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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-15

less than a year ago. the sale was
much more successful, inasmuch as
this year the advertised list Of de-
linquent 1926 taxes totaled only APP
proximately $4,000, while a year
ago the advertised list totaled about
$4,000. Delinquent taxes on the
greater part OF the desirable prope:-
ty was paid by the owners after the
lists were published and before the
sale was held, according to G. l..
Spear, county treasurer.
Certificate purchaser bid on the
interest they will accept on the GER
tificates II the land is redeemed In
the three years allowed by law.
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AT THE SCHOOLS

Bernice Klink Inferred the seventh
grade at the Will school Monday.
Peggy Bergeson has returned t.
school after an absence Of two
weeks.
The fifth grade pupils of the VIII.
liam Moore school are decorating
Christmas boxes.
The Christmas program at the
Wachter school will be given the
last day before vacation.
The music classes Of the Will
school will give music programs in
each room Wednesday, December
81.
Vernon Enge and Lester Casey Of
the seventh grade, Will school, are
absent this week on account Of ILL
ness.
Helen Erlenmey.r Of the Will
schoo! was absent from school dur
ing the past week on account Of ILL
ness.
The Parent Teachers association
Of the Wachter school held a meet
ing at the school Wednesday eve.
ming.
The rooms of the Roosevelt school
have been beautifully decorated for
the holiday season. Christmas trees
will be put up in each hall this week.
Ten pupils of the fifth grade at the
Richholt school have been awarded
Red Cross pin for selling Health
seals amounting to Is cents or more.
The Playmakers of the Bismarck
high school will present the play,
christmas at Gooseberry Glen" De-
cember q in he high school audi
forum.
The office of the Richholt school
is being used this week to display
the projects which are being offered
for sale by the pupils of the oppor-
tunity room.
The language class Of the fifth
grade, Richholt school, is writing
short stories this week recommend
ing books which members would like
to have in the school library.
The upstairs and downstairs
rooms at the William Moore school
will join in singing Christmas car
DIS at their program THURSDAY af-
ternoon, Dec. 20. The rooms on each
floor will have q spe 'ial program.
Up to December first the litera-
ture classes Of the Will school have
handed in 1,712 book reports. The
eighth A class have read 348 books.
an average of seven books
per pupil. The seventh B class was
next highest with 265 books read.
an average Of six books per pupil.
The seventh grade literature
classes of the Will school have
learned Philip Brooks "Christmas
Carol" and have studied "The Birds
Christmas Carol" ~ Kate Douglas
Wiggin. The seventh A grade is
dramatizing scene from this story
which will be presented before the
junior high school ,as part Of the
Christmas program.
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Richard B0ettcher
Is Growing Weaker

New England, Nd, Dec. 49,
(AP)-Richard, youngest e)on OF
Emil Boettcher. farmer living near
here, is no longer able to take nous.
ishment and his death ID expected
hourly, attending physicians and
nurses said today.
The boy has been unconscious fol
II days, the victim Of a malady
which has claimed the lives OF his
mother and sister, Dorothy. A broth.
er, Wayne, was given q hypodermis
wednesday and seemed rested to.
day.
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KFYR to Broadcast
Midnight Fr0lic

: Beginning at II o'clock tonight,
the Bismarck radio station, KFYR,
will broadcast another OF its popu-
lar midnight fr0lics. Entertainers
will include the Commodores dance
orchestra and the Melmona sisters.
The last midnight frolic broadcast
by the local station brought replies
from coast to coast and from Cau-
ada to the gulf.
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Thoughtfulness Of .
Woman Saves Lives

Carthage, Indiana, Dec. 15.-(Ap)
rThe presence OF mind OF Mrs. MUIR
ray Parker saved her own life and
that Of her S-year-Old son last night
when the automobile driven by her
husband was struck by q south-
bound Big Four passenger train on
. crossing here. Mrs. Parker and
the boy were ridfn. IN the back
seat and when the woman saw the
approaching train she grabbed the
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-15
BY RODNEY BUTCHER
NEA Service Writer


