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Member OF The Associated Press
(Official City, State and County
Newspaper)
Important People

Few persons are more important IN
the economic and social scheme of
things in a rural state such as ours
than the postal workers who are
meeting in convention here.
In many towns and cities, both
larger and similar than Bismarck,
the %postoffice is a social center as
we'll as q focal point for considerable
business. In the old days it had a
rival in the railroad station but now,
since most of the population makes
its trips by automobile, the postof-
flee has the a~scendancy.
But the postoffice of the by-gone
days, which used to be a favorite SUBJ
ject for ~cartoonists, has vanished.
The modern small-town posLoffice is
likely to be an up-to-date and bus.-
ness-like establishment. The cracker
barrels on which ancient worthless
used to sit and discuss politics or
what have you, have gone down the
long trail created by business progress,
The cider kegs have been eliminated
by other statutes and the modern
rural postoffice usually has kept pace
with the times in full measure.
So has the service which these
postal workers render to a wide
spread constituency. The mail is
handled skillfully and efficiently and
much of the nations business passes
through the hands of these govern
ment employees.
The rural postal carrier often is the
only contact between farm families
and the world outside their i'm
mediate sphere for days at a time.
Through rain, snow, mud, wind and
all sorts of other hazards, the carrier
is on the job, faithfully making his
rounds and bringing to the people he
serves, letters, newspapers, books,
packages and the thousand and one
things which go to make up the post
office business.
The railroad postal workers meet a
similar standard of service. Day and
night, as trains rush across the coun-
try, they sort and arrange all kinds
of mail matter in order that not ever
the smallest postcard may go astray
The fact that so few of the billions
Of pieces of mail handled fail to reach
their destination is due in part tc
their EXPERIENCES.
And back of the rural letter car
riers and others stand the women
folks of the government services, in
spring their husbands to continued
service and even greater performance
Truly, they are important people
in the nations scheme of things
these postal workers who are honor.
ing Bismarck with their presence.
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The Entries Are In

More and more each year the public
is becoming interested in the games
which are played each summer to
determine the Junior baseball cham
pionship Of North Dakota. The teams
which will meet in this years tourney
have been selected and are on edge
for the call of play ball" at Harvey.
Few contests which are open to the
public will be more bitterly-or more
honestly-fought than these for the
state title. Every boy will be there
doing his best and to everyone who
plays the tournament will offer valu-
able lessons. To the winners it will
offer the lesson of how to win with
out gloating. To the losers, and they
will be in the majority. it will give
instruction in how to lose without
squawking.
The American Legion has done a
great deal for the state in inspiring
these 'kid" contests. The ball play
r OF the future will come from the
ranks of these players and many a
man Of the future will look back to
his participation in these games as
high lights Of his boyhood.
Beaten in the contest for the dis
trict championship. Bismarck,s sym
pathies in the battle for state honors
will lie with the Steele junior az
gregatlon. II they find 1t impossible
to win. the Capital City's second
choice will be the team which rep
resents our neighboring city Of Man
dan.
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how could this girl with the red.
trimmed eyes possibly have any
thing to do with his fiancee's dis
appearance?
"Softly. now" McHugh warned,
as they rounded a jog in the path.
A big, bare house doomed into
view. Behind drawn shades, here
and there. a few lights cleaned.
"You hold her here" the po-
liceman directed. He began to
hand Give his gun. Quicker than
a fash the girl flung herself at
them both. The gun barked once,
a curious muffled sound. McHugh
flung an ugly oath at the girl.
whose arms he now had pinioned.
She moaned. 'It got me. you
- -" and slumped to the
ground.
The two men bent low. Jaw,
it's only her ARM" grunted the
policeman.
THE girl lay whimpering. Nc
L Hugh said, 1T barely grazed
you. Shut up!" To Give he re-
marked, "You won't need that
now. and began with an astonish-
ing stealthiness to move toward
the house. Give, still guarding
the prone woman. saw the officers
shadow disappear In a blur of
shadows. The girl began the first
note Of a clear whistle.
Give put his hand over her
mouth. stop that" he ordered.
His voice was as harsh as Nc
Hughb. The girl muttered, and
lay still.
Give saw McHugh's big bulk
for an instant in the oblong Of
light formed by the opening Of q
door. McHugh was within for
one minute, for two. Then he re-
appeared. swinging an arm in sig
nal to draw nearer.
"Come on" Give ordered the
PROSTATE girl. She obeyed. nurs-
ing the injured hand with limp
fingers. He felt an instant's COM
junction. Well, after they had
found Lame they would take this
creature to a doctor.
McHugh motioned them within.
The girl moved with tagging steps.
The fetid air Of the room struck
Give like q blow.
The big man nodded solemnly.
II think we've picked the spot"
he said with satisfaction. II sus-
pected It the minute I saw that
girl. She's one of the mob. Must
have been out passing the high
sign to some OF them"
"But what makes you think
Miss Barrett is here?" Give de-
mShded impatiently. He was
giancing around the shabby wall.
There's no one around"
McHugh nodded. But there
has BEEN" he insisted. "Look!"
He lifted q hand in which q milky
string Of pearls glowed softly.
"Good God!" Give cried.
They're Lanes and there's
blood on them!"
ITO Re Continued)
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"Come Back to Erin
New York Tines

