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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-08-12
Editorial Comment
Farm Relief in Freight Rates
(Minneonolic JOl,r,oh

NN4lllAlCdpJlLSO CUIlluD
Part Of the freight load now borne by grain is ordered
shifted to merchandise. But most articles of which the
FARMER Is the principal buyer, and farm products that
travel as merchandise, arc excepted from the shift.
IN Two important decisions, c.e following on the
heels OF the other, the Inters.ate Commerce commission
seems 10 be seriously attempt to carry out the require
ments of the HCcl-Smitll T. -oirtion, which SAYS. in ef-
feet, that agriculture shall get the breaks in freight rate
adjustments and reviSiOnS.
When the commission, a while back, PROMULGATED an
upward revision of class rates in western trunk line ter
rltory, to be made effective late next fall, it took pains
to exempt from rate increases merchandise used prin-
clpally by farmers, and it took pains also to exempt
farm products that pay class rates. And now the CON-
mission has followed this ruling with a second one, gen.
orally lowering rates on grain.
In some minor instances there are increases, instead
OF reductions, but the effect of the order as a whole evil
IDENTIFY will be to cut some fifteen million dollars a wear
from the bill paid by western agriculture on outgoing
freight, without O~ffSetting the cut by boosting agricul-
lures bill for incoming freight. The farmer gains by
the grain cut without losing by the class cut. The non
farmer loses by the class cut without gaining by the
grain cut. In short, citizens who do not farm are TO
pay more to the railroads. in order that citizens who
DO farm need not pay so much to the railroads.
Such, theoretically at least, is the effect of the two
decisions. Whether they will work out that way in prac-
tice remains to be seen. Grain is freight that must
travel by rail, at least until it reaches water. Merchan-
disc is freight that can take a ride in a truck, in case
it finds railway travel too expensive. If class rate boosts
drive enough freight off the rails to nunify their effect
on revenue, then the road. will be out the fifteen mil
lion dollar cut in grain income, without adequate off
setting gain from other sources.
1t must be remembered, however, that the grain rate
reductions will probably save for the roads a considerable
proportion of the export tonnage now being diverted
from steel and the North Atlantic to the Mississippi and
New Orleans. So the roads may come out even, in spite
of a prospective loss of merchandise shipments by trucks
In any event, agriculture seems to be the gamer, but
at the expense of the railroads will become apparent
later.
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Progress on Wings

The 48 states of our union seem very small sometimes.
very closely related indeed. Just the other day Captain
Frank M. Hawks arose in the morning, ate breakfast,
climbed into his airplane in New York city, and arrived
in Los Angeles IN time to see the sun set on the Pacific.
Just a days Journey as the crow-or rather, the modern
birdman-flies.
Once upon a time it would have taken torturous
months to have made such a trip. Spring would have
ended and summer and fall would have been gone before
the caravans could have battled their way across the
plains. through the mountains and into the western land.
We who fly SO high and fast today forget the immen-
sity of our nation. We also forget the years of weary toll
which were necessary to make the wilderness burst into
the colored flowers which are everywhere today. We
somehow have the opinion that all we need to do is wave
q wand and things will happen
Other lands. where centuries have passed while life
worked its way toward a far-off fulfflment, envy us our
strength. America looks toward the future, raises her
head to clear, bright skies. while they look down the long
lanes of memory.
Europe is proud of things that she has done. She has
made a painted ~story-book OF her past which she will
open for you, page by page, as you wander through her
cities.
America has the long, long look ahead. And the up
ward look. for much of her recent progress concerns the
air trails.
Once upon a time a wise man remarked that old mer
should dream dreams and young men should see visions
We are fulfilling the latter part Of that prophecy.
Il isn't so important whether Captain Hawks beats
Colonel Lindbershs record for transcontnental speed
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Add another tribute to the already glorious record Of
i7-year- old Dorothy Dell Golf of New Orleans, who was
chosen "the worlds most beautiful girl at a recent Gal
weston beauty pageant; she's truthful.
For Dorothy-beautiful. but by no means dumb-can-
didly admits that washing dishes gives her a great big
pain and cooking is something she despises. A more ro-
mantle and less straight forward beauty contest winner
would pirate for hours over her alleged joys in puttering
around the kitchen, as most Of them have done in inter-
views.
It's the customary thing for newly-crowned feminine
celebrities to pose as neat little home-makers. but when
you come right down to it no girl likes to cook and wash
dishes any better than a boy likes to carry out the fur
mace ashes or NOW the lawn. Therefore, Dorothy is TO be
congratulated on having the courage to speak out.
Sure, there's a lot of romance in home making
but that doesn't include cooking in a hot kitchen .....
or hopping bathroom floors or bathing a stack OF
dirty dishes almost as high as ones self after every meal.
If you don't believe it. just ask any housewife.
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1t is the winged spirit of progress that makes America
not satisfied to rest on past accomplishments the winged
courage which sends her out again and again. that
counts.
When the first covered wagon went slowly through the
green cathedral of the forests. eyes out for lurking ami
mails and Indians, the coast to coast journey seemed like
a far trip from which there could be no returning. But
other wagons came. Then trains followed. Automobile
roads were built. And now the ships sail the skies in Is
hours.
The more VIC try anything, the easier it becomes.
The lands OF the eastern world have given up. The
western world is just beginning.
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Searching for a Silent Englishman
New York TimaSl