Washington, Dec. 15.-More than
10000 100000 postage stamps were
nloistened last year in the United
States and The citizens who didn't
lick at least 100 was so many ticks
short of the average.
About 12,OO0,OO0,O 900 ordinary let.
tiers were mailed, inasmuch as the
government issued that many two
cent stamps. More than 25,OOO,-
O00, 900 pieces Of mail were handled.
The national bill for postage was
100000, rep esenting virtually
80 per cent Of the Postoffice Depart
1nent's reveiue, one learns from the
annual report Of Postmaster General
Harry S. New.
The department handled about
65.000,0OO special delivery letters,
affixed 88,OO0,OO0 postage due
stamps to the value of $500, 900
and sold 1,18O,O00,O00 postal cards
and 3,100,000,000 stamped envelopes.
In addition to the Lindbergh and
other air mail stamps, the depart
ment issued three commemorative
two-cent stamps during the fiScal
year which you may not have seen.
These stamps MI depicted Revolu-
tionary scenes, commemorative the
Battle of White Plains with an artil-
lery battery in action, the defeat of
Burgoyne with q scene representing
his surrender at Saratoga and Yer
Mont's Sesquicentennial of indie
pendence with the figure Of . Green
Mountain Boy clad in the militia uni
form Of the time.
Nearly $4,000, 900 letters were
unbelievable" m increase Of
1,180,0OO, which Postmaster Cen
eral New attributes to the increased
use Of first-class postage by direct
mail advertisers who used no re-
turn addresses N the envelope or
relied on obsolete and incorrect mail
ing lists. The department destroyed
12,70O,O00 dead letters containing
circulars and advertising matter. The
department is trying to ret mail I'd.
vertisers to bring their mailing lists
up to date and to use the returu
cards.
About $4,000 in loose money waa
found in unbelievable envelopes and
$4,000 was restored to the owners,
"A million and more letters were
found to contain money, stamps,
checks and other enclosures Of value,
to the total value Of some S., 200 900.
More than 450, 900 parcels and ar
ticles Of merchandise were handled
hu tia AAaA na~nn0 S&Ank ~n~r,snc ~
which more than 165, 900 were unad-
dressed. OF the total unclaimed
pieces, 121, 900 were delivered, 67,-
900 destroyed as worthless and 267,-
az auctioned off for $685. 900.
Expansion efforts. Of American
manufacturers and producers are in
dicated BY : 10 per cent increase in
rail TO foreign countries, which
amounted to more than Sc, 900 tons.
Jt Is estimated that 40, COX, 900
pisces Of mail were mailed free BY
governmental establishments under
- penalty privilege, about 5000
tons.
New reports that the practice OF
eo0dine unsolicited articles through
- mail for sale is Increasing to the
Point where legislation to prohibit
~ u demanded. He points out that
thjs is ! nuisance 10 the recipient
md that the recipient q undor no OBJ.
Ll4aticn to return the articls or re-
l1it the price regar less Of any
lAEeatening 4olloW-up letters.
eoney orders worth N average Of
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would have given my life to save
her, if she had been convicted, but
she did not even know I existed.
When you and Mr.. Hathaway dis
covered the real murderer I was u.
most insane with JOY, but-she was
married. ! went back to my farm.
| should like you to see my FARM
he interrupted himself, smiling It
her with sudden, boyish enthusiasm.
II am very proud Of it."
II hope shall see it," Faith said
softly.
"You SHALL" he promised her.
laughing with sudden exultation.
"For I'm going to marry Cherry,
and her sister will always be well
Faith sat erect, her face bloom
ing richly with hope. If Cherry
was going to marry Mir. then she
and Bob would be alone!
HAS she accepted you, Nils :"
she cried. "I-why, I can't believe
it! It's all too fantastic!"
mo, she hasn't accepted me
yet" Nils ADMITTED his smile a
brilliant AZ ever. "8ut she will. I
asked her at luncheon today. She
was very angry at first and then
she laughed at me and ran away.
1t was very good-her running
away. She knows I will win. I
told her So"
Faith herself wanted to laueh It
his sublime young conceit but she
found, strangely enough, that
there We're tears in her eyes and =
lump in her throat.
"Have you told her all you've told
me?" she asked gently.
"But, no, Of course not;" Nils
seemed amazed at the question.
"You see. it is not good for Cherry
to know care 80 much. She Is yery
much spoiled-our Cherry. I told her
| did not like her very much but
that ! thought she would MAKE :
good farmers wife. It was then she
ran away"
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Life. the Novelist

