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LETTER SKI

! ticipation has, resulted in a weak
and unfinished system Of levees. No
levee system can be effective unless
it is unified, coordinated, and COM
plete, and should any levee district
/ fail to pay its contribution, the
whole plan would fail.
! It is commended that benefits will
result and these receiving the bene-
fits should pay part of the cost of
the work. OF course benefits will
ensue, but not the kind upon which
a special tax upon adjacent property
is warranted. The benefits may be
listed as follows:
Human life will be saved.
Sickness and disease will be pre-
vented.
People will not be driven from
their homes and made objects of
charity.
Suffering and misery will be pre-
vented.
Land will not be washed away.
Property will not be destroyed.
People will be able to follow their
occupations.
1 INDUSTRY VIII continue
Interstate commerce and the
United States mails will not be in
terfered with.
There will be feeling Of security
that will restore confidence.
No court or law Of the lane ever
levied a special tax OH land based
on these clements and to require
a payment for these benefits would
be levying a ak on saving Of hu-
man life, on occupation, on industry,
on opportunity, on progress, and on
prosperity.
These benefits are some Of those
Cor which our national government
is organized, are properly paid out
Of the general treasury, and are
given freely and without price in
order that general welfare may be
furthered.
Our country can prosper only in
proportion as our citizens prosper,
and the misfortune Of great num-
bers affects the fortune of the ma
ton. Why states as such should be
considered in this matter is not
clear. The states asked to pay have
no part in producing the destructive
flood waters. Floods know no state
boundaries and can not be controlled
by fiat. The states as such can
not legislate regarding the control
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Forging Ahead in the Air

So swiftly that millions of Americans hardly
ealize it, the United States is becoming one Of
he worlds outstanding nations in the air.
here was day when America did little in the
!ir. American flying faltered sadly after the
var. Military aviation waited while the
ervices wranged over the comparative merits
f battleships VS.. bombing planes.
! In the country that gave the world heavier
lhan-air navigation flying Jagged. Congress
vas dazed and COMPOUNDED.
{ Nevertheless, and thanks to army and navy
lyers, the United States managed to make and
lold most Of the records for air performance.
n design and special development this nation
vas near the top, but it was far down in plane
production and in the commercial use of air.
raft.
That was in 1928 BY 1926, when the badly
needed Air Commerce Act was passed, America
had lost most Of it's hard-Won records. The
French had set new marks for sustained flight,
or distance flying and for altitude Then
italian planes and Italian flyers took away from
he United States the last Of it's important in
;ernational trophies, the Schneider Cup.
But Americans were busy then and since
n laying the foundations for what has been the
most amazing period in the history of aviation.
The air-mail service and army and navy were
raining such men as Lindbergh, Bennett,
Bertaud, Byrd and score of others who in re-
:ent months have made air history and won
pack for their country most of the air trophies.
Americas leadership in the air is to be
urther assured by extension of air-mal and
air-express routes, construction of four giant
lirigibles and many blimps and planes for the
government air service, and rapid growth in
he nations commercial air lines.
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Rivalry in NavieS

I Building navies is a funny sort Of business.
Confronted by new type of ship, naval au-
;horities are apt to find themselves in a peculiar
oredicament. y
Hector Bywater, British naval expert points
this out in a recent book.
At the opening of this century Britain de-
7eloped the modern dreadnaught. 1t was more
powerful than any existing battleship, and
Britain promptly began to build it. But By
water points out that this was dubious adj
vantage; for it promptly made all other British
oattleships obsolete and enabled Germany to
come much closer to an equal footing.
Similarly, after the war Britain built great
1eep-sea submarine. This, in turn, led the
United States, France and Japan to build SINH
ar boats But, Bywater says, the submarine
* not nearly so important to Britain as to the
other nations. BY building super-sub, Britain
simply egged her possible rivals on to make
sheir fleets more effective in possible war
with England.
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BARBS