Figures of the ebb and flow of mi
grafton suggest that the soft voice
of Ireland is heard more appealingly
than ever cross the seas that roll
their green ridges in mist Padraic
Colum a few days ago, when May
was on its fair hills, spoke Of it as
a land untouched of realism and the
hubbub of the World"-aS still a
haunted land in the sense that
there is some living presence in its
scenery. No doubt economics have
had something to do with the statis-
tics showing that more people went
back to the Free State of Ireland in
the first six months of this year than
came from her shores to America,
and that fewer are coming away and
more returning than in the preceding
like period.
Ireland was one of the three coun-
tries in the world "to show signs of
stability at the turn of the year.
There was no considerable unem-
ployment; agriculture was in a
healthy state; the export figures
showed no decrease as compared with
recent years; the burden of taxes had
been lightened; the standing army
had been reduced from $4,000 to 5000;
there had been a hydroelectric de-
velopment which would relieve the
Free State to some extent from depend
ence upon imported coal; the ma
tional debt was small and the budget
had been balanced. All this MAJ &C
count in some degree for the reduced
emigration and the increased i'm
migration.
There is something in the land it.
self. as Padraic Colum suggests, which
makes it unique and apart to the
Celtic heart. wherever it beats, in the
worlds confusion. These words are
imputed to an old Irish hero:
The ma Is like a shield. On
the fore part is wrought the
secret sign Of his splendor. In
the hind part are hidden joints
Of the smithy's workmanship.
During his sleep the shield is
cast In the air, and it is luck
which side will fall uppermost
when he wakes.
Ireland has walked to find the
shield showing the secret sign Of ite
|spIendor.
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ter, Mrs. Frank Chesrown, who re-
sides about 20 miles northwest of Lin
ton. Besides Mrs. Chesrown she
leaves another daughter, Mrs. William
Colville, Morristown, S. D.
A resident of EmmonS county for
more than 40 years, Mrs. Burns was
born in Scotland in 1885 and came
to America in 1892 to make her home
with her daughters.
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caution LANE took another step.
Never, never had she known what
anguish there might be in simple
motion.
At last she reached the front
door. There was an old-fashioned
chain lock. With painstaking
care she Unmatched it and the
door swung quietly on its hinges.
She felt her heart pounding In
her throat. Softly she swung the
door to, felt her way in her
stockinged feet, her one silver
slipper in her hand, across the
splintered porch. Salt air rose
gratefully to her nostrils. The
unmistakable breath Of the south
shore marshes was In the wind.
Blindly in the dark she began to
run. Where she was going she
knew not. Anything was better
than that terrible house and the
people in it.
Lane suspected some trick,
some barricade. It seemed in
conceivable that those men had
left the place with only Molly to
guard 1t. They had 'reckoned.
perhaps, without her determiua-
ton and courage.
Her thin stockings were torn
by brambles and barberry. Her
hair was disarranged, her face
scratched. There was no moon,
and for this Lane was grateful.
The dark shawl Of the woman
called Molly covered the girls
moon-pale frock.
h She heard steps running toward
her. A mans steps. Determined
ones. A voice said, whoa, there!"
Lane stumbled in her terror and
mercifully tainted again.
MEANTIME the little group
1'A back in the clearing pressed
on. McHugh. burly in his uni
form. Give. elegant though di.
sheveled In his Bond Street eve
ming clothes, and the girl who had
been driving the cheap sedan.
Give was half frantic with
anxiety by this time. He felt
that they were following the
wrong trail. It seemed lunacy to
waste precious moments In ques-
tioning this dowdy young woman.
They would, Give felt sure, find
the traditional surly father wait
ing behind, the door. doubtless
with q shotgun. II he had not
been 80 grimly anxious. he might
have smiled at the fantastic
thought. But he had put himself
in the policeman's hands. Fol
the moment there was nothing
else to do but pursue this faintest
Of clues.
They stumbled on, the cir
ahead, Give and McHugh bring.
ing up a close rear. The oficel
held his gun cooked and ready.
The path wound through scrut
oak and underbrush. beneath
SCARED and leaness trees. It wa.
q mad night. This final madnes,
was only part Of the pattern,
Gives mind revolved frantically
like an animal stalking about ii
. cage. Where was Lame? Ant
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Oldest EmmOns County
Resident Dies at sc

