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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-08-16
ON THE JOB AT 80
PHILADELPHIA Bulletin.

Actively on the job at 80. John R. voorhis, commits
sioner Of elections of New York city, is more than
local figure. Governor Smiths acquaintance with the
sidewalks Of New York is scanty compared with that
of Tammanys Grand Sachem, who was playing about
them in the Sos Of the last century and whose first job
that of office boy of John Jay famous lawyer of
the time, grandson Of the Revolutionary patriot, and
himself Of the founders of the Republican party Mr.
Voorhis has been light of Tammany for many years.
but like many another stalwar earned his standing in
the Wigwam by first fighting it vigorously Of
the pillars of the old county democracy.
Old age, Mr.. Voohris enjoys it, with mental and
reasonable amount of bodily vigor, is the objective
today Of good deal Of medical effort directed along
life extension lines and many will be curious to how
he has achieved it.
The first part of the recipe might we'll be to take the
precauon to come Of sound longved ancestral stock
Mr.. voorhis came from of the best racial stocks
that have made up the American nation Holland Dutch
on both sides His paternal ancestor egrated to this
side in 1850 ship picturesquely called in Dutch the
Spotted Cow H. forebears were among the numer ous
Dutch settlers of Northern New Jersey-where the
name voorhis or Voorhees, is still common-,and the
commissioner though New Yorker from the age OF
one year. is native Jerseyman, born in Pompton
Plains Moderate living, including in later live only
two meals day, and never worrying, Mr.. Voorhs
own recommendations to have a try at his record
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CHERRIES AND MILK

A few days ago, in one OF my
weekly menus, ] suggested for lunch
a combination of cherries and milk
without the addition of any other
food. A veritable small avalanche OF
letters arrived subsequently from all
over the country. Here is a sample
letter:
"Dear Mr.. Mccoy: I am surprised
that man Of your great learning
should be so ignorant about food
combinations as to combine cherries
and milk. Don't you know this forms
deadly poison? wonder how
many. people have died as result
Of this menu which you published. /
hope you will correct this statement
as soon as possible. Except for this
combination, which must be an error
of your stenographer, we have found
your articles very instructive and
helpful. Kindly explain why this APP
peared in the paper.
Mrs. NJ. B. c."
This statement, which appeared in
the newspaper, was not an error OF
my stenographer. It was purposely
placed there to offset the popular
superstition that cherries and milk
form a bad combination. Anyone
who believes that cherries and milk,
when combined, form a poison shows
that he knows very little on the SUBJ
ject of food combinations.
Milk and acid fruit make a very
desirable mixture, principally from
the fact that the acid of the fruit
helps to curdle the milk, and this
milk fruit combination can therefore
be digested with greater ease than
sweet milk taken by itself. Curdling
Of milk must take place as the first
process of digestion. This is usually
done by the gastric juices of the
stomach which break the milk into
curds, but these curds are often too
large for quick digestion. Whereas
fruit, taken at the same time with
the milk, breaks the latter up into
very small curds so that the diges-
tive juices Of the stomach can work
more readily. The simplest study of
physiological chemistry will explain
this action, but most people appar-
emily do not make such study until
they really become sick and are
forced by the driving powers of ne.
cessity to investigate the laws OF
digestion.
Many people who combine milk
and fruit also add bread or cereals
When they feel bad as result they
blame the fruit and milk, whereas
the real fault lies in the combination
of the acid fruit and the starch Of
the cereal food.
As have explained many times II
these columns, the use Of an acit
fruit with bread or any starch!
food will slow down it's digestion
and is apt to produce fermentation
in the intestines. The layman cal
perhaps be excused for not under
standing much about food combina
tions, but what about the physician
or the health writer who is so indif
ferent he will not investigate thes,
simple facts?
The other day a health write
whose column is being read in man.
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Since the ~apid development of modern methods OF
communication and transportation the world has shrunk
\, that with the people Of the earth continually grow
,g larger one nation, be it small and appar
ntly insignificant, cannot turn over, nor squrm, nor
streach nor jounce out an elbow without jostng the
other nations. Indeed the interocking relationships
have become such May network that it is not merely
the adjacent nations all sides which are affected
BY movement or movements Of any given nation. But
one nation progresses if it retrogrades If it trembes
with a CONFUSION expands with an effort or de-
velopment Of any kind, all other nations, nearby and
affected.
If one country were the sole producer or source OF
one necessary commodity and disaster should
duce that p lucton to nothing wipe out that
when the distributed supply in other lands should be-
come exhausted the world would be affected in business
and in living conditions by the famine in that
modify.
And the same principle applies to nearly all articles
Of trades Drought in in Asi2 has it's effect
American business; strike in England has its effect
upon b~sness in South America; legislation touching
certain lines in America will much to Australia.
The nations cannot live themselveseven in bust
ness. And through other interests the principle
holds with perhaps less tangible grip but with less
certainty Of fact This is world of people Of
Of humanity-an ever-shrinking world measured by
natural or invisible ties that bind the tribes of
gether.
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IN NEW YORK

