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III
NEW
YORK
M!a sdl!a4 Swan

New York, June 12.-For the last
time I have tried to be a good Samar-
itan to some of the younger folk OBJ
served roaming the streets.
And I have found that trying to
give something away is one OF the
most difficult and distressing adven-
lures II can undertake in New York.
So gun-shy have the timid natives
Of this metropolitan jungle become
that they take flight, like frightened
gazelles, at the mention of some
hing-for-nothing." So often have
they heard tales of sucker" rackets
and "gyp' games, they cannot believe
that a gift, proffered by a stranger,
has no ties to it. They Immediately
begin to ask Whats the matter with
it?" Or they conclude, without ques-
ton, that there must be some catch
or it wouldn't be free"
Too often have gifts been caught
wearing DISCUSSES.
Not long ago, just to attract at
tention at the opening of a new film
theater. a shrewd press agent proffer-
ed dirst-class S. gold pieces for $3.50
and found no takers. Nor could he
give 81 bills away for so cents.y He
did manage to draw a large crowd
and two police came over to investi-
gate what sort Of swindle was going
on.
My own adventure went like this:
About a week ago, hurrying to a thea
ter, I found that I had an extra pair
OF tickets in my pocket. It was but
a few minutes before curtain time,
quite too late to call up a friend. So
I said to my wife:
"The first pair of youngsters We
pass who look as though they would
appreciate tickets to a good show will
get these ducatS."
At that moment, a youth and his
girl friend went by. They were plain
ly dressed and seemed to be looking
at the passing crowds with hungry
eyes. There was every reason to be-
lieve they would appreciate a couple
Of good So theater tickets.
My wife and I stopped them, and
after a brief explanation I said, And
o1llCe L CdilAIOL uSe tileNl, q re wei
come to them"
The youth looked at the girl. The
girl giggled. The youth edged away,
and with a sort Of challenge, demand
ed: Whats the idea?" I tried to
say that there was no big idea 49,.
but they were gone, and I was at
tracing attention.
I'LL try again." I said to my wife
WI turned a corner.
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A large and awkward looking young
man vas standing on a corner staring
at the bright lights. A girl chung
timidly to his arm. They looked like
visitors.
So I tried again. The big fellow
backed away as though he was pre-
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Cancelling War Debts

IDeVlS Lake J0urnaD
Again the talk is abroad in Europe about the cancella.
ton OF the war debts which various European countries
owe the United States.
There may be a slight excuse for such cancellation at
this time because Of the financial condition Of the var
ious debtor nations, with the possible. exception OF
France. England and other countries have funded their
debts promising to pay them in . period Of years. and
they probably have arranged their budgets with this in
view. France has been the chief exponent Of debt can
cellations. yet France Is In q better position than all the
other nations to pay her war obligations. /"
The condition Of the United States Treasury at the
present time is such as to eliminate any chance OF cam
ceiling what the other nations owe U.s.. It Is evident that
the Treasury deficit will amount to over a billion dollars
this year, and it seems rather unfair to ask the American
people to make further sacrifices for a war which ended
eleven years ago.. "
not to be economizing in ornaments and in the erection
Of Notifications. II they wanted to do a good turn for
q nation which helped them they could economic on
their military and naval expenditures. It might be
guessed that Europe today Is spending more money for
military purposes than 1t did before the World war.
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Control Must
Come from Industry

Washington. June l2.-R)-Secre-
tary Lamont told a group of lumber
men Thursday that "any control OF
industrial conditions must cone from
within industry itself"
Speaking at a session of the tim
Der conservation board, named by
President Hoover to study conditions
in the lumber industry and related
industries, Secretary Lamont said
there was no easy solution for present
overproduction.
"The government can do little more
than collect and make available cur
rent information" he continued.
1T Is obvious that it is necessary
to get overproduction within bounds.
The less the government goes into
that the better off everybody will be-"
The secretary expressed the opinion
that the lumber industry would at
least have the "cold comfort" of
knowing that other industries were In
the same fix.
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Fake Cures
Manufacturer

