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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-02-27
Think What Yon Wish

Scientists at the University of Chicago arc
bout to begin series of experiments designed
prove "that thinking is chemical process.
These men recently concluded long study
nerve reactions, and agreed, as one OF them
avs, that Thought processes are no more
Mysterious than the contraction of muscle
o now they are going to make the human
rain give up it's last secrets.
The human race has progressed quite dis
ance since the time when it was believed that
he soul left the body each night, so that if a
aan were awakened suddenly his soul could
ot get back to him but would be a lost wan
erer forever We have learned few things
bout our brains and our bodies; no longer dc
We believe that emotions are generated in the
eart, or that impulses of anger proceed from
he spleen.
So. having emerged from blind Ignorance,
,ur scientists see no reason why they cannot
olive the ultimate mysteries. II man is a
Machine, why not take him apart and see what
makes him tick?
Easy, perhaps. It may be that the thoughts
hat led to the writing of "Adonais," for in
stance, were no more mysterious than the
chemical reaction that makes seidlitz powders
liz when you pour water on them. But sup
bose that these scientists do lay bare the
machinery of our brains; what then? Will they
,e able to prove that We are mere mechanstic
accidents in needless universe, ticking our
ives away in blind obedience to powers that
We cannot control?
Make your own answer. Your reply is as
good as another mans. We are entitled to be-
ieve what we wish. Those who think that
life is mere chemical formula may think SO
and those who believe that it is strange, in
comprehensive mystery, founded in the great
deeps and striving painfully upward in obe-
dience to some inner spark that defies all
.analysis-they, too, may think as they wish.
A few years ago an Irish patriot was con-
demned to death by the British. Seated in his
cell awaiting execution, he penned these lines
Il would boldly teach the antique faith that
fighting is the only noble thing, and that he
alone is at peace with God who is at war with
the powers Of evil"
It will be no easy task to reduce that man
to mathematical equation. A cry like that
hurled in defiance from the shadow OF
death, bespeaks something more than a mere
plus equals c. In that mans equation there
is an Kan unknown quantity; puzzle over it
as you will, there is residue there that will
escape your test tube
The wise men of science have their theories
we can have ours. And in ours we can leave
room for wonder and hope.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-02-27
INCOME TAX IN A
NUTSHELL

WHO! Single persons who
had net income Of $1,000 or
more or gross income Of $4,000
or more and married couples
who had net income Of $500 or
more or gross income OF $4,000
or more must file returns.
WHEN? The filing period
'nds March Is, 1928.
WHERE? Collector Of in
seral revenue for the district
in which the person lives or has
his principal place. Of business.
HOW? instructions on
Forms 1O40A and 1O40; also
the Law and regulations.
WHAT? One md one half
per cent normal tax on the first
$4,000 in excess Of the personal
exemption and credits. Three
per cent normal tax on the next
$4,000. Five per cent normal
tax on the balance Of net in
come. Surtax on net income in
excess Of $4,000.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-02-27
Coolidge May Spend
Summer in Minnesota

St. Paul, Feb. 27.-(P)-President
Coolidge may spend his summer va
cation in Minnesota, Governor Chris
tianson said today upon his return
from Washington where he inter-
viewed the chief executive.
The governor extended an infor-
NAL invitation to the president to
devote his annual vacation to Min
nesota's 10000 lakes, suggesting
that the outlook for the fishing sea-
son is better than ever.
The governor said that President
Coolidge indicated deep interest in
the proposal and the governor in
tends to issue a formal invitation
later,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-02-27
Names on Petitions
Authentic, Stone Says

