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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-11-19
Today Is the
Anniversary of
GARFIELD'S BIRTH

On Nov. 10, 1881, James A. Gar
field, goth president of the United
States, was born in a log cabin at
Hiram, o.
He was left fatherless when two
years of age and his early schooling
was frequently interrupted by periods
of labor necessary for earning the
means of support and education. He
finally succeeded in graduating from
Williams college with high honors in
1856. He taught Latin and Greek for
a period, studying law in the mean
time and was admitted to the bar In
1861.
His political career began in 1859
when he was elected as a Republican
to the state senate. During the Civil
war he ROSE from colonel to major
general through his heroism in bat
tie. In 1880 he vas elected to the u.
S. Senate and in the same year was
| elected president of the United States.
After holding office a few months,
he was shot by an assassin in a Wash
ington railway station. He Is buried
in cleveland, where his tomb is
marked by q memorial erected in 1890
by public subscription at a cost of
about $685. 900. Harry A. Garfield,
son of the late president, is president
Of Williams college.
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MISUNDERSTANDING

him my fingerprints. Why not?
They're not on anything"
"Then you're safe. He's taking the
fingerprints of everv one in the
house. l think he has discovered
something"
"Sure. he can have my finger
~prints-sure. why nOt?"
Brandford staggered to the stairs
and slowly and aWkwardly made
his way up the steps. 1 heard him
stumble when he got to the first,
floor; then pick himself up and go
up the steps to the second floor.
I was glad he was gone. I knew
he wasn't halt as drunk as he tried
to make out. but ! knew that /
couldn't bluff him out Of his dis,
gutse of drunkenness. I wanted to,
examine the floor that had inter-
ested him so much. /;
On my hands and knees / looked
at every spot on the floor. I had
several matches In my pocket and !,
lighted them so that / could see the,
floor clearly. The floor was hard-'
wood and had been vanished about
two months before. A carpet runner
went down the middle of the hail.
way and there was about two feet
Of bare floor on each side of 1t. (,
My search netted me nothing,
at first. I looked ove every part OF,
the floor. except close to the door
way. I figured that BrandfOrd had
likely found what he was looking
for and I started to get up when Il
struck a fresh match and looked at
the floor near the door.
There in the thin dust that COW
cred the vanished floor was the
outline of a footprint. It was large,
ana oblong-the same footprint /
had seen on the chair in the kitch-
enette and on the cellar stair. There
was only one FOOTPRINT and I,
thought that it faced the door,
though it was difficult to tell which
way those footprints faced.
I got to my feet and tried the;
door. It was unlocked and I opened;
it and walked into the rear room Of
the basement. which was a Kitchen
cite. I didn't try to turn on the,
lights. I got down on my hands
and knees and struck another
match. The floor of the kitchen
was covered with linoleum. I
looked for another footprint. but
was unable to find anything on
the linoleum.
/ was still on my hands and knees
with a lighted match in my hand
when I heard something behind NE
that sounded like a sharp gush OF
wind. The match went out. There
was a low laugh and then the whole
house seemed to fall on my head
and I remembered nothing more.
When I came TO ! was lying on
| the couch in the library. A police
man was standing beside me and
close to him was Murphy. smoking
his cigar and looking down at me
with a smile on his face.
"They got you q good one. Palm
cr," he said. you've been out for
twenty minutes"
MY head ached and my brain
seemed to be a whirlpool OF
thoughts. I couldn't get my senses
together at first. I looked weakly
at Murphy. trying to make out what
"Take it easy" he said. "You1l be
all right in a few minutes. DR.. Gray
found you lying in the kitchen door
and we carried you up here"
"Dr. Gray found me?" I said
weakly. Il thought he had left the
house?"
"He did but he came back-came
back in time to find YOU. What
happened?"
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MY HEAD RELIED