Truth is always stranger. than fiction be-
cause Life is far greater artist than the great
est novelists.
The other day in q small Spanish town an
old man was admitted to the hospital and died
there. About the same time an old woman who
had wandered into the town was also admitted
and died there.
Their bodies lay side by side in the mortuary
chapel. But before they could be buried, the
mayor had to have certain information. He
must know, if possible, where the dead were
born, when. where they lived, and whether mar
ried or unmarried.
As to the old man the facts were easy. He
was born, lived and died in the town. But it
seemed more difficult as to the stranger. But at
the last moment an old priest appeared on the
scene and gave the much wanted facts. The
old woman, too, came from that part Of the
country. In fact, she had been married to the
dead man, had run away from him with an
other man, lived part of her life in South Amer
lea and had then returned to the land Of her
forefathers, battered old wreck.
Divided by life's passions, man and wife
were united in death-the death that stills all
the old hates and loves.
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stock. He is thankful, too, that help has been
50 prompt, and faces the outlook with the same
kind Of courage that heroic vermonter showed
when he knocked ct the gates Of Ticonderoga
and demanded surrender.
H. E. Hovey and all the brave Vermonters
like him are to be congratulated.
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NOMINATTON APpRovrn

NOMINATION APPROVED
Washington, Dec. 15.-(P-The
domination Of Henry L. Stimson Of
New York to be governor general
Of the Philippines was approved to-
day BY the senate territories com.
mittse and > favorable report was
sent to the senate.
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AGAIN POSTPONED

AOAlN tVSIPONEO
Daytona Beach, Florida, Dec. Is.
--R-Continued bad flying weather
along eastern Florida today caused
= second postponement in the
take.off Of Edward F. Schlee and
William 8. Brock, in an effort TO
break the worlds endurance flight
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-15

A Xmas Gift Suggestion-
Betty Wales Dresses, Coats,
Hosiery, etcS are gifts that
will Be greatly appreciated.
Bismarck Cloak Shop.
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C.QctNnati, Dec. l6.-(R>-The
three alienists who have observed
George Remus since the inception o.
his murder trial nearly five weeks
go, today agreed upon Z report to
Judgs Cheotsr r. Shook that the
defendant WAS seue October last,
VIXEN he shet and killed his e.
tranesd wife, Imossns.
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lad and leaned as far forward a
she. could. The train sheared Off
the rear end Of the automobile and
carried It 50 feet. Mrs. Parker sui.
Tered q wrenched shoulder, but her
son and husband were unhurt. The
train did not stop.
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A chimney fire at 800 Second
streets brought out the fire depart
nent 1t 8 o'clock last night. No
damage was done by the blaze.
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Fourteen silk kimon0s, black
and colors, former values to
$500, special at $6.05-R0ge
Shop.
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DR.. Mccoy will gladly answer
personal questions on health and
diet, addressed TO him, care Of
the Tribune.
Enclose . stamped addressed
envelope for reply.

