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The Alaskan., 1931-09-18
Petersburg Man
 Tries Suicide

John Norman Sjursen, former manager of the Union Oil Com pany's station in Petersburg, at tempted to commit suicide in a fit of despondency, last week in Seattle. He hired a youth to take care of his two children, took his wife to dance hall for what he planned to be their last waltz together then went home and shot himself near the heart.
 At his bedside, in the hospital, Mrs. Sybil Sjursen said that her husband had been jolly and most considerate of her during the evening. They had not been to many such entertainments since he lost his job driving a truck in Seattle and he seemed ia make special effort to have his wife enjoy herself.
 When they returned home, she said, he entered the bathroom and almost immediately she and the lad who took care of the children, heard a pistol shot They called the police.
 Siursen had many friends here while he was connected with the Union Oil Company.
The Alaskan., 1931-09-18
Talks of
 Silver as Factor

Senator Key Pittman of Ne vada, chairman of the Senate Committee appointed to study the decline of foreign trade, de- clared in Salt Lake City, last week that China, Mexico and Canada are prepared to call an international conference. if the United States fails to do so He reiterated his conviction ar in ternational conference to dis cuss the decline in the price of the white metal will be called within thirty days.
 T cannot say unequiyocally that China will call tho confer ence if the President of the Unit ed States will but intimate that this country would participate, he said.
 T am satisfied with my con Cacts with officials of Japan tha; she would be glad to issue a call in cooperation with the United States. I have absolutely m doubt but what Canada will a .t and the only thing which Is the fear of some British states men that such a c)1ference might complicate the discus sions between the British gov ernment and the Indians in the forthcoming round taHlc con- ference.
 1T am confident that Mexico would call it if our government would indicate a willingness to attend"
The Alaskan., 1931-09-18
3SRD MASON DIES, SPOKANE

 John H. Shaw, 76 years old, chairman of Shaw & Borden Co, Spokane, and prominent in Northwest Masonic circles, died at his summer home at Spirit Lake, Idaho on the 9th of Sep tember.
 Shaw was a thirty-third de- gree Mason and held every inn portant office in that lodge in Washington. He had been grand commander of the Washington Lodge, Knights Templar.
The Alaskan., 1931-09-18

Laden with $25O,00O in gold bullion and 1000 reindeer car casses, the Lomen steamer Bald win left Nome for Seattle, last week.
 The treasure cargo is from the properties of the Hammond Consolidated Gold Fields on the Seward Peninsula.
The Alaskan., 1931-09-18

c. o. Duvall claims the prize buck of the season, seven perfect points on each horn not counting the eye guard. The deer was shot near Ideal Cove and dressed 169 lbs. The head is to be mount
The Alaskan., 1931-09-18

Mrs. Gabe Sather entertained a group of friends Monday. High bridge scores were made by Mrs. Chris Tveten and Mrs. Charles Anderson; consolation, Mrs. 4. E. Holt.
The Alaskan., 1931-09-18
School Gym Plans
 Now Under Way

