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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-02-26
The Truth About ! e
minneapolis Tribune


The Mississippi river again has ceased to be a tasty
river. AS the faucets now run, it is about as unpalataole
a river as one can find. A beaker of 1t tastes like some
thing one would wash a dog with to rid him OF tleas.
ana as for the odor, the narrowing associations which q
Whit OF. it bring to mind are not to be mentioned out
side Of a scientific journal.
According to Mr.. Jensen of the waterworks department.,
this condition which flayors Mississippi SO that 1t tastes
like Chinese dried eggs, garlic and asafoetida en- cas-
by Mi. Jensen last summer, but now it seems that the
winter variety OF algae is to blame. Just what the botan-
ical difference ID between winter and summer aIgae, we
make no pretense Of knowing, but their close relation
ship is made evident by the identity Of taste and smell:
A river water gourmet might find q trace OF sulphuretteo
HYDROGEN in the summer that Is lacking IN the w1nteI
variety, but to the ordinary bibbler at the Kitchen sink
algae is algae.
Morally, algae is about as low as it is as q flavortne
extract. We are not addicted to spreading scanda. but
the water drinkers Of Minneapolis are entitled to know
all about algae. seeing that they have to live IN ntIaave
relations with it winter and summer. Algae Is crypto-
eamous and nothing more need be said. It Is not mon
ogamoas, nor even polygamous. No wonder 1t tastes q
iodine and bromine. It's domestic relations are no more
admirable than its ~gustatory. Heretofore we thought that
the marital affairs Of Minnesotas flora and fauna were
above reproach and we never suspected that there wa
any need for secrecy.
Now that the bitter and shameful truth shout algae
is out, nothing remains to be explained except the In
consequential fact that the Mississippi doesn't taste tns
same In st. Paul.
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Hope for Seaway Action
(St. Paul DiSpatc

Runors to the effect that Frank B. Kellogg of st. Paul
is President Hoover's first choice to head an American
commission to negotiate a st. Lawrence waterway treaty
with Canada convey almost first news that the start OF
such discussions is a matter Of immediate business.
Considering the familiarity of Mr.. Kellogg as secretary
of state with the earlier consideration of the treaty 1t Is
not at all surprising that President Hoover should re-
gard him as especially we'll fitted for this important duty.
But that anyone was to be appointed to such a commits
sion in the near future is surprising and welcome inform
alton for most friends of the st. Lawrence waterway
throughout the middlewest.
Perhaps prospective creation of this body is not un-
related to the recent trip OF Premier Bennett OF Canada
to Washington. Despite the announced intention OF
the head Of the Canadian government to confine his bust
ness in the capitol to inspection Of the dominion's new
legation many entertained doubts. The real purpose Of
his visit was regarded as a secret. The renewed interest
of Washington in the seaway would make 1t even less
surprising to learn that some of the conversation be-
tween President Hoover and Premier Bennett was not
entirely concerned with legation architecture.
Whatever the occasion for speeding up seaway plans
however, news of the appointment Of a st. Lawrence
commission would find a hearty approval in Minnesota,
all the more so il the treaty drafting group should be
headed by Mi. Kellogg.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-02-26
The Chicago Primary Election

Incomplete returns from the primary election held in
Chicago Wednesday indicate that Mayor Big Bill
Thompson has won another victory. Having secured
the Republican nomination by a smashing plurality, his
opponents concede that his reelection in April is prac-
tically assured-unless a miracle should happen.
That miracle, it has been pointed out, may be provided
by Anton j. Cermack, the Democratic candidate. who
appears to have polled a surprisingly big vote in every
precinct where the count has been completed.
Thompsons victory was due most largely, and as usual
to a split opposition. where the personal ambitions of
other candidates were the determining factors.
The leading figure in this drama was Judge Lyle, who
expected to win on his record as judicial scourge Of Chi
Cages gang world. Another candidate was Alderman
Albert, a Deneen partisan, and g. K. Schmidt, who ex-
pected to win the German American vote but trailed all
the other three Republican candidates in the race.
Complete Republican returns give Thompson a plural
ity Of 5000 over Lyle, his chief opponent. Had the votes
of all three Republican opponents to Thompson been
united on one man it would have brought about his de-
feat by a plurality of 43,717.
The Chicago mayor, who is easily Americas greatest
demagog and mountebank. past or present, has drawn
the fire of more reformers than all the others put to-
gether. 1t should be remembered, however, that Big
Bill Thompson is not a cause but an effect, and tina: he
is the outward manifestation of a thoroughly bad po-
Ntical system that far antedated his appearance on the
scene.
There were l,340,566 registered voters in Chicago at
the last primary. They did not all vote, but those who
voted we're badly split up. Not before these voters
have grown sufficiently in unity of purpose can they
hope to clean up the criminal gangs and make it impos-
siblc for such parasites as AL Capone to exist.
An incident in the campaign serves to illustrate this
point: One Of Mayor Thompsons severest critics was
Mayor Hoan Of Milwaukee. and to his merciless structures
the Chicago mayor made this reply: When you get
through ~scrubbing Milwaukee's doorstep. you will have
less time to criticize Chicagois condition"
This comeback made good momentary campaign mate
rial, but was entirely illogical. The truth is that Mil
waukee's doorstep is more neatly scrubbed than that OF
any other great American city, and that Mayor Hoan's
administration has made an outstanding and exemplary
success in the control of crime.
The situation in Chicago may be thus described, in
a nutshell: The organized campaign against misgov-
eminent failed because there were too many generals.
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Spring Is About Here