Linton, N. D., July 49, Funeral
services for Mrs. Ann Burns, 96, said
to be the oldest resident of Emmons
county, were held Thursday from the
Linton Methodist church. Rev. s. j.
Brooks officiated.
Mrs. Burns, who had been confined
to her bed for the last three years,
died Tuesday at the home of a daugh-
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BEGiN HERE d


LANE BARRETT. daughter of
CASS BARRETT. an actress.
meet and falls in love with VAN
ROBARD. handsome man of the
world. Cnss beEs Lame not to
have anything to do with him.
without explaining why. MURIEL
LADD. dcbutante who shares
Lianeis duties at the thcater box
Office at Willow Stream, l.. l., pro-
fesses to be I'm love with n re-
porter. CHUCK DESMOND. Later
she her engagement to
RObard and Liane tries to forget
him. When her mother Is taken
seriously i'll on tour. Liane PUSHES
delirirm babbies Of some mystery
c~fonccrninE the girls birth.
Convaiescing Mt MRS. CLEES-
PACGH'S magnificent home, where
Lame has been staying. Caxs
chafes mt being under obligation
to her hostess. So when Give
CLEESPAUGH nsks Lame to
marry him. "a marriage in name
Only the girl ngrees.
TRESSA LORD. n house guest
OF the Cicespnughs. Is rude to
Lame and attempts to break of
tne enlargement. Lame Is threat.
ened with blackmnil and goes to
who had once bcfriended her.
Shane scnres of the blackniniIers
but warns the girl she has nm
enemy. At ball given for the
GROWN PRINCE OF SLAVARIA,
Lame disappears. She Is kid
mapped ana taken to a lonely house
on the shore. During a struggle
with n OF her capt0rs. she falls,
cutting her head. Desmond, Give
and McDermid are all hunting for
ner. Give and "a police officer,
McflUGH. pick up the trail OF a
girl in a sedan. McIIugh makes
h girl lead the way to a house
he suspects "a hold Lame.
NOW co ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPYER XVIII
THE fat woman seated herself
L in the other collapsing chair
Lame watched her fearfully. She
could hear the steps of the two
men moving down the hall. There
was a rumble as of voices arguing
and a door closed. She put hel
hand up to her throat. Her pearls!
They were still there. Odd they
hadn't been taken when she faint.
ed. What, then, did these mer
want of her? The fact that they
hadn't taken the pearls seemed
ominous. They were not. then
ordinary thieves.
The string Of precious bead.
gave her an idea.
The house was very quiet now
The room was quiet except for TIL,
unpleasant breathing OF the wo
man called Molly. Lane staret
at her. noting the glitter Of he,
porcine eyes. The girl touches
the pearls again. Family sh,
whispered. "These are WORT
thousands of dollars. I'll CIV,
them to you II you'll let me co.
The woman sat quite still as
she had not heard. Only her eye
glimmered with a faint. greed,
light. Then she spoke again
"Pooh." she said. Thousands o
dollars. my eye!"
"Yes. yes" Lane answere'
eagerly. "They can be all yours
to sell, to do what you want with
Here!" She unclasped the fasten
ing set with q sapphire. She he'll,
out the milky strand. Here,
she said. liking her eyes on tn
L4<EZ.4 TE#HHIX 4aTSa4Ht.[AaEE-
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woman who sat lmmOvable as an
ugly Chinese idol.
But the other only shook her
head. II ~dassen't," she said
hoarsely. She looked furtively at
the door. Lame sank back weak
ly. 1t was no use trying to tempt
the woman. But there must be
other ways. She looked about
desperately. Two windows there
were, both closed and locked. The
doorway with the fat woman
guarding it. There must be a
way!
The girl feigned drowsiness.
Slumped in her uncomfortable
chair she pretended to nod. The
room was warm, the air stale and
heavy. The fat woman, after one
or two intent glances at the re-
Taxed form, also closed her eyes.
Still and alert as any wild animal.
Lane crouched in her chair.
Presently the regular hum of the
woman's breathing resolved itself
into shores. She was asleep!
Lane waited a minute. two.
five. Then with infinite caution,
her head still throbbing. her pulse
sounding noisy as an alarm clock,
she began softly to creep. Four
steps to the door. She had
passed her captor! Her heart
stood still. The woman stirred
ever so family. Lame remained
quiet as a statue. She waited
another endless 60 seconds. Then
she began again softly to crawl
into the hall. A board creaked
ominously under her weight.
Tears Of Illustration rose to hel
burning eyes. But the fates were
with her, and the fat woman
snored on.
THE house seemed utterly silent
L Terror. fey and unacceptable
gripped the girls heart. She was
still giddy from her fall. Fear.
fully she fixed her eyes on the dull.
face of the slumbering woman
Somewhere in the house a mouse
began to gnaw at q partition
The sound struck through thu
quiet like thunder on q summer
night. Lane shivered. But bel
intent gaze on the countenanct
Of her guard could discover NJ
change there. The woman slipped
deeper down In her uncomfortable
chair.
Inch by inch the girl began tt
move again. A board creaket
and her cold hand dew to he
throat. Nothing now should keel
her from that door! Anything
Lame thought Historically. wa
better than this grim and horribl,
room.
She thought of her two cap
tors. Where were they? Lurk
ing Just outside. no doubt, wait
ing to snare her as she ran from
the trap they had laid. She re
fused to believe this. The erran,
they had dispatched themselve
upon must have been an impor
tant one. They had thought he
Ill as well as frightened, an,
counted on the old woman {,
guard her easily. With innnit
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ID TO FORESTS