| 1IlG lOIlS CIlGI1Sl1Cu UIGdIll Ol Petersburg boys and girls, both old and young, the hope of bas-
 ketball players and fans for a
 hall winch will always be avail
 able for games and for practice
 as we'll as equipment for those unhonored and unSung members of the student body who never attain a place on any athletic team, but whose physical train ing is perhaps much more neces- sary, is at last about to be real ized.
 In fixing the municipal tax levy for the current year, the City Council included a levy Of 21a mills on all taxable property in the town to provide funds for school gymnasium. The valu- ation of the property within the corporate limits for taxation purposes is approximately $1,- 500,000 and the tax levy should therefore provide $3,750 in ad- dition to other funds on hand, amount to approximately $1, 1,000
 The City Council requested the School Board to act as com mittee to devise and recommend plans for the construction of a suitable building on the lot ad- joining the school property do mated by the P. A. F corporation for that purpose and which was cleared by contract last year.
 As a member of the school board, Dr. Rude stated that pre- parations are going forward as rapidly as possible, meetings have been held with athletic coaches, and several local car penters and contractors have discussed plans. "We are trying our best to get a ten thousand dollar building for five thousand dollars or less," said he, land We feel that we could not hope for a time when building material would be cheaper or the neceS- sary labor more readily available than at present. We find that the main floor must be no less than 671a X 1O8 feet with A foot studding. This would provide a regulation basketball floor with bleachers to accommodate 400 spectators. This means that it will be utterly impossible to complete the building and equip it with the money now on hand. It seems more than likely that many patrons and friends of the school will be willing to donate 6 certain amount of labor, but even at best, there may be a de- felt for the P. T. A., to tackle, It may be possible, of course, 10 include part of the expense in next years tax budget, or again perhaps additional funds could be borrowed, the interest on which would not be greater than the rental heretofore paid for the use of a hall. That expense we shall, of course, try to avoid. Tentative plans will be submit ted to the Council at it's regular meeting, and, if possible, con- struction work will be gotten un der way at once before the cold CT weather sets in"
The Alaskan., 1931-09-18

J. H. Wheeler has started suit against Marshal White and c. V. Brown in the sum of $1850 for mink taken in judgement from Marshal Pointer. Wheeler claims ownership.
The Alaskan., 1931-09-18

Emil Hill passed thru Peters burg enroute to Seattle. He was joined here by Mrs. Hill who had been visiting friends and rela- tives.
The Alaskan., 1931-09-18

Miss Lillian Swanson enter tained the Tillicum Club Friday evening. High honors at bridge vent to Mrs. Wm. Johnson with Mrs. c. o. Parks, second
The Alaskan., 1931-09-18

P. T. A. reception for the new at Sons of Norway hall this evening at 8:15.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-29

welt, William Cullen Bryant, Petel
Cooper, John Jacob Aston and Poe.
The Bowern still has an old-time
mile marker" by which distance tt
the city hall was Once figured.
Although but SO feet wide. the Bush
Terminal, building rises almost SOC
feet above the street and IS credited
with taking up less room than any
other structure of its size. -.
And 1t was none other than the
elder Willie Vanderbilt who made the
famous Cleopatra's needle . tourist
attraction in Manhattan. -. It cost
him $l00,00 to get 1t here from
Egypt, but that was II 1881. -. To-
day they'd probably fly it over 49,.
It's still against the rules to carry
q camera In Central Park, which
never fails to astonish newcomers.
-. And Is ridiculous. -.
A lot Of people who seem to be
visiting the famous Grant tomb on
Riverside drive are actually getting a
neep at the "gingko" tree which
grows near 1t, and which is the only
c..ngko you're likely to see in these
parts. -.
GILBERT SWAN.
Copyright, 1881, NEA Service. Inc.)
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Daily Health Service
Abdominal Pains Often Sound Warning OF
Heart Breakdown

some cases In which the pain Is not
referred directly to the heart, but
over to the gallbladder region or to
the middle Of the abdomen. so that
the patient and his physician fear
gallbladder Inflammation, gallstones,
or even appendicitis, wherea~ the
disturbance is primarily a beginning
failure and breakdown Of the heart.
Newspapers report repeatedly Inc
sudden death Of some business man
or captain of industry from acute IN
digestion. DR.. David Riesman class
lilies such cases as cases OF oppres-
sive type Of heart disease. The pa
tient on walking feels a sudden sense
of oppression against the upper part
Of the chest or In the middle of the
abdomen; If he stops walking and
rests, the condition passes off some
times with the belching of gas. The
trouble appears to be mild, and the
person Is likely to pay not the Slight
est attention to 1t. It resembles.
however, the condition called angina
pectoris but without the pain. In
such cases, an examination would
probably have indicated q beginning
disturbance of the heart months be-
fore, but the patient likely passes
these attacks as being due to tenn
porary indigestion. DR.. Riesman
points out that a catastrophe might
have been foreseen or suspected if
the patient had been asked repeated
ly as to the pains and the symptoms.
and If the most delicate means of
examination, including the use of the
electrocardiograph, had, been used
before the patient had been given a
clean bill of health.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-29
Romance on the Wing