A challenge to the Anti-Saloon
League Of North Dakota to check
and re-check the names on the wet
petition recently filed with the
secretary Of state was issued here
today by C. P. Stone, president Of
the Better Citizenship association,
wet organization. The petition ask
that the matter Of repeal Of the
prohibition clause Of the state con-
stitution be referred to the voters
at the primary election in June.
Commenting on the statements
Of Thomas Gales and F. L. Watkins
Of the Anti-Saloon League, who are
checking the names on the wet Pc
titions, Stone said every one of the
signatures were authentic and gen.
uine and had been carefully checked,
rechecked and then double checked
before the petitions were filed.
He said he wished to "call atten-
ton to the fact that the circulators
Of the petitions We're voluntary
workers who served without COM
pensation because of their conscien-
tious objections to what they deem
a vicious and unenforceable law;
that the expenses Of the Better
Citizenship association were borne
entirely by North Dakotans without
outside aid; and that the more the
Anti-Saloon Leaguers investigate
signatures and signers the more
they will be satisfied that in North
Dakota prohibition has encountered
a real revolt"
Meanwhile Gales and Mrs. Eliza
beth Preston Anderson, Fargo, head
of the North Dakota Women's
Christian Temperance Union, held a
conference with Attorney General
George Shafer. They are under
stood to have taken up with him
questions regarding the legality of
certain phases Of petitions such as
those filed by the vets.
Gales made several addresses in
Bismarck churches yesterday and is
planning meetings to organize for
the fight against the constitutional
repeal movement.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-02-27
DIET OF FIRST AMERICANS

Many of the best authorities
claim that it was in North Amer
lea the first primate originated. BY
prinate is meant the type Of ami
NAL which at least first resembled
man, whether it was an ape, mon
key, ape-man or a sudden develop.
ment from an ape-man into what
was later to be known as man. The
North American Indian is doubtless
q descendant Of this type of first
North American primate.
We are able to study back sew
eral thousand years in our attempt
to understand life of these primitive
Indians, and the history of their
eating habits and food develop
ments should prove interesting to
students of modern dietetics.
In the Northern part Of this con-
tinent the Indians diet was made
up of three-fourths animal food to
one-fourth of vegetables. In the
Southern part, where there was
more growing vegetation the year
round, the food used was about
hree-fourths vegetable. Among the
tribes Of the coast, mountains, lakes.
and plains, the proportion Of ami
NAL and vegetable food varied ac-
cording to the food supply Of that
region.
The early white settlers in Amer
lea found a total lack of dairy food.
The diets Of the different tribes
were always regulated somewhat by
local taboos against eating the
flesh Of certain animals. For in
stance. an Apache or Navajo would
not eat fish nor the flesh Of beaver
or bear.
For many years the Indians
vegetable supply came mostly from
,ots, the more succulent of which
were eaten raw, the others cooked.
often requiring several hours of
time to soften some of the harder
roots.
As the Indians learned to till the
soil, they cultivated some Of these
roots and herbs, but their principal
contribution to our present dietary
was when they learned how to plant
and cultivate the wild maize. This
Indian corn is one Of the original
American foods. and the cultivation
Of this grain by the Indians prob
ably was the first influence which
led to the building Of settlements.
The early white settlers in New
England would probably have
starved If It had not been for the
plentiful supply of corn which they
were able to secure from the In
dams.
Many Of the Indian tribes used
wild roots and herbs because of
stern necessity, few Of these foods
being used at the present time. The
North Pacific tribes ate the sweet
inner bark of the hemlock and
spruce. In the Southwest Of the
Continent yucca fruits, mesquite
beans and the agave were important
elements of the food supply. Tuck
aho and other fungi were used for
food by the Eastern Indian. Buff
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-02-27

Washington, Feb. 27.-One of the
most absorbing performances which
the two political parties are about
to offer a mildly interested nation
in their quadrennial competition for
the spells Of office and such per-
quisites as those may entail is that
in which the Democratic party will
appear as a Maggie and the Repub-
lican party will take the role Of a
Clam.
That is to say, one party is going
to talk and act like q magpic very
angry about something and the
other will talk and act like a clam.
This strange stunt may BIZ enact
ed several times, but it is sure to be
observed as Democratic orators dis
embogue at their best and loudest
against the oil scandals of the Hard
ing administration. 1t will be re-
called that when this issue arose in
1924 the Democratic party followed
the best traditions of magpiedom
and the Republican party took it's
cue from clamdom.
In 1924 there were still some
hard-boiled politicians-of the type
that sent men to Montana to "get"
Senator Wheeler-who still MAIN
tanned that Fall was a farsighted
and conscientious official, while
Doheny and Sinclair were super
patriots who had taken the navy's
oil merely to save US from the yell
low Peril. The supreme court has
spoken since then, however, and has
denounced those involved in very
strong language.
In 1924 Harding was dead and
Coolidge, the candidate, had been a
mere vice president, when the oil
rang got the oil and Fall got the
money.
Whether or not the 81: scandals
and the new charge that Sinclair
helped pay the party debt about the
time the administration gave him
Teapot Dome will have any effect
in November, it is probable that
election day will come without men,
ton Of the oil scandals by any i'm
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-02-27
WASHINGTON a,
LETTER &N

