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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-11-17
LORETTA DENIES A VISIT

"I-I-never-went near your
place." she gasped.
"Oh. yes. you did," I asserted.
mo use trying to deny that. And
I'm interested in knowing what you
were doing there"
IT didn't go there" she snapped
back. Her mOmentary fright was
over and her face flushed with
anger.
Now listen to me. Loretta" l
said. I'm going to tell you a thing
about this murder that is OF inter
est to me. Denny Dorm was hanging
by q green portiere rope and this
We know that the rope didn't kill
one hung him up there. But Just
look like Dorm had hung himself.
| and If anything slipped up on that
little trick. this person wanted 1t to
look like I had killed Dorm. I didn't
kill Dorm. Murphy knows that. And
I want TO know who stole that por-
there rope out of my apartment"
Loretta looked at me for several
moments and then said: Trying
to hook this murder on me?"
! I'm not trying to hook It on
any one" l said. I'm Just asking
you an interesting question"
"Yes. rather interesting to me-
Loretta retOrted.
"All right. since 1t interests both
of us. will you please answer it?"
Il have answered it. I was not
in your apartment this afternoon"
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The Fire Tax

Our $780, 0o0. 900 annual fire loss is, in effect, a tax
that must be paid by every citizen, whether or not his
own property is destroyed.
Every time we buy a loaf of bread, a pair OF shoes or
any other commodity or service, some part of the purchase
price is attributable to waste due to fire. Store owners
pay, as part of their overhead, insurance premiums which
must be passed on to the customer. The insurance pre-
MUM rate in any locality is a direct reflection of the
fire hazard.
Every time a home or a factory is burned, the COM
munity loses a taxpayer. The tax which would be nor
mally paid on this property must be distributed among
other property owners. Every fire, large or small, means
a loss of business and a cessation in employment-fac-
tors which directly affect every citizen. Cases are on
record where great conflagrations have definitely brought
to an end industrial and social progress in a town.
Preventing fire waste is a direct responsibility of the
individual citizen. His carelessness causes this care
can prevent it. BY the exercise of common sense in re-
gard to our property we can lower the fire tax"
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N BY EXPERTS

Many correspondents write to ask
me If home canned goods are not
more wholesome than those purchaS-
ed at the stores, and my reply is that
generally the opposite Is true. Usual
ly, there is quite a large percentage
of spoilage in home canned products,
and there have been quite a few cases
of food poisoning from improperly
canned home made products. Furth-
ermore, home canning is nearly al
ways a great deal more expensive
than the canned foods which you can
buy already prepared for use at your
grocery store.
The canning industry has improved
greatly within the last few years since
they have installed careful methods
of inspection and research depart
mentS to discover the most healthful
ways of canning. At one tirae canned
foods consisted almost entirely Of sur
plus food products which would 9TH
erwise spoil, but this is no longer the
case. The foods which are now used
for canning are selected by experts.
Often, the vegetables used for canning
are raised under contract and the
seed is selected by the experts to pro-
duce just the kind of vegetables which
will have the best flavor and appear
ance when ready for harvesting. The
growing crop is then carefully in
spected and it is harvested just at the
right time. Sometimes even a day or
two's difference would produce an in
ferior crop.
One interesting fact is that canned
fruits and vegetables are usually
canned fresher than if you bought the
same foods at your market and cook
ed them at home. The reason for this
Is that most canneries are SO located
that it is possible to can vegetables,
fruits and fish within an hour or two
after they are gathered. In contrast
with this you have the home cooked
market bought vegetables which are
often four or five days old.
You may have noticed that canned
products taste freSher now than they
used to. One reason for this is that
the foods are not heated any longer
than necessary to produce a perfect
sterilization. The temperature is i'm
portant and it is carefully regulated,
for each special kind of food requires
its own temperature and time of
cooking. Furthermore, foods are now
cooked right in the cans after they
are Sealed 50 that no oxygen enters.
This preserves the flavor and all Of
the food elements. Even the elusive,
easily destroyed vitamin c is pre-
served by this process. This is the
vitamin which is so easily destroyed
that it can not resist more than a few
minutes boiling in an open pot on
your kitchen stove.
When you open a can of acid fruit
you may have noticed that the inside
of the can is coated with enamel.
This is done in order to preserve the
color of the. fruit and to protect
against the fruit coming in contact
with the can. When you open one of
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-11-17
STILL MORE LIES

