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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-04-21
Current Events Club
To Observe Guest Day

Mrs. George F. Shafer and Mrs.
Obert Olson will take part in the pro-
gram for the annual guest day meet
ing Of the Current Events club to be
held Wednesday afternoon at the
nome of Mrs. J. G. Taylor, no Avenue
A. Mrs. Shafer will describe places
in France included in the itinerary
Of q European tour which she took
last year and Mrs. Olson will give q
group Of readings. Several special
musical numbers are planned.
The program committee, composed
Of Mrs. F. H. Waldo, Mrs. II. F.
O.Hare and Mrs. D. J. McGillis, Is in
charge of the affair. z
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-04-21
Rites Are Held
For Arthur Van Horn

Friends and relatives filled the
Perry funeral chapel here Tuesday
afternoon to pay their last respects
to the memory of Arthur Van Horn,
pioneer Bismarck architect who died
at his home early Saturday morning.
Rev. Walter e. Water Of the McCabe
Methodist Episcopal church conduct
ed the funeral services and delivered
the address. Special music was given,
with Mrs. Frank Bavendick as soloist.
Burial was made In Fairview ceme-
terry.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-04-21
Philippine Veteran
Buried at WahpetOn

Wahpeton, N. D.. April 2l.-(R)-
Wahpeton business houses were
closed for an hour Tuesday as funeral
services were conducted for ]. p. Oh
son, an early day resident NJ this
county, a former county officer and q
veteran Of the Spanish american war
Members Of the American Legion
had charge Of the funeral arrange
ments and six men who served with
MI. Olson In the Philippines acted %
p%allbearers.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-04-21
Daughter Of Rich
Widow Is Married

Hollywood. Calf. April ~ -tAl-
Elopemcnt Of Armand Kaliz. ,cteran
stage and screen actor, and Madeline
Hatch Weiner, formerly of New York,
to Tijuana Sunday has been revealed
by the couple.
They told friends Monday night
they had hoped to keep their mar
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-04-21
City-C County News

Judge Fred J%ansonius recently re-
turned from Hettinger, where he
heard a civil action in district court
for Judge T. H. Pugh, Dickinson, who
is i'll.
Mrs. r. B. Wigley, of the Pollyanna
shop, left Monday for West Point,
Iowa, where her mother is seriously
ill.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-04-21
Police Aroused by
Machine Gun Theft

st. Paul. April 2l.-(1-The!t Of a
standard army model Browning ma
chine gun from Fort Smelling Tues
day put police on the alert us they
feared the thieves might use the gun
In q holdup.
A general alarm was broadcast to
Northwest communities. Capr. K. H.
Hurghein said the lock on the forts
arnory was not forced as the thieves
had used a kew.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-04-21

riage secret for several months, but
found 4 impossible. The bride n th9
daughter Of Mrs. ~. A. Hatch Noincr.
wealthy New York widow.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-04-21
TO STUDY

Delaware, Ohio. April 2l.-(F-
Prohibition as a governmental prob
lem will be the subject of q new
course in the Ohio Wesleyan univer-
sity political science department next
fall, school officials announced Tues
day.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-04-21
WOMAN PAYS ALlMONY

Los Angeles. April 2l.-F-Mrs.
Hattie e. shuler, So. must pay 9o6 9
month alimony to Chester =. 6chuler,
81, her former husband. and In addi-
ton provide him rent FREQ quarters
In one Of her apartment houses.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-04-21
SOLDIERS WIFE DIES

Sturgis, S. D., April 21.-(P-Mrs.
William F. Guyles, wife of a Fort
Meade sergeant, fell dead at her
home here Monday. A physician said
an acute heart attack was the cause.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-04-21
SENTENCE FARGO YOUTHS

SENTENCE FARGO YOUTHS
Fargo, N. D., April 2l.-(F-Georee
THAN, 10. and Sherman shinn, 10.
both of Fargo, were sentenced to 80
days each in the Cas- county jail
by Judge Paul Paulson or charges Of
petty larceny.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-04-21
ACCIDENTALLY ELECTROCUTED

