer of American industry. Its poll
cies have been marked by exceptional
caution.
Welcome New Policy
Curiously enough, in this gO-get-
ting age, the corporation has dis
played lack Of ag"ressiveness. In
fact, it is this very lack Of agrees
sivcness, the cornerstone of the cor
poration's policy, which leads many
stockholders to welcome the idea of
the infusion Of some Of the virile and
progressive du Pont blood into the
veins of the great steel giant.
When the corporation was formed
26 years ago, Ebert H. Gary, a
Chicago corporation lawyer of high
attainment. was selected to head the
board of directors.
Until his death on Aug. Is, this
same man remained at the helm
In fact it almost might be said that
he sat on the throne as benevolent
but absolute monarch, and welded
the most powerful industrial scepter
the world has ever known.
1t was Judge Gary who formulated
or finally approved all of the major
moves of the corporation. It was his
voice alone which interpreted the
policies or explained the acts Of the
worlds biggest enterprise.
An Industrial Car
No single man of his time has
ever been the sole spokesman for
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-08-25
CONTRACTS
LET FOR WORK
ON RED TRAIL
Grading of Road Through
RichardtOn and West of
Mandan Arranged For

Additional contracts for road i'm
provement work in various parts OF
the state were let by the state high.
Way commission which closed three
day session today.
/. Awards were announced today as
follows:
Red Trail 9.75 miles east and west
tn rough Richardton, earth grading ia
Miller & Vinegar, FIT. Pierre, S. d..
0,G93.94.
Red Trail, 7is miles west from
Mandan. earth grading, G. p. Burn
stad of Burnstad, S2S, 1866.
Route No. 9, Ga miles northwest
from Harvey. earth grading, William
Collins, Lakota, $l5,7l9.l5.
Route No. 3, ~ miles east from
Rock Lake. Towner county, earth
grading. William Collins, Lakota,
$36.6s0.i4.
Route No. 6, II miles north and
Soath through Westhope. graveling,
N f. Thompson, Minot. $l9..533.2s
Route No. 6. 81 miles from the
Ward county line to junction with
No. 5. graveiin~. William Conan.
Goodrich. S2o.52O.92.
Finishing Of grading improvement
east and west through Fessenden on
Route 8. W. H. Noe, jamestown.
$25$2l.5O. This contract was let
subject to the approval Of the com
pany which bonded Pargett 4 Wal
lace, who defaulted on the contract.
The bonding company will be held re-
sppnsible for finishing the work.
Contracts for concrete work, metal
and concrete pipe culverts and other
Incidental work on, all the jobs also
were awarded by the commission.
All Of the contracts let today are
listed in this years construction
program although some of the work
probably will not be finished before
next year, it was said at the highway
department offices.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-08-25
School Term Longer
in Morton Co. Now


BY lengthening the average term
in Morton county schools from 1853
days to l63 days, students attended
school 25.3G5 days more in the year
ending June 30. 1927 than they did
in similar period in 1917, it is
shown by the annual report Of H. X.
Jensen. county superintendent Of
schools.
Attendance figures show gain Of
q per cent, with the students having
an average attendance Of 80 per cent
in 1927.
Enrollments in common schools
have jumped from 1927 students in
1917 to 5,073 in 1927 High school
enrollments in that time have nearly
tripled. there being 229 high school
students IN the county in 1917 and
655 such students in 1927.
There are now 6S standardized
schools as compared to the six that
existed in 1917. The number of high
school graduates has more than
quadrupled in the ten-year period.
with q students graduating from
high schools in 1917 and with 90 fin
ish:ng this work in 1927.
Certificates for perfect attendance
were granted 262 boys and girls dur
ing the last year, marked increase
from 1917.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-08-25
Alleged Sabin Bank
- Robbers Arraigned


Moorhead, Mimi, Aug. 25.-lP-
Clyde Short and Joseph Chett Town
ley were arraigned in Moorhead po-
lice court today on charges Of rob-
hing the Sabin State Bank of Sabin
Clay county. of $l,922 on July IL.
The two men demanded preliminary
hearings which were set for next
Thursday. They were then remanded
to the county Jail to await their hear
mgs.
Tho hearing of Mrs. Willie Mae
Williams, previously arraigned on q
similar charge, was set for the same
day. Mrs. Williams also faces a
charge of completely in the robbery
The two men have refused to ad-
NIT any connection with the crime
though Short has said that he was in
this section Of the country recently
Sheriff Archie Whaley said.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-08-25