portant Republican. The G. o. p.
attitude is that although it may
have been = skeleton in the closet
and although the Democrats may
have been indecent enough to break
down the door that hid it, a digni-
fled silence is the best answer to
those who still drag it around the
streets or dangle it before them.
Not once has the administration
expressed itself upon the subject,
not even to pat on the back the
two able lawyers who have recover.
ed the navy's reserves and kent the
bloodhounds close at the coat-tails
Of Fall, Sinclair and Doheny. It
has been as II no highly placed Of
ficial or member Of the Congress
except he be a Democrat or q Re.
publican of independent stripe, was
at all interested. Of course, the
light Of recent charges that cor.
rupt oil money helped pay party
campaign debts, it was only human
for the gents in power not to be
especially enthusiastic over further
RIOScCuIlOu dIIu luVcStlk0tIOUs
Being always subject to the at.
tacks of the minority party, the G.
0. P. will also receive plenty OF
abuse in connection with the Ware
and Smith scandals. Here, too, it
will maintain dignified silence, for
a party is only as strong as its
political bosses and any attempt to
weed out the corrupt ones might be
disc 5trous.
Signs are that the Democrats will
also paint as a scandal the current
unemployment. Secretary of Labor
Davis saws the estimates of the un-
employed army are exaggerated,
and the voter, who frequently
knows what's going on about him
even if not what happens higher
up, can size up that situation for
himself.
But again. as concerns unemploy-
r1ent, the Democrats will be by far
the most voluble. President Cool
idge, who learned long ago that
+, silence was an excellent defense.
has furnished the party's keynote.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-02-27

to spend, they drift into New York.
You see one spending in the flesh.
pots and the other waiting for mid
night to come so that the Chinatown
Mission can appease a gnawing
hunger.
Just now the army Of jobless is
on the increase. If you can take
the Manhattan indications as warn
iny, then all is not so well-or, all
is not likely to be so we'll. Times
either are not SO good as we would
like to believe, or they are on the
decline. That's what the prophets
would tell you from slant over the
Five Corners at midnight. Too
many men are looking for beds.
Every charitable concern finds a
c.us at its gate. They whisper to
you that it has not been like this
since 1916. And vor're rather glad.
You're particularly glad as you
stand, watching Chinatown lanes
disappear in a black, cork-screw
twist that scenes like this recur but
periodically. For it's hard to stand
and watch men coming like scare
crows out of the night. And all
they are asking is food and a place
to sleep. And because this is up
permost in their minds they do not
speak. Now and then one grunts
something to the other. A rough
inquiry concerning the time. Then
silence, again! The night grows
colder. They file in for their cof-
fee. And, after while, they file
out and disappear into the shadows.
Unreal shodows in a wildly real
background! Hours later dawn
comes and catches one Of them
asleel on rags in q doorway.
Only the mission workers know
they have come and gone-1000,
sometimes 1000 men in a night have
come and gone. And, with the next
day. have started out again on their
despairing search Of work and food
and shelter.
GILBERT SWAN.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-02-27
Looking For a Leader

