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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-02-08
BARLOW FARMER IS
KILLED BY AUTO|S2
Cuptill Man Attempts to Avoid
Striking Three Men, Skids
and Strikes One

Fargo, N. D., Feb. 0.-ReRoy
Grietl, IS, farmer at Barlow, Foster
county, was killed early today when
he was struck by an automobile
driven BY Fred Benson Of 0uptill.
0rtetl's chest was crushed and he
was bruised about the head.
The accident occurred on the main
street Of Barlow about one O'Clock this
morning when the Benson car, seek
Ing to avoid hitting Grietl and two
companions who were crossing the
street, skidded and struck him.
0rietl was taken to q Darlington
hospital where he died two hours
later. No inquest win be held, J. o.
Robertson, Foster county coroner said,
and no charges will be brought by
officials against Benson.
0rietl. q longtime Barlow resident,
leaves his widow and two brothers,
william and Louis, Ill Of Barlow.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-02-08
Platform Of
NonpMtisan
League-l93Q

The text Of the Nonpartisan state
platform follows: !.
Wes the N~onpartisan League Of
bied at Bismarck. n. B.. this 7th day
Of February. 1880. adopt the follow
The present national administration
10 committed to the development. and
hoped win place the ssricuiturai in.
'terests of American on Z basis OF
economic equality with other In
dustries; we believe that those
pledges PIE sto,a are not osinE rsdeeTsd LIN n
and we approve the work Of our
northwest progressive senator's to re.
deem the party's pledges to agricul-
turs;
ilixe the prices Of grain. cotton and
the federal farm boards. policy Of lib
erai loans t.. producers cooperatives
dealing in these products and the
the terminal markets; we commend
ito disposition OF sympathetic support
" those cooperative organisa.
tions which have been built through
and labor BY those s'' %S.l.. se cr pIoHe
GERS, whose years Of tireless en-
deavor In the promotion Of the CO.
operative control of the marketing
operative idea, are now fruitified in
the enactment OF the LEGISLATION
which created the farm board. and the
governmental recognition Of the
soundness Of the principle OF real CO.
control OF the marketing Of
farm products. We earnestly urge
the consistent continuance or mis-
laudable policy to the end that fiuc-
tuatton In prices ana the gambling in
Of the people have been entirely
e~Doiished; and. the gigantic and
FUNDAMENTAL industry of agriculture
been placed on . parity with other
industries and established ON q perm.
Anently. prosperous basis.
We are opposed to the efforts made
At Warrington to remove the general
supervision of electric and telephone
companies from U state department
10 the federal government.
TAXATION
We believe that the perfection
has been afforded to the public
and power trusts OF our state
the Independents Of the last two
OF the legislature Is detri-
mental and IN Insult to the farmers
of this state, who pay the bulk.o the
taxes. There being nc law proyidinE
sdsqnate and ,sgal msthods q. deter
'ninin9 the value Of such public util-
lIies Ter texAtton. atsAho lesta4paikase-
slons Of the legislat1rs bills were In
trodueed to provide reasonable and
adeQuate methods of valuation and
tC0nt1uued on page three)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-02-08
.INDERCHDESERTS
GLIDER EXPERIMENT
DUE wind CONDITION
Fools Newspaper Men and Pho
tographsrs After Treating
Them to Steak Dinner

