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New Britain herald., 1928-10-22
THE VALUE OF STOCKS

What should determine the value of stock? Economists used to have a notion that the value should be based on earning power, future prospects, and perhaps few other minor ingredients. But that doesn't appear to be the yardstick nowadays. AS someone in Wall street facetious- ly remarked the other day, the value of stocks nowadays is based on the weather-when it is good weather they turn up few points; when it is bad weather they also advance.
 John J. Raskob, who ought to possess more than the average knowledge of stock information, was quoted the other day as saying that present stock values cannot possibly be based upon present or potential
  sion that the frenzied market is quite a mystery to a conservative man.
 It is very nice, however. to own securities and find them go up and up for no apparent reason. But the safe-and-sane portion of the com munity never loses sight of the fact that during an era when stocks are astonishingly flexible. with prices not being coupled to earning power, the possibility for contraction Hlso turks in the background.
 For months the federal govern ment has been trying to curb undue
New Britain herald., 1928-10-22
SCHOOL POLITICS

School teachers are not paid to take part in politics during school hours. If any there are who suffer from political emotionalism let them consider this: That if they use their positions for political propaganda among their charges they are vast ing their time. as school children can't vote. And they are courting trouble with their superiors and the public.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-22
MUSSOLINI DONATES AGAIN

Rome. Oct. 22 P}-Premier Mus solini has donated 100000 lire ts5,230), which he announced were his royalties from his writings for American papers and ma gazines, to charitable works of the Fascist party. The money will be used par ticularly for vacation colonies of children at the seashore or in the mountains next summer
New Britain herald., 1928-10-22

You can eet en ensWer 10 e0y question of fact or information by writing to the Questic. Editor. New Britain Herald. Washington Bureau. l333 New York avenue. Washington. D. O.. enclosing two cents in stamps for reply. Medical. legal and marital advice cannot be given. nor can ex- tended research be undertaken. All other questions will receive . per- sonai reply. Unsigned requests can not be answered. All letters are con- Naturalization.
 O. How did Mount Everest. the highest mountain in the world, get it's name?
 A. It was named for Sir George Everest, Surveyor-General of India.
 0. What is the area and popula- ton of Plume?
 A. It has an area of il square miles and 8 population of 5s,000. Q. Who was the first poet-lau- reate of England? A. Godfrey Chaucer.. @. What two paintings of Leon- ardo de Vinci are most famous? A. Mona Lisa" which hangs at the Louvre in Paris, and '"The Last Supper" in the refectory of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan.
 Q. When was the statue of Will liam Penn erected on City Hall Tower in Philadelphia? A. November 28. 1S94. 0. Does an electric fan running at low speed consume as much elec- tricity as it does when running at medium or high speed?
 A. The current consumed by Q three speed electric fan is less on the lower speeds. Resistance. placed fin series with the motor and so ar- ranged that 1t can be cut in or out at will, regulates the speed of the motor. The reduction in the amount of current consumed. however. is not in proportion to the reduction in useful effect, in the motor, because the efficiency of the motor falls off considerably at the lower speeds.
 Q. When did Joseph Tumulty become private secretary to Wood- row Wilson?
 A. He was MT. Wilson's private secretary during his term as gover- nor of New Jersey from 1910 to 1912, and served as secretary to the president from March 5. 1913 until March 1, 1921.
 Q. How many training schools for nurses are there in the United States? Does every state have such school? How many students in these schools are men?
 A. Statistic gathered by the United States Bureau of Education show 1.7s7 nurse training schools in the United State in 1927. Of that number 1,722 are maintained by general hospitals and 75 are oper- ated in connection with hospitals for the insane. Schools offering such training are reported in every state with the exception of Nevada. Of the 77,76S students in 1926-27. only 64s were men.
 Q. How much wire is employed in the telephone systems of the world?
 A. It has been estimated that 1t requires 00.0O0,O00 miles of wire to run the worlds telephones. Of this about 6S,000.009 miles is in North America. Germany is second with 10.000,000 miles. and Great Britain is third with 100000 miles. Can- ada. the fourth, has 3,50O,OOO miles,
 Q. How did Zeppelin dirigibles get that name?
 A. They are named for Count von Zeppelin, the inventor of that type of dirigible.
 o. What is the difference be- tween 8 gale" 'whirlwind," tor nado," Hurricane" "typhoon," "waterspout' and 'cyclone"?
 A. A gale is a strong. straight
New Britain herald., 1928-10-22