Crookston, Mimi, April 2l.-Re
William Orloffski, SO, a city employe,
was electcocuted when he grasped a
high voltage wire which had fallen
TO the ground.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-04-21

The sun can come streaming in through
curtains Of marquisette. Fancy dots.
orenwork and embroidered patterns, -
vel, as plain. All white and white with
color. You can redeeorate the whole
house 1t small: cost
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-25
BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor, Journal Of the American
Medical AsSociatiOn)

The federal food and drugs act is
Is years old this year. 1t was signed
by President Theodore Roosevelt IN
1906. Only those who can remember
the conditions that prevailed previous
ito the passage and enforcement OF
this act can appreciate the changes
since then. Methods Of manufacture
ing food in those days were very
crude. Patent medicines, consisting
of a little alcohol and innumerable
worthless weeds and vegetables, were
sold in immense quantities not only
from wagons but in drug stores and
through the mail. In order to
preserve foods, to give them proper
clothing, Or to make them more cas-
lily salable, all sorts Of harmful color
ing materials and presentations were
added to them.
It would be folly to state that con-
dltionS today are perfect. Everyone
knows that drug products are still
available that are without merit and
that they are sold with exaggerated
advertising claims. The same thing
IS true in regard to certain foods.
However, the food industry itself
has developed as has drug manufac-
ture. Reliable manufacturers, con.
vinced of the Importance Of honesty
label their products correctly and
limit their advertising to statements
that r sound. Whereas American
people rs years ago lived largely on
meat, potatoes, bread and coffee, to-
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-25
Daily Health Service
Pure Food and Drugs Act Began Era OF
Honest Advertising
Claims on Labels of Most Products Are Sound

day they eat a widely varied diet con-
tanning all sorts of foods which were
formerly considered to be novelties.
The food and drugs officials re-
port that $4,000 legal actions nave
been taken in the past Is years, q
result Of which foods and drugs are
much safer when purchased in the
open market than they used to be.
It should be realized, OF course, that
the control of the food and drugs q
ministration concerns primarily the
label on the package and the COM
position of the preparation and does
not extend to the advertising.
Various bodies have been made up
on a voluntary basis to limit adver-
Using claims and to secure honesty
in promotion. Most important OF all.
however, is the realization by the
great manufacturers of both foods
and drugs that times have changed
and products honestly manufactured
and honestly advertised have 6 far
more permanent future than fly-by-
night preparations sold with exag-
gerated claims.
The purchaser of a modern food
product or a modern drug prepara-
ton can judge its value more de-
finitely by the label than by any
other method. The old preparation
that used to be sold as a cure for
tuberculosis is now called simply a
remedy to be used In treatment of
coughs. An intelligent understanding
Of the pure food and drugs law and
what it means will do much to aid its
enforcement.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-25

might be something he would want
Schwartz went, quickly glanced ovel
the number of books and offered tc
take several hundred for something
like $50. He did not take time to
check the list carefully and, when the
books were delivered to his store, he
placed them in piles of 20 on the floor.
Meanwhile a scout for a lower Fifth
Avenue concern, dealing in rare books,
had come by. The expert glanced at
the first pile upon the floor, and made
q desperate effort to conceal his eager
ness. For on the very top was a copy
Of the much-sought "Tamerlane"!
Il notice a couple of fair bits Of
Americana in this pile" he said
casually. think I could turn them
over. I'll buy the whole pile"
The books were bought for a price
slightly above that paid by Schwartz
for the entire library. The old book
dealer thought he was in great good
fortune. But before nightfall, Tanner
lane" had been delivered to a collec-
tor-and at a figure said to have been
$25, 900. Meanwhile an underground
tip had come to my friend, who
reached the experts office too late
the book had been sold. My friend
was upset and worried, for he knew
this was an item for Owen Young's
collection. Within a week, it was in
Young's possession.
And the price, I was told, was
$4,000!
GILBERT SWAN.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-25
TODAY IS THEA
e AgkXA
BORAH'S WAR q