Lindbergh Camp. Tehachapi noun.
tatns. Calf, Feb. 8.-(R-Forestalled
by unfavorable wind conditions In Ct.
tenapts to make anything except very
short flights. Col. Charles A. Lind
bergh today temporarily deserted his
experimental glider camp here.
After . disappointing experience
just befor midnight last night, when
his boyish enthusiasm over IN antic-
ipated extensive night flight was
dashed at the last minute by an un-
favorable weather report, the colonel
packed up and returned to Los
Angeles. He intimated he would
make no further glider tests here for
an indefinite period, but ordered that
the camp be maintained in readiness
for use in the event favorable wind
conditions develop.
Lndbergh today planned to put his
new lQw-winged monoplane~ speed
ship, custom bull. for him and Mrs.
Ea1abH83r&e8Uxn1 Cu11f.. through
It's PAGES In department Of commerce
license tests. Later, his associates
here believe he may scout around for
q more favorable glider proving
ground II conditions here do not i'm
prove.
He entertained newspapermen and
photographers at q steak dinner yes
terday and then led them q chase to
the top Of . hill near Lebec, where
his glider was moored. He carried.a
Paragraph and sent men to the tops
Of nearby hills with red lanterns.
Working rapidly over the glider, he
paused long enough to appease the
curiosity Of the buzzing reporters, al
ready aroused by sight Of the baro-.
graph, which he had placed In the
glider for the first time.
Lndbergh laughed at them, and
then sent them scurrying to tele-
I'm, going up" he announced srnil-
"as soon as those lanterns are
placed and II the wind viii let me-"
Preparations had been completed
and he was ready to 60 on what he
would describe only as Z soaring
expedition" but what nevertheless was
10 Ill appearances expected to be Z
flight Of some duration, when the
neteorologist Of the government
Weather station nearby informed him
he winds were local In character and
could not last for more than two or
;hree hours.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-02-08
Campbell 7OCROW
CHEAP dixie WHEAT
Former North Dakotan Will De-
velop Tremendous Acreage
In North Carolina

New York, Feb. 8.-ND-A plan to
grow wheat on $1,000 to 100000 acre
tracts OF cheap southern land close to
the Atlantic seaboard, for storage and
direct shipment to Liverpool In some
o. the old abandoned shipping board
freiehters, had been advanced today
by Thomas p. Campbell Of Hardin,
Montana, formerly Of North Dakota.
Mr.. Campbell Is the head Of the
Campbell Farming corporation. He
has been engineering adviser to the
Soviet government In It's large scale
farming. ~pk0jeCts and was among
'th6ee mentioned - probable choices
Tor tho position Of secretary Of agri-
culture after President Hoovers In
a~lguration.
Large scale farming In the east is
the greatest opportunity. that exists
today In the industrial world" llr.
Campbell said.
There Il no reason why wheat
should not b grown In the east, and
there are great tracts available near.
tho coast where wheat may be
shipped 70 liverpool s. cents . bushel
more cteaply than II can be shipped
from Montana &
Mr.. Oalnpbell announced that his
corporation had taken over the devel-
0pment Of a63,000 acre tract In North
Carolina Tor August Heckscher. New
York philauthropist, and that It was
negotiating for $4,000 acres IN the
south on it, own account.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-02-08
Natives Fighting for
Chanc to Go to Jail
In Order to Get Water

Adelaide, Australia, Feb. 8.-R-
The natives OF Central Australia are
fighting for q chance to 60 to prison.
The drought which Is making CEN
tral Australia : hungry and thirsty
land has made living such . precari-
Gus business that the natives are
eager to get to prison where they IRE
assured Of food. water and clothing.
The resident magistrate Of the ter
ritory reported that natives impris-
cned for cattle-spearing 60 cattle-
speartng again the moment they {
released In the hope Of being arrest.
ed again. They will confess to any
thing to regain admission to the In
stttutions while apparently regard as
more beneficeht than corrective. he
said.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-02-08
CANCSTERS AND POLICE MIXED
IN DETECTIVES WEIRD STORY
legge Pictured a.
Agriculture. Saint

Alexander Legge. chairman Of the
federal farm board, Friday night. was
pictured to the Nonpartisan state
convention here as the savior of
American agriculture.
G.. Patterson, state senator from
Renville county and long a Nonparti-
san warhorse, declared Legge to be
the "only man on the farm board.
The rest are merely straw dummies"
d. n. Hamilton. McHenry county
state senator, said: 1.-The hopes OF
the IL agricultural states In The Mis-
sissippi Valley rest on Alexander
Legge. He has the biggest Job Of n
man in the history Of this Republic.
and including George Washing.
ton"
The remarks were made during a
discussion Of the Nonpartisan plat
form which commended the farm
board for its efforts to curb alleged
gambling in grain and castigated the
existing grain trade.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-02-08
: Killed In CROSSING Collision
Sinclair, Marshall, BrQnt Endorsed
Chicago Has Collie,
Professor States


