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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-06-02
HE Can Make It His Baby

In view Of the enormous program OF river Improvement
Undertaken by the government, it will probably be several
years before an engineer is put on the job to cfannellze
the upper Missouri river for purposes Of navigation. When
that time comes, however, we are assured that the man
assigned to the task will stay with it until it is finished.
In the words Of one of the generals OF the army, ne
can make it his baby" This idea of making each
engineer responsible for his own particular job is an
innovation for which we are indebted to Hoover, the
engineer president.
Under the old order an army engineer could stay on
q certain project only three years. HI was then ordered
back to a command. He might be replaced by another
engineer of equal ability, but one who had entirely dif-
ferent ideas of procedure, and the result might spell
delay and confusion. It usually did.
The country was well on the way toward a comprehen-
sive scheme of river improvement when Hoover was elect
ed president, but the methods Of the war department. were
quite unsuited to so great a project. In accord with
the wishes Of the new chief executive the desired change
was made, and in the future one man will have charge
of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence project, another the
lower Mississippi and still another the Ohio and Its
tributaries. Following the Mississippi flood OF 1927 large
sums for improving that river and other streams were
appropriated by congress and the work has steadily
lRained momentum since that time.
Everything points to a new era for inland waterway
Transportation. When the early steamboats, disappeared
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-06-02

once was white complete the costume.
go. His hair, slate gray and lending
a certain dignity to his tragedian's
thin face, complete his attire.
Here. for all the world, walks one
of the latter-day Shakespearean play
ers who made the circuits of the ma
tons small towns.
Beneath his arm is q small bundle
of magazines. . AS he approaches
he whips the magazines before the
eyes Of the passing throng. -. The
cover reveals the words, THE IN
employed"
Help the unemployed actors" he
chants in a voice that seems to come
from some point way down in his
boots-the sort of voice that suddenly
recalls such lines as lyon Cassius, he
has a thin and hungry look!"
Somehow, you don't want to hear
this mans story. So you hurry along!
X X X
Already the crowd is distracted by
another scene. up Broadway is COM
ing an oldtime buggy, drawn by q
sturdy horse.
Dumping up and down in the seat
is Manhattan's favorite character
the eternal Rube; the Uncle Josh of
yesterday. with Uncle Josh whiskers,
high farmer boots, yokel hat and
linen buster.
AS he drives through the highway
he calls to passersby. -.
"How's everythin' back home. folksl
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-06-02
American Farmers Face New Frontier

In Americas pioneer days enterprising traders fur
nished the native Indians weapons with which TO fight
the white settlers. The settlers, in spite of this handicap
gained control of the vast expanses OF rolling prairies
and proceeded to supply the world markets with wheat.
Now the battle line has shifted to a new frontier and
our enterprising traders are supplying the Russian soviets
with agricultural machinery with which they propose to
win control of the worlds wheat market. As In the old
time battle Of the frontier. the traders are furnishing
supplies to whomsoever will buy, and now, as then, the
brunt of the fight falls on the embattled farmers.
Can the Russians, armed with American agricultural
machinery and aided by American technicians, win such
a contest? It looks very much that way, as they have
everything in their favor.
Soviet representatives at the London conference of
wheat exporting nations have calmly announced that
Russias purpose is to dominate the wheat market. They
will, Of course, agree to curtailment-but the ~curtailment
in wheat acreage must be made by the other nations!
What Russia demands Is the place she occupied before
the World war in the matter Of exportable wheat. Rus
STA at that time was the leading wheat exporting nation
in the world.
BY developing the vast Russian steppes through the
use Of American machinery, and by impressing millions
of farm hands at barely living wages, the soviet gov
expects to win control Of the wheat market by
underselling all the other wheat exporting nations. In
Guiding the United States and Argentina. Nobody seems
to question Russia's ability to do this, unless that coun-
try should suffer an unforeseen setback in its gigantic
plan of mass production.
The Russian challenge does not really mean as much
to the American wheat grower as would at first appear.
The fact is that our wheat farmers have never derived
benefits worth mentioning from the export market
and now that this market Is expected to be completely
closed by Russian competition, our wheat farmers may
be induced to turn their attention to diversfication.
Two factors at work in this country make the situa-
look more hopeful. In the first place, many thou
sands of wheat farmers are changing to other lines Of
farming, thus curtailing the wheat acreage. In the
second place, the American population is increasing
rapidly and we are approaching the time when there will
be no exportable surplus OF grain.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-06-02
BY DIR. MORRIS FTSHBEIN
Editor, Journal Of the American
Medical Association, and Of

