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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-05-23

THE United States is sometimes
spoken Of as the richest country in
the world, due to the immense prog
ress of both agriculture and industry
in that country. The fact is, how
ever, that Canada is a country of
larger area, and of far greater wealth
in natural resources per capita."-
James E. Boyle. professor of agri-
cultural economics, Cornell Univers-
lty.
Industry in these days of intens-
i've sales rivalry demands advertis-
ing copy which does not inspire the
reader to exclaim, How clever the ad
writer's are these days!'. but rather to
observe. What a valuable device this
new noiseless alarm clock seems to
be-; and then to resolve to 60 out
and buy one."-Dr. Julius Klein, as
sistant secretary of commerce.
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The most critical period in any
great emergency involving armed
conflict Is that Immediately following
q declaration Of war =. The enact.
ment of the proposed legislation (se-
lective service bilD would enable the
war department and navy depart
ment to proceed with their prepare
tons and plans for national defense
with the assurance that the most es-
sential item in mobilization-man-
poWer-would be certainly and quick
ly available."-JameS w. Good, secre-
tary Of war.
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There are few Voltaires who can
say, I hate what you say, but I will
defend with my very life your right to
say it.'"-Edmund B. Chaffee. direc-
tor of Labor Temple. (Outlook.)
* X X
1.-The aphorism that disrespect for
one law leads to contempt for all is
equally useful to the drys, who argue
that u~nrepealable laws should be en-
forced. and to the vets, who argue
that unenforceable laws should be
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-05-23
THE DEATH TOLL OF SMOKE
Duluth HeraldD

OUIuC f1pTdUT
In a hearing the other day Arnold H.. Kegel. health
commissioner Of the city Of Chicago, told a committee of
the Illinois legislature that a sixth Of Chicago's deaths
can be traced directly to the smoke nuisance. and that
a conquest Of the smoke pest would reduce Chicagos
death rate by that proportion.
The bill OH which the hearing was held was a bill to
compel all railroads to electrify their operations within
the city limits of Chicago.
One point brought out by the health commissioner
was that smoke is the arch-cause Of pneumonia, which
Stays many in Chicago every year.
So, according to this authority. smoke is not only a
costly nuisance. but it IS a menace to the public health.
And certainly it is not hard to believe that it is not
good for human systems that need clean. fresh air to in
hale air that is heavily charged with the irritants that
thicken the air when smoke is permitted to pour forth
unchecked.
The obvious fact that smoke is bad for the health OF its
people ought to be the reason that will turn the scale
from the present state Of inertia to an active campaign
to rid the community Of all its unnecessary smoke-and
nlnety-nine per cent OF it is unnecessary and prevent
able.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-05-23
A SIGN OF TIE TINES

Another sign of the times in regard to the future of
aviation is found in General Motors purchase OF 40 per
cent of the stock Of the Foklcr airplane concern.
Ford was the first OF the big automobile manufacturers
to enter the aviation field. and the Stout monoplanes he
builds arc giving service I'll over the country.
Then Packard followed suit by experimenting With a
Diesel engine fcr ai-planes. This engine, it is said. is
now ready TO- The market.
Nov General Mo.csS steps in. Obviously, these suto-
n,oci!c manufacturers see a tremendous fl,.re il that
field. They arc providing for their participation in j. by
getting in now, while the growth is only beginning.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-05-23
MAKING THINGS

We live in an age in which the pro-
cesses on which we depend for our
way of life are obscured by the ever
increasing complexity of u social
organization.
The city child. especially, ices only
the finished product. It is quite
possible for him to grow up with no
experience whatever of work with
materials. In SO doing he misses one
of the authentic delights Of human
existence.
Many schools have a certain
amount of craft work which tries to
fill this need. But school hours are
short, and two or, perhaps, three
hours q week spent at the work shop
or studio" do not begin to meet the
child's need for this sort of outlet.
With the approaching end Of the
school year we begin to make sum-
mer plans with our children. II we
are staying at home most Of the sum-
mer we should see to 1t that ~ boy
and girl have some genuine interest
which they can pursue during the
vacation period.
A work bench at which one can
build anything from q bird house to
q boat is. Of course. q fine thing, but
tools and work bench are not cheap.
When such equipment is beyond our
means we al gather together at
much less cost the equipment for
other types Of work.
Sheets of copper. brass. pewter and
German silver are available and the
tools required to work them are sim
pie. Boys and girls alike find pleas
ure in seeing the flat metal turn into
bowls and trays and plates and q
hundred other things under the
blows of wooden malletS. Weaving
on small, inexpensive looms. pottery
(if there Is q kiln nearby where the
pieces may be fred basketry. the
making of block prints on paper or
cloth. all are simple crafts which can
be carried on within the confines Of
| the ordinary home.
Children who want to do this sort
Of thing probably can find out al
they need to know from the crafts
teacher at school.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-05-23