Chicago. Feb. S-R-Dr. A. n.
Hatton, head Of the political science
department Of Northwestern univer-
stty, thinks Ohicago's got the collie.
A city that gobbles = political green
apple, he said In an address last nieht
before the young peoples civic coun-
Gu. cannot hope to escape the pains
that convulse q small boy who does
likewise.
TITS . bad case" he said, and
desperate. but not hopeless. It viii
take 9 rigorous diet over a fairly long
period Of time to effect q cure"
He said Chicago was the only large
city In the country that has actually
retrogressed" In her civic politics dur
ing the last Is years.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-02-08
Confessing Paper
Supplies Dvvindle

Chicago. Feb. A-RePeplexity
Tor the payless police. Now they've
run out Of paper to write COMES
sions on.
In case . criminal should walk In
and say. II want to confess . Lot Of
mischief I've DONE" the police per.
maps would have to memorise the
confession or as the man to call again.
It's sort Of an official brown police
paper that the detective bureau uses
TO write down confessions on, and
such. Only . few sheets remain.
The officers already are using both
sides Of the paper. Six weeks ago
$1,000 sheets were requisitioned from
the city purchasing agent who, lack
Ing funds, perforce has done nothing
about Il.
Things, fortunately. have been very
quiet lately In the c~onfessing line.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-02-08

air ana then began settling gently to
earth.
Another man came walking aloug.
He 'W1s poorly dressed. nott said -
might y Soaneone OFT of lob and
looslng foe one. Perhaps there were
40 beams 6 home and the lids were
hungry: AZ ny rate. ~ caane walking
10 csyreucy Va doocendlne. II
alnteeEod - IL mans faee. Jt,e nan
maeohed q the annoying paper,
loeesd q y and bsca1ns hl0hly AM.
mAood.
~. sfEum Tho News buildins. -
ttcnloAod "A excttod. lnouiEyot Is hoW'
mloh ~ IN 49, Werth, ,The mn
hel9 ~ IN flnSers 1ouR tirpoo. ~
Nn1t11 eNoy. VA 3sf5oo6
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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-02-08
Medical School Dean
Is Relieved Of Office

Ann Arbor. Mich. Feb. o-(R-Dr.
Hugh Cabot, dean Of the University
Of Michigan medical school since
1921, was relieved Of that office yes
terday by the board Of regents.
The board, however, continued DR..
Cabot's connection with the faculty
Is professor Of surgery. Announce
ment Of this action was made late
last night by DR.. Alexander q. Ruth
ven, president Of the university.
The regents action followed . dis
agreement between 81. Cabot ana
members Of the medical faculty GA
the question Of permitting the faculty
members to have outside practice
while they were employed ~ the
state. Dr.. Cabot maintained that
they should not but should devote
their fun time 70 teaching.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-02-08

Lewiston, Idaho. Ieb. 8.-IR-It be-
came known hare today that the days
fairy bridge over the 0rard Roude
rtvef. . part Of the Blue Mountain
highway. has been swept away by =
terrific ice jam.
The central pier was torn away and
two spans went downstream.
The bridge was the only tfanspor-
tatton link between Asotin county In
Wilmington and Eastern Oregon. Il
Mas said that approxinaately 100 fam
H. "a the Oregon side would b af-
tested.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-02-08
Expects Death for Testimony
Offered Detroit Police Trial
Board Members
PREDICTS GARWM KILLING
Tells OF Hotel Room With Wild
Men and Women, Bell Hops
Taking $50 Bills