NIIe MduUIaECUfefD
AS President Hoover recently pointed out, tax reduc-
ZION must be a vital element in any program for industrial
and economic sterilization.
This is not to say that high taxes alone were re-
sponslole Tor the worldwide depression. Many divergent
forces were to blame. But it is almost automatic that
employment and business cannot return to normal if they
are burdened with a staggering and constantly growing
weight of taxation.
IL is unfortunate that in times Of stress, many foolish,
altnough Well-meant, panaceas are offered and some
times are tried. All Of them. in one way or another. cost
tne people money, and sometimes, for a single expert
ment, the cost goes into hundreds of millions. The in
eVltaole result Is higher taxes. Thus the ostensible cure
Tor depression becomes a barrier in the path of pros
perity.
When government goes in for artificial and expensive
economic respirators 1t almost always does far more harm
than good.
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Clearing In

Latest reports from Washington indicate that the case
involving taxes on the estate Of the late James ]. Hill
Is about to be given to the public without the beating OF
drums which usually attends a senatorial investigation.
The matter popped into the public eye when Senator
Couzens Of Michigan accused Attorney General William
D. Mitchell Of suppressing the facts and Of failing to
appeal the matter after the estate had beaten the gov
eminent in its effort to collect inheritance taxes.
Mr.. Mitchells answer was a statement outlining the
various happenings of the case from the time he, as a
private attrney, drew the trust document which caused
all the runnpus, to the present, when Mr.. Couzens is
clanloring for action.
1t Is not altogether certain, on the basis Of present
information, that Mr.. Couzens is picking on the right
man when he accuses MI. Mitchell-even If there really
Is something wrong. This, Of course, remains to be
proved. Even If he does hold political office. the con-
stitution forbids finding a man guilty without trial or
a hearing and MI. Mitchell can be sure Of a square deal
before the bar Of public opinion.
Based OH his own statement, Mr. Mitchell pursued the
only course open to an ethical member Of the bar. He
had drawn the instrument under fire and hence, as
solicitor general in the office of John Garibaldi Sargent,
then attorney general, he could not we'll take part in the
case. 1t was up to Mr.. Sargent to decide If an appeal
should be taken, as Mr.. Couzens claims there should have
been. At this distance Mr.. Mitchell cannot be blamed
for whatever happened, regardless of whether the course
taken adequately protected the interests of the govern
ment.
Senator Schall of Minnesota has leaped into the fray
a statement excoriating Mr.. Mitchell and demand
ing his political blood. This adds interest to the matter
only from the standpoint of making it a political
circus attraction. The enmity between schall and
Mitchell Is one Of the most famous in current politics
and the onlookers may thrill to see the blind senator
attempt to hang the hide Of his enemy on the fence.
That Mr.. Mitchell seems disposed to deal with the
Ease frankly and without equivocation is a relief to
If nc EYoN ha maintained ci1o,ca ~ ottop,pteJ "a
wade the issue We should have had the sorry spectacle
a leading public official refusing or afraid to tell
he truth to the electorate whose interests he Is pre-
,umed to serve.
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NOTICE

State Of North Dakota. County Of
RurieighN!n District Court. Fourth
Ben Su0 e !; har n!sas'f Fay Harding and c.
". Mcdonnell. as the Board Of
Railroad. Commissioners Of the
State Of North Dakota, Petitioners.
VS.. Wheat Growers Warehouse
Company. a Corporation. Respond
The Board Of Railroad Commission.
ers OF the State Of North Dakota hav.
ing, by order Of the District Court
o. the Fourth judicial District OF
County of Burleigh, dated May End.
1891, been appointed as trustee Of
Wheat Growers Warehouse Company,
a CORPORATION. an i%nsolvent grain
Wxaa rts doing business at
leigh. Chama. Cleveland, Crystal
ter. Eckelson, Edgeley, Eldridge,
Flasher, Forman; Fort Clark. Gackle.
bron. killdeer. Linton. Marion, Me-
ton. Steele, streeter, Happen. Wind.
sor, Aneta, Bantry. Binford, Bowes-
mont Rrinsmade. Derrick, Ferc. Fill
per. Hoople, Knox: Lawton. McHenry.
Mohall. Niles, Park River, Pisek. Ro.
iette. Souris.. st: Joe, Walum. wal
halla, and Westhope. North Dakota;
NAOAClOT0
Notice is hereby given to the own.
ers and holders OF grain, storage re.
celpts and cash slips, or checks given
IN redemption Thereof, issued in North
Dakota by the Powers Elevator COM
pany and/or by said insolvent grain
warehouseman for or on account Of
grain stored with 1t unpaid or un-
redeemed, to surrender to said Board
OF Railroad Commissioners of the
state OF North Dakota, at Bismarck.
North Dakota, all such unpaid or un.
redeemed grain storage receipts.
cash. slips and checks issued BY said
lnso!vent for or on account Of grain
SO stored with 1t, within ninety DAYS
after the last publication Of this mo-
Notice i: further given that unless
such grain storage receipts, cash
to said Board Of Railroad Commits
toner's within said time, the owners
n holders thereof will be barred
from participation in any fund re-
covered by said Board OF Railroad
solvent.
Dated at Bismarck, North Dakota.
tnis 18th day OF May, 1891.
board OF Railroad Commissioners.
BY MARY e. PARSONS,
2 6/2s; 6/5-13
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Wares and Standard of Living