Clarence Darrow says he doubts
whether civilization brings happiness.
Probably the result Of an automobile
ride on q Sunday afternoon.
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Why 60 to all the bother Of build
ing smooth drumming, silent motors.
when there's SO much noise In the
back seat?
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Dance marathons this year are be-
ing jazzed up by the addition Of such
features as flagpole sitters, chair
rockers and handcuffed auto drivers.
Now II the program makers could just
ring In some coffee drinkers. gum
cheWers, . couple Of Pyle's robots and
some peanut pushers, the zoo would
be almost complete.
Wonder what Mr.. Gam and MI.
Longworth would talk about?
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Surplus liquor must be thrown off
the Leyiathan before It docks In New
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-05-23
A HEALER AND A KILLER

The most tragic thing about the terrible catastrophe
ut the Cleveland Clinic hospital is that it happened
amply because the institution was conducted along the
most modern and efficient lines.
!. No hospital in the country made such use of x-ray
photographs in the diagnosis and treatment of disease.
Hundreds and hundreds Of lives have been saved by the
long rows Of X-ray films IN the basement Of the building.
Yet It was these x-ray films that caused the tragedy.
They caught fire from spontaneous combustion when q
lay steampipe overheated the room: and. in burning,
they gave off the poisonous gases that brought death to
t1o men and women.
II was m odd, inonistic twist of fate that turned one of
medical sejenccs ereatest allies into a deatt-dealing
lpece Of terrcr.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-05-23
HISTORICAL ATTACKS AND PA
RALYSIS

N~VAIV1A0NWy
After reading Yesterdays article
YOU may have come to the CONCLUSION
that hysterical patients, III seeking
sympathy. really try to fool their
friends and the doctor, but this is
not strictly true. The patient Is us
ually honest. It is true that an hys-
terical attack is often brought on by
a morbid craving for sympathy, but
the fact of the matter is that the pa
tients usually fool themselves even
more than they do others.
That a pelvic congestion Is re-
sponsible for these cases has been
recognized from the earliest times.
Even the word 'hysteria" comes from
the Greek root meaning womb. It Is
apparent that some congestion always
exists in this organ or in the ovarieS
before the symptoms of hysteria pre-
sent themselves. In men, the con-
gestion may be in the prostate.
This disorder is found most fire.
quently in young women, but may
also occur in older women who are
either unmarried or unhappily mar
ried. The congestion of these or
gans may be caused by the pressure
Of prolapsus upon the uterus or by 9
faulty position of the womb itself.
Constipation may assist. with q con-
slant pressure of packed feces against
these delicate organs.
The one fact that stands out above
all others is that women who are al
fected by hysteria are those who
have not developed normal function
ing of the reproductive organs. This
may be due to either physiological or,
more often, psychological tnhtbitionS
and ~repressions.
The cure of hysteria with its at
tendant symptoms depends upon Gre
ating q normal circulation Of blood
and nervous impulses throughout the
entire pelvis. Such organs must
function properly in the manner in
tended by nature. Any interference
with the natural functioning Of the
intestines, rectufa, bladder, ovarieS or
womb may lay the foundation for
hysteria.
The principal physiotherapy treat
ments that r serviceable in over
coming this disorder are: Hot sitZ
baths for fifteen to twenty minutes,
rectal dilation, large enemas to re-
move colonic pressure, the correction
of prolapsus, and positive suggestions
or instructions to the patient which
will result in q more normal emo
tional viewpoint.
Sometimes q short fruit fast fol-
lowed by a well balanced diet in
which sufficient proteins and the al
kaline forming vegetables are used, is
helpful. This should he followed by
a general health regime. The patient
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-05-23

rumor began that he had buried vast
stores on the southern coast of the
United States. His trial was marked
by grave injustices.
At one time early in his career the
council of New York awarded him $50
pounds sterling for services rendered
the colony. In 1896 he was appointed
by the governor Of New York province
to assist in suppressing piracy off the
coast.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-05-23
ANAA0
CAPTAIN KIDD'S DEATH

