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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-12-13
The Christmas Clubs

The christmas savings clubs organized by the banks
are each year becoming more and more important in the
national scheme of things. Figures compiled by the
Alexander Hamilton Institute show that more than
es2yooo.ooo will be distributed this year to approximately
IL ,OO0,O 900 members of such clubs.
The average amount received by each member this
year is $54. 60-fiv dollars below last years average.
However, the total amount of money involved, and the
total number of depositors, are greater than ever before.
Those who are among the thrifty HOO 900 do not
need to be told that the Christmas club is an excellent
thing for the individuals involved; and a moments
thought makes it obvious that the plan is a good thing
for the nation as a whole. The banks estimate that all
but about 30 per cent of the money will be spent i'm
mediately-a stimulus for business of no mean size!
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The Man With the Hoe
Duluth Herald

\OU4uVll 1CAd w."
Steam restrained bursts powerful bonds with destruc-
tive force. Unconfined, it d~issipates itself harmlessly in
air. So =.
So iii the world Of politics, the violence of revolutions
has been in direct proportion to the oppression that
preceded and caused them. A hated tax resulted in
dumping a cargo of tea into Boston harbor. French
peasants, starving on meal huSkS and dried grass,
precipitated a red reign of terror.
Russian farmers, on land until recently owned by the
monarch, now would permit no one to claim title to
property. In the United States, former subjects of the
Gear, encouraged to claim homesteads, make conserva-
tive, constructive citizens. AS the scars from the lash
of oppression heal, hatred for all government Is replaced
by enthusiasm for democratic institutions land regular
participation in public activities. ~
In the world today there is no more striking contrast
In Russia, recent victims Of tyranny display the widest
radicalism. In st. Louis county, men born under the
same government build fine homes and good barns and
join with their ~neighbors to construct factories.
And he who would attempt to take from them the
properties they have built up would quickly learn thei,
beliefs as to the right of private property.
Human nature; in this respect, is like steam. Take of
the pressure and the danger disappears.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-12-13
Rails Versus Water
Duluth HERALD

REPRESENTATIVES of RAILROADS who came before the rivers
and harbors congress to say that water transportation is
no good, and that people ought to stop pushing water
improvement projects, certainly picked a poor audience
for such q plea.
Naturally, the congress passed a resolution yesterday
declaring that these attacks on waterway programs by
railroad men were "unwarranted," which of course, in
their extreme form. they were.
Looking at It from the railroad viewpoint, 1t does
seem cruel andaunfair to use public money to give COM
petitors with railroads free right of way.
But water transportation is cheaper, no matter what
railroad men say about that, and where it can be used
instead of railroads its use is a public benefit and a public
necessity. ,se: *"& =.
Therefore railing. against waterway developments is
wasted breath. a.. -
Sometime it will be. necessary in the public interest
to consider transportation as q whole, and to relegate
its rail. water, air and public highway divisions each
into its appropriate: relation to a completed system made
up of all of them.
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William Pesonen; Wilbert and Nor
man They're; Lempi. Wirta, Ruth,
Martha, Lynn Dorothea, Nina, Mil
dred and William Josephson sand
Alfred Juhala.
The school children gave a pro-
gram Saturday . night November
10th. -
After the program they had a pie
social. With the money received
they bought q photograph and sew
eral records.
A regular meeting Of the Y. G. L.
was held Wednesday.
The following officers were elected:
Mildred Josephson, president; Alfred
Juhala, vice p~residenRtsss Martin Pc
sonen, secretary and Henry Wainio.
treasurer. =
Pupils in the grammar grades have
just finished studying, the Court
ship Of Miles Standish."
Gerda Josephson. is aback in school
after having been absent for five
days. 49, !.
students are conducting a pencil
sale, the proceeds of which will be
used to purchase a football and q
volley ball for the school.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-12-13
Founded on a Rock
(St. Paul Dispatch