On July Is, 1917, Senator William
E. Borah, Of Idaho, delivered q
speech in the senate in which he
warned congress and the nation
against useless expenditures in the
| World war. He said in part:
mo more serious situation could
confront warning nations that that
which confronts the allies at this
hour. In the minds of some it may
not be considered wise to say so, but
the situation is here, and I am one
Of those who believe that we should
speak truthfully and plainly to those
who must pay u taxes and fight
our battles.
THE hour of sacrifice has arrived,
and, being here. will the senate of the
United States linger and parley over
money to go into Fish Greek, Tombig-
bee Creek or some other inconsequen-
tial and worthless waterways? Shall
we rise to the invitations of this
solemn and awful hour or shall we
still tribe with selfish and immaterial
matters as the storm comes on?
If u own institutions are not at
stake, if the security of our own
country Is not involved, if we as a
people and as a nation are not fight
ing for u own rights and the honor
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-25
ANTHROPOLOGIST IS
BISMARCK VISITOR
DR.. r. B. Dixon Of Harvard Uni.
versity Is Guest Here of
George F. Will

DR.. r. B. Dixon, professor of anth-
ropology at Harvard university, Cam
bridge, Mass, is in Bismarck for a
visit with George F. Will, 1913 Third
street, one Of his former students.
This is DR.. Dixon,s second visit here.
His first trip was made in 1905. when,
he recalls, about the only means Of
travel besides train, was by horse
back. He is revisiting many Of the
places connected with Indian history
and scenic spots in this part of the
state.
Professor at Harvard for more than
30 years, DR.. Dixon always has main
tanned a keen interest in the west.
In his opinion the. Missouri Slope
territory is one Of the most f~ascinat-
ing parts of the United States.
DR.. Dixon was particularly enthu-
siaStic about the growth Of Bismarck
since he was here last. In civic inn
,provements and beauty it compares
favorably with much larger cities in
the East and Middlewest, he said.
He expressed pleasure at being here
for the dedication of the new court
house Saturday and commented on the
other fine structures built last year.
AS the author of several books. DR..
Dixon has acquired a national reputa-
ton as an anthropologist. Two of
his better known writings are "The
Racial History of Man." and Build
ing Of Cultures.
AT present he is on a leisurely trip
to the Pacific coast, with no partic-
ular destination In view. It is n
tirely a vacation jaunt, he says, and
he does not plan to gather material
for another book just now.
In company with George VIII. DR..
Dixon motored to Fort Yates Thurs
day and Friday and visited old Indian
villages nearby. He plans to leave
for the West Sunday.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-25
Quotations

The shock Of fear opens our eyes,
quickens the mind; fear is the father
of courage and the mother of safety.
DIR. Henry w. Tweedy, Of Yale.
X X X
Communism is the most important.
vital, and far-reaching issue affect
ing the civilization of the world and
the happiness and liberties of our
own people.-Representative Hamil-
ton Fish.
The cynicism of youth is a mask
which conceals the failure of its an
cestors.-Harold j. Laski, professor
OF political science, London univer-
sity.
The inroads of the free clinic and
a rather prevalent habit of not pay
ing medical bills have made the prac-
tice of medicine a %precarious exis-
tence.
In general, nice people leave the
policing of the world to hire,ings be-
cause they feel the work to be not
such as a person who is quite nice
would wish to Observation-Disclosures
Russell.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-25

known bibliophiles; also that Tanner
lane" IN a certain edition that would
hold little attraction for the average
eye, is a most valuable document.
Well, so the story goes, there IS q
little secondhand bookshop in the
upper Bowery district of New York
operated by a gent named Schwartz.
One day, some months ago. there
came into his place one of those old
ladies, out of the lavender-an lace
age, encountered now and then in the
Manhattan highways. They wear
ancient bonnets perched on their
heads; their hair appears to conceal
an old fashioned rat; their dresses
are of the sort to be found in Godey's
Ladies Book.
Seeming a bit nervous, the old lady
Informed the bookdealer that she was
in need Of funds; that she had a large
library in her Long Island house
-. and would he come and make a
bid on it? She wasn't sure he would
be interested 80. but, then, there
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-25