CAPTAIN KIDD'S DEATH
On May 2, 1901, Captain Kidd, his
tory's most famed outlaw. was exc
cuted in London.
Tradition has woven 20 many fanci-
full stories about the activities of
Captain Kidd that he has become al
most a mythical figure. Enough Of
his life is known, however, to prove
false most of the stories told about
him. In fact, there is some doubt
that he was a pirate at all. He in
sisted to the end that his activities
on the high seas were in the name of
the English crown. He turned over
valuable treasures to the government,
and claimed that they constituted all
the spoils he had taken, but the
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-05-23
Editorial Comment
N HANDY AK
lLos Angeles TimcsI

LOS Angeles Tines
Automobiles arc still strange creatures in some sec
tons OF China and the rules governing their movement
are rather strict. Right in the shadow of Picking there
is a street where a speed OF fifteen miles an hour is the
limit.
According to the story of an observer those who exceed
this rate are likely to have their heads cut off and e-
hlbited OH posts along the road. It must have a depress-
ing effect upon a motorist to suddenly come upon the
blood -dripping bean Of some guy who had but recently
passed him OH the highway. The idea is that a man who
drives fast loses his head and they are making the pun
ishment fit the crime.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-05-23
NODESTY


lii Tahiti: clothing may be discarded entirely without
giving offense. In Central Asia the exposure OF the fin
ger tips is considered the limit of immodesty, and Chinese
maidens would blush with shame should. by accident,
one of their tiny feet be exposed to public view. Modesty
forbids the woman to uncover her face to
the gaze Of strangers. Cariban women in Brazil feel
fully clothed in but a girdle and a generous application
CT grease paint. Any part of the feminine body may be
exposed in Sumatra and Cclebcs but the knee. and the
women Of an Alaskan tribe once paraded their camp
streets in nothing but an ornamental plug carried under
their lips.
Further proof that mcdcsty is not innate in man and
that clothing Is not q measure Of modesty is provided
by the self-styled civilized peoples of this very age. In
the preceding paragraph different races were compared,
but the same results may be obtained by comparing two
living generations of the same civilized country.
Members of one generation define modesty in terms of
ankle length dresses. sleeves reaching to the wrist. neck
huesins collars. thick stockings, multiple ply clothing and
long hair. A later generation cuts off its dress at the
calf and elbow and exposes a bit of chest. And a third
generation raises the skirt to the knees. aboiishes the
sleeve entirely. cuts the neck as low as the law allows
and adopts . two-ply costume. And yet the generation
with the least clothing is the least self conscious and
embarrassed of the three when subjected to the gaze of
masculine eyes.
her clothes to her own standards of modcsty.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-05-23

York on q westbound crossing. The
man assigned to this task won't ever
have to write a "hard work won my
success story for the magazines.
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A newspaper headline says, "Ein.
stein Theory Checked" Now va wish
someone would kindly figure out how
the thing " got started.
Copyright, 1929, NEA Service Inc.y
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-05-23
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
RinEwofm


Question: A. v. asks: "Will you
kindly tell me through your column
the cause for and the cure Of ring.
worm? viii an ointment Of ammo.
mated mercury applied twice daily be
effective?"
Answer: The remedy you ask about
will be effective in stopping . case
Of ringworm, but to prevent further
trouble it is well to remember that
those who are the most subject to
such infections as ringworm usually
have q systematic acidosiS which
makes them unusually susceptible.
Such acidosis q be cured through
using well balanced meals.
Baby's Diet
question: Mrs. r. j. w. writes:
MY 6-months-old baby objects Ia
taking orange Juice unless It is sweet.
ened. Is this all right? Also, Is cod.
liver oil absolutely necessary for d
baby?"
Answer: You should never sweeten
the orange Juice you give to your
baby, rs it Is unnecessary II you ,se
ripe oranges. The codliver oil il
never necessary for q baby, II YOU
give him pure Holstein milk With
orange Juice and. when he begins eat
Ing, use plenty Of the leafy green
vegetables which contain all Of the
organic salts and vitamins necessary.
Trembling In Leg
Question: Mrs. Mary D. writes. II
wish you would tell me what causes
my left leg to shake and tremble %
from my ankle up through the leg,
Into my spine. When I walk around
just to do q little housework, It makes
me tremble all over"
Answer: Have an examination
made Of your lower spine to see
whether or not you have q faulty 20
sition Of the vertebrate. Any osteo-
path or chiropractor would be quail.
fled. by his training, to make such an
examination and give you his opinion.
Copyright, 1929. by the Bell syndi-
cate, Inc.)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-05-23
|%uMAN(S
la. ,..