One of the pastimes of tourists doing Europe for the
first time Is to search for the national types they have
often read about. 1t is generally a disillusionins process.
At least, so it was found by one Australian who went to
London particularly looking for the strong and silent
EnGlishlnan.
In an article in the London Morning Post, c. r. Bradish
confesSes abject failure TO spot even one of the sort. The
policemen of the city he found amiable fellows, friendly
and voluole-anything but forbidding. Chance pedes-
TRANS whom he accosted with questions about the sights
of the town went out of their way to escort him to his
destination and explain its full history. Even the Beef
eaters at the Tower. who certainly might be expected
to offer a sample Of national reticence, proved jovial fell
lows, ready to deliver up the key to their inmost thoughts
to any friendly visitor.
The Australians last hope was a dour man who sat
silent beside him at meals for more than a week. But
even this bleak-faced individual, when charged with be-
ing one of the strong and silent, ignored the accusation,
shot out his hand and said: You're from Melbourne
So am !. I have been damned lonely in here. Come and
have a spot"
Perhaps 1t is true that the strong and silent English
man is a vanished type. But the Australians search
for him was carried on in unfavorable territory. Police
men on beats, guards at museums and lonely strangers
at hotels are likely to have such lon- periods of cyl
forced silence that at the first opportunity they are ready
to burst into floods Of long Suppressed speech.
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ably, in moving men on other boards.
X X X
1t isn't reported what success that
Kurdish regiment had raiding the
Turks, but it is understood to have
been a cheesy affair.
X X X
A Bostonian paid $12, 900 for a silver
set belonging to the late car of Rus
STA. He'll lever reign, of course, but,
my, how he'll pour!
X X *
Berlin police, a news item says, will
carry gas pistols which will render a
foe unconscious. Women have been
known to effect the same result with
out gas pistols.
Copyright, 1880, NEA Service, Inc.)
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ARE COOLING