Senator Burton X. Wheeler, the energetic
young man from Montana who drove Harry
Daugherty out of the cabinet, is discouraged
about the American people.
The nation, he believes, is selfish and inert.
If Lincoln himself were to appear today, the
senator declares, he could do nothing, because
the people would be too Indifferent to follow
him.
1t is hard to blame the senator for being pes
simistic. He courageousy made war on cor
IuptiOn in high places and was rewarded by
being indicted on trumped-up charges; nor was
there any great cutlery of popular indignation
over the treatment he received
Yet it is possible to disagree with him.
1t is true that we seem far more interested
in baseball, criminal trials, airplane flights and
new flivvers than in our governmental leaders
and their problems. But this may not be our
fault so much as the fault of our leaders.
AS matter of fact, there is no country on
earth where the average man looks SO long
ingly for capable leader as in America Our
trPucle is that too often, of recent years, we
have learned that our idols had feet of clay.
We have grown somewhat suspicious; we have
become clever at detecting shams. But let a
really great man arise, or even half-great
man, and we are ready to 60 wherever he asks.
This explains, undoubtedly, our tendency to
i6oize our industrial captains We look up to
men like Ford, Sloan, Farrell, and du Pont be-
cause we recognize that here, for all their
shortcomings, are men who are in their own
way genuinely big. They may move in narrow
fields, but in those fields they loom large. We
are hungry for leaders, and since our politi.
clans 50 often have failed us we Are turning Ia
the business man.
The American does not readily lose his capac
ity for giving himself to great leaders. There
4 grounded in every heart an inarticulate
idealism, shy but ardent, eager to take com
mand II only there will arise captain capa.
battlefield from Lexington to Chateau Their;
there IRE American bodies to testify to this.
Sir Bertram Hayes commanded the big liner
Olympic during the World War, and helpes
transport many English and American troop;
~ France. In his recently published book o.
reminieceaces he comments on the contrast be
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-02-27

Maybe the reason Mr. McAdoo is
against Mr.. Smith il because Al is
the candidate from the great pen
places.
You can call Europe now for IS
a minute, but it's very hard to get
Mussolini's number.
These downtown parking regu.
lations are proving . great hard.
ship on bank robbers In the cities.
The Prince Of Wales has been ap.
pointed master Of the merchant
navy" Man overheard!
A New England newspaper says
suckers are coming in better and
being shipped to New York." Why
not ship few Of them west? New
York seems to have plenty.
Well, things could be worse. A
young man named Hickman isn't
bothered at all by insurance men.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-02-27
Man Is Arrested For
Buying Stolen Bonds

Kansas City, Mo-, Feb. 27.-(AP)
Frank DeMayo, alleged by govern
ment agents to have been the head
Of one of the largest bootleg rings
in the country, today faced charge
of buying and selling $4,000 worth
of Liberty bonds stolen in a train
robbery at Toledo, Ohio, seven years
ago.
DeMayo was arrested last night by
government agents and was released
on $4,000 bond. He produced q re-
ceipt showing the bonds were pur-
chased from j. A. Connolly, St. Paul,
Minn., broker, December l, last.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-02-27
Box Car Society Head
Favors Preparedness

Fargo, N. D., Feb. q. (AP)-
Declaring that the United States
never had been prepared for any
war it had ever entered into, Major
Pelham St. George Bissell, chef de
chemin-de-fer of the 40 and g." ad-
vocated an increased budget for the
building Of ships and preparing the
army for war, in addressing the
Fargo Lions club here today.
Major Bissell is a guest Of the
American Legion and 40 and 8" and
will speak at Legion meeting to-
night following banquet in his
honor. He also will speak over sta
ton WDAY at 6 p. m.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-02-27

sonable and whether they are, in
fact, purely for personal services
Money paid an officer Of 4 corpora
ton for which no service, or serv-
ices inadequate to the compensa-
ton, are rendered is not deduct
ible as Salary" Reasonable COM
pensation Is held to be an amount
that ordinarily is paid by like en-
terprises in like circumstances for
like services.
Bonuses to employees may be de-
Quoted by employers when such
payments are made in &C faith
O. additional compensation tor
services actually rendered, provided
that, when added to the stipulated
salaries, the total does not exceed
q reasonable compensation for serv-
ices rendered" When til, amount
Of . salary Of an officer or employee
10 paid for Z limited time to Z
widow or heirs in recognition OF
services rendered by the deceased
such payments may be deducted.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-02-27
BY RUTH DEWEY GROVES