V0kCS dAu oAtA0 vi A%lVIlk
In these days when business is faced with the grim
necessity Of reducing overhead costs to combat depleted
revenues, some federal officials and so-called national
economists are making the adjustment doubly hard by
~agitating higher wages and shorter hours "to increase
prosperity"
President Glenn Frank Of the University Of Wiscon-
sin, Secretary Of Labor Doak, Raskob, Ford and others
equally as prominent are advocates Of this theory. How
business is going to induce prosperity by this sort Of
magic they do not explain clearly. How the average bus
mess man can hoist himself by his own b~ootstraps, the
distinguished Frank and the other adherents Of this
theory fail to state. They announce empiricaly-raise
wages. shorter hours, lower prices and the result Of this
economic process will be more business. bigger profits and
prosperity.
The business man who is struggling to keep q few laps
ahead of his payroll or the sheriff reads this advice with
. well-grounded cynicism and arrives at the general con-
clusion that these distinguished educators and economists
are talking through their hats. II the businessman IS
wise, he hastens to set his industrial house in order. cuts
salaries and overhead to meet present conditions.
It Is not q pleasant job to cut and slash salaries, but
despite President IIoovers admonitions to keep them up,
there is hardly IN industry that has not done some wage
cuttins-and more u In the ofting.
Living costs have gone down. Wage cuts to meet these
reductions will not lower the standard Of living. There
win be less installment buying and everyone will get
back on q sounder basis. That adjustment has got to
come before the upward trend will start.
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BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN

Editor, Journal Of the American
Medical Association
Most farmers think Of CHAMBERS as
a disease affecting horses and mules,
but occasionally it attacks human
beings. It has been reported also in
cats, rabbits, sheep, mice and various
wild animals Of the cat tribe.
Because the disease is commonly
transmitted by horses and affects
horses more frequently than any other
animal, it is now rarely seen in large
cities from which horses have prac-
tically disappeared.
In the first 20 years Of the past
century, there were seven cases OF
CHAMBERS in the wards Of the Bellevue
hospital, New York, but in the last 10
years, according to DR.. Douglas Sym
mers, a single case has not been seen.
Chambers Is caused by a germ
known as the bacillus of CLAN
ders. From three to five days after
the germ gets into the body, the
symptoms first appear. There are
the usual symptoms Of infection, such
as nausea, headache, vomiting, chills
and some fever.
Quite soon, however, nodules ap-
pear on the skin associated with in
Illumination of the lymphatic ducts
and glands near the places where the
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A Hollywood actress has insured
her fingers for 100000. Which is
rather a high price for . couple Of
stage hands.
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A maturing Chicago boy doesn't
complain so much about growing
pains Is he does shooting pains.
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When q gangster staggers q victim
with . bullet. that Is also rod and
reel sport.
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Dorothy thinks that an architect
should be q much travelled man be.
cause he takes in all the sites.
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In trying times there Is no class
distinction; there are the idle poor
as well as the idle rich.
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II hope everything comes out all
right" as the appendix victim said to
the surgeon.
Copyright. 1881. NEA Service. 1nc.)
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pairing to swing a fist and gave me
a blunt How do you get that way?
What do you think I am-a sucker?"
I thought he was, but didn't say so.
It was now too late to do anything
about 1t. We were passing a hotel. I
figured the doorman saw lots Of peo-
pie coming and going and could "set
himself in" with a friend. AS I stood
explaining my case, a gent in evening
clothes and top-hat came out. The
doorman handed him the tickets. The
man tipped his top hat and thanked
me profusely.- He handed me his
card. He was the hotel manager.
"You know, Of course, that this Is
a theatrical hotel and I get passes to
dozens of shows, but I did want to
catch this one"
So I have given up-dozens Of peo-
pie who seldom 60 to shows had turn
ed me down and when, I finally gave
the tickets away, it had to be a fellow
already on the "deadhead" lists.
GILBERT SWAN.
Copyright, 1881, NEA Service, Inc.)
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CALL FOR BIDS