Signs Of spring are many and varied, and most OF
them date back to prehistoric ages, when primitive man
scanned the hillside and the forest to see omens of the
death of winter. But the best sign we know OF IS strictly
modern and strictly American-the departure of the pro-
fessional baseball players FOR the spring training camps.
Here is a harbinger tina. cannot be denied or over
looked. When those stories from the training camps
begin appearing in the newspapers, set off with photo
graphs of the athletes toiling under the hot sun, we
know that spring is at hand. There may be three feet
of snow where we live, and we may never see a game
of professional baseball in our lives. But it does not
matter. When the ball clubs go south, spring is at hand
or, II not at hand, just around the corner.
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Today Is the
Anniversary of
C T UGO BIRTH

V1CVOk B1NvH
On Feb. 26, 1902, Victor Hugo, the
greatest French poet of his century,
a distinguished dramatist, novelist,
essayist and politician, was born at
Besancon, France.
AS a child he was taken in the
train of his father, a French general,
through southern France and finally
into Spain, where his education was
begun at Mobiles College, Madrid.
Hugo married a cousin in 1922.
Four years later his tragedy "Crom-
we'll" established him the leader of
| the romantic movement in literature.
| With the success of his "Ruy Bias
the French academy admitted Hugo
to its membership.
To distract himself from the
! grief occasioned by the drowning OF
his daughter, Hugo plunged into
politics. Created q peer in 1845, he
sat in the Constituent Assembly of
France. When he was banished from
the country by Louis Napoleon, Hugo
went to Brussels and London where
he began his LES Miserables," per-
haps his greatest work.
He died in Paris at the age of 80.
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The Finishing Touch
(Concordia, Kan, Blade)

VIVNVIVI IAu4I, AH0WCT
Did you ever notice that when the average woman
gets all dressed up to go some place the last thing she
puts on is a bored expression? Who ever set the fash
ion, and what's the idea? You know many a woman
who has ordinary vvacity and a normal interest in peo-
pie and things. But watch her after she has put the
finishing touches on her makeup and adjusted her swank
beret. Watch her as she sails through a hotel lobby or
dining room or down the aisle Of a theatre. She'll
lift her eyebrows and her chin and assume an express
sion of dyspeptic melancholy which is a cross between
Greta Carlo and the sibyl OF Cumae. The expression
says: 1--WE seen all this, done all this before. There's
nothing to it. I'm tired and I want to 60 home. Indeed,
1 would go home except that there's nothing to do when
I get there"
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A Source Of Corruption

The revelations currently made concerning corruption
in New York,s police vice squad carry a note Of warning
for the police Of other cities.
In the main. the corruption disclosed In New York
centers about abuse Of the stool pigeon" Or paid in
former. These gentry. originally pressed into service q
unofficial assistants to tho police. became the focal
points Of Z network Of graft and crookedness that Il
appalling to contemplate.
what makes this . useful object lesson for other cities
Is the fact that this development Is inherent IN the
4stool pigeon system. Every police department usea
informers. Generally 1t works fairly well. But it i
alrnys open to abuses. It Is always apt TO develop cor
ruption and ~extortion. The best police department IS the
pne that uses the stool pdseon' - LITTLE - possible:
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ARE