It took me several minutes to
tell Murphy what had happened:
My brain cleared slowly and 1t took
me that long to remember every.
thing that had happened up TO the
point where I remembered nothing
more.
1T looks like you were getting
pretty close to something that q
certain person didn't want you to
have" Murphy said. 1--WE found
the kitchen torn upside down."
But who hit me?" I asked. II
heard a low laugh and something
that sounded like q gush Of wind;
then something crashed down on my
head like a ton Of bricks"
1T must have been 9 ton OF
bricks" Murphy agreed. "You've got
a nice cash on your head"
! felt my head. 1t was covered
with bandagcS. I sat up on the edge
Of the couch.
win YOU please tell me who
| cracked me over the head?" I de-
manded. ""That's getting q little too
rough"
Il suppose the same person that
got Marino." Murphy replied.
"But they had reason to nit him."
I said. "He had that handkerchief
on him. I had nothing"
"But you were close to some-
thinK."
"What was I close tc?"
Something more important than
| the handkerchief"
well tell me what It was. I want
to know what I missed getting"
"You Just missed getting the cor.
ner OF the handkerchief that we
found clutched in Dorns hand and
which some one stole from the table
In the studio right under our eyes,"
Read the next tns.ailment of
this gripping mystery story in to-
J ulorrow's paper.
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Ludendorff's Bad Dream

General Erich Ludendorff, German army commander
during the great war, seems to have established himself
as the worlds greatest pessinist by his recent prediction
that a new war would break out in 1882, with Germany.
England, Austria, Hungary and Soviet Russia lined up
against France, Poland. Czechoslovakia and Rumania.
His added assertion that this would destroy German
civilization entirely only intensifies the gloom.
However, it is doubtful if anyone will lose much sleep
over this representation. Anyone who can visualize
Germany, England and Red Russia teaming up as allies
in the immediate future must have ain Imagination that
is more esve.ish than healthy; and to imagine France
leading a coalition into action against such a weird COM
binatiOn Is 10 better.
There are war clouds enough over Europe, to be sure;
but Luderdorfrs nightmare hardly seems worth think
ing about twice.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-11-19
The End of Local Pride


One OF the things that modern America takes pride III
Is the fact that proviaciallsm and sectionaiism are
rapidly vanishing. Automobiles, newspapers, magazines,
radios and similar contrivances have widened every mans
horizon.
in q way this is an excellent thing. 1t is doing away
with narroWness and prejudice. The man who lives on
Q distant farm Is not so apt to think that the city is q
fabulous place OF rampant sin and gilded wickedness;
ne has been there himself and knows better. People
ere not "sot in their ways" as they used to be, firmly
opposed to any change: they know hcw the world is
moving, and if New York takes up a new invention or
a new custom today. the rest Of the country will have
it tomorrow.
However, there is another side of it. Provincialism can
leau to warped minds and cramped horizons, but it can
also lead to healthy strength and solid, well-rooted tradi-
lions. 1t can be expressed in ignorance and suspicion,
but 1t can also be expressed in a wholesome sectional
pride and a broad understanding and appreciation OF
ones immediate background.
A generation ago most Americans could be recognized
at a glance as belonging to one or another particula,
section. The New Highlander was utterly unlike the
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In the Hall of Fame

A Photographer in the Nation points out that Walt
Whitman has finally won elevation to the Hall of Fame
of New York University-has won it, so to speak, by
the skin of his teeth, without a single vote to spare. The
news makes one wonder just what qualifications a poet
must have to win a really enthusiastic admission to that
classic shrine.
All of which, of course, is just by way of remarking
on the perverseness of the public in regard to Whitman.
The man was the voice of Democracy, if ever there was
one-yet Democracy ignores him. BY the vast majority
of Americans he is as unread today as he was SO years
ago, when no proper gentleman would have a copy Of
Leaves of Grass" in his house. Probably half of the
people who have read any of his works know him only
as the author of stuff that is rather bold and o%utspoken.
The number of Americans who really know him is COM
paratively small.
Yet he is probably the greatest poet America has
produced!
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A Word to the Wiser
(Hettinger County Herald)