Steam shovel: A mechanical de- vice that make 3S business men for get they were in a hurry.
 Podunk Center has caught up with the march of progress. The Sew ing Circle discusses blood pressure instead of operations.
 Eventually the radio will let you see the performers, but even that won't kill public entertainments. No radio can let the audience see your new clothes.
 Another good way to keep on your toes is to assure yourself you would have all of your teeth fixed if you had time.
 The best cure for the vanity of a prominent citizen is to visit the old home town where the people think him less important than themselves,
 Correct this sentence: And now" said she, there's not another thing in the world l want for my kitchen" Copyright 1928, Publishers Syndicate
New Britain herald., 1928-10-22
GeaaA ~ coalasualnoaieas ee vGo sAoD DA1ess. easo 0 eA0 M asateis nsss1 - - -

And Invite Lot of Gropcasas We
 KnOw, Foksl Now coming out parties ars making a stir, The Fun Shop should open its door. Give one for Miss Humor and intro- duce her To many who really should know her!
New Britain herald., 1928-10-22

This country never will get en- thusiastic about dirigibles until somebody invents short and catchy name for them.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-22

Who expected to see the time when the magazines would use pie lures of pretty girls aud cake-eaters to advertise salts?
New Britain herald., 1928-10-22

Americanism: A scornful indiffer- ence to the great man who was de- feated: an awed and respectful def erence to the less able man who was elected.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-22

It's still possible to ind pay dirt. Little Willie gets a nickel for wash ing his neck.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-22

Man may be . superior animah
 but the others don't scheme and la
 bor to make their world fool proof.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-22

If you make an ass of yourself to- day, that is called folly. if you keep it up for weeks, 1t is called a mara thon.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-22
APPEAL TO AN INCENDIARY

APPEAL TO AN 1NCENDIARY By Samuel Harwood ''The Venus Insurance tUnlimited) Co.,"
 On reading the legend upon the door I crossed the threshold and said: T That you're the people I'm look
 ing for. Please write policy on my heart From loss by burning, in whole or
 part" They bristled with questions: The
 risk was great!
 Were girls permitted to be about !? Had ever the premises burned to
 date?
 What means had I to put the fire
 out? They wrote next day they were
 pleased to state They'd underwrite at tho lowest
 rate. The contract came. but it bears the
 clause:
 Association with (here's YOUR
 namely Will make this instrument void,
 because
 We can't insure on . certain
 claim." So, Jeanne, have nothing to do
 with me, Or you will ruin my policy!
New Britain herald., 1928-10-22

You aren't . bad influence" !" Some knave who Is determined to be crooked just uses you as an alibi.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-22

Example of useless suffering: Host and guest yawning. each afraid it isn't good manners to suggest going to bed.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-22

Nobody is really as sophisticated as a girl feels the first time she chokes cigarette butt in her coffee cup.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-22

Blanchard, with Dr. T. E. James as passenger, was the Arse to crosa the English channel by balloon. and Colonel Fred Burnaby. . cen. tury later (lst1) the second.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-22

You can tell the real issues in the campaign. They are the ones that prompt throwing.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-22

speculation and has failed. The bulls have the bit in the teeth and seem to be in the worlds biggest china shop.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-22

fhs ealy profitable advertising medium in the City. Circulation books and press roeM always open to advertisera
New Britain herald., 1928-10-22
Impossible!

lMpOssibIcy "Did you give your penny to the Sunday school, Jimmy" asked my "elsIoo' VI Ao1 o.'oia 'oA' No, ma; I lost it." "What? Lost another one7 That makes three Sundays straight you've lost your penny"
 "Yes. but if keep 1t up I'll win 'em all back. That kids luck can't last forever!"
 Lena Chase Brunn
New Britain herald., 1928-10-22
Fccts sad Fancies
DY ROBERT CULLEN

Unless human nature has changed. Eve soon convinced herself she was blameless because the snake took ad- vantage of her sex.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-22

Beatrice: "Oh, how awfully dirty and muddy those football players are! I wonder how they will ever get clean" Muriel: What do you think they
New Britain herald., 1928-10-22

Nsohss Asdh nussaa q Circulstisn The 4. B. C. ts . national organization which furnishes newspapers and advet- tissrs with . strictly honest analysis Of circulation. Our circulation statistics are baseA upon this audit. This insures pro tsction against fraud in newspaper dis. tribution agures to both national and local advertissrA
New Britain herald., 1928-10-22

0eMA1e el tke Assoetoted PFene The Associated Press is exclusively en- titled to the use for republication of all aevs credited to 1t or not otherwise crsdttsd in this paper and also local news published therein.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-22
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New Britain herald., 1928-10-22

A man of 64, playing golf for his
 health, dropped dead. Race a 2O-
 year. old horse to improve his health and the s. P. C. A. would get you.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-22
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Enliglltenetl!