It's surprising how much red tape
is necessary to bulge an obsolete blue
law.
X X X
Skating Kinks. says a news item,
are to have colored ice. Will hockey
teams henceforth win or lose by a
shade?
X X \
One of the cruel facts of life is that
after you muster up nerve to 60 to
the dentist, he takes it from you.
* X X
If I had the wings Of an angel" is
the prisoners song. It might also go
as the pedestrians.
4 * *
A detective has become a film di-
rector in Hollywood. Leave 1t to him
to know what goes on behind the
scenes.
Copyright, 1881, NEA Service, 1nc.)
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HEALTHFUL YET DELICIOUS
DESSERTS

More harm is done by the average
dessert than by any other food on the
menu, for it is usually a mixture of
sugar, starch and fruit acids which
make it a bad combination from the
standpoint of food chamiStry, caus-
ing much fermentation and digestive
trouble. Many people realizing that
rich desserts are not the best foods
for them are In the habit Of leaving
the dessert off after. a heavy meal,
but they would not have to do this
if they used desserts which are
healthful and wholesome. Here are
some of the desserts which can be
used without harm.
Ice cream is a good dessert If made
without a starch filler. It may con-
tain pure cream, milk, eggs, ~flavoring
Or fruit juice, gelatin and q small
amount Of sugar or honey. Ice cream
is a rich food and may sometimes
be used as a meal by itself or in COM
bination with some acid fruits.
Stewed fruits make an excellent
dessert, also canned fruits, such as
peaches or pineapples. Stewed fruits
make the best desserts after a protein
meal but should not be used with
starches for the best effect.
Fruit whips may be made from
prunes, figs. apples, pineapples, pears,
apricots or berries by mincing or
MASKING the fruits and adding them
to the white of an egg which has
been well beaten.
Custards may be used as a dessert,
Or as the main part of a protein meal.
Although it is not ordinarily advisable
to mix two kinds of protein together,
it GEMS that the cooking blends the
protein elements in such a way that
they cause no trouble. No sugar or
cornStarch should be added, but raj
sins or dates may be used to impart
a sweet flavor.
Sherbets or ices are agreeable des-
serts, being made of the fruit juice
which is frozen. Pineapple, orange
u raspberry ices r good examples.
Gelatin desserts are some of the
most pleasing and healthful desserts.
You can buy mixtures of gelatin
which are already favored, but If you
prefer you can use the plain gelatin,
which is not favored or sweetened,
adding your own fruit juices for flaw
oring. Mclded gelatin desserts are
especially attractive. They may be
served with whipped cream If you de-
sire.
In general, those who are troubled
with such disorders as deafness, dis
charging ears, enlarged tonsils, or
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-02-26

waiian government. they were dis
covered by Capt. u. G. Brooks in the
ship Gambler on July S, 1859, and Of
ficially taken possession of in the
name of the United States on August
28, 1867, by Cap. Reynolds of the U.
S. S. Lackawanna. Baker Island was
taken possession of in the name OF
the United States in 1889 by an
American named Michael Baker who
first discovered it in 1882. Rowland
Island wa discovered by George E.
Netcher in 1912, and officially pos
sessed in the name of the United
States in 1857.
@. What countries were repre-
sented at the first meeting of the
Peace Conference? K. M. G..
A. The first meeting was held in
the Sale de la Paix. formerly known
as the Sale de Horologie Cor Hall of
Mirrors) and the following countries
were represented: France, Great
Britain, United States, Japan, Brazil,
Belgium, Serbia, Greece, Rumania,
Czechoslovakia, Poland, China, He'd
JAZZ. Canada, Australia, South Africa,
India, Siam, New Zealand. and Por-
tugal.
@. Is it cruel to shoe horses? r. M.
A. It is not. In fact to use un-
shod horses for heavy work is very
cruel. An unShod horse doing much
walking or heavy work may become
seriously lame.
@. Is there such a place as Grau-
stark? B. B..
A. There is not. The little princi-
pality was created by an American
! novelist.
@. How many buildings are there
in New York City more than IS
stories high? r. S.
A. There are 38.
@. Why is Watts famous painting
called Hope? p. r.
A. The theme is symbolized by the
figure of a woman seated with bowed
head. She still clings to her Tyre, all
the strings of which, with the excep-
ton of one, are broken. This is to
suggest the dominant quality of hope,
which prevails under even the most
adverse circumstances.
@. Why are doctors prescriptions
written in Latin? S. S. L.
A. It is because for many centuries
Latin was the language of learning,
At the present time, due to this fact
it is the one language which is uni
versally studied by those engaged in
the legal, medical, and many other
learned professions. Consequently 9
| French doctor would understand the
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-02-26
Dr.. Mccoy will gladly answer
personal questions on health and
diet addressed to him. care Of
The Tribune.
Enclose q stamped addressed
envelope for reply.
pies, ana other mixtures containing
100 much sugar and starch.
QUESTIONS AND NsWER