ADD TO FORESTS
About 10000 acres will be added to
the National Forest area in eastern
southern and lake states territories
as the result of the National Forest
Reservation commission approving the
purchase of that additional land.
The land will cost about $4,000.
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Editorial Comment

Editorials printed below show the
trend Of thought by other editors.
They are published without regard
to whether they agree or disagree
with The Tribune's policies.
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The United States maintains IS en-
bassies and legations and 345 con-
sulates in foreign countries.
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A Permanent Need

That one Of the permanent needs
of the nation y better housing = dis
closed ~ analysis Of the construction
e~tttntton. made ~ one ~ Americas
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EDITORS NOTE-This is an
other of a series Of 26 timely arti-
cles by DR.. Morris Fishbein on
Food Truths and Follies," deal
ing with such much discussed but
little known subjects as calorieS,
vitamins, minerals, digestion and
balanced diet.
BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor, Journal of the American
Medical A~ssociation)
Whereas the medicine of q previous
era concerned itself largely with dis
ease and the control of disease by
drugs, modern medicine gives as much
attention to diet as to any Other
single factor in the control of the hu-
man body. Modern medicine Is con.
cerned with appetite and with diges'
ton. It has learned to control many
diseases through control of the diet
and to influence the appetite and the
body structure by the use Of foods
properly prepared.
In addition to all of the attribute;
of foods that have been mentioned
there comes finally the question Of
food poisoning and food injection
The development of transportation ir
the handling of food has brought
problems of food contamination that
are of the greatest Importance In
relationship to health and disease.
Previous to the publication Of Up
ton Sinclair's book, "The Jungle" but
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Meetings of Clubs
And Social Groups

Father John Stag will speak on the
topic. WAS There a Popess?" at a
meeting Of the Converts League Mon
day evening at 8 o'clock at st. Mary's
auditorium. The meeting is open to
the public.
Members Of st. Georges Evening
Guild will meet at the home OF Mrs.
George Smith, 40 Griffin street,
Monday evening at 8 o'clock.
\ \ X
Officers will be elected at a meet
ing Of Chapter F of the P. E. o. SIS
terhood Monday afternoon at the
home of Mrs, William Harris, 828
Fifth street.
The Cosmos club will meet at 8
o'clock Monday evening at the home
Of Mrs. r. Van Neste, No. II Person
court. Mrs. 8. H. Cook will have
charge Of the program.
y * Il
Members of the local court, Cath
Ole Daughters Of America, will meet
at 8 o'clock Monday evening in st.
Mary's school auditorium.
\ X \
The Yeomen Ladies club will hold
a meeting Tuesday afternoon at the
home Of Mrs. A. w. Snow, oil Eighth
street.
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What Federated
Clubs Are Doing

