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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-05-04
BY RODNEY BUTCHER
NCA Service Writer

Washington, May 3.-Out Of all
this distressing scandal about the
way Mr.. Sinclair and Mr.. Doheny
got the navy's oil reserves and the
way other enterprising oil men OBJ
tanned from the government the
worlds richest oil field at Salt
Greek, comes one sweet, consoling
thought:
The public lands, property Of t.,
people, offer little more to worry
about. Enterprising pirates have
long since looted by far the better
part Of them and if am Of value
remain, someone must have blund-
cred.
Revelations Of the Senate Public
Lands Committee about the Fall
Dohony- Sinclair cases and the rex-
sons for which it expects to in
yestigate the Salt Creek leases ap-
parently merely indicate the heart
breaking difficulties faced BY any
gentleman or group Of gentlemen
who now hope to amass huge land
fortunes by defrauding the govern
ment. The we'll has been pumped
almost dry.
The fact that Sinclair and Doheny
had to break into the navy's oil re-
serves offers evidence Of their des-
perate plight. These reserves had
been set aside for use only in great
national emergency; the navy cher
ished them.
And the long. hard fight which
the Salt Creek oil men had to make
before they could establish them
selves firmly over those hundreds of
millions in Wyoming oil similarly
indicates that the field isn't what it
used to be.
The oil men. Of course, came up
on the scene rather late in the
game. The land spectators, the
railroads, the cattle men, the iron
coal and other mineral-digging pio-
neers and the timber looters had a
head-sta4t on them.
In addition to the fact that not
much is left to grab, the fact that
Congress is probably more honest
and certainly far less susceptible to
brides and that conservationists in
this century have been better or
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LETTER SKI

ganized and more militant must
also be taken into account.
Although the Democrats have
consistently undertaken to make po-
litical capital of the footing of the
public demand, the records of two
great Republican conservationists,
Theodore Roosevelt and Clifford
Pinchot, appear to provide the
brightest page in the whole story.
It is also true that, although the
Republicans have generally been in
power during the looting that has
gone on since the Civil War, the
Democrats were in power most of
the time before that, when some of
the best gouges we're dealt the pub
lie domain.
The original public domain has
been computed at 100000, 900
acres, more than five-sixths Of the
continental area Of the United
States, Vacant and unappropriated
public lands now amount to about
100000 acres, most Of which is
comparatively worthless though
more than 35O.OOn,OO0 acres remain
under jurisdiction Of the General
Land Office in one way or another.
The government also retains more
than 1s0,00O,000 acres Of national
forest preserves along with various
lesser tracts held for government
purposes.
The public lands now vacant are
in Arizona. Arkansas, California,
Colorado, Florida. Idaho. Minnesota,
Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New
Mexico, North Dakota. Oregon,
South Dakota, Utah, Washington
and Wyoming. Some Of the public
lands now in private hands were
acquired legitimately. But tens Of
millions Of acres, according to au-
thorities, were acquired by fraud.
The business Of obtaining public
lands by theft or bribery is almost
as old as the reported impossibility
Of convicting a man with a million
dollars.
In the beginning, when the white
man first came, there was enough
for everybody and our natural re-
sources appeared limitless. Land
speculation, however, began prompt
~. First the hunger was for land,
and then for the resources of the
land and the passing of both into
private hands by varied and devious
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Nom, love:
Try and do it! Shake a Latin,
mean. Surely was kidding myself
when l wrote to you yesterday. l
was about as free Of Pede as the
roads are Of Sunday drivers. He
was suddenly an immovablc object
in my path.
His car was parked at my door
all this morning. And every ten
minutes he rang me up from the
building across the street. / knew
he could see me if l tried to sneak
out. And he sent in a bunch Of vio-
lets and then q box Of roses and
finally a corsage of orchids.
l had to give the orchids to Flor
ence and let Alan think Michele
sent them to her. She was glad
enough to get them to keep her
mouth shut. l guess she wants to
use them as a suggestion to "Mich, =
as she calls him. Norman's aunt
got the roses and l guess Alan
won't be cut up if he thinks / bought
myself some violets.
Then a stream of notes. 1mplor-
ing me to sec him. Threatened to
lombard me until I gave in. l got
kind Of nervous after awhile think
ing about how it would look to Alan
if Pede kept on sending flowers and
epistles all evening. So I had to let
him in.
You can score one, Nom. For this
time you guessed right. Handling
a South American is not the same
as blowing bubbles with boy like
Billy. He'd just been waiting for
me to give him a signal, it seemed.
But when l told him we must stop
seeing each other he knew it was
time to speak or keep silent forever
after.
Cross my heart I had no idea he
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SAMSON AND SILICON