WATERMELONS ARE COOLING
"It's Watermelon Time in the Old
Home Town might be the theme
song of summer. For the peak OF the
summer heat AMI the delicious cooling
juice of the watermelon arrive to-
gether. In fact, the watermelon may
be considered as almost being a drink.
It is 80 per cent water and this is
the purest water nature is able to
produce. This is a thirst quencher,
put up in natures own soda fountain
with an attractive cool color, fruit
sugar, mineral salts, vitamins and a
pleasantly sweet pulp.
The watermelon origin. ted In Africa
where it has be en- since the beginning
of history, so that the negro's fond
ness for watermelon must be an in
herited instinct. Its refreshment
value on a hot day has made it popu-
lar not only in Africa. Egypt and in
the Orient, but in South America.
Mexico. Europe, Canada, the United
States and. in fact, every place where
man has Travelled.
Not alone is man fond Of this food
but also every animal. including ele-
plants and lions. Watermelons are
alkaline forming foods. the main ele-
ments which they supply being lime,
iron and potash. They should be
eaten when fully ripe, as then the
natural sugar is completely developed.
Dietetically, the safest rule to follow
is to make a complete meal Of the
melon. Using Is much as desired -
one time and nothing else. Thus. a
meal of watermelon will make a de-
licious luncheon in summer and easy
to prepare.
Used alone, watermelon will not
only taste the best but give the best
results from a health standpoint. In
the summer months there is always
the chance of Ling too much of tine
heavy foods. You will find that a
luncheon of watermelon will balance
the heavy foods used at breakfast and
dinner, as the melon itself Is very
easily digested, being mostly water
and fruit sugar.
Many of my patients have taken
exclusive watermelon fasts. using no
other food but watermelon for several
days. In each case they reported
feeling much better and cleaner.
People who are fond of this delec-
table and luscious summer fruit may
sit down to a cold slice Of melon and
proceed to eat until they cannot hold
n more. If no other food is eaten at
the same time, this will not be in
furious, as quite a large quantity can
be eaten at one time with only bene-
fetal effect. When eaten in this way
the watermelon is cooling, satisfying
| and wholesome.
Those who are especially fond of
watermelon, cantaloupe or casaba
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The Republican Balkans
(NeW York TimeS)

The new management of the Republican national COM
mittee begins with a problem which Chairman Tess
are Postmaster General Brown, Presidential Secretary
mo. - Newton and Committee Counselor Burke. They
constitute the advisory committee on southern patronage,
and this, along with southern state organization, may
give the committee more to think about than the tariff
or the drought. When Florida, Virginia, North Caro-
lima, Tennessee and Texas cast their electoral votes for
Mr.. Hoover for reasons which related more to what hap
pened in the reign of Mary Tudor than for any modern
cause, 1t was announced that the Republican party in the
South was to be renovated. The dark and vendible dele
cations to national conventions were to disappear. No
more would credentials committees be required to spend
hours listening to Uncle Ned and Uncle Tom attack
each others bon fides. The white Hoovercrats would
take charge of things; the South would go on a two
party system: federal officeholders would be chosen from
the highest instead of the lowest ranks Of the popula-
ton.
But it was not long before the Hoovercrats we're flock
ing back to the political camp from which they came.
And the presidents southern advie~"7 committee, notable
for having no member who knows much of anything
about the South, soon found itself embroiled between
a set of state advisory committees and the old line
Republican organization. Shorn of patronage, its lead
es have revolted under the guidance, it is said, Of that
astute Colonel Mann who assured them in 1928 that if
their states went for Hoover their rewards would be many.
They are rising up not only against the Washington
triulnvirate but against the local lily-whites, who have
even less knowledge Of the ms and outs of southern
convention politics.
In the year 1880 the revolt may not seem serious to
non-expert observers. But in the year 1881, especially
If there is a shadow OF opposition to MI. Hoover, it may
prove dangerous. For while southern organizations rarely
help to elect, they are essentia! to nomination. Mr..
Huston k ows :aem intimately, and his passing is for
them another tragic omen. Among them his hand was
felt. If his voice was not heard, in 1928. The only pos
sible harmonizer may appear in Robert H. Lucas, des-
ignated as chairman of the executive committee. In
Kentucky he played the game that these southern breth-
rca play; he knows their difficulties and their values
If he shall supplant the alien advisory committees. the
ing. Administration delegates may issue from them as
of yore. Otherwise, and especially with Mr.. Huston ano
Colonel Mann on the ,e,e or'1:es, :. they could make ak, n; real
Colonel Mann strongly suggests as much.
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Today Is the
Anniversary of
ABBOTT THAYER'S Birth

On August II, 1849, Abbott H.
Thayer, discoverer of the law of pro-
tective c%oloration in animals. and
called the Father of Camouflage."
was born in Boston.
Famed equally as a painter as for
his researches in science, Abbott's
canvases hang in the Metropolitan
and Boston museums. His paintings
are considered creative, and modern.
From his studies on the effect of
color in combination or in masses,
Thayer developed the law which he
believed prevailed in natures way of
protecting animals and birds by
marking them with the colorings
which blend most easily with their
environment. For example, accord
ing to Thayer's theory, a flamingo
was adorned in colorful dress 81 that
a crocodile in the Nile would mistake
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Rack from the White Crosses