"All on Account of Polly" is the
title of a play which members Of the
Steele Fine Arts club will produce
March q, according to Mrs. A. Ross
Fillebrown, president.
i y 4
The Bowman Business and Profess
Sional Women's club will present
a comedy, "The Busybody," March II,
to raise funds for the community
activities carried on by the group
Rehearsals have been under way for
some time. Eight women and SIX
men make up the cast.
= \ \
Modern Inventions" was the pro-
gram topic for the Junior Monday
club Of Hettinger at its meeting THU
week. Misses Mary Lou Lamberts
and Loretta Miller read papers trac-
ing the development Of the steam
engine, the printing press and cleo
trical inventions which have revolu-
tionized industry. Miss Louise Rut-
ledge was hostess.
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FEDERATION
PROGRAM ANNOUNCED
Production Of an American Op-
era, Symphony Concert cho-
ruses to Be Features

Officials of the North Dakota Fed
Grafton of Music clubs have received
tentative outlines for the program OF
the biennial convention Of the Ma
tional Federation, to be held in San
Francisco, June 2O-27. Professor
John E. Howard, Grand Forks, IL
president of the North Dakota
branch. Mrs. j. A. Jardine, Fargo, Is
business manager for the convention.
Details of routes mapped out for
the special trains have been for
varded to Mrs. L. l.. Nelson, Willis
ION, state chairman of transportation
tor the meeting, and she will be in
position to furnish information Oh
rates and routes to members inter-
ested.
North Dakota delegates will join
the main special at Kansas City,
where organizations of the city have
PLANNED special entertainment for
tine visitors. Stops will be made at
Denver and Colorado Springs, and q
side trip to the Royal gorge has been
arranged. A sightseeing tour and q
tabernacle concert is scheduled for
the stop at Salt Lake City, with q
final stop at Lake Tahoe.
Following the convention q trip to
Los Angeles is offered delegates, with
the opening of the Hollywood Bowl
as a special attraction.
Most important of the events ar
ranged for the entertainment Of the
several hundred guests will be the
production Of an American opera;
concerts by the San Francisco SYM
phony orchestra and by the Philhar-
lnonic society of San Mateo; pre-
sentation of Brahms Requiem" by
u municipal chorus of 5000 voices
and a concert by the Lyric club OF
Milwaukee.
Mrs. Elmer James Ottoway, Port
Huron, Mich, national president, will
preside during the sessions. The
schedule. tentatively arranged. fol-
lows:
Saturday, June 20, registration;
young artists preliminary contests;
district and state presidents council
meeting. Evening, formal opening
civic auditorium, choral production.
Sunday, special church services;
Requiem" Brahms.
Monday. formal opening and re-
ports; extension departments; finals
in contests; evening, official banquet
Tuesday, American music. Evening
San Francisco Symphony orchestra.
Wednesday, Music in religious ed
ucation; evening, opera.
Thursday, publicity. Evening, inter
national reciprocity dinner.
Friday. educational, finance, legis-
lation, election. Evening, Milwaukee,
male chorus.
Saturday, junior department and
conference; entertainment Of juniors
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Menus Studio Plans
Series of Recitals

A program by the faculty Of the
Belle Menus Music studio, which will
be broadcast over KFYR Monday
evening at tbs o'clock will inaugur-
ate a series Of radio programs which
pupils Of the studio will present dur
ing each Monday evening, March,
April and May.
Miss Belle Menus, and Miss Marie
Lemohn, pianists; Miss Miriam
Knauf. contralto: and Miss Inez Wis
ser, violinist. will take part in the
first program.
Those appearing on subsequent
programs are Myron H. Anderson,
baritone. and Mildred Hoff, pianist:
Mrs. George Duemeland, pianist and
Lorenzo Belk, baritone; Er1cstine
Dohler. soprano and Abigail Roam,
pianist; Elizabeth Ann LaRose, plan
ist and David Davis, baritone; Mrs.
G.. A. Dahlen, soprano and Mrs.
Henry Duemeland, pianist; Mrs.
Harris Robinson, pianist and Hans
Lee, baritone; Jessie Streigl, pianist
and Mrs. F. ]. Bavendick. contralto.
Miss Clara Iron, pianist and Mrs.
Henry Duemeland, soprano; Hans
Lee, pianist and George Duemeland,
baritone; Erma Weinberger, pianist,
IDA Azure contralto and Gilbert Ben
zon, tenor; Myrtle Sandie. pianist:
Donald Solum, violinist and Ethel
Sandin, soprano; Vivian Coghlan,
pianist. and Walter Zimmerman, vio-
linist.