Hygeia, the Health Magazine
Whenever a new discovery Is made
in medicine its commercial exploita-
ton promptly follows. We are given
as a nation to mass interests and to
adopting promptly any new method
Of amusement, any new food product,
or any new scientific discovery.
Everyone can remember the tenn
porary craze for nah jongg, cross
country walking, shaking machines
for passive exercise, and ultraviolet
rays in the home. Now the furore Of
interest and exploitation is associated
with vitaminS.
Readers Of this column have by
this time realized that practically all
natural food substances contain vita
Minis of one type or another, and
that an average American diet con-
sisting Of varying quantities Of q va
riety Of food substances takes care OF
most of the vitamin needs Of the
population. There is no reason why
most people should drink q quart Of
orange juice daily: no reason why
they should take excessive quantities
of cod liver oil or cod liver oil tablets;
no reason why they should expose
themselves to sunlight to the point Of
burning.
Vitamin deficiency In any single
case can only be discovered by a
careful study Of the diet and health
of the individual. A hap-hazard TAX
ing Of great quantities Of vitamin-
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-06-02
ARMY OFFICER d

On June 2, 1917, Brigadier General
Henry p. Mccain, adjutant general
OF the army, issued a statement re-
vealing plans for the training Of Of
ficers for the drafted forces.
His letter said in part:
ITO provide officers for the drafted
forces Of the national army, the War
Department has adopted the policy of
commissioning new officers of the
line 0nfantry, cavalry, field and coast
guard artillery purely on the basis
of demonstrated ability, after three
months observation and training in
the officers training camps.
"The present camps will provide
line officers sufficient in quality for
the first 100000 and q reserve for that
increment. It is proposed to officer
further increments raised under the
draft by promotion from the ranks
Of the regular army. the National
Guard, and drafted forces previously
In service"
On this day General Won linden
burg announced that the French and
British offensive had come to q def
mite conclusion. The French War
Office reported the capture Of $4,000
prisoners.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-06-02
Another Indecisiye Decision

BY a five to four decision the United States supreme
court last week decided that Dr.. Douglas Clyde Macin-
tosh and Marie A. Bland were ineligible to citizen
ship because they would not take an oath to fight II
necessary, for the United States. Mr.. Macintosh IS q
divinity professor at Yale, and Miss Bland, q former war
nurse, is a resident of New York City. Both are Cana
dams.
The majority opinion. delivered by Justice Sutherland,
was agreed to by Justices Butler, McReynolds, Van
Devanter and Roberts. Chief Justice Hughes gave q
vigorous dissenting opinion and was Joined in his stand
by Justices Holmes. Brandeis and Stone.
Justice Sutherland stated that the question had al
ready been settled by the refusal OF the court to allow
Rosika schwimmer. Hungarian writer, to become q citi-
zen. He stressed the point that aliens seeking U. 8.
citizenship should not be given the privilege Of picking
and choosing their wars, as this is a right not accorded
to the native born.
Chief Justice Hughes said the cases hinged on the
narrow point whether congress had exacted q promise
to bear arms as a condition Of its grant Of naturaliza-
ton.
THAT the congress has not made such an express
promise is apparent" he said. 1.-THE question IS whether
that exaction is to be implied from certain general words
which do not, as it seems to me, either literally, or his
torically, demand the implication"
The case is not of itself of fundamental importance,
and it's adjudication either way would not cause so
much as a ripple of public disapproval throughout the
country; but the fact that it was settled by a five to
four vote brings 1t down to the level Of a legislative
decision, which is not the kind Of a decision the people
feel they nave a right to expect of the highest court
in the land.
Spirituality: Pleading for a broader vision when lack
ing anything else to talk about.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-06-02
Uncle Sam and the Gas Tax
(MinneapOliS Journa]