An English woman who has twen-
ty-five (25) children, cooks and runs
a general store. Too bad the British
unemployment situation is what it
is; her husband might be able to
find an outside job Of some kind
for her spare time.
Chicago gangsters call their
bombs pineapples. It's q case where
couple Of pineapples q day keep
all the doctors busy.
Just by way Of information
Chicago was called the Windy City
long before Big Bill Thompson
was even heard Of.
With all the fine publicity it's
been getting lately, the Ku Klux
Khan must be conducting . MEM
bership drive.
A California man has broken his
right arm four times in four years.
And, with prohibition, too!
We're smartest at 30, says a pro-
lessor. But that isn't giving the
ladies much Of 4 chance, is it?
A New York church sexton who
found his salary insufficient took
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IN NEW YORK

New York, May 11.-You run into
this oddly and that in this little
settlement somebody gyped the In
dams out of, but of all strang occu-
pations is that of the lady who
teaches dumb ladies not to be that
way. She is what might be called q
social COACH
There is sophistication in New
York, Of course. But also there is
self-consciousness; there are young.
women who feel that they are not
making the right kind Of remarks
at the proper time; there are those
who feel they are continually talk
ing out Of turn-opening their
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mouth, as the ancient wheeze has it,
only to place their foot therein.
So, we have the social coach, who
teaches young ladies to keep their
feet away from their mouths to use
the Queens English, to look smart,
to employ 75-cent words and what
to talk about and when and how.
The other day l had the pleasure
Of conversing with a social coach,
Mile. Louise she calls herself, and
her explanation Of her art was in
teresting.
"Women's great failing" she told
me, "lies in not knowing what to
talk about. Talk? Oh, yes, they
can talk, surely. But so often of
such remote subjects SO remote
from the topics people want them
to talk about! Any number of
women of wealth and background l
have met, and at interesting con-
versations they are utter novices."
It seems you just have to have
personality these days to get along.
By the way, Mile. Louise's real
name is Beverly Colfax, and she
comes from Atlanta, Ga.
Look out for the sightseeing
buses at Times Square! Unless
you wish to pass considerable frac-
ton of the day sitting there watch
ing the passing scenery, be abst-
lutely certain that the bus is going
to start for its destination, whether
it be Coney Island, Chinatown or
around town. All these bus lines
hire "decoys" to sit in the cars, thus
giving the impression that others
are ready to take the trip. AS soon
as a few people get on, the "dum-
mics" get off and sit in another bus.
Meanwhile the driver will assure
you that tive start in just a
minute! Don't believe him! He'll
get your money and keep you watt
ing. The best system, perhaps, is
to make your arrangements with
the hotel at which you stop.
For the longest 10 cents worth to
be found in New York take the Fifth
Avenue bus, labeled oft. George"
It goes not only down the Avenue,
but covers a good section Of River
side Drive.
GILBERT SWAN.
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EDITORS NOTE: Repre-
sentative Frank r. Reed Of
Illinois, chairman of the House
Flood Control Committee and
father Of the Flood Control Bill
recently passed by the House,
has written for the Tribune a
concise explanation of the legis-
lative problem raised in Con-
gress with passage of the House
and Senate flood control meas
ures, which arc now in confer
ence. Chairman Reds article
boils down the situation to its
elementals.
BY HON. FRANK H. REID
Chairman of the House Food Con-
troll Committee
Written Especially for The Tribune
Washington, May 1.-THE prin-
cipal issue in controversy in connec.
ticn with flood control legislation is
whether the United States govern
ment shall require the local inter-
csts in the Mississippi valley to con-
tribute to the cost of the work of
preventing the destructive floods Of
this vast interstate river.
My position, and that of the pro-
ponents Of the bill just passed by
the House of Representatives, is
that the protection of life and prop
erty and the safe conduct Of inter-
state commerce, as we'll as the pro-
lection of the mails, are the solemn
obligation and duty Of the govern
ment of the United States, and that
there should be no provision for
local contribution in the bill if Con-
gress really intended to protect the
lives and property of its citizens
from these destructive floods.
If anyone asks why the federal
government should be urged to take
hold Of this problem on a national
scale and assume full responsibility
for the time, labor and great cost
involved in obtaining complete con-
troll of the Mississippi river, surely
it is sufficient to remind him that
the drainage basin of this great
river covers Al per cent of the total
area of the United States. and the
river pours down into the lower
valley the drainage from 81 states.
The elemental weakness Of the
present system, IS disclosed by all
the Investigations and reports, is
that the dependence upon local par
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or use Of the navigable waters of
the Mississippi.