A full head OF strong hair has ale
ways been considered a mark Of
virility. Many methods have been
tried by thin haired people in an eff
fort to grow luxuriant hair, but
tonics and massage will fail to bring
about the desired result if the hair
roots are not fed their life giving
minerals in the form of silicon and
calcium.
Bobbing the hair has been found
to be unsuccessful in most cases, for
the BARRIERS shears cannot by any
magic restore the silicon to an inn
poverished blood stream. For a
short time after the hair is cut there
may be slight stimulation Of
growth, but always at the expense
Of other tissues in the body. of
which the silicon has been borrow
ed to feed the shortened hair. Thus,
the rest Of the bodily structures may
be actually weakened to some ex-
tent. although this reason is not
sufficient to account for Samson's
weakness when he lost his luxuriant
tresses. Having strayed far from
his native land and the coarse food
he had been accustomed to from
early youth, he suffered from a
muscular breakdown due to lack
Of the organic minerals in the dainty
food given him by his enchantress.
But as soon as he was put to work
he was no doubt given the unrefined
fare Of the other slaves, and soon
regained his normal strength.
If Samson's captors had UNDER
stood the part silicon played in his
regeneration, they could have kept
him as weak as our bakers are un-
knowingly keeping most people to-
day with the sale Of 80 many de-.
natured white flour products.
Why do you suppose we do not
find a single bald head among
primitive people? The answer is
plain. 1t is simply because they use
vegetables and grains in their
natural state, and are not civilized
or commercially interested in chang
ing natures foods into queer
dishes.
Every bald man you see is starv-
ing for silicon and other organic
salts. This is not only because they
are lacking in his diet but also be-
cause of the fact that the blood,
suffering from a deficiency of al
kaline properties, seizes upon the
bones, hair, and all Of the strong
tissues Of the body, and the result
is a generally lowered resistance to
disease. ~
The bald man is never q healthy
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of such foods as the whole grains,
milk, eggs, and the succulent
greens which are all so rich in the
BODYBUILDING and hair-building ele-
ments. If the hair roots have been
entirely starved to death, there is
no treatment or diet which can re-
store life to them, but the rest of
the body will quickly respond as the
hungry blood seizes upon these life
giving minerals.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Question: L. H. G.. writes: II have
tuberculosis in an advanced stage
but am 80 pounds overweight.
eat lightly. Do you think fast
would help me-"
Answer: AS your assimilation is
so good, you can no doubt be en-
tirely cured through the proper diet
airy regime. Take a fruit fast until
your weight is reduced to the
normal, and then live on diet free
from starches and sugars. Others
who read this will see that those
who are overweight can develop
tuberculosis. In this disease, it is
not SO much a question of lack of
weight as of enervation and tend
ency to catarrhal mucus.
Question: Mrs. r. G.. B. asks:
would the advertised remedy be
good for diabetes?"
Answer: l do not advise ''rem-
edies" either through this column or
in my private practise. Proper food
is the only remedy you need to bring
about a cure of diabetes. If you
will send me your name and address
/ will be glad to forward general
instructions for the cure of diabetes.
Question: H. L. j. writes: about
four times year have spells when
I see things in front Of my eye.
They look like little electric sparks.
At these times also have indiges-
ton. Could this be the causc?"
Answer: You have answered
your own question, as the disturb
ances coming from Indigestion are
no doubt responsible for the bilious
ness you have at these times.
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BARBS