ferent situation than those which
now prevail. When tax money came
into the Golfers freely, 1t was a nat
ural and logical thing for it to flow
out just as freely.
But money comes harder now, as
nearly every individual in America
can testify. The Importance of the
dollar has been magnified, partly be-
cause 1t buys more now than 1t used
to, but mainly because it Is harder
to get. The business of making the
necessary adjustments will not be a
pleasant M but it is a matter of
necessity, not one of choice. I'm
less they are reduced materially, tax
collections will fall off and reduc-
tons will then be made under far
more stress and with less convenience
than Is possible now.
One Of the suggestions made at
the recent hearing was for a general
curtailment In the city's salary list,
now totaling $50, 900 a year.
At first blush the reaction of the
average individual is to say mo"
without hesitation. But second
thought is liable to put a different
face on the matter. No one likes to
reduce salaries, but it is better to do
that than to let the city incur serious
financial troubles.
And in this connection, it is well
to remember the relative rights and
conditions of those who pay the mon
ey and those who get it.
The taxpayers are encountering
trouble in getting the ~wherewithal to
meet their payments. Many a faith
err is sweating blood right now to
maintain his home. High taxes are
one of his major problems.
In view of these conditions, and
there is no doubling that they exist,
it seems only just that the employees
Of these people should share in the
general condition. To have it other
wise would be to place the servant in
fine linen while the master wears his
old clothes.
If such adjustments are recon-
mended and made, it is to be hoped
that they will be handled in such a
manner as to work the least possible
hardship on the city's employees. The
pruning knife will show little benefit
if it is used only in the lower brack-
cts of the city salary scale.
Statisticians assert that the cost
Of living in the nation as a whole
has been reduced 80 per cent from
the peak reached at the end of 1929.
In other words, the dollar today is 80
per cent larger than it was then.
This is an important item in figuring
government costs. Many private bust
ness firms have recognized the fact
by making adjustments in wages.
Business conditions have made it i'm
perative.
But there still is this satisfaction
for the man who finds his pay IN
a little simmer: Had the
reduction not been made he. really
would have been given a substantial
increase in pay by reason of the fact
that his dollar goes farther.
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libraries and running down uncertain

libraries and running down uncertain
clues. There Is, to be sure, an "un-
foreground" system of obtaining tips
even as in a detectives office and
there is an endless gossiping that Oft
times leads to a rich cache.
Also accident often plays an i'm
portant part in the discovery OF
valued volumes. A friend of mine,
who is particularly expert on early
Americana, told me of a recent search
that jumped from America to France
While idling in front of a little Paris
book stall he stumbled upon a first
edition of Benjamin Franklin's Poor
Richards Almanac" He bought it
for a few francs, though it is worth
a fortune to collectors.
He had another tale that was quite
the strangest I have ever encountered
in bookdom. But before retelling his
story, let me explain that Owen D
Young, the financial wizard and in
d~ustrialist, is also n of the best
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-25
Not AS Bad As II Looks

When members of the city COM
mission and the new and. enlarged
city tax committee confer Monday
night with regard to reducing the
citys tax budget, it will be as bust
nessmen attempting to work out a
problem which affects every citizen
ok Bismarck.
Some Of the measures suggested for
Cnrtailing the cost Of city government
doubtless viii be rejected. This Is
: time Tor retrenchment but this can
best be obtained by . careful analysis
u where the city i spending Its mon
~ and what items It can get along
Without. q with . smaller amount Of.
than & has bean doing.
~ heoueht out IN the discussion q
~ resent ~ hearing. the budgets Of
~ years have been eeared
rgcoperous times and : dif-
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-25
Experts Not Wanted?
New York World-Telegram)