New York, Aug. 16.-The day Of
the old-time race track plunger is
gone.
Such names as "Bet-you-a million"
John Gates, Pittsburgh Phil and
Honest John Kelley belong to day
remembered better by our grand
dads than by our flapper girl friends.
No more does the turf produce
many of the old "big money" boys,
who made millions and lost them,
almost overnight, on the length of
a horses nose.
Old-timers will tell you that, taken
by and large, it's q "shoestring
game" today.
In New York the agents for
bookies have been content to pitch
their tents in the mid Thirties, can
vass office buildings and take bets
Of so cents and up from telephone
girls, office boys, stenographers,
clerks, and taxi drivers. Such sums
would bring bushes to the cheeks of
a dyed-in-the-wool plunger.
l am told, however, that these
small sums, taken in the aggregate
run into daily fortunes. Something
like $4,000 persons are said to be
regular customers, and twice a
many are reported as being off-and.
on-ers.
From all of which ! gather that
"Nick F." passed on at good time
To Nick this sort of gambling must
have been a bit distressing. Nicl
was one of the few glamorous old
timers left Gin the racket" Broad
way has known him for q generation
both as a spender and giver t,
charity. He was "old school," H,
was not q racketeer. He was one o,
that strange breed, in so far as I
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MICHIGAN, 6. 0. P. STATE IS YEARS,
T0SEE STIFF DEMOCRATIC BATTLE