N0V 30AA 0AoH0vNA
Few of n1anlinds ,delusionS are as persistent as the
hallucination that "as things are they will remain"
Despite unavoidable evidences of change the disposition
to believe all will continue the same seems q common
weakness and one responsible. for untold mischief. It
was such a popular misconception that served agricul-
ture so poorly ten years ago when the speculative orgy
in farm lands prospered on the opinion. that prices never
would go down. The same error now characterizeS the
attitude toward agricultural investment turning upon the
adjusted viewpoint that they. never will go up.
Now the inclination to believe agriculture is doomed
to continue disjointed seems as fixed as the ~exuberant
optimism Of the initiation was a decade ago. The es-
sential stability of the farming industry must not be
overlooked in the current pessirnism. I.
President Walton L. Croker, Of the John Hancock
Mutual Life Insurance company, offers q timely reminder
Of the substantial character of agrculture,s foundations
Speaking as the representative Of a business group which
has nearly two billions invested in farm loans and lands
he points out: Farm investments, as a whole, and al
ways subject to sporadic exceptions, are as stable as
agriculture itself. Both may have their slow periods
epochs Of reconstruction as the world changes: but I'm.
derneath is the unceasing demand for the. means o.
life" 80 .s..
Such Is agricultures essentially sound foundation
Underneath its transient troubles runs the current of Thu
"unceasng demand for the means Of life" floods O
financial difficulty may come, winds Of marketing adver
sity may blow. but however dubious the present, it
future is as secure as that Of the house of the parable
which fell not: for it was founded upon a rock"
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Quotations

Foreign Investments and deposits
in the United States today are even
larger than before the war."-Dr.
julius Klein, assistant secretary Of
commerce. ~ 7
*e* X I.
"The real grievance of the working
man is not that he Is hard worked or
poorly paid, but that he has to pro-
duce luxury goods OF no real use, by
which he loses, his self-respect."-
Dean William Ralph Tnge. 8
+ X X.
"This has been one Of the out
standing years in. congressional his
tory insofar as veteran legislation is
concerned."-O. L. Bodenhamer, ma
tional commander of the American
Legion. F*i
1.-THE United States probably hardly
yet realize the part they. are to play
in human progress" Sir Oliver
Lodge. :,
".In american Justice, it is more
to be known as a radical
thinker than to be known as q crook,
Norman Thomas, former Socialist
candidate for president, in The Gold
en- Book
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No Resubmission by the Drys
(Minne0DOliS JOurnaU

~. The Methodist Board of Temperance, leading dry or
ganization, turns thumbs down on the plan formerly
favored by its secretary, DR.. Clarence True Wilson, to
cali the organized vets, and resubmit the eighteenth
amendment.
This means there will be no resubmission, by either this
congress or the next. Indeed, it is not likely the eight
zenith can ever be resubmitted without. the cooperation
of the drys. Seventeen small western, and southern
states can prevent ~resubmission. Thirteen such states
can prevent repeal.
The Methodist boards stand, then, makes the question
Of strictly an academic one of the present.
The drys who favored resuhmission at this time thought
to,squelch wet arguments about popular will" by having
the amendment emphatcally reaffirmed. and thus shelv-
ing the resubmissiop question for a long time. The drys
who have decided otherwise are probably moved by the
conviction that tho ~re6ubmission question IS already
pretty well shelved. =
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-12-13
School Notes

A set of song books was presented
to the Mckenzie schools by the local
parent teachers association.
Miss Claude Pippley spent her
Thanksgiving vacation with her. sis
ter at Moffit.
Both the boys. and girls basketball
teams are p~racticing in Menoker1 this
The high. school play was well at
tended. = 81
after the play books and, the roy
atty were paid for, a net profit Of .$2Ql
was realized. The proceeds1Here. used
as a down payment on anew Mtmeo-
graph machine. :...S
Byron Clizbe, Gladys Dlrfee and
Dorothy Wilton were givens perfect
marks. in-one of th6tT. algebra tests.
WING SCHOOL NOTES -
The Wing basketball boys motored
to futile Friday evening to meet the
Tuttle five. :" y
The game was very interesting
throughout, but futile won with. the
score of 80 to 10. - -
John Mueller, a Basketball star of
last year, was in the lineup again.
John Mueller started school last
Monday.
The Parent Teachers association
held their regular meeting Wednes-
day evening", December third.
A talk was given by J..O. Lem, and
a few of the high school girls sang
some songs. Following the program
refreshments were served. F.
Florence Hubbell, of our class
members is on a weeks trip ia Fargo
as a representative of the local 4-H
sewing club. Florence left Monday
and will be back next Monday
Primary School Notes
Pupils in the third grade invited
the fourth grade to- an Indian play
on Friday afternoon. IS "
Clyde Edgerton. Laura Kagenberg
and Raphael. Klagenburg are back
in school again.
Jean Anderson and Charles Ed
wards are absent from school because
of sickness.
The second grade, students began
a new reader this week. 1t is called
the Child Story, Book III. "
Linda Banttari and Rosa Harmon
had 100 per cent in spelling for the
week. -. -
Carl Edwards is back In school.
Charles Frazier was absent from
school Thursday and Friday because
of a cold.' y, -
The seventh grade had a test in
hygiene Monday
J Pupils in the seventh and eighth
grade room are giving a play for
Christmas entitled THE Picketts
Christmas"
Linden School No. 2
Those who received achievement
stamps for November are Martin and
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-12-13
A Row in a Cathedral.