CCtlA NOuIICy CAa
Worse than hectic prediction days are the depressing
days which follow every election.
At least half, and generally more than half the candi-.
dates at an election, lose out. Some of the candidates.
figure before they start the possibility. They get their
minds ready to welcome victory or defeat as good sports
men should, but there are always a few less than SO per
cent of prediction candidates, who allow themselves
some bitter reflections after the votes are counted and
they are counted out.
Some unsuccessful candidates feel their hearts are
breaking when the sad news is broken to them. Most
feel terribly hurt when they lose and too many get a bit
ter feeling against their fellowmen.
Having lost out in many elections let us say to those
to whom losing election is a new raw sore, that it's a pretty
good plan to forget 1t. People lied about you? Sure,
they always do. sometimes when there is no election at
hand. Good friends do no: tell you all the mean things
said about you in private life. Political friends come
trailing to candidates retailing and retelling SANDER.
Perhaps you are not cut out for a politician. You are
not If you cannot stand to lose, but If you like the game
don't whine. Hit the line again another time. You
have learned things from your campaign that will be
helpful If you are never again a candidate. You have
met people who may have liked you and who will be glad
another time to help you to an office-perhaps a better
one than you sought.
In your travels about the county you have learned
more than you realized, and certain of your friends stood
by you most loyalty. You can show them you are a good
sport. Good friends and true are rare things and
precious.
Don't fill your heart and mind with revenge. Revenge
Is bad for the digestion. In years to come you may be
able to hurt the other fellow, but during that time you
may ruin your disposition. Hating hurts the hater.
Sir Thomas Upton is one Of the most popular and best
beloved men in the world and he Won his recognition as a
sportsman by losing in a light and lofty manner. Herbert
Hoover went to the white house but Al Smith went into
the hearts of men. Losing is an experience which will
make you better If it doesn't make you bitter.
While offering congratulations to the successful can
didates, let us say a word of cheer to the leaders and
kind words OF praise for the good losers.
The world loves success and there is an added SYM
pathy in the love for the successful loser.
Cheer up, you candidates who We're short some votes
be glad you were not elected. Perhaps, even with all
your gloom, you are today happier than Hoover.
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A Poor Time for Raising Postal Rates
minneapolis Tribune)

~
The forthcoming annual report of Postmaster General
Brown, it is now definitely known. will recommend an
increase of the letter mail rate from 2 cents to 24 cents
an ounce.
This increase, in theory at least, would wipe out the
postal deficit. In the fiscal year 1929 more than l7,O00,-
100000 pieces Of first class mail were carried by the
postal service, with a resultant revenue of about 1866, O00,-
600. The Is per cent rate increase, then, should net
over $4,000, 0O0, or a sum slightly in excess OF the 1929
deficit.
In practice, however, the half cent increase would
probably have no such felicitOuS results, and for the
simple reason that an increase in rates in any class of
mail matter almost invariably results in less matter
being mailed in that class. One effect of the higher
rate would be to curtail the mail campaigns of many
business houses. Another would be to force many con-
Germs from the first class letter to the postcard or to
the unsealed letter at the third class rate of lie cents
The new rate, it seems fairly clear, would not be likely
to result in a Is per cent increase over the first class
revenues Of 1929. 1t might result in a 20 per cent gain
of about $73y000,OO0, or a Is per cent gain of about $751;
1t would not necessarily wipe out the postal deficit, and
might fall far short of attaining that goal. Whatever
additional expense OF carrying more third class mail,
which is handled at a loss.
We are not so sure that a letter mail rate increase
at this time would be a wise move. If it is important
that business and s-dustry expand their activities, that
sales be stimulated and that the jobless be set to produce
ing again, it is certainly important that the widest pos
sible use Of the mails be encouraged. That the new
rate would tend to restrict this use and to handicap bust
ness in any program OF expansion 1t might contemplate,
seems almost certain.
We do not believe that the postal deficit should be a
matter for very serious concern unless waste and in
efficiency can be shown to contribute to it. The postal
service, after all, was created to provide a cheap and
reliable mail service. and not primarily to produce
revenue. It Is chiefly important that such a service is
in effect, and not that it has resulted, with the cxcep-
ton of a very few years. in a considerable annual deficit
The move for higher first class rates, at least, seems
poorly timed. We doubt that the country, at present
anxious to see a q~uickening of the economic pulse, will
generally approve it.
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ARB