for Smith because of his stand on
prohibition.
Hoover. has behind him in Michi-
gan a functioning republican organ
ization, headed by Gov. Fred w.
Green, which at present is on the
crest Of q wave Of popularity. The
governor, with working followers
in every community, will fight night
and day for Hoover. Sen. Arthur
H. Vandenberg, appointed by Gov
ernor Green, likewise will work
vigorously in the Hoover cause.
The democrats, ordinarily lethar-
gic in Michigan, are rejuvenated
and enthusiastic. William A. Com
stock, national committeeman, is
giving generously of his time and
resources for Smith. To show the
extent Of their optimism, the state
ticket, on which normally there are
many blank spots on the democratic
side, is clustered with candidates
for state offices. Men and women
hopeful Of the long awaited swing
to democracy are after every office
from United States senator down
through governor, lieutenant COVER
nor and congress.
Religion will play its silent part
in Michigan as elsewhere; farm
relief is an almost submerged issue.
The selection Of United States
senator to succeed Woodbridge N.
Ferris has been left to the general
election. Appointed senator, Van
denberg has no opposition in the
primary for the republican nomina-
ton; nor has John w. Bailey, mayor
of Battle Greek, for the democratic
Governor Green has an opponent
for the republican nomination for
q second term in the person OF
George Welsh, former lieutenant
governor. Comstock is alone ir
the field for the democratic guber.
Material nomination.
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present generation is concerned,
known as gentleman plunger."
There is, however, at least one
left to puzzle the brows Of the
Broadway Tin Horns" This is an
other Mick, otherwise known as
"Nick, Nhe Creek" A few cronies
know that he actually is Greek.
The rest Of his name is Dandolas.
When last heard from he was some
where out west, flat broke. He
dropped a cool $4,000 or more in
a couple of hours at one OF those
exclusive dice games which Broad
way holds in small room behind
barred doors. That was but one Of
his flops. The story is that he first
hit Broadway with something close
to a million, won at "low ball."
Whenever his. "stake" ran out he
disappeared in the general direction
Of the west, invariably turning up
again with well-lined pockets. No
one has ever solved the mystery as
to the source Of his comeback fund.
"Nick F." however, belonged to
another generation. He is credited
with being the first follower of the
ponies to take on a staff-that is,
he hired "rail BIRDS" as they call
those checkers who rise at dawn to
watch the early morning training
activities of certain horses. He had
checkers, jockeys, stablemen, and
others under his eye-and often on
his payroll-to "tip" the condition OF
horses. There was nothing crooked
about Nick. What he wanted was
information" And he got it and
played it. And, about 20 years ago,
working the New Orleans track-his
favorite hang-out-he came out with
half million, or whereabouts.
I'm told that when he had run his
fortune up to 100000 he staked it
on one race-the result was pretty
close to q million dollars. When the
year 1921 had ended he could boast
Of q million and half. Yet, not so
long afterward, stricken with typhoid
fever, his wife was pawning the fam
ily Jewels to pay his doctor bills.
Write your own sermon. he became
a bookie himself, and went up again,
only to fall. When he was ION the
up" he staked his friends. One sea-
SON he paid the railroad fares of all
his friends who had been "taken."
And when death took him he was
neither rich nor poor. 1t was said
that he had come from wealthy
English family, that he had started
life as an accountant in bank. If
| it means anything to be known wher-
ever the ponies race. then Nick left
behind him a sort of monument.
And that's that.
| GILBERT SWAN.
Copyright, 1928, NEA Service, Inc.)
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CAPITOL THEATRE

There is q great audience appeal
to the plot Of "The Way of the
Strong" which will be shown at the
Capitol Theatre for the last time to-
night, Thursday. It presents an in
teresting angle in the life of gang
ster and shows the tender heart that
lies hidden beneath a rough, I'M
couth exterior.
1.-THE Way Of the Strong" is un-
like any of the underworld pictures
that have previously been shown
here. It deals with . phase Of life
familiar to everyone-the dawn of
love. The gangster falls in love and
what heart appeal there is to his
love! He is q man 50 battle-scarred
that he is repulsive. even his tender
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claims to be writer on health sub.
iects make such an asinine state.
ment? The proven rules about the
digestion of food may be observed,
not only in the laboratory, but also
in the stomach and intestines of liv-
ing human beings. The business Of
the dietitian is to learn these laws
and to teach them to his student pa
tients. That health writer would do
we'll if he wrote in to this newspaper
for my article on food combinations.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Question: Mrs. Brown writes:
"Will you kindly explain in plain
language the cause of shingles, the
symptoms, and if there is a cure ?"
Answer: The name shingles" is
given to the disorder caused by the
deposit of toxic substances along
certain nerve trunks. 1t always oc-
ours on one side of the body at a
time, and is more frequently found
on the upper back or around the ribs
on one side. The nerves are in
famed by the toxins, and the skin
breaks out in a rash wherever the
most irritation exists. The cure is
through diet, and no local treatments
are very effective. A fast taken at
the onset of the disorder will hasten
the cure, but even under this treat
ment it often takes week or ten
days for the eruption to disappear.
Question: Mrs. Ed. A. writes: Il
received the impression from one of
your articles that milk should not
be given to children having catarrhal
troubles. have given my 6-year-oid
son, who is slender and has nervous
disposition, one quart of milk each
day. There is much mucus from his
head all the time. Now wonder if
l should stop giving him milk, and
what should I give him if I do? Am
learning much about food from your
articles which is new to me-"
Answer: l do not recommend the
use of milk for a child who is
troubled with excessive catarrh. I
have prepared several special ar
ticles on the feeding of children
which l will be glad to send to you
if you will write me again, giving
me your name and address.
Question: r. j. C. asks: "Don't
you think person can get in good
health in any climate, whether he
is by the seashore or in the noun
tains, as long as he pays strict at
tention to diet and exercise?"
Answer: l strongly believe that
one can live so that the climate does
not adversely affect his health. You
must understand your food require
mcnts, wherever you live, and bal
ance your diet accordingly.
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This is the sixth Of a series
of stories on the political situa-
ton in the various states.