1t is a little bit hard to award any palms to any of the
principals in the Judge Lindsey-Bishop. Manning episode
at st. Johns cathedral, New York. To leap upon a table
in the middle of a church service and demand a hearing
does not quite seem proper; YET. the speech that provoked
the outburst seems, likewise. to have been something less
than temperately episcopal. g 80.
. However, the chief prize for poor taste would seem to
go to certain members of the congregation, who, as the
offending judge was being dragged from the cathedral,
cried loudly, Lynch him!" and urged that he be beaten
up and thrown downstairs. As an example of Christian
meekness and forbearance, this behavior on the part of
the crowd is not quite what one would expect. J.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-12-13
A Nation Indicts Itself

A nation that Is cruel to children convicts itself of pos
session of a very defective sort of civilization: and every
once in q while something happens that indicates that
kind Of guilt.
>. In st. Clairsville, O, there was a boy named Johnny
Woods. He was 10 years old. and somehow or other he
got the wrong kind of start in life. Whether this was
entirely his fault is not quite clear. Perhaps there was
lacking in his environment. At any rate, John
Woods got ipto trouble. ~ - :
--aother boy, four years older than John, got John to
attempt a bit Of highway robbery with him. They held
up an aged farmer, robbed him of the small change he
had with him. and then shot him. They were caught,
the older boy was sent to prison for life. and John was
locked up In the Ohio reformatory.
Some little while later John was put in the reforma-
.vey. the old farmer died from the wound he had re-
ceived in the holdup. Guards at the Ieformatory i'm
mediately began to work on l3-year-old John. They
reminded him that he was now q murderer and that the
penalty for murder Is death: and they assured him that
he would die in the electric chair.
Then the state Of Ohio officially gave color to this
weird theory by hauling young John Woods back to st
Clairsyile and bringing him up before q Judge for sen.
tence. The Judge heard the arguments and reserved
decision. John was taken back to jail to wait. =.
What happened was to be expected. John crumplet
up completely. HI has taken to screaming with terror
His fright at the thought Of the electric chair has re
pestedly thrown him into convulsions. intermittent.
he cries out. y don't want to be electrocuted." His jail
es report that in his sleep he has horrible nightmare
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about being burned alive" Finally, when some. ex-
tremely kind hearted jailer told him that it was just pos
.sibles that he would mot be electrocuted. the boy went
into a terrific hysterical spasm of relief. screaming
%frightfully from reaction to his long agony of suspense.
Just what the state OF Ohio will eventually do to this
boy, who is now II, isn't clear. .Offhand, one would say
that it doesn't much matter. His life would seem to be
pretty effectively smashed already.
That, right now, is not the point. The point is that
this brief, horrible story will tell the historian of the
future just about all he will need to know about the wis
dom, pity and understanding of the American civilization
of 1880.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-12-13
AVOIDING