There is something inspiring about
the nonchalance with which Col
Charles A. Lindbergh and his young
wife leave their child behind and be.
gin a trip which, until a few years
ago was regarded as almost impos.
sible and even now is considered
hazardous.
Were Lindbergh to travel alone the
feat would not be considered extra
ordinary. Our own Carl Ben Eielson
flew in the region which the Lind
berghs will cross and gave his life in
humanitarian service. Post and
Gatty recently crossed the area in
their record breaking world hop.
But the fact that Mrs. Lindbergh
goes along lends romance to the af-
fair. She is not the first woman to
dare hazards of air and sea by air
plane, but she is the first to do so
by the side Of her husband. The
SallIlc NHOIlOW LIldL Was dTlQ the MIS-.
Lindbergh that is evidently has
taken the guiding star of her wife
hood the age-old rule, whittier thou
goest I will CO."
1t is the same sort of spirit which
guided women into the wilderness
and onto the prairies Of this nation
to face hardships, bear children and
do their full share toward wrestling
an empire from the wilderness.
In this day and age, when this sort
of spirit often seems all too lacking,
it is refreshing to see it so proudly
displayed by a person of such prom
inence.
Its presence lends romance to
this flight to Asia. Romance none
the less interesting or laudable be-
cause the participants happen to be
young married folks, emblematic of
modern America.
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the cradle of the movies, starting ir
a penny arcade. -. With q gen
named Zukor taking tickets. -. And
the most colorful old bookstores in
this land r parked on Fourth ave-
nue. in the Union Square neighbor-
hood. -. Those expensive studios in
Washington News and MacDougal
Alley were all stables of the rich
washington Square folk in the early
days. -. There are people In Grove
street who seem to know that Thomas
Paine lived and died there. -.
And there's at least one farmhouse
in the big town. =. It's the historic
Dykeman place and dates back to the
Revolution. 49,. It's :. museum now.
If 1t makes any difference to you
where famous folk once lived, it isn't
hard to find the one-time habitats Of
such persons as Lafayette, Captain
Kidd, Washington Irving, Mark
Twain, Aaron Burr, Theodore Roose-
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-29
Down Go the Taxes
Duluth Herald)

The statewide demand that local
taxes must be reduced seems to be
having its effect, and from all parts
OF Minnesota come reports that the
county boards are leading the way.
II the figures reported by a third of
the counties are a criterion of what
the others will do, Minnesota is GO
ing to spend about two million dol
lars less for county administration
next year than it will this year.
Unofficial reports from 20 of the
states 81 counties show that levies
for 1882 have been cut nearly zoo, 900
dollars below last year. They range
from 20 per cent in Dakota county
to l per cent in Waseca county. Sew
eral Northern Minnesota counties,
including 1tasca, Aitkin and Red
Lake, have joined the procession, and
probably there are others, from which
figures are not yet available.
The road and bridge funds have
borne most of the burden of de-
creased levieS and indications are
that in many sections county roads
will not receive much attention next
year, so far Is new construction is
concerned. About $3.50, 900 have al
ready been cut from those funds.
st. Louis county has not yet fixed
its rate, but the various departments
are busy compiling their budgets and
will soon reach the commissioners.
They will receive closer scrutiny than
this year, for the board has an
nounced its determination to hold
down levies to the lowest point con-
with the welfare Of the coun-
ty.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-29