Fordham university students are
reported mourning the death of their
football mascot, a pet ram. Oh. buck
up, boys.
Thieves, says a news item, stole a
hot stove in Hammond, Ind. Prob
ably they're mischievous fellows from
Chicago's Cook county.
\
The reason a Scotchman should buy
a dachshund in preference to any
other dog is that even q little one
will go a long ways.
81 3
Time was when a young man spent
his time burning the midnight oil;
now he usually squanders it on an
other flame.
\ y
Then there's the flask-toting rootcy
who cheered the team on with q
Nip, Nip, Hooray."
\
It is hard, says Margin Max, ia
think highly of q stock which Is con-
| stantly making new lows.
Copyright, 1880, NEA Service, Incl
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he wasn't drunk when he came
to Carpenters room.
"Tell me what you are looking
for" l demanded. You're not
drunk. but 60 ahead and plav
drunk if YOU want to. I don't
care"
"I'm-not-drunk." he protested.
"All right. you're not drunk" !
said. ."What are YOU looking for
down here?"
Electromagnetic might find some
money" he replied with a silly
laugh.
"Oh. yes. you'll find lots of money
here" l sneered. Lets both loOK
for money. Maybe We can find it."
"Nope-we-can't find It," he
drawled. 1T isn't here. I-I-lust
looked"
Maybe we can find what you
were looking for. then" / said.
THAT may be more interesting than
money!"
observation-disclosures interest,"
ing than money"
what was it?"
"That-that's-my little secret"
mot letting me in on it?"
Observation-Disclosures anyone
in OH it,"
He staggered past me. ! grabbed
him by the arm and threw him
against the wall.
What were you looking for?" /
demanded. "Come clean with me
Brandford. You're not drunk and
I'm going to find out what you were
doing down here"
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If Germany Should Default

Former Ambassador James w Gerard's prediction that
Germany will %repudiate her war debts within Is months
serves, uSefully, to call attention once more to the fact
that the problems raised by the World war are not by
any means all solved.
1t is easy to see how tangled and vexatious interna-
tlonal politics would becomeif Mr.. Gerards prediction
should come true. Among other things, as he points
out, the United States would have scant hope of ever
getting back its loans from its former allies. An enor-
NOUS amount of rearranging in the world of interna-
tional finance would become necessary, and there is little
doubt that it would breed a good deal of bad feeling.
There are sound reasons for believing that Mr.. Gerard
was no more pessimistic than the facts warrant. If SO,
1t might be a good thing for us to begin now to make up
our minds what we are going to do, if and when that
situation arises.
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KFYR
THURSDAY. 20
$50 kilOcycles-545.1 Meters

Am. -
7:OO-Farm flashes.
7:10-Weather report.
7:15-Farm reporter in Washington.
7:30-Special bulletins: u. S. depart
ment of agriculture.
Decentralization period.
S:00-Shoppers' guide program.
9:O0-Sunshine hour: Myron Bennett,
conductor.
10:00-Opening grain markets; wealth
er report.
10:10-Aunt Sammy daily household
chats.
1O:25-Home-owned stores program.
1O:57-Arlington time signals.
11:00-Grain markets.
11:30-OrEan program: Clara Morris.
12:O0-Gratn markets; Bismarck Trib.
une news and weather; lunch.
PM. cor program.
1:O0-Classical hour.
1:45-Grain markets: high, low, ano
close: Bismarck Tribune news,
weather, and st. Paul livestock.
2:O0-Musical matinee melodies.
2:S0-Siesta hour Zoe News radio
magazine.
3:00-Music.
5:O0-MuSic.
5:15-World Bookman.
5:30-StockS and bonds.
5:35-BiSmarck Tribune sports items
5:40-Bismarck Tribune news.
5:5O-Music.
6:0O-Dinner hour organ recital:
Clara Morris.
6:30-Music.
6:45-Newscasting.
7:O0-Studio program.
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GET YOUR WINTER vITAM1Ns