"She-did -n't-say-that. eh?" he
stammered. you're a liar. Court
ney. She did-say that. I heard her.
She was giving you hell. She-she
-had-yOu pale and shaking like a
leaf. You yellow coward"
Courtney stared at Brandford as
if he we're a ghost.
"We-we-were talking about
something else" Courtney said. I'VE
weren't talking about Dorn's muir
der"
II suppose you were having a nice
little love chat" Loretta laughed.
Eyes. a nice little love chat. You
poor fool. Courtney, why don't you
tell the truth about that woman?"
You'll know the truth before
long," Courtney cried, And when
you do. you'll all feel like fools for
talking this way about her"
He walked out of the room with
out looking to the right or left.
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Yes. he was having a nice little
love chat when she threatened TO
kill him." Loretta said. Courtney
is q suspicious acting character to-
night."
"He's always a suspicious charac-
ter" I said. did any one ever know
how he makes q living? He says mes
a lawyer. but l never heard Of him
having a client or a case"
Hes ~ lawyer - all right"
Brandford said "He's q crooked
lawper. He-h0-steals money from
widows and orphans. He wanted-to
steal Miss Marsh from Dorm. He
did Dorn's-dead-now. .He-he
did q good Job"
That's all right, Brandford." I
said: But what about DR.. Gray?"
mouthed devil?" Loretta said. "He
isn't growing any wings for his
conduct tonight. You said he was in
the house when Dorm was murdered.
BrandfOrd. How do YOU know that?"
Brandford laughed thickly EIe
had drunk the last LIQUOR in the pot
tie and was staggering and a little
foolish again.
1How-ow-did-I know that?" he
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GRETA ACTS STRANGELY

"You were in the hallway. You
were een there by several people,"
Il answered your question. I was
not in your apartment"
Greta Ellis had listened to our
conversation silently. There vas not
much life left in her. The discovery
that she had not remained seated at
the piano during that fatal minute
when the lights were out had been
too much for her.
But she suddenly looked UP and
said: "Whv did you make it a point
to tell Denny that Palmer was COM
ing to the party tonight. Loretta?
Denny didn't know that Palmer was
coming until you told him."
Denny didn't know I was COM
ing?" I cried.
mo. he hadn't expected you"
Greta said. But when Loretta came
she told Denny that YOU would be
at the party"
I turned quickly on Loretta and
demanded: did you send me that
invitation?"
She smiled and lighted a cigarette.
II guess you think ! stole the rope
out OF YOUR apartment and then in
vited YOU here so that I could place
the murder ON YOU" she said. Its
a nice little story"
Eyes. a pretty good story" I re-
piled. 1T might lead us somewhere"
Don't plan the trip too soon"
Loretta laughed. She GOT up and
walked out Of the room.
I turned to Greta and said: "An-
other nice sweet person."
Not so sweet. if you know her
well"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-11-17
Today Is the
Anniversary of
THE SUEZ CANAL

On Nov. II, 1869, the Suez Canal,
the first great inter oceanic canal,
was officially opened after a French
company, under the leadership of the
celebrated Ferdinand de Lesseps, had
worked on it for 10 years.
About 100 miles long, the canal
connects the Mediterranean and Red
Sea. Until the introduction of steam
ships, traffic of the canal developed
slowly. But thereafter the toll re-
ceiptS rose annually.
When the Egyptian government ran
into financial difficulties over the
canal. England. under the leadership
of Disraeli, purchased enough shares
in it to become the heaviest owner.
England, incidentally, was first to
proposed the Sue2 Canal.
A very short time sufficed to show
that the canal was of the utmost
value as the passageway between
England and her Oriental possessions.
! Under the control of British and
French capitalists the commercial de-
velopment of the canal followed un-
checked until the World war.
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gives me the creepS."
Everything gives you the creeps
tonight" I said. If DR.. Gray
laughed any other line. we likely
wouldn't notice it," -.
"It's q hell of a time to laugh"
Courtney said. Il don't see anything
to laugh about"
Maybe he has something to laugh
about" Brandford said. His voice
was clear and he acted half sober.
I'D like to know what it is" ]
said. IF he knows about that hypo,
there isn't anything about that TO
laugh at"
Murphy didn't say anything. He
smoked his cigar and smiled at our
conversation. Then he walked out OF
the room. /.
Up to this point Jane Marsh had
taken no interest in what was said
or what went on. She hadn't even
looked up at the doctor when he
entered the room; but when Murphy
left. she rose and followed him.
She walked slowly and her face
"a drawn and hagRard. Courtney
didn't follow her. He didn't even
look at her when she left the room.
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Quotations