Minneapolis JournaD
In casting about for new sources Of income with which
to ~extinguish deficits. Secretary Andrew Melons keen
eye has lighted upon the gasoline tax. Accordingly, prob
ably just to test our public sentiment, he suggests q
federal impost on the fluid fuel now so universally used.
This would be a federal invasion Of a field Of taxation
that has been developed and occupied wholly by the
states. Gasoline Is now taxed in every state Of the
Union, and the income is almost entirely devoted to high
way Improvement. The rate runs from two cents q gal
lon up to six, the average being q little under four cents.
# Uncle Sam should now hold his hand out for an
additional gas tax, It would be q gesture resented alike
by the states and by the individual consumer. The
federal government and the states ought not to interfere
ana overlap in taxation. Each should have its own yard
to play in, and stay there.
BY imposing estate taxes the government has already
i~nterfered seriously with q state source Of revenue, even
though a good sized percentage is RENTED in those
states that collect inheritance taxes. Grave ~injustices
often arise under this double taxation.
The gas tax belongs to the states. Uncle Sam should
keep hands OF
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-06-02

-"BIckbee told you to Wa.en 'N0
game?" one OF The men asA'o'
"Then for Pete's sake watch "
YOU can see better II you Keep SooA
lips close together;' ou,,a s.,rs.
saw, fresh, eh?" growled oears.
The real reason Kirby was sent
nut was for the other half. nc
gnt q two has the first crack
and I was delighted, for that was
a rood record. His first inning III
major league ball, and he stops
hot orounder for q double play
and then socks out a tWo-Daggef.
T had seen many and many a pig
league game and or late yealS tirU; !.
of the Worlds Series, but somehow ~
was quite different to be WatCll nr
one from the bench when you alJ
hoping that you'll have mace sOEu
and be out there before long, 'aA'
ing actual part in such a game.
Never before did I watch a game
closer or study every move SO care
fully.
Kirby Yates did equally as we'll IN
the next frame and I dlstlnctlv
heard Manager Buckbee say to MN,
when he came in, 20. K, Yates"
What I would have given to have
heard Buckbee say that to me!
"You are all set, Kirby" I Whls-
pered. when he sat down beside me.
Nobody is set, Bert, in this game,
until his name is on the dotted line,
but I sure had luck" he answered.
Sears heard.
"You said it, Yates-luck-that,s
what you had, an Buckbee handln
us that fooey line about not using
us for a game or two" he said TO
Yates.
"Buckbee knew Kirby's stick work
was good and he needed him.
What's a manager for If he doesn't
take every possible advantage?"" I
exclaimed. 1t was seldom that I
talked much with Sears, but I
didn't like the way he said it was
all luck on Kirby'S part.
yeah? So you had to say your
two cents WORTH" Sears sneered a
little as he said it.
Look here, Sears" I said, grim
ming at him when I felt more like
oCONllIl5, UWO CClllo NOl III VI toih
is all that a crack-pot bean like
yours can stand at a time"
Kirby and a couple men next to
us got a laugh out Of that.
Sears hesitated a moment as II
searching for an answer and finally
muttered. "Them's harsh words,
NELL"
Mcpherson was getting tired. Why
Buckbee didn't put in Stevenson or
some other hurler I couldn't guess
at the time, but the fact remains
that he came to Sears.
go in" he said.
"In the box?" Sears asked, hop
ping up.
Unless you are used to Pitch
Ing from third base" Buckbee said,
cOldly.
Sears rubbed his hands.
Watch papa!" he said, grinning.
So l had to sit there and see
Sears France out to the box.
The first man up struck at two
and was caught out on a foul.
The second mar struck at the
first one and got a close single.
Sears seemed to be warming up.
He was doing mighty well and I
had to admit it, much as it dis
gusted me. I couldn't understand
why my baseball luck seemed to
have changed so suddenly. Why
couldn't Buckbee have let me 20
out there? "
Instead OF that. I was left on
the bench!
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-06-02