The administration Of President
Hoover was welcomed as the dawn
of a new and scientific era in govern
ment in which engineers, scientists
and experts would man the ship of
state, the politicians be sent to the
galleys. In view of recent events,
however, one begins to wonder If the
expert aboard this ship isn't about
as popular as was the late Mr. Jonah
on that leaky tramp schooner en-
route to Tarsus.
The first inkling of the Hoover
GOODNESS toward experts was the
prompt dumping in the White House
waste basket of a protest of 1000
economists against signing of the
Hawley-Smoot tariff act. Then there
was the story of a similar fate that
befell recommendations by Colonel
Arthur Woods, of the Emergency En-
ployment commission.
The highly exported Wickersham
commission has not been free from
political tinkering, as shown by the
modified report on prohibition and
the shelving Of the Stern-Pollak ex-
pert account of the Mooney-Billings
trials.
Finally there came The open charge
by DR.. Ray Q. Hall, commerce de-
partment finance specialist, that he
was fired because he refused to doctor
his report in the interest of political
considerations.
Professor James Harvey Rogers, of
Yale, sees in all these incidents "a
tendency apparent in Washington to
hide expert findings behind a false
front of political expediency." He
wonders how long men of science
would offer their services to a gov
eminent that ignored or misused their
reports.
we were led to believe that this
would be a scientific administration"
said DR.. Rogers. I'm interpreting
the data of experts it appears that
often officials have been guided by
political considerations rather than
by scientific realism"
The criticism is serious. Tired of
muddling through with the politi-
clans, the people chose MI. Hoover as
their first expert in the White House
In the hope and belief that he would
make their democracy intelligent.
If he now has deserted his own ex-
perts for the devious way OF the
politicians the people may well feel a
sense Of betrayal.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-25
/. BARBS

In times Of a depression, sayc the
office sage, misery loves companies.
y X X
The government did $4,000. 900
worth Of business in candles last year,
according to q statistic. Maybe It's
because 70 many people are burning
them at both ends.
\
A 6cotchman offered several thou
sand dollars for some rare editions at
. recent auction. p. She got the
works.
\ \
Cartoonists, at any rate. have the
presence to represent Old Man World
with lines across hts face.
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(Official City, State and County
Newspaper
Foreign Representatives
SMALL. SPENCER & LEVINGS
Qncorporated)
Formerly G.. Logan Payne co.
CHICAGO NEW YORK BOSTON
A Dream Realized

With the dedication of Burleigh
county's new courthouse today an
old dream is eclipsed and a new one
is realized.
Officially, today's celebration marks
the passing of the old structure and
the beginning of the new. The
chambers which heard the eloquent
pleas of the lawyers of old soon are
to be no more. The Jail where some
of North Dakota's most noted GRIM
inals have looked out through the
bars, has ere this seen its last USE
fitness.
In the memory of persons still liv-
ing in Bismarck, these structures were
among the finest in the state. Old
heads will recall the ceremonies wh7n
they were dedicated and were regard
ed as the almost imperishable product
of a growing commonwealth. That
is the dream which has passed.
The one which is realized is that,
primarily, of a younger generation.
New times bring new needs. What
was satisfactory yesterday is hope
lessly out of date today. The accom-
modations and conveniences which
were luxury a score Of years ago are
the sheerest of necessities now. The
new courthouse was one of those
necessities.
AT a time when the city was small
er and the county less thickly popu-
lated, the loss of a land title was not
such a serious matter. The posi-
bility of the county records being de-
stroyed by fire was not regarded as so
likely or as a major calamity in the
event that it did happen. Verbal
testimony was at hand, in most in
stances, to trace the ownership of
every important piece of land.
But those days vanished and with
them came an era when written rec
ords were more important. The grave
has long since claimed most of those
who could give first-hand informa-
ton about such important matters.
The possibility that the old court
house-the pride OF it's day but no
longer useful-would burn, gave rise
to the demand for a new and better
structure.
Primarily, of course, the new court
house is the achievement of the people
Of Burleigh county. It Is they who
authorized it and it is they whose
credit vas pledged to guarantee pay
ment for it.
But for the manne in which the
orders Of the people were executed the
county commissioners deserve credit.
The new building is one of which
the county and city may we'll be proud.
In appearance it upholds the dignity
which a great commonwealth seeks
to express in a public structure. From
the standpoint of efficiency it will do
its full share toward facilitating the
handling of the public business.
County officeholders who have labored
under handicaps for so long, now have
accommodations as good as any in the
land.
The Pioneers who sit upon the plat
form today as honored guests will
applaud this achievement. They, as
well as the younger generation, rec
ognized the necessity and approved
the change.
And those other pioneers who have
gone to their reward, will look down
from a far Valhalla and approve also.
They would not like it were their de-
scendants to prove less progressive,
less forward looking than they were
in their own day.