Light" and heavy" petting is a
fine distinction made by the National
Y. M. c. A. Commission on Relations
Between College Men and Women.
After a year of arduous research the
commission issued its pamphlet The
Sex Life of Youth" with chapters
touching on light" and heavy" pet
ting. The Nation" makes this COM
ment upon the pamphlet.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-05-23
Our Yesterdays
FORTY YEARS AGO

FORTY YEARS AGO
G. =. Murrill has received q new
printing outfit from Chicago, and will
soon begin publication Of an indie.
pendent paper at Washburn.
Postmaster w. p. Gilbert, Fort
Yates. has returned from the east.
and is paying his capital city friends
a visit.
George A. Breckenridge, well known
and popular Glen Ullin merchant. Is
stopping in the city several days.
DR.. w. A. Bentley Is q DELEGATE to
the annual meeting Of Odd Fellows
in jamestown.
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
Indian Inspector James McLeurh.
lin Is in the city today en- route to Sc.
attic on departmental business.
Captain I. p. Baker has returned
from q trip In the east.
An Indian named Milton Fowler.
residing In Mercer county, was muir.
dered. and his body found buried near
his home.
MI. and Mrs. Anton g. Olson rave
q farewell party at their home In
Mandan for Miss Carrie Void. who ~
leaving soon for q trip to Norway.
TEN VEARo Ann
Sgt. Harold Hopton, former Bis.
marck man, who went overseas Is
secretary to Lieut.. Col. z. p. Quain OF
the army medical corps, writes friends
that he hopes to return by July to
accept . position Is deputy In the
state bonding department.
Bismarck will lose one Of its best
citizens when Bradley G. Marks. vice
president Of the City National Bank.
and manager Of the Bismarck Clear.
Ing House association, viii 20 to Fargo
to assume active general MANAGEMENT
Of the A. @. y. w. lodge for this dis.
trict which comprises seven states.
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d.. Mccoy win gladly anSWoe
personal questions on health and
diet, addressed 70 him. care q tho
Tribune.
Enclose . stamped addressed
envelope for reply.

patient should also endeavor to cult.
vate q better state Of the mind-calmS
ness, plus self-reliance. /
If this plan is followed, I feel sure
that every Isl Of hysteria can 30
cured.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-05-23
pOOR AND LIFE PENALTY

Governor Fred Green of Michigan, vetoing the law that
would have restored capital punishment III that state. de-
nounced it with striking bitterness as another OF the
laws which bear down more heavily on the poor than on
the rich.
In most discussions of capital punishment. this is a
point that is overlooked. Opponents OF the electric chair
call 1t barbaric, useless. cruel and SO on; but Governor
Green's suggestion that capital punishment works an in
justice on the poor and the 1rendleSs while failing to
touch the rich is a new one.
Nevertheless, this country being what it is, one can
hardly help feeling that Governor Green is right.
In spite Of our traditional democracy, we still give the
rich man something considerably better than an even
break.
Our whole social and economic organization is made up
in such a way that the man with money-or with lin
fluence," which sometimes proceeds from money and
sometimes does not-can start things moving much more
easily than the man without it.
Half tho battle, in any court action, lies in getting a
capable lawyer.
But good lawyers are expensive. When a poor man
goes to court against a rich man he works under a handi-
cap from the very start. Our legal system, with its end
less opportunities for cunning maneuvers and unexpected
surprises. often makes the possession of a clever attorney
far more important than the possession OF a good cause.
If it is true in civil court processes, it is doubly true in
criminal court and most of all true in a murder trial.
The rich man, for instance. can afford the insanity de-
Tense. He can hire eminent psychiatrists to testify that
he is not accountable for his acts. He can afford the
ng-drawn legal moves by which delays and obstructions
are thrown in the path of the prosecution. Sometimes
even, If he and his counsel are that kind of men, words
about cars a block long can be whispered in the ears Of
susceptible jurors.
The poor man can't do any OF these things. He simply
is unable to command the machinery that moves to free
the rich man. He has to take his chances OH the plain
merits Of his case-and sometimes. If his lawyer is in
efficient, he doesn't even get that much of a break.
AL Of this proves that Governor Green knew exactly
what he was talking about.
Yet the matter goes beyond that. If the poor man is
at a disadvantage in a murder trial, he is also at a dis
advantage in every other kind Of court action. civil or
criminal.
Some sort Of thoroughgoing reform all along the line
Is what is needed. Money talks too loudly in our courts.
It is time We found some way of putting all contestants
into the legal arena on an even footing.
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OPEN TO ARGUMENT