A Little Darky Ozark "e" in Bed With Nothing Over It!
New Britain herald., 1928-10-22
1Icre.lity!

Here:lity! Emily: My father was a con- tractor" Walter: "Well, you've got a won- derful build!'
 -E. J. Greehl
New Britain herald., 1928-10-22

S,lbnormalI Mrs. Wilson: And how is your little Doris progress,ng?"
 Mrs. Kochler: Not very we'll. Her bright sayings aren't selling half as well as the ones Betty gave me at her age!"
New Britain herald., 1928-10-22

The prize for something goes to the scventh-grade, product who stands up with the old grads when the band plays the college song.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-22

| present rates. No industry in the land l. confronted with . more deli- cate problem.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-22

The Herald is on sale daily In New York at Hotaling's Newsstand. Times squars; schultzs Newsstands Entrance Grand Central, t2nd Street.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-22
Travellers Tale!

Bernice :"My, but you must have suffered some terrible hardships in your wanderings."
 Jack: "Oh yes, there was one night I was on a desert island and we couldn't tune in anything but speeches."
 Ruth Carold Halper
New Britain herald., 1928-10-22

Copyright 1928. Publishers Syndicate
New Britain herald., 1928-10-22
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Seward daily gateway., 1928-06-08
GERMANS LEAD

"Bhere are literally hundreds of millions of tons of low grade coal e- vailable in the state" Lantz said and, until now, We have done pract; c2,ly nothing with it, But the Ger mans, with far lower grade coal than CUTS, have demonstrated what can he done with low temperature carboni- ration, and we are at last beginning to take some cognizance Of the fo-- tune at our feet"
 Err Lantz disclosed that his cont, pany has received an offer from ! corporation other than Peters to bry 400 tons of low grade coal day. Al though definite plans have been male for the construction of plant fol the reduction of this coal, Lantz sail that no formal announcement can he made for six or eight months.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-06-08
NEW PROCESS WILL AID WASHINGTON
 COAL INDUSTRY
MINING MEN PREDICT HUGE DE- VELoPMENT LOW.GRADE
 CARBON PRODUCTS

SEATTLE, June 8, (P-Seattlc and the rest of the state are about 70 enter upon an era Of uneQualed ir, drstrial expansion as the result of rs- cent developments in the utilization C. low-gradc coal, mining men here rredicted
 On the heels of an announcement I! om Charles Peter, managing direc tor of the United States Development Corporation of Salt Lake City, tha his company is preparing to establish a large reduction plant near Seattle within year, it was revealed by Fraser H. Lantz, president of tn g Plack Carbon Company, that a nun Der of other concerns are looking orer the field and that several new factories are sure to be built in the near future for the reduction of coA' into by-products,
Seward daily gateway., 1928-06-08

This will turn out, in addition to T smokeless fuel of high efficiency cooking gas, motor fuel, fertilizer, tar ana various tar by-products.
 Peter, who is stopping at the Oiym- pic Hotel, is maEing a survey Of tho region preparatory to entering the field. His company is now putting in reducing plants in Wyoming aad Ncrh Dakota.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-06-08
ALASKA THE WORLDS COAL BIN

With the announcement that Washington is about to en- ter upon an of industrial expansion as the result of recent developments in the utilization of lowgrade coal Alaskans might be reminded that in the Alaska Railroad belt alone there is 10000 times much coal for treatment as described many times in this column as has the State of Washington Oregon and Montana combined
Seward daily gateway., 1928-06-08
TO SPEND MILLIONS

It was reported that Peters conl- pary will spend not less than $1,OOO, O0O on the construction of it's plant
Seward daily gateway., 1928-06-08