Japan will spend $S.22O,OOO in
November for the coronation of En-
peror Hirohito. And Japan doesn't
produce so much oil, either.
A prominent visitor in New York
says Chicago envies Gotham her
subway system. Well, it is good
training for mayhem.
Sales of the Bible have shown
great increase during the last
five years. Lawyers defending
murderers have to have some sure
fire quotations.
Isn't it about time for some clev-
err fellow to cast his vote for Major
Hoople for president?
Buddha would be 2.472 years old
in May. And probably he would
say he did it by smoking opium.
These are good days to stay late
at the office. Friend wife is be-
ginning to remark about how gray
that rug is getting in the living
room.
Peggy Joyce threw a glass Of
champagne into young mans face
in Paris. Over here the popular
practice seems to be throw it into
your own.
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smoke and soft lounges; the next
season sees a demand for the gar
ish and blatant. And sometimes
fads change many times a season.
One cafe installed canals. which
flowed beside the dining tables to
give the diners an indoor impress
sion Of Venice; another, after du-
plicating the deck Of ship, found
the raiding squad at its door after
about 100000 had been spent on
equipment; a third reproduced
jungle and had monkeys chattering
in imitation trees; little place in
the Village has something like 200
specimens Of song birds who some
how manage to survive the cigar
and cigaret smoke and 60 warbling
merrily on. And so it goes. To-
days hit is tomorrow's failure!
GILBERT SWAN.
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Sbblican party's candidate for presi-
pnt," he smiles.
- Describes Him
~ Probably the best description ever
n3ven Of Senator Norris was writ
IN by Ray Clapper, noted Wash
1klgton correspondent.
sCynics have a grand time dis
scting politicians in Washington
ntil they encounter George w. Nor
-" Clapper wrote. "That always
polls everything, for how are they
Ding TO be cynical over a man that
beSn't wear any scenery, who
turts out everything that he thinks,
soFns patronage, taunts the ma
hine and even campaigns against
~ own party-and flourishes
Officially all the while?"
That il Senator Norris-honest of
Nrposo, fearless of punishment, in
hA6erent TO party ties and slender
Z psnae, who lives modestly in q
4 efhodist boarding house near the
hnitol On his salary Is q senator.
W ever inherited q million dol
- h once smiled in the course
= personal conversation, II think
Wo01d 70 to q first-class restaur-
- ana find how it feels to order a
t-cl6ee meal without looking at
priee figures on the menu caro-"
mt Senator Norris is not OPP
Is0oA 70 wealth honestly acquired
~ nsed-the fable Of the fox and
9xapog does not apply in his
Only when Il IL dishonesty
1eo&. g n the case Of Teapot
Tio: and dishonestly used to OPP
IT, In fortunate, does he OBJ
AnA thon his voice in the SEN
ieonoe thunder.
M o1ploins his relentless fight
Gsg lobby ths "bread
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was batty about me. But when
he did say it he didn't stop with
flowers. He had a few gestures to
make, too.
To tell the truth, I don't think
he meant a word Of it, though ]
never heard such stream Of low
ing language in my short but not
colorless life. couldn't take him
seriously because I'm sure I'd have
known it if he'd been really losing
his head over me.
Well, got him out finally but
he says he won't give me up. !
hope he won't be q menace.
Dearest love,
MARYE.
NEXT: LET that be . lesson"
writes Mom.e
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rust and many Of his other bat


Ties.
Always Frank
lie is cngagingly frank. For 10
years he has fought to keep Muscle
Shoals out Of private hands and con-
serve this great natural resource
for the people through government
operation He admits that this is a
dream. He knows that the cards
are stacked against him. But he
keeps on fighting, hoping that some
day the nation will see the light.
Personally, Norris is one Of the
most likable Of senators. Courte-
Gus, genial and candid, he never
tries, when interviewed, to hide be-
hind that famous ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
me-on-this' line. Anything that
Senator Norris says. he is perfect
~ willing for the world to hear.
Although past IS. he looks much
younger. His hair is gray, his eye
brows are black, his eyes are deep
set, his face is broad, his manner
is affable. his smile contagious, his
shirts and neckties incline toward
rather loud hue. He smokes
cigars-lots Of them-and, unlike
many men who are prominent, can
enjoy a good story as we'll as tell
one.
He is now rounding out IS years
in Washington, having been elected
to the House in 1902 and to the
the Senate in 1912.
Party Ties Not Important
Party ties rest lightly upon
Senator Norris. Theoretically, he
is Republican, but actually he is
Norrisan. All of which means
that he does what he pleases polite
ally, regardless of whether his
course takes him into the camp of
the Republicans, the Democrats or
the Progressives. One thing is GER
tain-he will always be found in
the direction to which the liberal
view inclines.
Though a Republican, he led the
historic fight to overthrow "Uncle
Joe" Cannon's czarism in the House
in 1910 and succeeded. He changed
the House rules and thereby accom-.
plished one of the greatest reforms
in the history of American politics.
OF course, there was price to
pay. Taft cut off his patronage
Republican leaders disowned him
Politically, he was an outcast ir
Washington. But the people of Ne.
braska felt differently; two year:
later they promoted him to the Sen.
ate.
The same independence has char.
acterized his course there. He ever
voted against the declaration Of
war against Germany and today he
is the only member of "the wilfu
twelve" as Woodrow Wilson
branded them, who is still in thu
Senate.
In 1925, after the exposure Of
the Ware scandal in Pennsylvania
he took the stump for Wares Demo
cratic opponent.
Differs From Borah
Senator Norris and Senator
Borah are often mentioned in the
same breath as champions of prog
ressiveism, but between their pc.
litical records is a gulf that il
abysmal.
The explanation is this:
Borah has won renown for hi
battles AGAINST measures. Nor.
ris, in addition to that, has won re-
nown for his battles FOR meas.
ures.
He has waged one Of the greatest
legislative fights In history for gov
eminent operation Of Muscle Shoals
He has made a tireless fight, nov
apparently near victory, for .
"lame duck" amendment to put Al
end to legis.ating by congressmel
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IN NEW YORK