Detroit, Feb. 8.-(P)eA police trial
board went into the second day Of 9
far reaching inquiry today with .
maze OF contradictory and startling
testimony In its records.
While convened to try Detective
Adolph Van Coppenolle on charges OF
unhecoming, conduct the board, at its
first session, heard stories involving
numerous police officials which, OBJ
servers agree, will widen considerably
the scope Of the inquiry.
Van Coppenolle was ordered tried
BY Police Commissioner Harold II.
Emmons because Of weird stories
about an inter department plot cred.
tied to him after the attempt on In
spector Henry J. Garvin's life jan
uary 2.
Has Gift Of Cab
On the stand at the hearing Van
Coppenolle proved himself to be an
extensive talker, but did not say the
things others had credited to him aft
e. the 0arvin shooting.
Some Of the outstanding. things he
said were:
That he will be killed for his testi-
mony.
That Garvin will be killed by
Bugs" Moran gangsters and IAN
Egan rat" because he double crossed
gangsters after promising that
Joseph Uegs) Lamar would not BE
tried for kidnapping.
Denies Plot Story
That he did not tell former Com.
missioner William p. Rutledge that
Inspector Robert A. MACPHERSON had
tried to engineer . plot whereby
gangsters would murder 0arvin.
That 0arvin told him TO ret Mac.
Pherson. drunk, deprive him Of his
revolver and thus give soarvin .
chance ut him.
In contradiction. to this testimony
Rutledge said that Van Ooppenolle
bad told Of . plot by Macphersou:
Continued on page three)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-02-08
Ten Delegates IN Third District
Favorable to TownIey,
, Vote Is Interpreted
THoREs0N IS FIRST CHOICE
Nonpartisan League Platform
Condemns National Bank
Chains and Mergers
The text Of the resolution
adopted BY the Nonpartisan
League convention Win be found
on Page IL.
Nonpartisans endorsed E. H.
Brandt, Linton, q their guberna.
torial candidate on the sixth bal.
lot this afternoon.

Nonpartisans in state convention
here were wrangling over their guber-
Material endorsement but had taken
no definite action in the matter a. the
Tribune went to press this afternoon.
Leading the candidates for the en-
dorsement were A. 7. Lynner, Fargo;
William LANCER, Bismarck; and E. H.
Brant, Linton.
J.. H. Sinclair, incumbent, today was
endorsed for congressman from the
third district at q caucus Of district
delegates to the convention. The Sec
ond district endorced A. S. Marshall,
state senator from Dickey county, and
the first district caucus, unable to To-
cate a candidate, left the endorse
ment open.
Lynner Leads First
Names placed In nomination for
the Nonpartisan gubernator1al en-
dorsement and the votes cast for
them on the first ballot were: A. Z.
Lynner, Fargo, 26; william LANCER.
bismarck, 20; =. n, Brandt. Linton,
~: Z. n. ThoreDen, Bismarck, I; MrS.
Minnie D. Craig, Edmond, !: Ole
Ettestad. MclIenry county, 2: w. y.
Matthaei. Wells county. l; ana J. A.
Gray. Lisbon. /.
A motion to make only . majority
Of the votes cast necessary to noni-
mate carried, making the exact num-
Der necessary to nominate undeter-
mined.
The result Of the second ballot was:
Lynner IS; LANCER a; Brant as
Thoresen 3: and Craig 2.
With % delegates voting, IS votes
were necessary for an endorsement.
Real Battle Develops
While the third ballot was being
taken . real battle developed on the
demand Of g. A. Ward, Emnions
county, that he be permitted to
speak for his candidate, =. II. Brandt. /
An effort to block speeches failed
with r. w. Frazier and Frank Vogel,
Mclean county, leading the fight
against = so-called gag" rule.
Wards speech was brief.
n. W. Frazier then began . speech
for LANCER and against Lynner.
branding the latter - . rank. raw
candidate"
He attacked the s'paid delegates"
who were supporting Lynner, saying
Lynner Is not pledged to do the Nom
partisans any good and Is essentially
zone Of the Tw1chell crowd"
. Lemke Condemns Lynner
o. Q. Snyder. Fargo. took up the
cudgelS for Lynner, saying he IL 81
''clean. upright. progressive gentle
man" who could null the Nonportisan
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-02-08
WAR ON GANCSTERS
OPENS AT DEMPSEY
BOXING EXHIBITION
Russell Orders Sleuths to Pick
Up All Connected With
Gang and Gun Life
TOLD T0.GET OUT OF TOWN
Men Form Courage
Committee to Rid Chicago
Of Hoodlum Hordes
TOLD T0.GET OUT OF TOWN