Now that girl caddies are being
employed on European links, per-
haps golfers will consider their own
form q secondary matter.
= \ =
A movement IS under way In Can
ada to teach farming free to boys.
It is understood to be q growing i'm
provemeht.
s. = \
Tobacco Is now recommended as
feed for chickens and sheep. Goats,
on the other hand, will still rely on
their butts.
Copyright, 1881, NEA Service. Inc.)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-06-02
The Magic Carpet
Duluth Herald)

OU1UV 11CIdVUJ
The world has no magic carpets to move people mira
culously from here to there. But it has %airplanes, and
it has such men as Captain Frank Hawks, American, to
show what can be done with them.
After astounding Europe by his feats, yesterday he
did another. In the morning he was in Paris. AT
eight o'clock he flew to London, where he had break
fast. Then he flew to Berlin, where he had lunch. Then
he flew to Paris, reaching there in time to have dinner
and join Mrs. Hawks in the use Of theater tickets pre-
viously arranged for.
A world with its capitals as closely together as that
is a very different world from that with which most his
tory deals, and the difference has to be reckoned with
by those who make peace or war.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-06-02

.... See We at the barn dance t'night.
90. Haow's Mandy and Si?"
A seedy-looking gent stands on the
curb 80. and Just looks. 800. He
brushes q sleeve, maybe over his nose,
maybe over his eyes. . The city's
parade goes on!
GILBERT SWAN.
Copyright, 1881, NEA Service, Inc.)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-06-02

first money.
But after the business prospered,
and then later, while I was strug-
Cling along in unheard-of bush
leagues, and when I began to have
unbelievable luck from starting to
back shows for my friend, Dolly
Dawson, piling up big money, there
seemed no reason for Harry'S con-
ttnued objections.
I couldn't understand why, after
I had played for six seasons try
ing to become fast enough for the
top-notch leagues, and was on the
verge Of getting my chance, Harry
should send such a wire.
I doubt If it was good Judgment
on my part to answer his wire with
another promising to give up my
beloved baseball II I failed to get
q contract with the Chicago Loop
erS, but pride prompted 1t.
Now / had to make good. 1
felt that I could never win Ma
Wis Merrill. She would never be-
lieve that Dolly Dawson and my
self had been pals, and no more
to each other. II / had to dKop
baseball I believed that I would
flop around through life like a
fish out Of water. My money
wouldn't seem SO important to
me then.
The thought came that I might
buy some good team, and that would
be next to playing. However, to
any one who loved the game as I
had loved 1t from the days when ]
used to borrow" Harry'S ball and
gloves, 1t would be tough medicine
to quit. And I would quit if l
failed, because I never made PROM
Uses or boasts that I couldn't keep.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-06-02
FOOL:

SYNOPSIS: Bert Rushe, kid brother OF the o. He quits col
Home Run Harry, i. called = pitching fool at co Ieasae. His brother
lege to play in q bush league, aiming at the mayVl Yea arS RI has great
tights him to prevent this, but Bert wont best be ss0 pdme shows, but his
luck. isn't with Cupid, for tae fails to win the leone one tt am i His fbroiher,
last he has a chance to try out for a major leasse . y 10 70 fails he will
quit baseball.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-06-02

DIDN'T understand my basebal-famous, prouel, ;rod me-
i at this time, and I was certainly hurt when ne ""'N 90
that I couldn't make the big league. oor,e a
He had objected all along to my ambition to DECLINE he
big league hurler. At first I understood ms r ro oh,r o.
thought I ought to become a business man ana 1a lam -. o from
Of the bakery corporation that my mother had DullV ~ . uMs
the tiny four hundred dollar shop she started on Ilallyo
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-06-02