| OLx xOOn VxxalN1NS
Many people are actually starved
for protective vitamins during the
winter months when sunshine Is
scarce. You can consider that vita
minis are a form Of life insurance.
When you eat them you protect your
self against various diseases. Prob
ably no knows just what q vita
min is chemically, but 1t is known
that they are necessary in the diet,
and experiments have shown which
foods contain the greatest amount Of
them. Here is a list Of the different
vitamins which have been discovered
to date and some information about
them:
Vitamin A.: Those who have colds
and are rundown probably need more
vitamin A. It enables you to resist
certain Affections of the eyes, sinuses.
ears and kidneys. Without it your
resistance to infections of the skin
and mucous membranes is lessened.
This vitamin is stored in the body
and is especially needed by growing
children. It is found in raw milk,
cream, evaporated milk, butter,
cheese, egg yolk, raw carrots, codliver
oil, bananas, yellow turnipS, yellow
corn, Hubbard squash, oranges,
prunes, green peas, lettuce, canned
and fresh tomatoes, sweet potatoes.
All of the yellow and green vegetables
are good sources.
Vitamin B: This vitamin is not
stored very long in the body. Conse-
quently, some of the foods containing
it should be eaten regularly. It is
needed for a good appetite, and lack
of it brings about a loss OF weight
and energy. It is vital to the health
at all ages. This vitamin has lately
been found to consist Of two vitamins
which are named 81, or F vitamin,
and BIZ. or G vitamin. 81 is de-
stroyed by heat. BE- is relatively un-
affected by heat. B1 prevents the
disease, beriberi, in humans. A lack
of it may bring on nervousness and
spasms. BIZ is q vitamin which pre-
vents pellagra. These vitamins are
contained in whole grain cereals,
milk, meat, green leafy vegetables.
egg yolks, asparagus, dried lima
beans, wholewheat bread, buttermilk,
raw cabbage, carrots, canned green
corn, eggplant, fresh ham, lentils, oat-
meal, oranges, parsnips, baked Irish
potatoes, baked sweet potatoes, green
peas, canned tomatoes. turnips. wal
nuts and yeast.
Vitamin c.: This vitamin is not
stored in the body. consequently 1t is
needed by everyone every day. It's
use prevents scurvy and is essential
to healthy gums. Nearly every one
with pyorrhea is not getting enough
vitamin c. This vitamin is destroyed
by too much cooking. A lack Of 1t Is
thought to predispose to decay Of the
teeth and rheumatism. It is found in
oranges, lemons, grapefruit, raw ap-
pies, bananas, raw cabbage. canned
pineapple, tomatoes, peaches, resp
berries, strawberries, peas, dried
peaches, spinach, raw leafy vege-
tables, raw carrots, potatoes boiled
not over Is minutes, turnips.
Vitamin D: The sunshine vitamin
is stored in the body only a short time.
It prevents ricketts,, bowlegs. and
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near the door that led into the
Kitchen.
Looking for something's" I finally
said in a loud voice.
He vas on hts hands and knees
when ! spoke shuffling back and
forth In front of the door. NV words
caused him to stop as II he had
suddenly become Detrtfied. For a
moment he didn't move q muscle:
then he slowly staggered to his feet
and looked at me with that silly
grin on his face. He swayed back
and forth. as If he were too drunk
to stand up.
Observation-Disclosures for
something" he stammered In a
drunken voice.
/ walked over to him. you've
played the part OF q drunk too long.
Brandford." I said. "Cut the foolish-
ness and tell me what YOU were
looking for"
He swayed as he looked at me
with his drunken grin.
"Naw-l-aln.t-drunk." he said.
"Who-said-I was drunk?"
His breath reeked with liquor and
his eyes were blearv and dead. II
] had not seen him walking across
the first floor halwav floor ] would
have sworn that ne was drunk But
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The nurse was standing bv Car
penter's bed. The policeman was
sitting in the far corner of the room.
I didn't pay any attention to them.
I opened the door lust enough to
peer out in the hall and when I
did l saw a man pass it.
The man was Brandford. He was
walking quickly and there was moth
ing drunk about his appearance or
his actions. He went down the
stairs to the basement.
The policeman in the room got
to his feet and tiptoed owe TO
where ! was standing. ! paid no
attention to him. He started to say
something in a whisper. but by that
time Brandford was at the bottom
of the basement stairs and I went
out into the hallway. leaving the
policeman standing near the door.
He didn't follow me out.
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Carolinian. The middle westerner had nothing IN COM
mon with the man from the Rockies. A man from Cali
fornia differed profoundly from the Texan.
OF course, there are still differences in speech, in
minor customs and sometimes in dress and stature. But
the old differences are gone. The man from Vermont
and the man from Missouri think very much alike, to-
day. They read the same books and magazines, listen
to the sans radio programs, buy the same kinds of
goods in their -tores-and, as Ike as not, get in their
automobiles and tour through each others states in
the summer time.
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ing mothers especially need vitamin
D. Vitamin D is found in the foods
containing vitamin A which have
been grown in or exposed to the sun
light. The effect of this vitamin is
also obtained by using sunbaths. You
can obtain certain cereals or foods
which are called "irradiated," mean
ing especially treated to produce this
vitamjn.
Vitamin E: The absence Of this
vitamin cause sterility. A full list
of the foods containing it is not
known, although it is present in
vegetables, oils, meat, lettuce and
wheat germ. It is stored in the body
to some extent.