The Mississippi liver has worked
the deadliest wrong to this country
its gifts to the south are d;scon-
tent, impoverishment, and degrada-
ton.
The farmer and his family must
live in semi-starvation, in wretch
ed novels, amid squalor and priva-
tions, barbed by the thought that
any little money earned by labor
and sweat from day to day will have
to 60 to the federal government to
pay for levees
The loss in human life can not
be measured. For who shall put
an estimate upon the value of the
souls destroyed by the same causes;
and who shall gather the tears of
the widow and the orphan, the
bloody sweat of anguished families,
and the griefs for loved ones lost,
fortunes broken, and hopes
destroyed, and weigh them in the
scale with a pitiful appropriation of
money?
After the flood had subsidized
these people had no homes to which
to return; their fields have grown
up to weeds, they have no mules, no
implements of husbandry with
which to begin anew the cultivation
Of the soil; they have no seed, they
have nothing; yet they are asked to
pay a special tax to be permitted
to earn a living and to be saved
from drowning.
The conscience of the whole coun-
try has been aroused by the fright
full destruction in the lower valley.
Nothing less than an adequate, COM
prehensive plan of 100 per cent
flood control without local conlribu-
ton will satisfy the people of this
nation.
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I Comments upon the apparent falling off in
hank deposits in some sections Of the United
States are not pertinent unless they take into
account the increase of money in banks and in
ititutions that do not report to the federal
xovernment. There is no occasion for alarm at
fhe fluctuation Of deposits in banks, in any
vent, because reduction may mean that more
inoney Is out Of work.
|. Many new institutions throughout the United
1890 are absorbing and redistributing money
77nt has often found Judgment in banks report
1 q the government. Money is becoming
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BY RUTH DEWEY GROVES