Lansing, Mich, Aug. 16.-R-A
state so heavily republican normal
" that in recent years it has given
IS per cent Of its vote to republican
presidential candidates and has not
expressed a preference for a demo-
cratic standard bearer in Is years is
prepared this year to witness po-
litical dispute as sharp as the ia
nous Bryan Mckinley contest OF
1896.
In that year the democratic as
pirant came within $4,000 votes of
winning Michigan. The issues were
controversial and the campaign was
bitter. State republican leaders ad-
nit that the Smith Hoover cam
paign. unless conditions change
rapidly, is the first parallel. While
they express the utmost confidence
that Michigan will not go demo-
cratic, they concede they have "a
fight on their hands," and are grid
ing for the fray with the most thor
ough organization in many years.
Democratic chiefs contend that
the issues upon which Smith will
win or lose are so popular that he
will swing Michigan into the dem
ocratic column and incidentally
carry candidates for state office
with him.
Two issues will play major roles
in the Michigan campaign-the st.
lawrence waterway and nrnhihi-
ton. On the face Of them they ap-
pear to favor Hoover and indicate
the retention Of the state on the
republican side. The state as q
whole is heartily in favor Of the
development of a lakes-to-the-sea
waterway, which would make lake
ports ocean ports, and Hoover is
being pointed Ia by his adherents
as a champion Of this development;
Smith as an enemy. On the pro.
hibition score Michigan would have
to make a complete turnover. II
has voted dry time after time, and
went dry before national prohibi'
ton.
To offset these paper advantages
the democrats point to recent dis.
closures showing the alleged huge
expectations Of liquor from Cana
da; they claim Detroit, with more
than 100000, or one-third Of tn.
states vote. will go almost solid,
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TEXAS MAY SURPRISE EN-

4 Democratic politics in Texas in the bag.
The unexpected happens there with annoying fire.
luency. So the cheering over the nomination of Dan
Moody seems premature
Moody's nomination was never in doubt. The two
lerm tradition has always been strong enough to in
sure the weakest executive second term for the ask
Ing and Moodys record ranks him Of the ablest
governors Texas has had in twenty years The two op-
position candidates, both Of whom had declared for
Hoover were without political strength and had little
following.
Blu. the vosers reversed themselves in nomir atnl
Thomas b. Love, IN Smith man, for lieutenant
&oyernor Barry Miller, who defeated for nomina-
Hon for SECOND term, viii snter run-off primary on
9ApkRet e ~ IQve. LOVES mana WAS baFrsd from
-..y.% sa,
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"CHARGE IT"

(Spokane Spokesman-Revew.)
lady in Washington, D. c., bought fur coat. Her
method simple She went to store, picked out the
coat and had it charged to her husband The husband
but she opened one.
So far the story is commonplace but the next chap
ter is unusual The husband refused to pay for the
coat saying his system to give his wife clothing
allowance to be exceeded at her risk. The issue
became legal one. and the Judge upheld the husband
with some interest by wives husbands and merchants.
Not all wives are spenders Most Of them. FORUM
ateiy Tor economic stability. are more parsimonious
than their husbands. But wife Of the spending type
spread her wings and to unrestricted heights
Charge It, is the open sesame to the treasures Of
BIGGEST and oveiest bazars Do the snappy sales
PIE g. gest to eager fur coatbuyng ladies that hus-
handy O. K. would be desirable? Nay, forsooth
yaddestrain IRE. .fcleu. ntearloantapjrb-z
II the District Of Columbia case should turn out to
be victory for the husband. it might have wide sig
nificance Husbands everywhere who chose to object
to copious buying on credit would have court decision
back OF them They might make use Of the precedent
end and firmly on their legal rights.
! Well, some Of them mght.su
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the ballot in . number Of large counties, but will be
there in the runoff primary. Victory for Love is not
certain, however.
Four years ago, Felix D. Robertson emerged from the
first primary with plurality vote that seemed suf-
ficient to insure his election il the run-off Yet Miriam
A. Ferguson came out Of the second primary with a
majority Of $4,000.
Anything can happen between and August Is,
and the outcome will be in doubt until the votes
counted. Texas Democrats must wait few days to
learn where they stand.
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county officials. He just up and
knocked the Saratoga chips Of their
shoulders.
There was much excitement when
the first cable Of the new Ambas-
sador Bridge, connecting Detroit
and Ontario, was set in place. Folks
just can't get over it-until it's fin
ished.
Kansas City man is accused Of
stealing an airplane for joy ride.
No telling where he'll land.
Newport, r. l., woman discovered
the loss of diamond plaque at the
close of society ball. The bawl
usually comes after the jewelry is
lost.
Copyright, 1928, NEA Service, Inc
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HEROES