Bert has been getting all the
breaks so far-but he can't make
it If he doesn't get a chance to
play!
Read Of his big moment in to.
mOrrOw's instalIment Of this in
teresting serial-"The Pitching
Fool"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-06-02
Editorial Comment

Editorials printed below show the trend. Of thought
to whether they agree or disagree with The Trib-
une's policies.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-06-02

Spirituality: Pleading for a broader vision when lack
ing anything else to talk about.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-23
DRY PADLOCKS
 ON $ SALOONS

Hurley. Wis UP)-Federal pad locks bar entrance to 55 saloons along six blocks of Silver street. full length of the main thorough fare. in this payday playground of lumberjacks and iron miners.
 Depression had hit these places before the prohibition agents did their worst. What trade is left does not have to be spread among so many saloons now.
 Lumbering activities were at q standstill in this region last win. ter. Iron mines across the border in Michigan are operating on cur tailed schedules. All these condi- lions reduced business in saloons and gambling places.
 Hurley saw it's first majo raid December 2S. 1920. when half q hundred investigators started pad lock actions against 59 places. Judge Claude Z Luse, in federal court. later held that the search warrants were illegal and the raids were ineffective
 Exactly six years later, nine fed eral prohibition agents raidcd 70 places, leaving padlocks as belated Christmas gifts. Two other raids in May and June. 1928. closed some of the places for one year.
 The last occasion of this sort. resulting in the present wholesa lc padlocking was q surprise visit on April 1, 1881.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-23

autos. Billys parents and family.
 The third division will be head ' ed by the American Band of Wa terbury, followed by the members of the Naugatuck Golf Club and the caddies of the Naugatuck Golf Club, Lithuanian societies. St Francis Xavier Drum Corps, United Polish societies. Germa n ladies organizations.
 The fourth division In charge of Marshal James F. McCann will be headed by the Grammar School Drum Corps followed by school children of the borough. organi- Zations in cars. floats and autos.
 The line of march will be down Church street to Maple 10 North Main to Bridge 10 North church to Park place to Meadow street and Division street where the parade will dlsband. All niZatlOns taking part in the parade will re port at. 6 o'clock.
 Banquet at 8 o'clock
 At 8 o'clock the big testimonial banqut to be rendered to Billy will be held in St Michael's parish HOuSe. NIdytou Y lIuNIS W'Ii known caterer, will prepare the banquet. Warden Frank T. Green will officiate as astmaster. The speakers will be Francis C. New ton of Greenwich. member of the Round Hill Club of which Bill ly is the pro. MT Newton Is n former North and'r South amateur golf champion and at present Is the amateur golf champion of Massac chusetts. He is a very able 1 speaker, William Chittenden. | former president Of the local Chamber of Commerce, John w. Hayes. representing the Nangatuclt Golf Club, Attorney Clayton L
 Klein, who will make the presen i tation, Billy himself and 1t is i thought that John Kieran, sports writer of the New York Times ana f Bill SlOcum. sports writer of the | New York American, will speak, | It Is also expected that other sports writers of national rcp,ita- | ton will be present. Rev Rich- ard P. MOrrissey of St Mary's | church of Union City will offer
 prayers at the banquet.
 Few Tickets Left
 T. Int COIIlFflItttt III tIuI b' VI '''
 banauet announced last night al
 the meeting that limited numbe'
 of tickets for the banquet will be
 available on Thursday. They may
 be procured from members of tho
 banquet committee or at the clut
 rooms of the Naugatuck Golf Cluf
 during the progress of the exhibi'
 ton match.
 1 Burke Pleased
 | Billy twas delighted to be back
 in his native ,tOwn.' he stated up
 on his arrival in the borough. He
 expressed the opinion that 1t was
 all wonderful the demonstratior that was being given him by hl'
 home town folks. He was filled
 with emotion with the reception at the Naugatuck Golf Cut grounds when he was greeted bN many of his old time pals on the links not few of whom he acted as caddy for before he started his goIfing career that carried him t' the national golf pinnacle.