Nom, Darling:
One thing in life is certain
We've got to live while we're young
And l know I'm not going to be
young all my life no matter how
much encouragement l get from the
beauty specialists and others who
pretend to know the real secrets OF
eternal youth. They might have
kidded Ponce de Leon but they can't
kid yours truly.
So, then, why not get all YOU can
out OF life while there is yet life to
live. Nobody wants to live simply
any more. It might have been
wonderful thrill in your day for the
folks to sit around the stuffy par
lor to gossip about your neighbour
boris daughter or to work like the
dickens in the kitchen baking pies
and making cakes that would give
Dad Indigestion, but we girls of to-
day don't lool. at those things like
you did. What do we care what the
neighbours daughter is doing so long
as she's a good kid; and take it from
me, Nom, we girls are just as good
as the old-fashioned kind only we're
not hypocrites. And thu. word is
meant to cover a lot Of territory.
And as fol- Alan's tolerance, he
knows my code.
I'm a clean fighter, Nom. If it
should happen that I meet a man
cared for more than { for Alan.
I'd tell Alan first. I don't believe
anything like this will happen, how
ever, though you never know. To-
day marriage is highly specula-
tive game, much more than any
game you might find in the stock
market. At least there's some
honesty about US youngsters. We
don't promise to love forever be-
cause we ourselves realize we don't
know whether We can live up to
such promises. But if it isn't proper
to live more than once, why did ma
ture make us that way? Capable Of
it, I mean.
/ suppose your answer will be
that if I minded my own business
and didn't see any men, I wouldn't
be in danger Of falling for a new
one. It might e the iceman in that
case.
Well, suppose you'll be glad to
hear that Florence is leaving ior
home next week. I haven't said
much about her because she was GO
ing through a crisis. It's one Of
those things that not even for
tune teller could explain. I'll tell
you all about it next time.
Sweet love,
MARYE.
TOMORROW: Marye explains
about Florence.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Question: Mrs. H. w. writes:
"Have severe pain at back just be-
low the shoulders, toward the right
side. It is more painful at night
and keeps me from sleeping. Also
have large brown spots on my neck;
is this liver trouble? Is tea haap1-
full in such complaint
Answer: The location Of your
pain is indicative of liver trouble,
but Of course l cannot accurately
diagnose you by mail. 1t is not
advisable for you to use coffee or
tea, or any other drink which will
place a burden upon the liver.
Question: Eva asks: "What is a
'Chopa p"
Answer: The "Ch> pa" or
Dream or Sailors Choice" is
the title given one Of several
tropical fishes. It is small pan
fish of the Atlantic coast.
Question: d. II. G. writes:
"Please tell me why orange juice
makes my feet and legs swell and
pain me so. l am much overweight
and took the orange juice for four
or five days and lost ten pounds. but
had to stop on account Of this SWELL
ing and pain"
Answer: The orange juice fast is
given to patients who have swollen
hands and feet. You can rest as
sured that il you had continued
your fast the swelling would have
disappeared. The "crisis" period
frequently arises on the third to
fifth day Of 'he fast, and often
various symptoms are produced by
the stirring up of the toxins in the
blood stream, some Of them being
swellings or pain in those parts Of
the body where there have been
large deposits Of impurities. Try
the fast again, and keep on fast
ing until YOU pass the crisis period.
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DR.. Mccoy will gladly answer
personal questions on health
and diet, addressed to him,
care of the Tribune.
Enclose a stamped addressed
envelope for reply.
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up bootlegging on the side. No
matter what you take up these days,
you must have good background to
get along.
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Hello, Bill:-The Elks club
is open for you every evening
after 6 o'clock. Come up and
make it your headquarters.
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rays Of the sunlight. A cold shower
or sponge bah is then unusually
stimulating and beneficial.
The one who is trying to recover
from any disease should exercise.
take sun baths and cold showers,
and rub the skin vigorously to pro-
mote better skin health and encour.
age elimination. Even after a cure
the benefits derived will continue as
the healthy skin performs it's work
better, and through this a greater
degree of health can be maintained.
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When the skin has been long enough
exposed to get the beneficial effects
of the ultraviolet rays, it is always
heated by the infra-red and other
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1928-06-22
X UP NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that I,
the undersigned. in accordance
with the provisions of the Ordin-
ance of the City of Wolf Point,
Montana, have taken up and i'm
pounded one bay mare IL years
old, branded N bar F on right
shoulder and figure 8 on left jaw;
and one 2 year old bay gelding
with white star in forehead,
branded on left thigh, right ear
cropped off.
The same are now in my posses
sion and the owner may nave
possession of them by payment to
me of all costs and charges, and
if no owner appear to claim them,
will on Monday, the 25th day Q
June, A. D. 1928, at ten o'clock A.
M. of said day in front of the
brick livery barn on South Front
street of the City of Wolf Point,
Montana, offer at public auction
and sell to the highest bidder for
cash in hand, the said animals,
the proceeds of said sale to be
applied towards the payment OF
costs and charges incurred in con-
nection with the im%pounding and
sale of said animals, pursuant to
the provisions of said ordinance
relating to estray animals.
Dated at Wolf Point, Montana,
this goth day of June, A. d. 1928.
ED NICHOL,
1e-1t Chief of Police.
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HAS WON HIS WAY