The steamer Starr, Capt Albert Barron, is scheduled to arrive in DOT; tomorrow from Bristol Bay and points Westward.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-06-08
WHY BLONDs LIVE IN THE NORTH

It curious fact that most of the blond of the earth live either in the temperate frgid zones while brnettes live in the hotter tropical countries Nations once fair and blond in colorng become brunette in time if they continue to live in Southern cmes Amt science grand We have never yet blonde Eskimo or Indian
 School bands such the one at the Jesse Lee Home are not only excellent for providing entertainment but they permit boys and girls to express that musical sense that is in all of us
 Mountains lakeshores, the bay and the whole out doors are calling Sewardtes We defy anyone to show us 3 more ideal spot on the globe
 English editors sometimes have trouble in translat ing the American language. One described Al Smith as the of market gardener, after reading that the governors father was truckman.
 Wrgley spends $15,OOO day for advertising and sells million dollars worth of chewing gum week Something for non-advertsing merchants to chew on
Seward daily gateway., 1928-06-08

The steamer Alaska will discharge about 45o tons for rail and down river points and approximately 50 tons for local business houses.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-06-08

During an earthquake in Alaska in 1899, the land waved and waves rose and fell 80eet every few minutes Great destruction was wrought up to the 4Ofoot level
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-04-12
NOTICE OF MORTGAGES FORE
CLOSURE SALE

CLOSURE SALE
Notice IL hereby given that that
IN and 1s-
q corporation. mortgagor to Rachel
A. Raymond. mortgage. dated the
zeth day Of April. A. D.. 1917. and
filed for record IN the OFFICE OF the
BSrieish ana state Of North Dakota.
on the End day Of May A. d. 1917.
and duly recorded in Book 147 OF
Mortgage: page .n 50; rs viii be FORE fore
mortgage and hereinafter described.
ut the front door Of the court house
at Bismarck. In the County OF Bur-
leigh. and State Of North Dakota, at
3rd day Of May. A. d.. 1928. to satisfy
the amount due upon such mortgage
On the day OF sale. The premises
described n such mortgage and which
described as follows. to-wit:
The Southeast quarter
!sE1-!) OF section six. (sl
t tS;rfyia|snt one 9,,., hundred ndrsS
20, west west Of s the FifeS
Principal Meridian. and
containing one hundred
ana sixty (160) acres
more or less according to
the United States Govern.
..ment survey thereof.
There will be due on such mortgage
ct the date OF sale the sum Of One
thousand Nine Hundred Ninety-seven
and 37-100 Dollars ($1.997.37) together
with the legal costs and fees Of fore.
closure.
Dated March 81, 1928.
RACHEL RAYMOND.
Mortgage.
Attorneys for Mortgages.
Bismarck. North Dakota.
(S-23-2S 4.5.12-1s-e4a
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-04-12

man finds that horde Of boys besets his pier.
They try to sneak past him to get aboard the
steamers that dock there; caught, they admit
that the urge to travel is on them, and talk
Of shipping as seamen for Rio, Capetown or
Ternate. When spring passes they bother him
no more, and in the fall and winter he does not
see them. But next spring they swarm about
just as before.
1t would be interesting to consider the or
igin Of this yearning for movement that ar.
rives with the spring. All of us are subject
to it. When the wind gets mild and caressing
and the dawn is an early tonic, we want to
wander. 1t is not without significance that
May is the great moving day in the city. I'm
able to venture to distant lands, the citizen
compromises by moving into the next block
but one The spring beguiles him into think
ing that it will be pleasanter there.
All Of this has a meaning. The winds OF
April blow the mists of custom from our eyes
and we can see better. We discover that we
have been shamefully cheated of our heritage
We were born to lofty chances and broad fields ];
yet behold! Here We are somehow, cooped up
in shops and offices, or chained to niggardly
farms, spending our lives in prosaic toiling
so much as a glimpse of that rich, unfettercd
life of which we know we are capable.
So, naturally enough, we want to 60 away.
Below the equator, surely, the bonds of this
workaday world will not be SO tight. We have
been defrauded of our patrimony here at home;
perhaps if we venture to Siam or Socotra we
can get justice.
Well; we can't go, and that ends it, But at
least we know. No one can tell us, in the
spring, that the chief end of existence is to
store up dollars and mind the catch-penny
maxims of thrifty starvelings. We are sons
of eternity, and life is everlasting, free and
noble. Let the letters Of circumstance hold
us never so tightly, that knowledge is. ours.
We know our rights, even if we can't get them.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-04-12

