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Transatlantic Airmail

Among the interesting topics for
speculation this summe is the uues-
ton whether an America to- Europa
airmail line will be first established
with airplanes or with dirigibles.
The pathfinding plane sent over
the Greenland-Iceland route by the
Transamerican Airlines Corporation
shows that the airplane is just about
ready to tackle the job. This north
ern route provides relatively short
water hops and is said to be fairly
free from fog and bad weather. Reg
ular airmail service does not seem
very far away.
On the other hand, the dirigibles
have also demonstrated their capa-
city. The exploits of the Graf zep-
pelin and the building of the Akron
have drawn new attention to this
type of flying machine. Negotiations
for a transatlantic .dirigible service
have gone forward.
Which kind of machine will be the
first to put such a service on a regu-
lar schedule?
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Gasoline Prices

The average consumer will not be
lieve 1t, but the fact is. that gaso.
line prices now are the lowest II
years.
A survey shows that on June l
the average price in 81 American
cities was 1851 cents per gallon
plus tax. This compares with 1915
cents on the same date in 193O anc
25.7 cents on June /, 1921.
The joker, and the reason people
do not appreciate that gasoline prices
are down, lies in the plus tax
situation, for the tax is added to the
retail price and is a constant factor
Regardless of the cost of the gaso-
line to the merchant, the tax is the
same.
On June /, the average tax had ex-
ceeded four cents a gallon for the
first time in history. In the last 10
years the average tax has increased
3.85 cents per gallon while the aver
age price of gas has declined.
Rated in percentages, the tax on
gasoline now Is nearly 33 per cent
of its retail value.
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A N INFORMATION

Want NFOkMATlON
Bismarck, N. d.
August 8, 1881.
Editor, Bismarck Tribune
A brilliant meteor which fell att
about 7:50 p. m. on the evening of
August 4 was reported to us that eve
ming by a local attorney who saw It'll
from his a while driving q few
miles west of Davenport, Iowa. HIS
first impression vas that an airplane
was going down in flames. Numerous(
reports have been received later by
mail, and by personal interview from
persons who observed it almost as far
west as Sioux City. Iowa, and as far
north as Minneapolis, Minnesota. |
These reports indicate that the me-
teor came from the southwest and
fell df any portion reached the
earth) somewhere in the vicinity oil
Redwood Falls, Minnesota. A pre-
liminary plot on the map indicates
that the meteor should, with clear
weather. have been noticed by resi-
dents Of Madison, Wisconsin, Duluth,
Minnesota, Bismarck, North. Dakota
and Pierre, South Dakota. Newspa-I
per accounts state that the meteor
has been reported from practically
every town in southern Minnesota
and as far north as st. Cloud. The &C.
counts also state that detonationsl
were reported from Hector, Sleepy
Eye, and Redwood Falls in Minnesota.
This indicates that the meteor was
there quite low. and suggests that
meteorites may have reached the
earth in that vicinity.
For computing the path Of the me-
teor through the atmosphere theI
reports from various communities OIL
the direction In which 1t seemed toI
disappear, and Of tho apparent angls|
Of fall. This angle Of fall may bel
anything from almost vertically
downwards to nearly . HORIZONTAL
path. Reports from residents OIL
northern and western Minnesota Will
DO especially useful to supplement-
the information We already have.
Those who heard explosions, - ap-l
pears to have been tho case near
Hector, Sleepy Eye and Redwood
Falls should report what they heard
A study Of meteoric falls recoveredl
In America within the past century,
indicates that we IRE now recovering
In the United States less than ] per
cent Of the meteorites which actual
~ reach the surface Of the earth.
reporting Of information on|
spectacular meteors will assist great
" In recovering q larger percentage. |
We would appreciate 1t II you
would request that those who saw this
meteor write the Midwest Neteor|
Association, Iowa City, Iowa.
Sincerely yours,
O. O. WYIsIE.
Presidec..i
EDUCATING AN EDITOR
August "a, 1891.
Editor. Tribune:
IN column eight. page three Of the
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his work as the man who Is mentally
at peace."-M. ]. Flanagan, manager
of a railway safety bureau.
X X 4
"The only real vice is ignorance
DIR. Olga Strastny, president of the
National Association Of Medical
Women.
There's nothing in that report OF
my retirement as a golfer."-Bobby
Jones.
what is the matter with the new
pagan is that he is not q pagan; he
has not any of the customs or con-
solutions of a pagan.'-G. K. Ches-
terton, author.
X Y \
1T has been proved that America
does not refuse to aid just because
she maintains her independent po-
licy."-Mrs. Lowell Fletcher Hobart,
president of the D. A. R.
X y =
"Open up all the avenues you can
for your children, but leave them to
follow them up for themselves."-
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt.
X X 4
1T will be a long, long time before
any n suggests anything that will
longer and produce more
than did the time honored,
softly oozing, snugly sticking custard
pie."-Mack Sennett.
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To begin with, the Ubengi gents
were brought to New York by Mar
tin johnson, the explorer. They were
hired as Wallets to a couple of valu-
able chimpanzees, included among
the Johnson jungle trophies.
So they slept in the elephant house.
This kept them from being homesick.
And then-alack aday-the urge
for culture came over some of the
Harlemites. What, for instance, did
the native lingo of the Ubangis sound
like? Could certain root derivations
be traced?
It all sounded high-class. elegant
and refined! In fact, 1t was educa-
tional. Simple souls that they were,
Manuel and DioSaner went dutifully
up to the vast negro belt to show off.
But not before an astute and alert
potential Snowman had heard about
it. Did he leap to the occasion?
Sweet man-and how!
From one end of Harlem to an
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(Official City, State and County
Newspaper
Foreign Representatives
SMALL, SPENCER, LEVINGS
& BREWER
Uncorporated)
CHICAGO NEW YORK BOSTON
Page Uncle Sam!