Dear Marye:
Please don't be too sure tina,
you're thinking only Of the good Of
your children when you say you'll
wait until they won't give you any
extra work to do before you decide
to have them.
Your view sounds kind Of selfish
to me, but Of course ! grew up II
an age when mothers loved to take
care OF their babies and never
would have entertained the thought
Of turning them over to q nurse t.
bring up: Very rich women raised
their children by proxy. know, but
there weren't 80 many who could at.
ford this luxury. Maybe they did
have 50 much to do keeping up with
society that they had to have helr
but you are not In the Sunday roto.
gravures you know, Marye dear, and
you don't have to sacrifice the
incest thing in q woman's life ir
order to run around to bridge games
and dinners and dances.
Children might like nice looking
parents, as you say, but they like
young parents who can understand
them too What boy under twenty
wants dad" to be old enough to be
his grandfather? And il you be-
lieve that q young daughter wants
the companionship Of q mother who
is so old she can't remember what
It feels like I, be a girl you are
very much mistaken.
And somehow, strange rs il
seems, people who have the burden
Of bringing up children get along
just a. well, if not better, than
some Of you who don't have ia
think twice about what you should
do with your money. / dare say
you wouldn't be buying imported
dresses If the baby needed q new
coat or bonnet. Things like clothes
and keeping up with Weather
friends don't mean so much when
you have something better to spend
money on.
Some frivolous women never car
think Of anything else, Of course
but in most cases children are 9
great influence for thrift; and the
sooner you acquire that influence
the better it will be for you. There
isn't much incentive in saving
money just for yourselves. People
haven't the imagination, ordinarily
to see themselves in the old-age
stage. Perhaps it's . good thing
nature has deprived US Of that
faculty so that we might keer
young in our hearts and have ne
fear Of decrepity or the proverbia
rainy day. But Nature meant U.
to have children 80 that we shoulC
anchor ourselves for them, at least
if not for our very own selves. I'm
afraid the way you childless wives
are increasing that our leading in.
situations of the future will b.
homes for poor folks.
With love and hope,
MON.
NEXT: Marye is ASHAMED" ol
"Mom."
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-02-27
BACHELOR FARMER FOUND
DEAD

Minot, N. D., Feb. 27.-{R-Aus-
tin Klungtvedt, bachelor farmer liv-
ing south Of Berthold, was found
dead in bed at his home yesterday.
Minot official pronounced the death
as due to natural causes. Livestock
on the farm was badly starved, and
it is believed that the man had been
dead several days before a neighbor
found the body.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-02-27

Miss Marguerite Nelson, local girl,
was ordered today due to the con-
tinued illness Of States Attorney H.
E. Johnson, who is to participate
in the case. The investigation will
be resumed as soon as the attor-
ney's health is improved, according
to C.. b. Davis, acting coroner.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-02-27
Disturbing NIGHT COUGH
QUICKLY STOPPED

"A distressing cough and irritat.
ed throat kept me uiserably awake
at night and prevented others from
sleel ping. Foley's Honey and Tar
Compound quickly com{orted and
relieved me. Helped my neighbors
over flu coughs, TOO. Feel I must
tel! you about T." says q. G. P,
Sailors Snug Harbor, n. Y. Won
der4ully soothing and healing. Bland
to the tender throat Of Z child, e..
f,ctive IN stopping the stubborn
coughs Of grown persons.-Adv.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-02-27
KIEF BANK CLOSED

Closing Of the First State Bank
of Kief, McHenry county, was an.
nounced today by the state banking
department. The inst ution was
capitalized at $4,000. had q surplus
Of $4,000 and deposits Of 900
Frozen assets and depleted reserve
caused the failure. banking Off
Gals said.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-02-27
PLANE PILOT KILLED

Dening, N. NJ, Feb. 27.-lR-
Pilot Joseph Green, of Wichita,
Kansas, was killed and two other
flyers were injured when two air.
planes collided in the mir near Cam
bray, IS miles east Of here, today.
Both planes crashed and were
wrecked.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-02-27
TRAIN Is DERAILED

Marcus Hook, Pa, Feb. 27.-R-
The locomotive and four sleepera
and the dining car Of the Seaboard
Air Line express on the Pennsyl-
vania railroad, known Is Number 2
Of Number 192, from Pinshurst, N.
c., for New York, were derailed
here today. No passengers were re-
ported seriously injured. The en-.
gineer and fireman Of the locomo.
tive were reported scalded.
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Tips For Taxpayers

No. IL
Salaries paid employees consti-
tute one Of the largest items Of
business expenses. To be allowed
Is q deduction such claims must
conform closely to the wording Of
the statute, which provides for the
deduction Of "a reasonable allow
ance for personal services rend-
ered." The test Of deductibility is
whether the amounts paid are rea-