as a politician he is a poor success.
1t is hard to imagine him as a CAM
paigner. He shakes hands Imply,
usually talks with his eyes on the
floor or while marking idly on a
pad, looks sullen but is merely shy.
Ii lie ever slapped anybody on the
back or laughed real loud, half of
his office force probably would die
Of the shock.
Has Analytical Mind
Hoover approaches every ques-
ton with the analytical mind of an
engineer. Statistics, facts and prob
lens are his meat.
Perhaps that is why he complains
that most detective stories are dull
because their so-called mystery"
plots are too easily fathomed by
the reader.
Perhaps that is why, in address
ing the Izaak Walton League, he
said that there are caught in this
country each year: 100000, 600
fish, divided amongst 10000, 900
people, which is not so much as
You might think at first, for it is
only Al fish per person, and it
includes the little ones as we'll. and
each of us eat 1905 times a year."
Hoover is the busiest man in
Washington and probably holds
more important positions than any
other man in the world.
In addition to being secretary of
commerce, he is president Of the
American Child Health Association:
chairman Of the American Relief
Association Children's Fund: chair
man Of the Commission for Relief
OF Belgium; chairman of the st.
Lawrence Waterway Commission
chairman of Better Homes in Amer.
lea: honorary president of the LEAK
Walton League; member Of the CEN
trail committee of the American
Red Cross and trustee of Car.
negie Institute and Stanford Uni.
versity.
Has Held High Positions
In the past he has been president
of the American Institute of Min
ing Engineers and has held dozens
OF other high positions, including
that of chairman Of the Europea1
Food Control and = member If the
Allies Supreme Economic Council
and the World War Debt Commits
sion.
He has been granted honorary
degrees for public service bv 81
universities and colleges: holds
eight gold medals from foreign gov
ernments, technical and educational
societies and is an honorary citizen
Of Belgium, Finland, Poland and
Eathonia. The story goes that King
George offered him . knighthood Il
be would become citizen 81 G:eat
Britain.
The life story Of Herbert Clark
Hoover begins with On orphan
boy Ia rural lows, both his mother
and fether having died before he
Was eight years old. His father
was . poor blacksmith, and 20 this
day Hoover bears on his foot a
ugly scar showing where he stepped
on . red-hot iron when 1 bare{o
boy.
The orphan was taken In by rela.
tives. equally poor but honest ~
devout ouakers like his parents,
Until he was 10. ne toiled on On
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-04-12
BY RODNEY BUTCHER

Washington, April Ex-senator
| George w. Norris of Nebraska has
gone out home to help renominate
and elect his colleague, Senator r.
Beecher Howell.
Howell probably needs the help.
He is one of the most valuable SEN
ators on these premises, but one of
the poorest spellbinders. His mind
and most of his record are that of
civil engineer. His interest in
and management Of Omaha's munic-
ipally-owned public utilities led
or forced-him into politics. No
mans soul is stirred when Howell
speaks. He resembles Hoover in
that he is more at home before a
group Of engineers or other men in
terested in facts and figures rather
than words. He knows his stuff.
Although Howell and Norris are
different types, each admires the
other, which is more than is true
Of most pairs Of senator's. Norris
carries more conviction in his
speeches than almost anyone else
and he is such an idol to Nebraska
voters that his efforts probably
would save Howell if nothing else
would. Each can support the other
fundamentally, for they nearly al
ways vote the same way.
Both are independent Republi-
cans. Nebraska, the state Of the
late William Jennings Bryan, APP
parently doesn't take party labels
too seriously. Her six representa-
tives in the House include three
Democrats, two Republicans and
one "Frec Democrat"
The "Free Democrat" is Edgar B.
Howard. He is the only one listing
himself SO in the Congressional
Directory.
whats Free Democrat ?" YOU
ask Howard.
"Just watch me and maybe you'll
see" says Howard.
Perhaps the reason Howell, the
engineer, can't easily engineer his
reelection is that he has to spend
his time in Washington.
Hoover, the engineer, is now try
ing to show that good engineer
can engineer a presidential nomina-
ton. One observes that Hoover is
wisely refraining from roaring his
own praises from the platform up
and down the countryside. Ec lust
sits here in Washington and enpi-
neers-with what Success may be