Of one or more vegetables from the
list used at lunch. No, desserts.
This diet should be taken for at
least several weeks before any 1t.
tempt is made to use any Of the
carbohydrate foods. II sugar does
not disappear from the urine with
this diet, it is sometimes advisable
to take q milk diet for several weeks,
but this is not usually necessary,
and the diet have just given will
be sufficient to adequately nourish
the body withe ut the addition Of any
other kind Of food.
If the reader is suffering from
diabetes, and does not get complete
results from following this diet, I
will be glad to have him write to me
personally for further advice. This
personal letter service is furnished
to readers Of the Bismarck Trib.
une.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Question: Alex M. writes: "Spe.
cialists tell me / have no hydro.
chloric acid in my stomach. Have
taken bottle after bottle Of It until
it has affected my teeth. What is
your idea Of q cure?"
Answer: The cure Of too much or
too little stomach acidity depends
entirely upon living on q well bal
Anced diet. The more hydrochloric
acid you take internally, the worse
your condition will become eventu-
ally.
Question: Housewife asks: care
carrots. string beans and beets .
good combination with meat and
stewed fruit? IF so, is it all right
for me to have this combination reg.
Answer: liz combination you
ask about is an excellent one, and
can be used with benefit 1T least
once day.
Question: E. M.sasks: "Are cold
shower baths daily each morning
good for q person ;"
Answer: Cold baths are very in.
MIGRATING and help to increase the
blood's circulation. Some people
who are anemic or nervous cannot
take a real cold bath with benefit un.
til they have practically recovered
from their trouble.
Question: Mother asks "What
do you suppose is the cause Of q
boy Of thirteen always picking 1t his
nose? l have given him the worm
remedy, but still he picks at each
side"
Answer: Your boy may be
troubled with adenoids or chronic
catarrh. In some cases, the nose
picking is simply . habit which you
can correct by having him wear nit
tens or gloves as much Of the time
as possible.
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HERE ON BUSINEs9

Geo. p: Flannery, chairman Of the
board OF directors Of the North
western Trust company Of Mime
apolis. is in the city today on busi-
ness In connection with the settle.
ment OF the Alexander Mckenzie
estate.
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IN NEW YORK

New York, Dec. 15.-The "auto-
mats" those strange improv' cations
for Z place gone mad from rush,
stage scores of the city's tragedies.
"Automats." in the event yor are
not acquainted 18th them are those
places where you thrust . nickel
into . slot and get anything from
. plate Of soup to . piece Of pie.
The busiest Of the chain may Be
found, quite handi'y, in the very
heart Of Broadway. Here, II you can
sit long enough without having .
chair taken out from under you bv
the noon-time mob you will zee Ill
the discouraged souls, tired from tie
morning rounds Of the Broadway
theater agencies, drift in with 4
nickel or . dime clutched tightly,
lest some furthe- adversely cause Il
to leap out and roll away.
Not infrequently these nickels and
dimes have jus. been 'bummed''
from more prosperous actors Is they
hurried away from rehearsals. MOI
infrequently this represents one OF
the two meals the possessor is like
" to eat that day.
They belong to that great army
Of mediocrity that sweeps down on
Broadway, spurred by exaggerated
ego and trivial success IN small tank
circuits. Here are the "ham actors
and, sometimes, IN old.timer whose
reputation has SCARED for IN hour,
only TO b plunged esrthvard b
drink, drugs or the hand Of time. OF
all the forces operating for eventual
decline, the hand Of time plays the
most unfssling roe.
Not long ago, dropping into On
"Automet," saw . woman cone IN
with three children. Their APPEAR
ance marked them - victims Of
She fumbled for . moment In .
well-worn pocket purse and finally
drew out . nickel. Carefully sho
studied tie prics cards and NJ costs,
and finally decided On . plate q
potatoes. ~ went "a ~
boxes and came away With
Ehree forks. The three younkteeyy
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NEXl Nils outlines his cam
paign to Faith.
Copyright, 1927, NEA Service. Inc
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2eak.MHN Al

quarter Of q pound Of meat should
be used, or q corresponding amount
Of any Of the other proteins: Choics
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Dance, Saturday, Elks Hall,
Mandan.
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CHIMNEY FIRE

The Women's Relief Corps will
meet Friday afternoon at 2:S0.
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Mrs. D. L. Ford Of Beulah is trans
acting business in this CITY for .
few days.

George Marley of Mckenzie spent
Tuesday here. looking after business
interests.
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Mr.. and Mrs. George A. Bangs Of
Grand Forks were guests in Bis
marck Wednesday.
New Britain herald., 1927-10-18
CHATTER NNN