patriotism calls us to offer a hand,
not . brickbat."-David Lloyd George.
y y 4
"There is little use for a long life
If, 10 or 20 years, one is senile and
helpless mentally" d.. Charles H.
Mayo.
= \
"When I was in the United States
first, young men would not go out
with q girl who drank. Nowadays,
unless a man brings a drink a girl
won't go out with him."-Sir Arthur
Balfour.
4
"Justice, in the last resort, rests on
force. I believe in force-but force
adapted to its purpose."-Chester H.
Rowell, regent, Univerity CT Cali
fornia.
* X X
I'm my riotous but idealiStic life I
have always seen the lost cause win,
the crank to be right, the rebel to be
justified. and contemporary opinion
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KFYR
TUESDAY, r IS
$50 kilOcycleS-S45.1 Meters

AM. -
7:00-Farm flashes.
7:10-Weather report.
1:15-Farm reporter in Washington
7:30-Special bulletins: u. S. depart-
ment Of agriculture.
Decentralization period.
S:O0-Shoppers' guide program.
9:00-Sunshine hour: Myron Bennett,
conductor.
10:00-Opening grain markets; wealth
er report.
10:10-Aunt Sammy daily household
chats.
Decentralization time signals.
II :00-Grain markets.
1l:3O-Organ program: Clara Morris.
12:0O-Grain markets; Bismarck Trib-
une news and weather.; lunch
PM. con program.
1:0O-Classical program.
1:45-Grain markets: high, low, and
close: Bismarck Tribune news,
weather, and ST. Paul livestock.
2:0O-Musical matinee melodies.
2:3O-Siesta hour: Good News radio
magazine.
3:00-MuSic.
5:00-Music.
5:15-WOrld Bookman.
5:30-StockS and bonds.
5:35-Bismarck Tribune sports items
5:40-BiSmarck Tribune news.
5:50-Music.
6:OO-Dinner hour organ recital:
Clara Morris.
6:30-Music.
6:45-NeWScaSting.
7:0O-StudiO program.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-11-17
HITTING HOME AT LAST

us that SOP" Greta retorted. I'VE
may be talking like fools. but we're
hitting home or vou wouldn't get 50
excited"
I'm not excited" Courtney an
swered. I'm lust telling YOU that
you'll all be ashamed of yourselves
before the night is over
Cut the comedv Courtney" Lo-
retta said. Tell what YOU know.
Why did that sweet little girl tell
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-11-17
Too Much to Expect

Members of the Mississippi Valley association will
meet at st. Louis November "a to Is to discuss ways and
means of obtaining more improvements on the MISSISSIPPI
pi and Missouri rivers.
BY name the organization refers only to the Father
of Waters" but the Missouri system is included because
it is naturally a part of this great inland waterway and
because of the fact that the Mississippi folks need
political and moral support from their western brothers
if their movement for adequate river Improvements is
to meet success.
Secretary Hurley will represent the war department and,
since he and the administration have shown a friend
illness to the development of river transportation, it is
to be expected that the government will help rather than
hinder the developments which the association will
advocate.
improvements already have been begun on the Mis-
souri, river and are gradually being extended upstream.
It is not too much to hope that, in the not too distant
future, Bismarck again will be a great river port and
the transportation center Of North Dakota as 1t was
in the early 70s.
The river front here may some day present a busting
appearance just as it did when buffalo robes lay piled
high about the old river freight house, long since gone
to ruin upstream from the Liberty Memorial bridge.
But the glamour which once accompanied the cry of
boats in" will have vanished. The days of the tall
stacked river steamer, the Indian, the bullwhacker
and the scout have vanished into the dim past.
We may recapture Bismarck,s old Importance as a
and the flavor of the old days will be missing. To
revive the thrills of pioneer days in a modern COM
munity is more than anyone has a right to expect.
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MISUNDERSTANDING