1 --& - d.
II someone said to you, you're too
late. I've just swallowed. poison"
what would you do? At such a time
life may hang by a thread. In order
that you will know what to do I am
going to tell you how to handle some
common cases OF poisoning.
Many people die each year from
poison taken accidentally. There are
others who take poison while de-
spondent, among them even famous
people and stars of the stage and
screen. Usually, most Of these are
rescued by the stomach pump in the
emergency hospital, and the next
morning they are always glad to be
alive.
One who has taken poison may not
lose his life and yet there is nearly
always an injury done to the stomach
or nervous system when strong poi
sons are swallowed, resulting in a
damaged or inflaned condition which
may last for the rest of the patients
life.
Statistics show that for some rea-
son. Tuesday morning at IL o'clock
is the favorite hour for. would-be
suicides. Another curious fact Is that
poisonings usually occur in threes,
and it also happens that mor PEOPLE
take poisons on sunshiny than on dull
days.
Today the average person does not
fear poisoned wines, blades, arrows,
rings or lockets. and is in no extre-
ordinary danger. Of having poison
dropped into his food. At one time
all prominent people used to make
the cook taste every dish first to be
sure that nc deadly poison has been
added to 1t.
Although we no longer have this fear
that poison has been placed IN our
food, accidental poisonings from
home-canned foods are fairly ON
mon. If you open 8 jar or car which
looks, smells OF tastes bad. it is better
to be safe than sorry. Home-canned
meats and especially saus&res should
be carefully inspected to guard
against a severe poisoning known as
botulism. We often read Of people
dying Of spoiled food such as meat,
fish, mussels or sea food, ETC., or
poisonous mushrooms. There is very
little II any danger from commercial
ly canned foods, as the canneries are
subject to such rigid inspection, and
the Gamers. themselves, have found
that 1t pays to give the foods the
best care possible. However, If q can
is puffed out or blown out at the
end, Oh has q leak, o the food is dis
colored, it should be discarded.
The treatment from any of the
ordinary food poisons is very simple,
but it must be quickly applied. First
give plenty Of hot salt water or give
mustard in water to cause the, pa
.tient to vomit. If the patient does
not vomit readily, sticking . finger
down the throat after the stomach is
filled with hot liquid will usually ac-
complish the purpose. The impor-
tant part is to use plenty Of hot
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-12-13
BARBS

PassAic, N. j., has opened a street
paved with rubber. Just to be able to
say. perhaps, that it stretches for
miles, y
~ X X X
1t was only a fitting climax that
Notre Dame should beat the U. S. G.
after rambling over the U. S. A.
X X X
A Texas woman, IS, a news item
says, recently married a man named
J.. j. Ice, 83. And did she have to
take her pick? ="
X X X
"Here are some of our rare old
prints" * the finger-print expert
proudly said to the Rogues Gallery
visitor.
X X X
A Detroit man, suing his vile for
divorce, says she stabbed him with q
pen But maybe that was her quaint
way Of getting across a point.
"Frog's Legs Newest Canadian In
|dustry," says 4 headline. They're in
|terested in hops Of one kind or an
other, it seems.
Copyright, 1880, NEA Service 1nc.)
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NOTICE r

The County Auditor Of Burlcigh
County, N. D., will receive bids up to
two o'clock Pm. January 9Th. 1881.
for the sale Of Twenty-Five thousand
said Certificates to run for six months,
and draw interest at the rate of Five
per cent per annum $50. Each bid
must be accompanied by a certified
check for | v per cent. of the amount
bmid. Said checks made payable to
Geo. F. Will, Chairman of the Board.
The Board reserves the right to re.
ject any or all bids.
BY order of the County Board.
Dated at Bismarck, N. D.. this 18th
day of January, 1880.
(Seal) A. c. ISAMINGER,
County Auditor.
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MONDAY, DECEMBER Is