The Gold Star mothers are coming home again.
They arc leaving the slim green graves across the sea-
where red peoples blow in the careless oree1e' aho '""''
white crosses keep lonely vigil.
They are watching the coast of France blur into a niue-
gray haze. as the low hills disappear, and the ilsf1he
boats with their colored sails. grown mellow from "anS
winds and rains, slip back into the harbor.
co,ne of the mothers stand on the deck until the cool
mot winds have blown the darkness everywhere ana a
LIGHT or two is shining far. far back where a boat OF TWO
goes home. -.
They have not said good-by to warriors, though they
have kept their tryst as soldiers mothers. lhey nave
made their long farewels to the little boys thev useo "
know. Tousle-headed, freckle-faced youngsters VINO
Icted the frosting bowl, banged the door, and liked bread
and butter and jelly.
Sons do not grow up to their mothers. They are al
wavs little bows with a cut that needs bandaging or a
baseball, that has ripped and must be mended. Because
If this it has made it all the harder Tor the Goio o1af
mothers to leave the graves behind
It has been hard for them to visualize long l'es u
marching men. steel helmets %gliStening in the sun, SWING
,,o down the brave white roads of France, chanting OF a
maid in Armentieres, whistllng to keep up their courage.
They are still a little afraid OF those khaki clad men VINO
stood for the war that took their boys away.
Not MANY of the women who made their pilgrinages
to the cemeteries together knew one another before Ihe
tourney started. Yet there was a strange understanding
among them. Their memories were so much alike. Ihelr
suffering had blown from the same, hot fields OF oattle'
The starlight that filtered through the trees, across the
graves, brought the same benediction.
The sound of taps changed to lullaby strains, from long
long ago, to all of them.
So they are coming back again. these mothers whom
our government so generously and graciously sent to visit
the graves OF their soldier sons. They are coming back
realizing that their individual sorrows are only part OF the
community of suffering which all must share. They viii
~ f,c1 eo lor,e1y rnw because thew know the mothers
of the boys who sleep in the graves that are scattered
here and there.
The cemeteries will not be strange places in Flanders
for they will know that other boys. just like their boys
sleep quietly around as summer slips into autumn ano
winter comes again.
They have learned, too, that bereavement is a world
wide word. The sympathy and understanding OF people
who speak a foreign tongue has needed no interpreter
to assist in its expression.
So, with a pressed poppy from a Flanders grave. ant
another box of memories stored away with their treasures
the Gold Star mothers are coming home.
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Quotations

what does the Christian character
or balanced life mean? It is this:
Faith without credulity. conviction
without bigotry, charity without con-
descension, courage without pugnac-
ity. self-respect without vanity. hu-
miIty without obsequiousness, love of
humanity without s~entimentality and
meekness with power."-Chief Justice
Charles Evans Hughes.
+
"A woman in love has no con.
science or judgment ."-Eugenia Bank.
head Hoyt-Hoyt Butt Lee.
= \ 4
THE majority Of marriages are not
happy. Eighty per cent Of them be-
gin In ecstasy and develop into a
habit.'-Edgar Wallace, author.
\
Because they cannot hope to sue
coed in small private enterprises.
American citizens have lost their
initiative and their power to think
Theodore Dresser.
"The Monroe Doctrine has become
q source OF suspicion and antagon-
ism."-Dr. Leo S. Rowe, director
general of the Pan-American Union.
\ X
II think a man or woman who be-
lieves in drinking are awful. to tell
the truth about it, I just don't care to
be around such peope.p-Billy Marsh,
jr.. 11-year-old biographer of Presi-
dent Hoover.
4 \
1.-THE man who starts off with q
pull is under a severe handicap
Charles M. Schwab. steel magnate.
Alabama motorists paid $14,5l1,3 1859
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
DuctlesS Glands