Pittsburgh coal operators are re-
ported on the verge of asking the
federal government to regulate the
coal industry as a public utility.
One of the operators recently re-
marked that anyone who had pro-
posed such q scheme three or four
years ago would have been denounced
as a vicious and subversive Bolshevik.
Today, however, the coal men feel
differently. AS the operator says:
"They see nothing ahead Of them.
as things stand now, but the loss of
their properties through their inabil-
ity to sell coal at a profit"
The incident gives another Of those
revealing little sidelights on the gen.
eral business attitude toward gov
eminent regulation. If there are
profits to be made, then government
interference is crippling, inefficient,
politics ridden and altogether damn
able, and no sane American can even
hint at it.
But if the money is not coming
inf there are problems to be met
which private initiative cannot solve
then Uncle Sans activity will be
welcomed, and the sooner he acts the
better.
OF course, once conditions improve
and everybody is making money
again, Uncle Sam would be expected
to withdraw gracefully, and govern
mental interference once more would
be a spectre to evoke shoulders ana
chill the blood.
Regardless Of this slightly illogical
attitude there seems to be little
doubt that the federal government
will have to concern itself over the
coal industry sooner or later. Con-
ditions are little better than chaotic.
The operators, in most cases, are
losing money. The miners are barely
existing. and many thousands of
them are on strike in protest against
unbearable conditions.
Coal mining is one of the great,
basic, raw-material industries of the
nation. Business conditions general
ly cannot ever be entirely healthy as
long as the coal trade is sick. Uncle
Sam will have to tackle the problem
eventually, and the sooner he gets
started the better for all concerned.
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other 1t became known that the cele-
brated visiting Ubangis would posi-
lively deliver a lecture in the native
Swahili dialect. And for the mere
entrance fee of four-bits per person.
The small hall was packed. The gate
receipts were nice pickings.
And when it was over with. Manuel
found a nice crispy 81 bill In his
hand and a pair of golf Knockers.
And such Knockers! Sweet mama!
With swell black checkers on them.
X X
Manuel had been looking around.
1t was a hot night. The Harlem lads
had come in flannel pants and yell
low, blue. pink, lavender and white
silk sport shirts. What would look
better with checkered Knockers than
a nice, snappy sport shirt?
He returned for more lectures
some, 10, in all. The crowd increased.
The innocent Ubangi continued to
get n buck per appearance and a
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University Inventors
Duluth Herald