New York, May 4.-Europe-
bound liners that take their depar-
lures in the early hours of the morn
ing have become the latest play
grounds Of Manhattan's midnight
sons and daughters.
Each departing steamer has be-
come this year the occasion for a
sort of sublimated Mardi Gras. The
after-theater crowds, instead of 60
ing the night club rounds or visiting
the dance resorts, now grab taxi
cabs and 60 whirling down to the
docks. Whether or not you happen
to know anyone on board makes no
difference. It's a simple matter to
come upon a convivial party, and
crashing in Is much simpler than
breaking through the barriers Of the
usual social affairs.
At this season of year each out
going liner carries at least one
Broadway celebrity, and frequently
there is an entire troupe. Any one
such dignitary can pull a crowd OF
a hundred or more merry-makers
and half the night-life boys and
girls now 60 parading in their wake.
fully certain that q merry time
awaits at the dock.
Going down to the piers the other
night to see writing friend upon
his way, / found the wharf jammed
to its outer doors, while a line
waited to 60 up the gangplank. Po-
lice were letting the dock crowd ca
the boat one at a time, like line
walters at a crowded movie theatre.
The boat was already OVERLOOKING.
Crowds Of strangers and friends
were milling i. and down the gang
ways and around the docks, poking
their noses into staterooms and
tanning the salon. Hip TASKS were
as prevalent as in a night club. Ser
pentines were tangling up the shut
fling feet and confetti wis flittering
colorfully across the ships lights.
On the dock merry-makers were
dancing to the tune Of harmonicas
and ukuleles.
Word has passed along the gay
white way that this is "quite the
thing to do" this season. Supper
clubs, already bruised by the tickle
neglect Of the public, are feeling the
competition keenly. For why
should one pay expensive CONVERT
charges when, for the price OF q
taxi, one can "make whoopee" upon
the boats until the early hours OF
the morn!
It doesn't take long for new pleas
ure fads to catch on in Manhattan
Before the sailing season is over.
the originators Of the vogue will
have long since tired and turned to
something new; while new horde1
will just begin to play the game.
This eternal search for "some-
thing new" is decadsnt quest, but
it's what produces m ever-chang-
ing Broadway. To cater to the
tastes Of the stated ones, the agencies
Of amusement strive to grab novelty
on the wing. One season the crowd
demands that it's tea. rooms have
soft lights. rich hangings. incense
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mehogen to w e a r
goAeir dead lead
n4's crown in the
.ub28 fight for the
Eo4epublican presi-
ential nomina-
But this veter-
Nm, who h a s
Brown gray dur
lg his rs years
House and SEN
|.te Is under no il
aSions.
There isn't a
nance of my be-
hg made the Re-
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Bills Allowed by
City Commission