Chicago. Feb. 8.-(R-Wholesale
war on the Chicago bad men had
started today.
The first skirmish of the new con-
flict was financed from the private
purse Of Police Commissioner william
Russell, for the city has no money.
The commissioned provided funds for
the purchase Of Is tickets to Jack
Dempsey's boxing show last night,
picking his best sleuths to attend.
Boxing matches are magnets that
lure the big shots" of the beer, racket
and gang world from their usual
hauntS. Commissioner Russell ORDER
ed his detectives to pick up every man
they recognized as In any way con-
nected with Chicago gang and gun
life.
Several Arrests Made
Several arrests were made, but the
prisoners were released after being
told by Chief Egan of the detective
bureau to get out Of town.
Pick up everyone you know as q
gangster or gang hanger : on" Com
missioner Russell ordered. Hereafter
we'll hold them until their release Is
forced by habeas corpus proceedings.
Well keep on arresting them. Law
yers and habeas corpus proceedings
cost them money. you know"
/ Another broom to sweep the city OF
its hoodlum horde was being FASH
Toned by the Chicago Association Of
Commerce. The.fmembership Of the
courage committee" to consist Of six
men. was to be announced today, with
Col. Robert Isham Randolph, presi-
dent Of the association, as its head.
50 Holduns Last Night.
The courage committee" will take
up Immediately" the matter of res
the city from gangster rule,
Col. Randolph said. How the COM
mtttee would proceed was not clear.
Nearly SO holdups were on the COM
plant books Of the city's q police
early today, representing
store and street robberies for the
night. An unidentified mar was
found shot dead in q room on South
3angamon street shortly after mid |.
night, and at least N cab driver re-
he had been held up and
'obbed by the "undress bandits" q
nan and q woman, who cover their
,scape by taking most Of the victims
clothing to prevent immediate pur-
uit. Similar robberies have occurred
or the past week.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-02-08
Hall Gets Daily Mail
Service for Farmers

Forty-three families On rural mail
route No. between Bismarck and
Moffit viii receive daily mail service
hereafter, according to Information
received BY The Bismarck Tribune
from Congressman Thomas Han at
washington, p. q.
Congressman Hall has been pre-
vailing upon the United States post
office to establish daily mail service
on this route for over. = year.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-02-08
Revolving Mothers Seize Rooms of
Vacated School 70 Teach cbildren

Chicago. Feb. -H-1londay WIN
Be tho day Of marching motl1efs 81 TIE
Lovett school tangla. They viii must@
their children a IT, eanpty school
rocans and tsaeh The clas1ss tAenA-
aelveR. s
This course Of action wns 0ecidod
upon - : parents' meeting taat nleht,
T4o oovonth and eiCtth gradeS "a
III eeAG9 recently lWoGo Transferred
- ~ Burbank junioe hiiRh oohoc1.
IhlD Mo6o i n1eQnDaxy ~ e1il1ren
a - post q - 6lotsicti 49, -.
lraeas e ~ lieaGQ 1qlvsn1possnd'
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-02-08
Edmond, Elgin Banks
Discontinue Business

Announcement that the Esmond
State bank has discontinued business
and its deposits have been taken ov6r
By the First international Bank Of
Edmond was made here Friday by the
state banking department.
The First 6tatc Bank Of Elgin also
his discontinued business, It's deposits
being taken over by the Egin state
hank.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-02-08