stammered. IL know it. Don't
worry"
"But how do you know it," ! de-,
manded.
He walked over to me and stood
| grinning like a foolish child. II
know it-Palmer." he said. Eyes, j
Il know it. Don't let that worry
YOU"
I'm not worrying" I replied. I'm
just afraid that 1t is some drunken
dream of yours" =.
mo - drunken dream" Brand
ford answered. you'll find out.
| No-drunken dream. I'm going to
find Marine. want to ask him q,
question"
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you she'd kill you if you told the
truth. Brandford heard that and
you haven't denied it. Come clean
and tell u what you know. We
don't want to stay here all night"
"You can stay here ten nights as
far as I am concerned" Courtney
cried. II tell you that Miss Marsh
didn't kill Dorm"
"All right, she didn't kill him."
I said. But what did she want to
hide when she told you on the stairs
to keep your mouth shut?"
"She isn't hiding anything"
Courtney said. "She didn't say any
thing like that to me-"
A laugh came from the Kitchen
cite door. We looked in that direc-
ton. Brandford was standing there
with the whisky bottle in his hand
and swaying back and forth.
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A Drivers License Law

vicoroa,s campaigns for adoption of the Automobile
Drivers License Law will be waged In 28 states during
the next few months. In several states where existing
laws lack "teeth," an effort will be made TO femooei
them to conform with the standard ordinance recon-
mended by the National Conference on Street and
Highway Safety.
Twelve states now have drivers license laws and all
of them have experienced a downward accident trend.
According to a survey made by the National Safety
Council. there have been 20 per cent fewer fatalities
since the adoption of the laws than there would nave
been had these IL states had the same percentage in
crease as the non-license states. This amounts 10 q
saving of thouand of lives annually.
Many safety authorities believe such a law is the
most important single step toward reducing accidents.
No careful driver need fear it. Its purpose IS to weed
out the unfit, the negligent, the reckless and the "ac-
cident repeaters," and to prevent beginnrs from drlVlng
until they "a, competent to handle a car.
An overwhelming majority of motorists are respon-
sible and competent. But the small minority which Is
careless and incompetent, has given us the greatest &C
cident toll in the world. They are a menace to the lives
and prope-ty of all other drivers.
There are arguments against a law requiring a drivers
license. of course. For one thing 1t would be an addition
to our already cumbersome "'atute books. In the second
place, it would be an added cost to the motorist. Methods
of examining drivers would have to be established and
a fee would be charged.
But these objections are not insurmountable. II Is
true that we have too many laws now but many OF them
are antiouated and were not drawn to fit modern situa-
tons. A drivers license act would be intended to take
care of one of our current present-day needs.
The cost per person would be small, although the
total paid by all North Dakota motorists would reach
8 fairly large sum.
But against the money cost there should be balanced
the probable saving in human lives and the probable
evasion of instances where innocent persons would be
made to pay the price of a reckless individuals action.
At the very least, the matter is worth looking into
North Dakota may not be ready for a drivers license law
now but if the tendency of the last few years continues
the day is not far off when such an enactment will
have to be passed to provide a remedy for a steadily
growing evil.
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Stickler Solution

If it took Willie six hours to &c
up and down a hill, travelling at the
rate of one and one-half miles per
hour going up, and four and one
half miles per hour coming down
the hill must have been six and three
quarters miles to the top. He went
up in four and one-half hours and
came down in one and one-half hours.
uD
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NO E

Brandford staggered to the door:
"No-drunken dream" he called
back, and then went down the
stairs laughing to himself.
Hes a nice boy ALSO" Loretta
said.
Talking about nice people. Lo-
retta," I said, will YOU kindly tell
me Just what you were doing at my
apartment this afternOon?"
Loretta's eyes grew big and fright
ened. what are you talking
abOut?" she asked.
I'm talking about your trip to
my apartment this afternoon" l re-
piled. You were there. I know that
much. but I want to know why you
| went there"
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WHO Il THAT r