Monday, June 17; ?, m)
 Vance and 1 spent an hour or so looking at some tapestries which were to be auctioned the next day, and afterward had tea at Sherry's.
 We were at the Stuyvesant club q little before 6. A few minutes later Markham and Pfyfe arrived; and we went at once into one of the con- ference rooms.
 Pfyfe was as elegant and superior as at the first interview. He wore a ratcatchar suit and Newmarket gait CTS of unbleached linen. and was redolent of perfume,
 "An unexpected pleasure 10 sec you gentlemen again so soOn,' he greeted us, like one conferring q blessing.
 Markham was far from aniable, and gave him an almost brusquc salutation
 Vance had merely nodded, and now sat regarding Ffyfe lrc"rily as if seeking 10 find some excuse for his existence, but utterly unable to do so.
 Markham went directly to the point
 I've found out, Mir. Pfyfe, that you placed your machine in a gar age at noon on Friday, and gave the man $2o to say nothing about it." Pfyfe looked up with a hurt look. I've been deeply Wronged," he complained sadly. T gave the man $50"
 T am glad you admit the fact so readily" returned Markham. You knew, by the newspapers, of course that your machine was seen outside Benson's house the night he was shot"
 "Why else should I have paid sc liberally to have it's presence in New York kept secrct?" His tone indicated that he was paincd at the others obtuseucss.
 Tn that case, why did you keer it in the city at aIl?" asked Mark ham. You could have driven it back to Long Island"
 Ptyfe shook his head sorrowfully look Of commiseration in his eyes Then he leaned forward with an ail of benign patience:-he would bc gentle with his dull-witted district attorney, like fond teacher with q backward child, and would strive tc lead him out of the tanglc of his un-
New Britain herald., 1927-10-18

since the beginning of time. This power of suggestion is equally re- ,pousihle for creating in some pcO- pie q belief in the presence of dis ease that does not actually exist.
 Auto-Suggcstion
 II is possible to overcome men tai hazard by auto-suggestion, as was suggested indeed by the late but not too much lamented Coue. Every man starts his game with a potential mental handicap. Far more depends on the brain one brings to the links, the courts. or the business office than Ou the things which occur there.
 The real test of mental efficiency, as emphasized by Dr. Hyslop, is one of balance, and Of the relativeness of judgment, feeling and control.
New Britain herald., 1927-10-18

certainties.
 Il am a married man, Mir. Mark ham" He pronounced the fact as if some special virtue attached to it T started on my trip for the Catskiila Thursday after dinner, in- tending to stop a day in New Yori; to make my adieus to someone re- siding here.
 - arrived quite late--after mid night-and decided to call on Alvin But when l drove up, the house vas dark. So, without even ringing the bell, l walked to Pietro's in Forty , third street to get q njght-Cap-l keep bit of my own pinch-bottle Haig and Haig therc-but, alas. the place was closed. and l strolled back to my car =. To think, that while l was away poor Alvin was shOt,'
 He stopped and polished his eye glass,
 "Tha irony of it. ,.. ] didn't even guess that anything had happened to the dear fellow-how could ]?
 T drove, all unsuspocting of the tragedy, to a Turkish bath. and re maincd there the night. The next morning l read of the murder; and in the later editions I saw the mem- ton of my car. It was then I be- came-shau l say worried? But no Worricd' is a misleading word.
 Let mo say, rather. that l be came aware of the false position ] might be placed in if the car were traced 10 me So l drove it 10 the garage and paid the man to say nothing of it's whereabouts, lest its discovery confuse the issue of Al wins death."
 One might have thought, from his tone and the sclf-righteous way he looked at Markham, that he had bribed the garage man wholly out of consideration for the district at- torney and the police.
 "Why didn't you continue on your trip?" asked Markham. That would have made the discovery ot the car even less likely"
 Pfyfe adopted an air of compas- sionate surprise.
 With my dearest friend foully murdered? How could one have the heart to seek diversion at such a sad moment? =. l returned home, and informed Mrs. Pfyfe that my car had broken down." ] You might have driven home in your car, it seems to me- observed Markham.
 Pfyfe offered look of infinite forbcarance for the others inspec- tion and took deep sigh, which conveyed the impression that, though he could not sharpen the worlds perceptions, he at least i could mourn for its deplorable lack of understanding.
 If l had ~been in the Catskills away from any source of informa- ton, where Mrs. pfyfe believed me to be, how could I have heard of AL vin's death until, perhaps, days aft erward?
 | You see, unfortunately l had not