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Question: Mrs. D.. M. A.. writes:
my son, aged 8, grinds his teeth at
night when asleep. His front teeth
are quite ground off. He also pulls
out his eyelashes on lower lids. His
lips are feverish and crack almost all
the time. Is all this a sign of some
nervous disorder? He is slightly un-
derweight, though never ILL.,"
Answer: You can be sure that
your son is suffering from some irri-
tation of the alimentary canal. A
good diagnosis will determine the
cause. You should have him examin-
ed at once even though he does not
seem to be acutely i'll.
Leg Hurts
Question: VIM. P. asks: What
would cause my leg to hurt in the
morning before getting up? After
getting up it does not bother me at
all. What causes this, and what can
l do for it?"
Answer: If the pain only appears
in one leg, 1t is doubtless due to
pinching of the nerves going into that
leg. This may occur in the lower
spine or in the sacroiliac section of
the pelvis. It occurs only in bed be-
cause of certain positions you assume
when asleep. Take exercises to
strengthen the lower back muscles,
or 60 to al osteopath or chiropractor-
who can quickly inform you whether
or not my opinion is correct.
Acne Scars
Question: H. E. B. writes: please
advise me how to get rid of small
scars on my face caused from pimples.
I think I have a slight acne condi-
ton, and someone told me to rub CO.
Goa butter on the scars and they
would leave after awhile. I am Is
years old. Would age make any diff
ference?"~
Answer: The scars may wear off
in time but you could hurry this
along by having your face treated
with the ultraviolet light. If the
scars are only small normal color will
soon be restored.
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Quotations

Neither evolution or evolutionists
in general have been atheistic-Dar-
win least Of all.-Dr. Robert A. Mill
kan.
I am not a politician. I find the
Job Of ruling and regulating my own
life is as much as my limited mental
powers can manage.-Sir Ernest
Bonn.
\ = X
Cocktails do have q certain social
function.-Stanley High.
Better a nation drunk than q ma
ton dishonest.-Rev. James Malcolm
Macleod.
i X X
The best preparation for business
is an engineering education and this
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terms Of a prescription equally a
we'll as a Czechoslovakian doctor.

@. In what way is snow benefi-
cial? c. A. L.
A. It Is :. bad conductor of heat
so it protects the ground from cooling
while the temperature of the air at
the surface of the snow is below
freezing. AS its presence lessons
fluctuations of the temperature OF
the air, it is naturally beneficial to
plants. It provides necessary mois-
ture. When the SHOWS melt in the
spring the volume of water in rivers
is increased. The presence of snow
on mountains has an important ef-
feet on climate.
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The resources of our free Informa-
ton Bureau are at your service. You
r invited to call upon it as often as
you please. It is being maintained
solely to serve you. What question
can we answer for you? There Is no
charge at all except two cents In coin
or stamps for return postage. Adj
dress your letter to the Bismarck
Tribune Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. Haskin, Director, Washington,
D. G.
|. @. How are the old silent movies
made over with sound? I understand
The Birth of a Nation now has
sound. d. E.
A. Usually when sound is added to
silent pictures they are remade. Dia-
logue is written for them and they
are reenacted. The Birth of a Ma
ton is an exception. Sound effects,
not dialogue, were prepared and
added to the film or put on disks
which are synchronized with the
film.
@. How does the per capita cost Of
running our Government now COM
pare with its cost in the early days?
s. M.
A. Randolph Leigh in a current
article on The American Constitution
| says that for the first year the gov
eminent was organized-1789-the
per capita cost was approximately 20
cents. while at present it is about $50
per ~inhabitant.
q. Does Easter ever come before
the 21st of March? G. E. H.
A. It does not. The date for the
observance of Easter Sunday was de-
cided by the Council of Nicaea in 325
! as q movable feast; occurring the first
| Sunday after the first full moon fol-
lowing the vernal equinox, which &C.
ours on or about the 21st Of March.
@. How old is the plot of Hamlet?
r. S.
A. Hamlet is based on a crude
story told by the 18th century Saxo
EXAMINATIONS, a Danish chronicler, in
his Historic Danica, first printed in
1914, which found a place in Pierre
de Be~lleforest's Histories Tragiques
(l570), a French miscellany of trans
lated legend and romance.
Q. How did we acquire Wake Is
land, Midway Islands, Baker Island,
and Rowland Island? F. S.
A. Wake Island was acquired by
the United States in 1893, as a result
Of the Spanish-American war, and
was ceded t. this country by Spain
under the Treaty Of Paris. which
ended the war. Midway Islands are
now q part of the Hawaiian group,
and under the jurisdiction OF tn Ha-
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JUST A FAMILY AFFAIR