Gone are the laundering de-
n%unciations. and gone. too. is the
tacit assumption that the whole duty
Of ia consists in obedience to ar
bitrary rules. The Laws of God
said a distinguished Episcopalian
bishop. are 10 be obeyed, not de-
bated. but % far al least as sex is
concerned even the Y. NJ. C. A. no
longer agrees with him. It's attitude
is cautiously bit none the less fund
amentally experimental. II begins by
asking WHAT human beings do
rather than what. according 10 some
presumption Or other. they OUGHT
to DO, and Il tacitly admits that
morality IS &c. something arbitrarily
defined but merely a matter Of hui
manly profitable manners. Sex. as
well as the Sabbath. was made for
man.
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4 HUNDRED YEARS OF PEACE

!. n 0oetdod eontat with TIE vtctonS OF The Fun-and-
lump tourists whose studies" q world conditions In
l6e ta1k a The scarcely imaginable horrors Of "the next
81. ~ - sneoutaging speculatiuns Of Prof. Edward
i. Chsynsy, e - Uniyersity q Pennsylvania. on =
Mpt1Sy = $780,
a - m0n poMfnittc, who must depend upon tier
9H61fne ~ = inGCht into international ~relattons. IN
roonotedy IN pleoe more credencs il the vision Of Pro-
w cnanav 49, = - rHmas q vas. While On
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unrepealed."-Robert G. Binkley. (The
New Republic.)
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France is the most alcoholized ma
ton in the world. and what we call
public morals is what they have not
in France."-Bishop James Cannon,
Jr.. Methodist Episcopal Church,
South.
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ROW

Which seems sane enough. But IL
reminds us that some college profs
who attempted to find out, not what
human beings ought to be doing and
thinking. but what they really were
doing and thinking, were ousted from
their university.
Little by little enough drops Of wa
ter in the way of the Mary Ware Den
nett case, the raiding of the birth
control clinic. the ousting of a few
more profs. and we'll get at some
sort of rock bottom of common sense
in our civilization.
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"THIS STRANGE ADVENTURE"
BY the way. those of you who want
a porch book. try Mary Roberts Rine-
hart's This Strange Adventure" The
adventure is life. Of course. and what
it does to two sisters. Ellen. later to
become Eileen, who gets by rather
nicely on the flcshpots, and Missile,
who aches and anguishes in loneli-
ness for the emotional food which life
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denies her. just missing it in all her
relationships. A strangely appealing
story.
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must be taught to live correctly, t4
use sufficient daily exercise. breath
ing, sleep, and correct bathing. Tho
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FOR HER SON

GO3t HEN SUN
The ex-Empress Zita of Austria was
recently found in hiding with her
son, Prince Otto, and her seven chill
dren, by a young Hungarian peasant
girl. The former empress lived in a
l6-room villa perched on a rock a
mile above the town. with but one
path leading to it, so that any visitor
could be seen ascending. and doors
barred to him. The empress addressed
her son as Your Majesty"
There is little doubt that the en-
press could continue the strange way
of living for herself, even when she
could not lose the CLEAN Of seeing
her son on the throne.
Funny how parents will learn for
themselves what is happiness and
what is not, but never. or rarely. pass
that discovery on to their children,
but continue yearning for them to be
numbered with the traditional labels
of fortune and fame.