who is she. anyway" Loretta
Whipple asked.
"A nice little childhood sweet
heart of DORM" Brandford laughed.
eyes. a sweet little girl" Greta
sneered. "She knows a great deal
about Denny's murder"
Courtney looked up quickly. He
started to say something. but
changed his mind.
What about that line she was
feeding you on the stairway. Court
ney," / demanded. remembering
what Brandford had told us. "She
said she'd kill you If o told the
truth"
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Yes. what about that?" Loretta
Whipple spoke up. Tell US. We
won't let her kill YOU"
Courtney flushed and bit his lips,
but he didn't say anything.
BrandfOrd walked out into the
kitchenette. We didn't pay much at
tention to him. We were all staring
at Courtney.
He rose and faced US. "She didn't
Kill Dorm" he cried. That's all /
can tell YOU. You'll feel like a bunch
OF fools when YOU know who she
really is. You're all talking like q
bunch of half wits"
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SYNOPSIS: During 2 gay party in his studio Denny Dorm:
Murphy is sure that one Of the guests has committed the crime:
the house. Two Of the guests are struck 81, down down an seriously alo1ay in3ursa
IS thought to have stolen the death rope from ralmer's Sc apartment nS;nt
they find a broken hypodeImic syringe; into which the broken needle
Denny was poisoned BY II. DR.. Gray refuses to comment.
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invariably wrong."-C. r. w. Nevin-
son.
\ y \
1.-The trouble with football in thu
colleges today is not so much over
emphasis, about which we hear SO
much, but rather UNDERGRADUATES.
which only a coach can understand
Coach Jim PiXlee of George Washing
ton Unworthy.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-11-17
II HATE THAT GIRL

How we'll do you know herr"
wei enough to hate her."
Suppose you tell me why you
hate her So"
Greta smiled sadly. IF I told you
that" she said. IT'D tell you the rea-
son why ! didn't remain at the piano
when the lightS were out"
Why can't these men and women
be frank with each other? Fur.
ther mysterious happenings tan.
gle up the web Of mystery still
more in the next chapter of this
detective story. which appears in
this paper tomorrow. Don't miss
It!
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Would Grow Shorter

Question: Reader asks: rs there
any method to reduce ones height?
And what causes a persons Adams
apple to stick out so far? How can
this be avoided?"
Answer: The only way a
appear shorter is to bend over or to
develop a spinal curvature. I am sure
you would not want to do either. I
do not know of any disadvantage in
being tall. In fact, there are many
reasons for believing this is a decided
advantage. The Adams apple seems
to protrude more with those who do
not have a good muscular develop
ment of the neck. This can be avoid
ed through taking strenuous neck
exercises, such as wrestlers take in
preparing themselves for a contest.
After Fasting
Question: B. F.. asks: will you
please explain why, after a fruit fast,
the bowels do not move naturally fer
several days?"
Answer: 1t usually takes two or
three days for the bowels to move
well after a fast, owing to the fact
that the bowels have been practically
empty during the fast and must again
fill up before there will be a strong
p%eristaltic action.
Heart Leakage
Question: Mrs. M. asks: Should
one with leakage of the heart drive
an automobile?"
Answer: A leakage of the heart
valves is not necessarily dangerous
and those suffering from this disor.
der are not the ones who usually
drop dead from what is called heart
failure" OF course, driving an auto
mobile for long distances is very tir-
ing, and this strain should not be
undergone by anyone who has a Sc
rious case of heart trouble of any
kind.
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these cans and do not use all Of the
food at one time, you may with per-
feet safety allow the remainder of the
food to remain in the a until the
next meal. Experiments have pro-
duced a type of can which can not
produce poisoning by any possible
chemical combination with the food ii
contains. Food will remain good in
definitely in an unopened can pro-
vided it remains air-prOof.
My reason for writing this article
is to let you know that it is healthful
to use canned goods. Many people
believe that canned goods are II
wholesome, but this is a mistaken
idea. Canned goods are often more
healthful than goods prepared at
home. Balance your diet by using
plenty of canned goods.
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Why Is Jane Mysterious?
Rv f. v. RURKHOLDER

Copyright. 1904. By The New York EVENING GRAPHIc)
THE echo of that laugh followed DR.. Gray down the stairs.
/ 1t seemed to die away with his footsteps. I stared at the
doorway. No one spoke for several moments.
"Sweet laugh" Loretta finally said, with a shrug. "It