Notice Is hereby given: That sealed
bids will be received at the office Of
Of Direct a"s' Of asI the Bism nj sae P sIaio
Library, at his office in the First Ma
tional Bank Building, in the city of
Bismarck, North Dakota, not later
than ten o'clock a. M, on June 18th,
1891, such bids to be for the paint
in the basement of the Bismarck
Public Library, in accordance with
specifications on file at the office Of
the librarian in the Bismarck Public
Library building.
The right to reject any and all bids
is hereby reserved.
Dated this 10th day of June. 1881.
c. L. YOUNG, Secretary.
Board Of Directors Of
Bismarck Public Library.
6/1O.11.12
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Quotations

When people talk Of free will they
talk Observation-Disclosures barrow.
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Either we have got to prevent trusts
and monopolies or regulate them.-
U. s. Senator King of Utah.
I would steal before I would starve.
Daniel Willard.
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The growing congestion Of the
cities prevents constantly new prob
lens Of physical and mental train
ing Of children on one hand. and the
growing leisure by shortened hours
OF labor presents increasing problems
in provisions of opportunity for the
proper use of increasing leisure for
'adults.-President Hoover.
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Being a king, / have discovered, Is
not the fun 1t once was.-Richard
Washburn Child, former ambassador
to Italy.
College men now drink no more
than their fathers did, but now they
have to carry their liquor on the hip.
DIR. Palmer G. Ricketts,, president Of
Rensselaer, Polytechnic Institute.
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The surrender to industrialism-in
itself q too early confession Of the
defeat Of the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS the
s~ubservience Of man not only to
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Three Nicaraguan
Guards Are Killed

Managua, Nicaragua, June 12.-R)
Three men Of the Nicaraguan ma
tional guard were killed, another was
fatally wounded and q fourth less
seriously wounded Tuesday In a brush
with insurgents six miles from Jicaro,
1t was disclosed Thursday.
Lieutenant Everett Ross, in COM
mand Of the detachment, also was
seriously wounded. The insurgents
casualties were not known.
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New Toronto. Ont, June 12.-(R-
A man approached S. F. Chamberlain,
manager of a branch of the Bank of
Montreal, threatened to shoot to kill
If there were outcries, and demanded
all the cash. Chamberlain suggested
that they talk things over while the
money was being obtained. He point
ed out what had befallen recent bank
robbers and urged the visitor to ask
his friends for help in his trouble.
The visitor accepted a 10-dollar bill
and left. Search for him then was
futile.
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Railroad Groups to
Hear Senator Nye

Montevideo. Mimi, June l2.-R-
Gerald P. Nye, u. S. senator from
North Dakota, will speak at the Mon
tevideo Community picnic sponsored
by the Associated Railroad Brother
hoods here Sunday.
A Flag Day tribute will be paid by
Rev. E. s. Clemans, Owatonna, past
national chaplain of the American
Legion. The Zurah Temple band and
drill team Of Minneapolis will take
part in the program. Special trains
are to be run from Minneapolis and
Aberdeen.
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things but to things he has made
without love, uses without thought,
and destroys without compunction.-
Louis Untermeyer.
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Racing Is essential for air progress.
Colonel Eddie Rickenbacker.
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STUTSMAN HOMEMAKERS MEET
jamestown. N. D., June 12.-(Pe
About 400 members Of the Stutsman
county Homemakers club met in the
Junior high school auditorium for
their annual achievement day.
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10Y 1u0 ASS0CI2te0 Ffe86)
Mckenzie county-The county was
named in honor Of Alexander Nc
Kenzie. prominently identified with
the development Of the state, partic-
ularly the Missouri Slope and western
counties. The county Is well watered
by the Missouri river. Ignite coal is
found in abundance and timber Is
plentiful along the rivers and creeks.
The county seat Is at Sohafer. the
name being selected as a tribute to
the father Of Gov. George F. Shafer.
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Watford City-The third an
nual Homemakers' Achievement
Day was held here with q speak.
ing and entertainment program
featuring. Committees from 10
clubs in the county were In
charge Of the arrangements.
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HURT IN ACCIDENT