JUST A FAMILY AFFAIR
Mexico City, Feb. 26.-R)-An en-
tire wedding party, bride, bridegroom
and witnesses, is in Jail till a puzzle
can be solved. Catarino CorSes and
Modesto Perez we're about to be
married by a judge when the police
came along with warrants because
Cortes had previously married Mo-
deSta'S sister and her cousin.
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Today in Congress
THURSDAY

THURSDAY
Senate
Continues debate on second de-
ficiency bill and considers minor bills.
Conferees meet on proposed consti-
tutional amendment to abolish "lame
duck" sessions of congress-.
Lands committee oil shale
investigation.
Votes on bill to tax yellow olco-
margarine 10 cents a pound.
Considers $50 ,00O, 900 battleship
modernization program.
Census committee reSumeS hearing
on reapportiOnment.
Rules committee considers measure
Tor investigation of transportation
holding companies.
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is becoming generally recognized.
Professor George Fillmore Swain OF
Boston.
* * *
In the face of calamity let us unite
in a common effort to drive suffering
and want from our country.-Presi-
dent Hoover.
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WILL COACH IOWA STATE

WIKI OOxAOA1 ~ WIZ O1{AxE
AmeS, Iowa, Feb. 26.-(P-Georgc
F. Veenker, assistant football coach
and head coach at the University OF
Michigan. has been appointed head
football coach at Iowa State college.
T. N. Metcalf, director of athletics,
announced Wednesday.
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KFYR

kFYR DAILY SCHEDULE
S KilOcyc les-I4S.1 Meters
Friday. February ~
7:O0-Farm Flashes.
7:1O-Weather Report.
7:15-Farm Reporter in Washing
ton.
7:30-Old- Time Music.
Decentralization Period.
S:O0-Around the Town: Radio Floor
Walker.
9:OO-Sunshine Hour.
9:30-World Bookman.
10000 pening Grain Markets;
Weather Report.
1o:10-Aunt Sammy: Daily Household
10:30-With Uncle Sans Naturalists.
10:45-NeW Release Program.
IL :OO-Grain Markets.
11:15-German Program.
11:30-Organ Program: Grace Duryee
l2:oo-Grain Markets; Bismarck Trib-
une News weather;
Luncheon Program.
2:OO-Grain Markets.: High, Low and
Close; Bismarck Tribune
News. Weather and st. Paul
2:15-Musical Matinee Melodies.
2:30-Siesta Hour: Good News Radio
Magazine.
3:0O-Music.
5:OO-Music.
5:15-Uncle PauIs Kiddic Time.
5:35-Stocks and Bonds.
5:4O-Bismarck Tribune Sports Items.
5:4b-Bismarck Tribune News.
5:60-Music.
6:00-Dinner Hour Organ Recital:
Grace Duryee Morris.
6:30-Sportsmen's Chat.
6:45-Newscasting.
7:OO-Adolph Englehardt, violinist.
7:15-Legislatiye Tidbits.
7:30-Mrs. T. j. Plomason.
7:45-Seiberling Singers.
S:00-Chevrolet Chronicles.
S:30-I. q. A. Barn Dance.
The index of the general level of
farm prices is still going down. The
last check of the index taken by the
U. s.. Bureau of Agricultural Econom-
les shows that it fell three points over
the previous period and is now 90
points below the level Of last year.
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TO MEET

01AA EINO ~ MIMI
Chicago, Feb. 26.-tP-Cha;npionS.
former champions and enough others
to make an entry list Of more than
$50, will open the battle for the
North American indoor speed skating
championships Friday night in the
Chicago stadium.