Fairbanks. Alaska. reb. 0-R-
Confirmation q = rich co1d strike 81
the RUBY district hGtWDen Eairb6uks
and Nome reached here today ~ oir-
plane. The stribe was made "a the
poqgman. Wolfo and Beaver Croek
wateguh1ds and va repogtod egpectal-
~ rich q Beaver creek. WHARF, q Wes
said tn ground ran O. hikh . II
dollars as1oot and @l.2o 70 tho pan.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-02-08
DEAD MAN

Jamestown, n. D., FEB. A-ReNo
word has been received from the rel
attyes Of the man who was known Ia
Jamestown - Grant Rowley, but
whose real name = George Franklin
zex, who died In the county tail FRI
day morning. Judge Frank kellogg,
aottng coroner, pronounced hi death
due to alcoholism.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-02-08
WRECK OF E|ELSON'S
Plane BURIED AGAIN
BY RECENT BLIZZARD
Pat Reid Flies Captain Sven.
son. Daughter and Russian
Ship Master to Teller

North Cape, Siberia. Feb. 8.-Re
(vta Point Barrow Alaska by Radio
and Cable)-Captain Pat Reid. who
took off from here yesterday with
Miss Marion Swenson, Seattle high
school girl. her father. Captain SVEN
son, and Captain Milovzorov as pas
sengers. landed ct Teller. Alaska, to-
day after q flight Of about four hours,
Miss 6wenson radioed from Teller,
They took off from North Cape ct 10
q. m.
The Swensons had been marooned
for several months on the fur trad
Ing ship Nanuk, icebound 1t North
Cape, while Captain Milovzorov has
been tcebound here aboard the Rus
sian ship 6tavropol, Of which he Is
master. Swenson is head of the
Swerson Fur Trading company which
owns the Nanuk.
Captain Reid flew one OF the Fair
child planes sent north to engage in
the search for Carl Ben Eielson and
Earl Borland. who we're lost Nov. 9
while attempting q flight to the
Nanuk. The wreckage Of their plane
was found recently 90 miles southeast
North Cape but their bodies have
not been recovered.
Conferred On Eielson
Subsequently Joe Crosson and Har.
old Gillian, American Btrdmen, flew
to the Nanuk to search for their lost
but all their efforts were
conferred upon locating Eielson and
no immediate attempt was made to
remove the Nanuk's passengers.
The arrival Of two big planes ct
Cape finally afforded Miss
5wenson and her father m oppor-
tunity to return to civilization by
q flight such as that which
ended disastrously for Eielsou. the
noted arctic aviator.
Captain Reid intends to fly back to
Siberia with . large quantity OF gas
so that planes now ct North
Cape may continue their trips to the |
Lagoon. 80 miles southeast Of the /
Nanuk, where the Wreckage Of the
cielson- Borland plane was found re-
To Supply Searchery
The planes will be used In taking
supplies to the men who are search
ng In the snow surrounding the
vreckage for the bodies Of the miss
ng men. Later they win be utilized
n transporting the remaining pas
and furs on the Nanuk to
Jorne, the work Eielson and Borland
we're engaged in when lost.
A message received from the Nanuk
So. -- Il
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-02-08
LIND DIES

Chattanooga, Tenn, Feb. S.-R-
Christopher Bathman, 80, famous
harmonics player and one time &C.
companist for Jenny Lind, u dead.
1athman who was engaged by p. r.
Daruum. the circus king In 1910 when
the latter was IN . tour Of Europe,
dled here last night.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-02-08

Charles Mc0onegal. former Grand Forks man, lost both Of his hands in the
World wal. but that handicap doesn't prevent him from being = sirnlsne
pilot with Is hours Of instruction and IS hours Of solo fyinr to he credit
Just now he's trying to get . private pilots license from the United states
department of Commerce. McGoneeal who moved to California several
yes ear egg; y also an applicant for the postmaatership Of his new home town,
with these he Is able to fly . plane. drive an auto. write With q Fountain
pen and do almost everything else.