Mrs. Joe Gable, rent .....$ 1000
Mrs. Mary Hayes, board and
room ................. 25.OO
Mrs. 0. f. Hanger, board
and room ........ -. $500
Harris & Woodmansee, sup
plies ................. :. 5.25
Ausell Ticket Co., tickets -. 1900
Underwood Typewriter Co.,
typewriter .............. $3.50
Mrs. ]. A. Montgomery,
rent ......... 3O.OO
j. o. Fredericks, board and
ROOM 3U.UO
Gussner's, groceries ...... 1000
Montgomery Grocery, gro-
ceries 1000
VIM. Noggle, sidewalk repair 1850
Standard Oil Co., grease and
gas 51.5O
Street Dept. pay roll ...... 284.O0
NJ. Wildes, labor .......... 5000
Copelin Motor Co., supplies. ITO
Bonny's Cafe, meals ...... 1000
Mine Safety Appliances Co.,
gas mask .............. 51.25
Police Dept, pay roll ...... 276.0O
ballard Atkinson, supplies
and labor 80. 1850
Service Drug, batteries -. .65
Fechkeimer Bros. Co., sup
pies 4.33
Mrs. Geo. Schubert, laundry 3.07
John Gordon, rent ......... 1000
Mrs. Mary Burch, rem. ..... 1880
Special Election, pay roll -. $4,000
A. E. Slupp, labor ........ 27OO
Quick Print, Inc, supplies >. 29.95
Frank Schooner, guard at
tourist camp -. 5000
VIM. S. Roller, milk samples 5.25
Jones + Webb, groceries. -. 29.37
Association of Commerce,
rent Of landing field -. 10000
Cowan's Drug Store, sup
Dicks Grocery, groceries. 1.27
| St. Alexius Hospital, services $3.50
Mrs. A. E. Ward, laundry ;. LOO
Bridgeman-R ssell Co.,
| dairy products .......... 1915
A. w. Gussner, groceries :. 24.43
Wachter Transfer Co., wood
| and ice ................ b.UO
Waterworks Dept, water
rental SZ3.SO
Standard Oil Co., fuel oil. :. 694.22
Business Service Co., plates Eli
Myers Service Station, S s. 1000
Simplex Valve & Meter Co.,
supplies ................ 1850
Standard Oil Co., fuel OIL. 1856
| Standard Oil Co., oil ...... 1862
!, Capital Laundry. laundry $50
! Wcterworks Dept, pay roll. 1880
~" pavement ............... 1890
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Campaign Portraits-NO 3d.
Senator George w. Norris
Norris Is Senate's Leading Champion
Of Liberalism

~ Editors Note: This. the 23rd
BsOf a series Of Presidential Cam
Portraits, tells the story
OF of Senator George W. Norris
IS of Nebraska. Tomorrow's ar
ticle will discuss Senator Wal
ter F.. George Of Georgia.
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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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A S II | N G TON,
May Nv i I II
Senator George
w. Norris of Ne
braska one may
disagree, one may
believe that he is
mistaken, but no
one who really
knows him can
ever for a mo-
mcnt doubt his
sincerity of pur-
pose or cease to
respect him.
For Norris--in-
J1n< ;rc,,r
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.laent, irreconcilable or whatever you
= mt to call him-is almost every
looing that the public expects a sena-
l11r to be, and which a lot of them
nn&en't.
~ Even his opponents in the Senate
he has no enemies there) admire
LIE rugged fearlcssness of this man
DfDhom the La Toilette forces have
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ELTINGE THEATRE

Johnny Hines, famous for his
comedy screen characterizations, is
said to surpess all previous per-
formances in chinatown Charlie"
at the Eltinge today and Saturday.
In "Chinatown Charlie" which is
from the pen Of the prolific play
wright, Owen Davis, the comedian
is said to give an exceedingly real.
istic Interpretation Of a guide on
New York sightseeing bus, a wax
dummy, a Chinese mandarin, and
lover.
The last is not the least. for in
order to win the hand of the hero.
inc, portrayed by Louise Lorraine,
Johnny puts up some fights worthy
Of 4 western villain, and performs
the thrilling . stunt of walking
across human bridge-the bodies
of five acrobats swung together
from a second-story firc-escape to
the balcony of the mandarin's
palace, twenty-five feet across the
street.
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At the Movies
CAPITOL THEATRE

Edmund Lowe, who plays the de-
tective-reporter in 1.-THE Wizard"
Fox Films production now being
shown at the Capitol theatre, is said
to give one of the best perform
ances of his screen career in this
absorbing murder mystery. i,
Leila Hyams has the leading
feminine role. Lowe, always keen
for an opportunity to give the pub
lie what it wants, is convinced that
this type of story is the most in
teresting for picture purposes.
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man and can never become strong
with abundant vitality unless the
vital salts such as silicon are sup
piled to his system through the use
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means built up many Of Americas
largest private fortune4
In succeeding story we will be-
gin the history of the public demain
from the time of the Revolution.