While it is not our intention to
single out one candidate for en-
dorsement The Herald wishes to
say a few words of well deserved
commentator and praise for Arlie
M. Foor who aspires to the office
of county attorney. Our only pur-
pose is to aid in placing a suit
able attorney in this important
office. The editor has lived and
worked next door to Attorney
Foor for ten years and knows him
through and through.
He and his partner have won
their way to high rank among the
LAWYERS of the state. They have
practiced in all courts with dis
tinguished Mr.. Foor has a
the state, and among our own
solid educational foundation and
has built upon it through actual
experience with the lawyers of
the state, andamong our own
people. He is studious, indus
trious, ambitious, successful, and
his personal habits are above re-
proach. We believe he will en-
force the law and make an eff
cient county attorney.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1928-06-22

journey to and from the equator
and their arduous experiences
there we're vividly told. Besides
the extended lecture to the gene
raj audince in the evening there
were separate meetings during
the day for children, for women,
and, after the lecture, for men
Inasmuch as there were many
children at the lecture in the even
ing, it was thought better to have
parts of the lectures given separ-
ately as the subjects were map
propriate for the younger chill
dren. DIR. Smith will spend a con-
siderable part of the summer CO.
operating with with the various
church gatherings in Montana.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1928-06-22
Party of Eastern
Farmers Coming

Plans for the land seekers tour
June 19-24th were worked out
Tuesday and Wednesday by w.
H. Toussaint, N. P. Agricultural
development agent, of Billings,
who was here.
The route to be taken was gone
over by these men and points of
interest visited and arrangements
made. The party will leave st.
Paul June 10, arriving at Glendiye,
June goth. From there the party
will go to Stipek, Bloomfield,
Richey, Axtel, Vida, Circle, I'm
ion and back to Glendiye by auto
mobile.
Plans have been made to visit
farms belonging to Ed S~chillinger,
Joe S%chillinger, Gottfried Shock,
in the Vida community, H. L. Sau-
er, Henry Reinemer, Frank Groh,
Manley Moline of the Circle coun-
try, Henry Guldborg, ]. P. Moline,
Mrs. Harold Potter of the Brock
way and Watkins vicinity, H. L.
Miller, Circle, H. F. Purdum and
A. M. Heron of Union
The party will be composed OF
eastern people who are taking ad.
vantage of the special all expense
rate given by the Northern Paci
fic railway to homeseekers. These
people are coming from several
states and are interested in buy
ing some of the good eastern Mon
tana land being offered at attrac
tive prices.
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HOOVER AND CURTIS

Herbert Hover of California for
President; Charles Curtis OF
Kansas for Vice President.
That is the ticket the Republi-
cans offer the country. While
Hoover was nominated over the
vigorous but ineffective protest
of the agricultural forces at the
Kansas City convention, ana
while the West would greatly
have preferred Lowden for either
place on the ticket, the longer the
public looks Hoover over and the
better it gets acquainted with
him, the greater will be his pop
ularity. The best thing the far
mers and all the rest of us can do
is accept him with good grace
for it is about a four to one shot
he will be our next president.
Hoover is a man of such large
mental calibre that he will COM
pleteIy fill the chair that Presi-
dent Coolidge will vacate next
March. His experience and his
sympathies are not confined to
the New England states. He
carries an economic map of the
whole country in his mind. He
holds opinions and does not hes
itate to express them. His most
significant utterance since he be-
came a candidate was the para
graph in his reply to Chairman
Moses. who advised him of his
nomination. in which he fastened
to endorse honesty and righteous
ness in government. We call that
clever. But not more clever than
the action of the convention in
swallowing the prohibition plank
slivers and all. without even
dampening it,, as a fine example
for the Democrats.
Now there is one clever thing
the voters can do in November.
Elect a bigger progressive bloc to
Congress than ever before. Fin
est thing yet tried to checkmate
a president who may possibly
prove too reactionary in his view
point. Yes, we are all for Hoover
and a real, dyed in the wool pro
gressive Congress.
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Civ Council Favors
New Diking Propose
Glasgow Times)

The city council has passed a
resolution creating a new special
improvement district for the con
struction of a dixie to protect the
town against flood waters OF the
Milk river. The new district is
more restricted than the one pre-
viously proposed, and does not
include areas at the south edge OF
town, included previously, whose
owners protested against the con-
templated Improvement. The dlke'
it is estimated, would cost s7,50O.
Dirt now being excavated from
the city streets is being usea'
where the distance of haul per-
mits, to build up a levee south Oh
the Great Northern reservoir.