A new reagent which improves the
famous Babcock test for butterfat in
milk and cream has been invented by
two men in the dairy division at Min
nesota's University farm. 1t has been
put on the market as the Minnesota
Babcock test reagent."
The inventors spent nearly two
years of time not occupied by their
regular duties in solving the prob
lens presented by evident errors of
the old method.
Their names are w. E. Peterson
and E. o. Herried.
Their discovery is one of the great
multitude worked out by research
workers in the universities of the
world. Not all are as spectacular as
that Of the late DR.. Babcock. The
world does not hear of them in con-
nection with the names Of their
originators. But in nearly every case,
like DR.. Babcock, these university
men turn their discoveries over 10
the public without thought of adding
thereby to their own incomes.
Sometimes their inventors are not
subject to patent CT copyright. When
they are, frequently the patent Is
dedicated, without compensation, to
the public.
In recent years another method has
been used by some. They patent
their inventions and give the pro-
ceedS from royalties to their univer-
stiles to be used In further research.
MinneSota's university has several
such sources Of income. The money
is being spent to pay other workers
and to buy the materials they need
In their studies.
To the devotion OF these little
known workers and to their high
sense Of public duty the world owes
Tar more than most Of Us realize.
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EDITORS NOTE-This Is the
14th of a series Of 26 timely arti-
cles by DR.. Morris F1shbein on
Food Truths and Follies," zeal.
Ing with such much discussed
but little known subjects as cal
cries, vitamins, minerals, diges-
ton and balanced diet.
BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor, Journal Of the American
Medical Association)
Mineral salts In vegetables are IRE
quently lest to the human being b!
the cooking Of vegetables In watel
is then thrown away, carrying
The vegetable salts with 1t. The SAT-
course Is to cook the vegetables II
steam cookers which retain the juices
md thereby the mineral salts.
The chief value Of iron in the body
s as an essential part of the hemo'
or red coloring matter Of the
blood. This substance is primarily
responsible for carrying the oxyger
the blood to the cells Of the body
which require it for health. The body
# an infant at birth contains about
hree times as much iron as that 81
! grown person. The child at birth Il
eady to begin growing at IN exceed.
ngly rapid rate. II It continued al
is life at the rate at which 1t grows
he first six months, It would be
by the age Of 10. For in.
tance, it doubles its weight during
he first six months. If it continued
loubling its weight every six months
would weigh 1000 pounds at four
ears of age, which is quite a baby.
Since infants, during the first six
months Of life, live largely on milk,
nd since this is particularly rich In
ron, the infant Is supplied with q
tore of iron or IRON reserve until II
cts older and begins to get iron In
IS blood. Nature is wonderful.
AS an example of the extra iron
hat may be required by the body, q
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Our Limitless Horizons

Graduation addresses are usually
fairly dreary affairs. Once in a
while, though, a speaker energies who
has something to say, and when that
happens the graduates he addresses
can consider themselves more than
lucky.
The other day Dean Thomas w.
Graham of the Oberlin Graduate
School of Theology spoke before o
group Of summer school graduates;
and a few Of his sentences stick in
the memory and set one thinking, os
all such speeches are supposed to do.
There are finer tools yet to be
made than any we have now," he
asserts. More stirring music will he
composed, poetry of greater rhythm
and profounder prose will be writ
ten, and in the realm Of architec-
ture, sculpture and painting greater
heights are yet to be obtained"
Why should a simple statement Of
fact like that be so encouraging?
Why should 1t set one dreaming, and
make one wish that one were just
graduating from high school, with a
world of limitless possibilities ahead7
It does those things. somehow, but
why?
Probably 1t is because We like to
be reminded that we live in a sadly
unfinished world. We like to feel
that great demands are going to be
made on us. We like to be told that
the human race as a whole is climb
ing painfully up a long, dark slope.
and that men better than the ordi-
nary stand out. here and there. 70
point the way and 9 glorious things
beyo0d the rise ahead.
II Is not altogether true that man
Always seeks his own ease and tries
above all to make himself comfort
ab5e. There are men who cannot
be happy unless they are tacklins
johs that VIII take III they have 70.
CIV. and more: indeed. Al d rs
hsys : ttnee 81 that illogical desire
- Spend Ourselves completely on
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TO-DAY IS THEA
50
I DECLARES WAR

On Aug. IA, 1917. China declared
war on Germany and Austria.
Six months previous, the United
States invited China to follow its ex-
ample in protesting against Ger
many's submarine campaign. The
Chinese foreign office soon thereafter
sent a warning to Germany, and on
March IA broke off diplomatic rela-
lions.
Premier Tuan Chi-jui wished China
to 60 to war against Germany but
members Of the Parliament, aroused
at rumors of secret agreements be-
tween Tuan's group and Japan, held
back. The premier was later ousted.
Tuan later resumed the premier
ship with enhanced prestige and
power by leading an army to Picking,
ostensibly to defend the republic.
Tuan and his supporters, now being
in control of the north, carried
through their purpose which had
precipitated the crisis, and formally
declared war on Germany.
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Where Cooperation Will Pay