4AOENA AN ANNAOCNx
Grand Forks, N. D., June 12.-(P)-
Hywell G. Rowland. head Of the music
department. at the University Of
North Dakota, and three others from
the school escaped with minor bruises
when their a overturned near
Huron, s.. ..
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS have been
made Tor a three-day boys and girls
encampment here June 1890 for the
Morton and Grant county Girls All
club members and boys between the
ages Of ~ and 20 years, according to
G. Newcomer, Morton county
agent.
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SENTENCED TO CASS JAIL
Fargo. N. D., June 12.-P-Manley
w. Robinson, Minneapolis, was SEN
fenced to six months in the Cass
county jail by FEDERAL Judge Andrew
Miller for using the mails to defraud.
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Editorial Comment

Editorials printed below show tho trend Of thought
oy other editors. They are published without regard
to whether they agree or disagree with The Trib-
unes policies.
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Stickler Solution

on EVERY PANEL ROUND me- RooM
ARf cAe!eo the AANss o. FoeMk1 scA7Aes
A~fal PENAL Houps z spsMo M Gloon
N0R FAnMC 10 NRN PENCE 10 0OiLAoS;
UeGe Soys Awo snu MvF ANC< ~ 5rLAN0fR
Aa~cx rev atneAM me- HANE zeefs xo~osz
{ The three words, al composed Of the
same letters, that were missing from the
above verse. are PANEL, PENAL and
PLANE. a. shown in large letters. Y
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Napoleon-Napoleon and Braddock
clubs acted as joint hostesses to the
annual six district convention Of the
Women's Federal clubs Of North Da-
kota. Mrs. D. w. Crabtree, Glendale,
president, presided.
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Early Prominence

Gov. Roosevelt's presidential candidacy may suffer
from what some political experts call early prominence. "
In such contests it is not always the early bird that gets
the worm. The sooner is usually regarded as a po-
litical stalking horse.
Mr.. Roosevelts friends may be sincere in launching
his boom so early and again his foes may be killing him
off by the "early prominence" route. Others have been
disposed Of in that manner and 1t is a trick of the prac-
tical politician.
AS the New York Times has aptly put it: "the for
tunate are those who like Bryan Or Harding, come sud-
denly to the nomination"
The recent governors conference at French Lick started
political speculation. Pinchot, Richie and Roosevelt
occupied prominent places in the prospective presidential
timber row. The political correspondents lined them up
and there was the usual ballyhooing and swapping OF
cameras for Of such stuff is the American political game.
General Douglas Macarthur convinced the president
that the mechanical army should retain a few horses
and mules for special purposes. The careless second
lieutenant may still have a chance or two Of being STEP
ped on in action.
The Boston Herald describes ian epidemic Of State
songs Where are the Minnesota State songs of yester-
year?
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County Named After
Alexander Mckenzie

Editors Note: The following Is
one OF q series Of articles dealing
with the history of North Dakota
counties.
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Steele-The new school &C.
counting system was the subject
OF an address by w. E. Parsons,
state deputy superintendent of
public instruction at the annual
meeting of the Kidder county
school officers here.
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Farmers Of Scotland county, N. g.,
have reduced their cotton acreage Is
per cent this year.
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New York Is another commonwealth that Is thinking
q adopting . state bird. 50 far the swallow hasn't been
Gtven any consideration.
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Manning - School officers Of
Dunn county attended a meeting
here Thursday. Superintendent
H. O. Pippin, Stark county, con-
Quoted q round table.
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The Boston Herald describes ian epidemic Of State
songs Where are the Minnesota State songs of yester-
year?