, publisher of public school supplies has happily
chosen from Longellow an inspraonal for the
cover of pupils report book in wide usage The quo
tation so appropriately employed is:
. Lives of great all remind US
We can make lives sublime,
And departing, leave behind us.
Footprints on the sands of time
Hitchng your wagon to star means making mode
Of great man or woman and then perseveringV
striving to emulate your ideal. knowing the great
traits of great men unconscousy acquire them for
ourselves For the child in school there is no stronger
urge than the image Of great or woman, liv
ing or dead
Unfortunately young people of the formative age
sometimes choose their model unwSely. Bandits, p-
rate chiefs and other INSCRIPTIONS adventures too OF
ten are the appointed heroes Of the adolescent age
; When these not worshipped by youth for their
crimes an atrocities but Cor their daring deeds and
adventuresome spirit they to be discounted as
valuable incentives to growing boys but their place
should be taken by DArtagnans who have all the cour
age without the rascality Of the others.
In peace-loving country such as ours 1t Is note
worthy that the worlds military leaders occupy the
topmost pedestals in the hero-worship of boyhood
place in history warrior and soldier is passport
Washington was the Father Of his Country and a
great patriot but that he brave soldier that
tablshes him hero in the minds OF American boys
The sam holds true with great many adults who
have not lost the romatcism Of youth.
We can all benefit from following in the footsteps OF
4 great man but let us choose our model with
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HOOVER HOLDS HIS PEACE

We hadn't thought it possible but begins to appear
that there is one man in public life in America who is
even less talkative than President Coolidge.
When Secretary Hoover visited the president at Brue
Wis., the other day, newspaper photographers swooped
down them and took great many pictures. At last
they asked the two men to engage in conversation.
And then-wonder Of wonders!-it developed that,
while President Coolidge could fill in quite nicely with
small talk Secretary Hoover was quite taciturn
A man who can make Calvin Coolidge look 'oquacious
Is, indeed gifted with the gift of reticence.
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ATTEMPT ROBBERY AT
STANLEY

Stanley-Thieves entered the An
derson Bros. store here recently but
were surprised by the night watch>
man before any goods were stolen.
In their effort to get away, the burg
lars left their car parked in front
of the store. Upon investigation the
car was identified as one stolen
from Indiana.
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SEALED BIDS

will be received by White School DIE
trict No. AZ for moving schoolhouso
and constructing full basement. ce.
ment porch and steps.
Bonds must be furnished and work
completed September 18th.
Bids will be opened Wednesday eve.
ming, August %. at nine o'clock. at
the home Of the clerk. seven miles
southeast of Sterling.
The board reserves tho right to res
ject any or all bids.
MRS. BERTHA SWINDLING,
Clerk.
s:10-14-Wkly. Driscoll. N. Oak.
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DRAKE MAN LOSES ARM IN
ACCIDENT

Drake-Fred JAMS had to have hil
left arm amputated and the index
and middle fingers of his right hand
as a result of binder accident here
recently. JAMS was brought to .
Minot hospital.
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