Declining foreign trade is one oil
the factors most responsible for pro-
longing the business depression
exactly as it was a factor in bringing
it on.
Few of us sufficiently understand
how vital international commerce is
to domestic prosperity. A decrease
of a mere" five or six per cent in
employment and purchasing power
means all the difference between
good times and bad. And a decline
Of 10 or is per cent might mean the
difference between stability a n d
chaos.
The doctrine of economic and So
cial isolation may have been work
able in 1831-but it is suicidal in 1881.
No nation can, figuratively, remove
itself to a high peak and look down
on the rest of the world, depending
on itself alone for sustenance. Co.
operation between businesses and in
dividuals has solved many of the in
dustrial problems Of the age-and
cooperation between nations, both in
commerce and in diplomacy. must
solve those of an international char
acter.
The reason for the decline in for
eign trade, divorced Of argument and
confusing details, is simple enough
nations cannot buy from us
unless we buy from them. We must
look beyond state and national boun-
diaries toward the world horizon, in
the knowledge that foreign trade is
one Of the keys to domestic pros
perity and industrial stimulation.
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He paced up and down, up and
down. a Gagged. tormented man.
After aeons the lock clicked
and the physician emerged. His
air was still brisk. his smile more
pleased. He deigned now to speak
to the young man at length.
We'll. we'll. sir. she's getting
along splendidly. I'm happy to
say. Sixteen ounces of nourish-
ment this morning, 80 during the
night. Miss Bunce has her orders.
Pulse is stronger, I'm glad to tell
you. I am very hopeful"
Give spoke with difficulty.
You're sure she's out of danger
now?"
well. you mustn't ask such
leading questions, young man.
She's so very frail there doesn't
seem to be much fight there.
D'you e what I mean?"
Give saw. Instantly he was in
the depths again.
The doctor thumped him be-
nignly on the shoulder. Mustn't
give up like that. I said she was
getting along and I mean it. Only
we mustn't be too cocksure. Wait
and see."
On this cold comfort he hustled
away. Give hated him.
At noon they let him come In
for five minutes. Lane lay as one
quietly asleep. her lashes resting
lightly on cheeks which seemed
to him terrifyingly wan. She did
not know he was there or. IL she
did. she gave no sign. Cass came
after his telephone message and
talked in low tones to the nurse.
Her eyes looked strained when
she emerged from her conference,
but she patted Give on the arm
and tried to cheer him.
He kept saying over and over
again, Il never should have let
this go on for SO long. I was
afraid to break in on her too soon.
I thought she was all right. How
was I to know"
Cass told him not to reproach
himself but he scarcely heard her.
50 absorbed was he in his own
bitter reflections.
1.-THE doctor says it's q case of
real starvation" he went on prod
ding the wound. Starvation! Did
you ever hear anything 50 hor-
rible?"
Cass shivered. Don't think Of
It. It does nc good"
Give paced the floor. He tor
tured himself. Cass whirled to
see the nurse at the door. finger
on lip.
"She's conscious. She's asking
for her mother"
Quick "a lightning Cass was In
the room. at the bedside. The
girl on the pillow stirred a. one
waking from . long sleep. She
spoke. "How did you get here.
mother?" she asked in a faint,
perfectly natural voice. Aren't
you playing today?"
Cass strove for control. She
was not IN actress for nothing.
"Silly child. it's Monday! Who
ever heard of q matinee on Mon
dayf"
II forgot" The girl sighed .
little and shifting ever 80 slightly
under the tautened bed clothes.
cushioned her cheek In her palm.
Cass managed to smile at her.
Don't talk now. Just rest. I'll
cit hers and hold your hand"
$50 tired" the girl In the white
bed murmured. family. She slept
again. eca1~%ao Qan1A4H101
-,s.sl ITO Be Continued).
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Daily Health Service
Iron Needed in Blood
Vegetable Should Be Prepared in Steam Cooker to Keep
Juices which Contain Valuable Mineral Salts

prospective mother or one nursing an
infant must increase her iron intake
by 20 per cent Owe that Of the ordi-
nary adult. The girl who approaches
the period Of maturity begins 70 iass
blood and thereby requires more iron
to keep her from developing second
airy anemia. At this age she should
take foods rich in iron, such as green
vegetables and egg yolk as well as
liver and kidneys.
Just as calcium and phosphorus
seem to 60 together in the body, so
also does copper travel with iron. In
vestigators In the University Of Wis
consin found that the kind Of ane-
mia that develops by wrong diet is
not cured nearly so rapidly by the
use Of iron alone a. by the use Of iron
accompanied by copper. Thus vari-
Gus types Of iron are not as effec-
tive "a others. Iron can be given in
the inorganic form in pills and not
be as effective as when 1t Is given
in food substances which also con-
tain some copper.
Such substances include cabbage,
lettuce and liver. The average
American diet contains from IL to 20
milligrams Of iron q day. The hui
man body needs Is milligrams. A
slight excess Of iron in the diet is
therefore not likely to be harmful
and will make certain Of q safe
amount.
Another element which seems to
be associated with the assimilation Of
iron Is manganese. The red coloring
matter Of the blood Is maintained BY
the assistance Of iron, copper and
manganese. This was found by test
ing the ability of animals to regen-
crate hemoglobin that had been de-
stroyed when fed various quantities
Of these salts. Fortunately nature
takes care Of this human need by
combining these substances in foods.
II eats q diet In which the vege-
tables have been properly selected.
these needs are usually provided for.
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Peoples Forum

Editors Note.-The Tribune well
comes letters on subjects Of in.
terest. Letters dealing with con.
troversial religious subjects, which
attack individuals unfairly. or
which offend good taste and fair
play will be returned to the
II you wish to use q pseudonym,
sign the pseudonym first and your
own name beneath It. We will .
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the right to delete such parts Of
letters as may be necessary to
conform to this policy.