MONDAY. DECEMBER is
7:oo-Farm flashes.
7:1O-Weather report. ,
7:15-Farm reporter in Washington.
7:3O-Special bulletins: u. S. depart
ment of agriculture. ..l.
Decentralization period.
S:00-Around the town: Radio floor
s:oo-sunshine hour: Myron J. Ben
nett, conductor.
1o:oo-opening grain markets; wealth
10:10-Aunt Sammy: household chat.
l0:20-Uncle Sam at yOur service.
NATURALIZATION time signal.
IL :00LCSrain markets.
IL :3O-Organ program: Clara Morris.
12:00-Grain markets; Bismarck Trib-
une news and weather; lunch
1:o0-Old Masters hour.
1:45-Grain markets: high, low, and
close; Bismarck Tribune news
weather, and st. Paul livestock
1:55-Weekly agricultural review:
N. D. Agricultural college.
2:00-Musical matinee melodies.
2:30-Siesta. hour: Good News radio
Magazine.
3:00-Music.
6:00-Mustc.
5:15-World Bookman.
5:30-Stocks and bonds.
5:35-Bismarck Tribune sports items
5:40-BiSmarck Tribune news.
6:45-Personal interview with Santa
Claus.
5:5O-Music.
6:00-Dinner hour organ recital:
Clara Morris.
6:30-Golden hour of music: Your
Provident host.
6:45-Newscasting. -
7:00-Studio program.
7:3O-U. s. Indian school program.
I. S:00-Music.
CALL FOR BIDS
Bids for driving bus route for three
families will be received by the board
leigh County and opened at 2 p. m
leigh County and opened at p. m
Monday, Dec. 22nd, 1890.
The board reserves the right to re.
ject any or all bids. F.!
BY order OF the board.
MRS. ELvIRA CRAWFORD,
Clerk,
Moffit, N. Oak.
Dated this 18th day, Of December
1880. 12/12-13-1(
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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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Editorial Comment

Editorials. printed below show the trend Of thought
by other editors. They are published without. regard
to whether they agree or disagree with The Trib-
unes policies.
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A new card table has been given
a hinged top, the under-side of which,
when lifted, forms a screen for a home
motion picture protector.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

NouCEk
Question: G.. H. asks: What il
the best method of preventing the
return of cancer once removed by
operation?- Does exposing the parts
to the sun, help?"
Answer: The best method I know
of for preventing canoe is to live on
a careful diet, exercise vigorously
each day, and adopt the right mental
attitude. It is a noticeable fact that
cancer rarely if ever develops with
those who continue to live a vigorous
physical culture life. The congestion
of ANGER cells to any n part of the
body cannot occur if the circulation
of blood does not become sluggish
Sunbaths are helpful because of the
ultraviolet effect on the blood. Nude
sunbaths should be taken. exposing
the entire body, as the effect of the
the suns rays are no more helpful
over a certain diseased part than over
the other parts of the body. The
main objects of these sunbaths is to
absorb all of the ultraviolet rays
possible, and the effect is general
upon the blood and not specific to
ally Ouc pdIC.
WhoIewheat Breads
Question: H. E. j.. asks: May
one who has catarrh eat whOlewheat
bread and mullins in which there is
no sugar?"
Answer: Wholewheat bread and
mullins are wholesome foods, but all
starches should be discontinued by
the catarrhal patient until the eXces
amount of mucu5 has subsidized. After
that, these foods may be used in
moderation with good results.
Eye Trouble
question: K. L. asks: "Is there
any remedy to stop a white coatlng
around the eyes every morning?
Seems to. be caked on the lashes."
Answer: Use some good eye wash
two or three times daily, and have
your eyes examined by a competent
optometrist.
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The largest locomotive in the Unit.
ed States Is the Northern Pacific
5000, 2-8:8-4 type, which, with tender
weighs 1,116,0o0 pounds.
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enen1as if any of the poison has
passed through the stomach.
If the symptoms do not appear for
several hours after a meal in which
poisoning occurred, it is advisable to
give cathartics and large quantities
of drinking water, with sweating
baths and enemas. Often a short
orange juice fast followed by a milk
diet is the best regimen to use for
a few days when the patient is re-
covering from food poisoning.
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Today's Congress
SATURDAY

SATURDAY !
:. SENATE
1nsrecess. :
HOUSE {,
In recess
immigration committee continues
consideration Of. immigration suspen-
sion bill. .s~ g,
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water and keep the patient vomiting
until the stomach is well washed out.
1t is also a good plan to give coblous
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KFYR
SUNDAY, DECEMBER IA
$50 KllOcycles-645.1 Meters

Am. -
1O:IO-Judge Rutherford lecturers
Unt. Bible'Students ASSN
1O:25-W Gather report.
l0:3O-Church services: First Presby-
terrain church.
12:00-Weather report.
Pm.
3:OO-Christmas Cantata: st. Cecilia
club, Dickinson.
Observation-Disclosures services.
S:15-Christmas OrAtorio, 1.-The Mes
siah." Clarion T.. Larson, d.
rector.