such vast enterprises as the more
than $4,000 100000 worth Of proper
ties enrolled under the banner of the
United States Steel Corporation.
Probably none will ever do so again
His successor is unlikely to attempt
it, but will find it cxpedient to dele
gate more authority.
During his lifetime the value of
the shares Of the corporation ad-
vanced from low point of 8 around
1905, to high point Of 176 in 1926.
It, was a tribute to the care with
which he had brought hp the great
organic cation through its maturity.
that even his death did not cause a
break in the value of the shares.
During the early part Of this cen
fury big business was under bitter at
tack from the trust-busters. With
masterful hand, Judge Gary piloted
the industrial ship under his COM
mand triumphantly through these
dangers. He emerged from the storm
of political and governmental hos
tility with the seal of approval upon
the acts and conduct Of the corpora
tion affixed by the Supreme Court
of the United States.
Judge Gary won out by clinging
tosa few basic guiding principles. He
early stood for a policy of frankness
with the public against many Of his
associates who regarded such ideas
as ruinously radical. He practiced
fair dealing with his employees and
competitors. Eventually it became
clear that the Steel Corporation was
not a commercial octopus, despite its
great size.
Task Different Now
Judge Gary's successors will be
confronted with a different task than
the one he carried to successful con-
clusion. He steered the great COR
poratiOn through its perilous early
days anu gave a stability to the en-
tire steel industry which previously
had been in a state of destructive
competition. With this momentous
task accomplished, those who take up
Judge Gary's work will find it pos
sible to devote more intensive atten-
tion to the pressing present day prob
lens. These include technical re-
search, more economical production
and distribution, and more aggres-
sive marketing. -
The passing Of Judge Gary comes
at a time when a new is dawning
in the steel industry. 1t is because
of the amazing success in all the
broader fields of modern efficiency
in big business of the du, Ronts that
their active entrance into the affairs
Of the Steel Corporation would be
regarded favorably throughout the
steel industry.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-08-25
Bismarck Youth
Ills Gaining Fame

Bert Dunn, Jr., Bismarck youth, is
gaining fame as swimmer and as
fisherman in Minnesota.
An item from Brainerd newspa-
per tells how Dunn swan three miles
on. Gull lake in two hours and Is
minutes. Since the lake was especial
". rough that day, his feat was con-
A6eref outstanding. As far as is
known. according to the Brainerd
leVspaper, he is the only individual
Who has accomplished this feat on
Gull lake.
Dunn was also, the hero in a fish
story, according to the paper. While
out on the lake he noticed a splash
Il :watar caused by one fish chasing
another. He reached down alongside
The boat and caught the fish under
nesth the gill. It was alive when
brought to shore and proved to- be. a
Nn}l-ey4d pike weighing eight pounds.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-08-25
BY JOHN w. HILL
Financial Editor, Iron Trade
Review

Review
The United States Steel Corpora
ton, purchase Of block of whose
stock by the du Pont interests has
created flood Of rumors and set
off an investigation by the Federal
Trade Commission, has been in ex-
istence just little over quarter
OF century.
1t has done gross business OF
approximately $4,000, 100000 during
the &c years of it's corporate life
This sum is considerably larger than
the public debt Of the United States
1t is more than the combined values
of the railroads Of the country, as
tentatively fixed bv the Interstate
Commerce Commission.
During the same period the cor
poration has disbursed in dividends
to its stockholders about 1900 200,
900 and has paid out in wages to its
employees approximately $4,000, 900,
600.
Tremendous Growth
When first formed &c years ago
the corporation had fifty subsidiaries
and subsidiary organizations, fifteen
of them main subsidiaries.
But today there are 1870 subsidiary
and sub-subsidiary companies, q OF
them being main operating com.
panies.
With its surplus Of $553,5OO, 900
and its immense working capital OF
SASKATOON, the wealth and power
of the company stands unmatched il
all time.
Because of it's strength and tn,
conservatism Of it's management, tn,
corporation has played an important
part in the great drama Of American
industry ever since its inception.
BY avoiding extremes and keeping
it's head in good times and in bac
ones, the corporation came, under
the regime Of the. late chairman, f
H. Gary, to be regarded as stabil.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-08-25
Five Years in Pen
For Negro LabOrer
Imposed for Forgery

George Monroe, negro, was SEN
fenced to five years. in the state
penitentiary when he pleaded guilty
TO forgery in the second degree be-
fore Judge X. l.. Berry Wedne sday.
Monroe. who worked for farmer
near Flasher, admitted he forged a
check for $3.50 at asPiasher store.
Because Of the mans war record,
leniency was recommended to the
nardon board by both the Judge and
the states attorney. Under the law,
five years is the minimum sentence
Tor forgery IN the second degree.
Monroe served abroad three years,
was gassed and afterwards under
went treatment at government hos
pital ut Fort Prescott. Ariz. He had
no previous criminal record.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-08-25
Continued Warmth
Predicted for City

The clouds are due to scurry
Across the beaming sun.
1t need not cause you worry;
This warm spell isn't done.
As the mercury continued its
steady climb upward Wednesday, the
maximum temperatures for North Da-
kota points climbed until they more
nearly appropriated normally r
Hettinger, with 81, had the highest
maximum and Minot, with 66, the
lowest. Bismarck had maximum of
II.
The lowest minimum was held by
Armenia and Dunn Center. with AZ
each. Bismarck had s.. The high
est minimum was reported at Willis
ton, GO.
Che prediction for tonight and Fri
day is: partly cloudy; not much
change in temperature"