Question: G. H. asks: will you
please give me the name, location and
function of that particular organ in
the hum l structure which scientists
of today r finding out is held re-
Sponsible for most all the diseases we
seem to be heir to, and, at the same
time have learned that we individual
ly are able to control to the extent
that we can keep from having all
these troubles that the human family
is complaining of today?"
Answer: There is no one particular
gland which is responsible for the dis
eases of the human body. Perhaps
you are referring to the ductless
glands of which there are quite a
number in the body, each having
special functions-some of which are
unknown. I am sending you some
articles about these glands which l
believe ill give you much helpful
information.
Liver as Food
question: v. A. D. writes: II read
an arti~le in a health magazine stat
ing that liver would cause Bright's
disease. What Is the truth about this
statement? I had always thought
that liver was good food, especially in
anem1c conditions or where the blood
was poor"
Answer: I believe l read the same
article you refer to which was written
by a doctor who is a vegetarian. /
have experimental in every way with
liver in such conditions as anemia. but
regret to say that I cannot observe
any lasting effects from this treat
ment. Both the liver and kidneys
contain toxic substances which coun-
teract the good from their food value
which is otherwise much the same as
any other meat. In my salad DAYS I
was q vegetarian. but for many years
past I have believed in the value of
the use of wholesome meats. The
benefit from meat-eating has been
proven to me by experience with
thousands of patients. I even recon-
mend gelatin which is sometimes
made from the hoofs and hides of
animals. but I have not been able to
find a place for liver in the diets of
my patients.
Copyright, 1880, by The Bell
Syndicate, Inc.)
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melon to a salad. An attractive way
to use melon with a salad is to add
small balls of melon to the salad.
These balls are made with a potato
baller, which rs the same instrument
for making Partisan potatoes. This
instrument can be secured in any
hardware store or restaurant supply
house. Another way of using water
melon at the meal is to use a very
thin slice with ice cream. Slice the
melon fine, remove the seeds, and
serve the ice cream on top of the
piece of melon. This may be used as
an entire luncheon, or as a dessert at
the end of the meal providing only a
small amount of melon is used.
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door. They helped Judy out
through q yard. and into the taxi.
cab. She smiled at Michael in the
old childish way.
Il was a perfect silly. Michael;
but It was so very hot!"
CHE did not speak In the cab.
- When they reached the door
Chummy hesitated.
you're tired. Judy dear"
Come up with me, please. Chum.
my!"
Chummy had no choice. They
went upstairs into Judy's little sit.
ting room.
Judy's first action was a very
Judyish one. The room was full Of
flowers, as usual-a marvellous col.
lection of midwinter roses and car.
nations and lilies. Judy swept
them all out of the vases and bowls,
leaving trails of water everywhere.
Then she opened the window. with
her arms full Of them, and flung
them down into the street.
What did Bastien say. Chum-
my?" she asked, when she had
F, slammed the window down.
Il wasn't there" her friend an.
severed.
But you must have heard from
the others. Chummy. l must know!
As far as l can remember. he said
that Mr.. Gideon was"
Judy. darling. poor Bastien was
drunk"
HE said Mr.. Gideon was giving
me money" Judy went on inexor'
ably. HE told all the boys and
girls that l had taken Mr.. Gideon's
fancy. and that he had paid for
everything and brought me out at
the Monopole."
Judy. Bastien adores you,'
Chummy Insisted. He 10 jealous
and he was drunk"
II know he was drunX." replied
Judy: but that was what be said
wasn't it?-that Mr.. Gideon hae
paid for everything that the
Monopole is his, theater-that MIR
Wyon is only Mr.. Gideon's man OIL
business. And Bastien said l lice
because l pretended that 1t was Mr.
;. Wyon who had brought me out. ant
that 1t was a matter Of business
Is that right Chummy?"
Il wasn't ~there-yes. 1 suppos'
s1that's what he said: but he WASH
responsible
: "You see. Chummy. you may be
lieve me or not. but l didn't know
. It was an awful shock. That's VIII,
tainted. l knew Bastien neve
meant to hurt me. | knew that h
had gone mad: but It vas the shoe
E Ibis shouting that all out befor
: the boys. and making me out to b
> Heaven knows what! And l didn'
know. Chummy-l didn't know
THAT brute has utterly deceived M
Chummy, and that Shiny littl
: devil with the old woman's face
And l thought ! knew men!"
Poor Judy dropped on a cha
r and laughed and cried c0nyulsivel
bChummy did her best to comic
her. very much at sea as to what
all meant.
lie "Ot course you didn't kno'