brew-masters still turn out "musty''
ale. -. Which, if you haven't been
reading your old English tales in late
years, means that it is slightly sour
ed. -. On the walls of this place
hang original programs of Harrigan
and Harris "Mulligan Guards" l..
Keen's chop house has one of the
largest collections of clay pipes to be
found on this side of the Atlantic.
Old-timers have pipes reserved for
them and make regular visits for a
puff at the good old g-stemmed
clay variety.
X X X
The longest barefisted fight in his
tory was staged in a saloon on Cherry
street. 49,. "Of course, that's when
the boys were really tough" -.
And George Washington once had a
dwelling in the same strasse. . . So
did John Hancock, who is frequently
recalled by persons signing some
document. -.
Union Square is credited with being
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-29

tive now. Business would be in such
q ferment as this country has not
seen since the days when merchants
kept a book listing the banks whose
paper money was good and those
whose issue was worthless.
Credit of all kinds would be shat
tered and business would come to q
[ standstill Is a result. Practically
everyone would be driven to accept
charity-with no n to dole out aims.
Those persons who have advanced
the moratorium idea in this state have
generally stressed the thought that
it should be extended to farmers. It
is doubtful if such a scheme would
benefit those for whom the scheme
was allegedly designed. Farmers in
hard circumstances need credit If
they are to live. A moratorium would
eliminate all possible chance of them
getting it.
The whole idea SAVIOR too strongly
Of pulling ones self up by his boot
straps to win general support.
X x X
The word Moratorium seems to
have struck the popular fancy and
we doubtless will see much of it in
the months to come. 1t is a perfect
ly good word which had not been
widely used until President Hoover
dragged it from obscurity among the
Ms in the dictionary to large type
on the front pages of the newspapers.
Applied to the individual, it seems to-
have the implication of something
for nothing. and this idea has been
popular from time immemorial.
Barnum epitomized the result of such
schemes when he uttered the Oft
quoted phrase, There's one born
every minute"
The word probably will character
ize the Hoover administration as
nothing else will, regardless Of
whether the president serves one
term or two. The chief executives
action in suggesting a moratorium
for Germany had the force OF COM
sense and self-preservation be-
hind it, but Mr.. Hoover hardly could
ho nv,,ootoI m fnyaeoo tLo{ H. r,,.
creating a fetish for his fellow coun-
Back in the Harding administra-
ton the catch-word was Back to
The Ohioan brought
Normally" from disuse to new lus-
1er and it did much to aid in stabil- /.
Izing the minds OF Americans. /,
1t is doubtful, however, if Mora ,
,orium' will have quite the same eff
feet in these pressing times. Some t
now, it is not quite SO r~eassuring. l
Nevertheless, while a general
moratorium seems out of the cues
ion, there will be plenty of private
noratoriums this year. People of
good character who owe debts and
ire unable to pay will not need a
general moratorium to assist them
n making adjustment of their af-
airs. They will follow the good old
American custom of talking things
with their creditors and in
most cases the results of these dis
'ussions will be mutually satisfactory.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-29
Quotations
BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBE1N

1t Is inevitable that the entir,
banking system must be socialized il
the public interest.-Professor Col
ston Warne.
X X y
Honesty brings terrific isolation II
llfe.-Rev. F. A. Fadden.
X x X
I would as lief poison people q.
tell untruths about them.-Bishor
Woodcock of Kentucky.
X X y
The chief danger to religion lies In
the fact that 1t has become so res.
pectable.-Professor John Dewey.
X X X
Slide-rule civilization has given us
organization and distribution of our
various forms of wealth.-Ray Lyman
Wilbur, secretary of interior.
X X *
The depression was caused primar-
lily by poor judgment as to conditions
and prospects.-Julius Klein, assist
ant secretary of commerce.
Qualities which assist in amassing
wealth are often anti-social and un-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Blackburn.
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Taken for Granted

The world isn't even excited by the
present flight of the Graf Zeppelin
to the Arctic regions. Its plan is to
cruise around above the Arctic circle
with much the same ~nonchalance that
a Bismarck householder would stroll
about his backyard.
The voyage will have its thrilling
phases, Of course, but on the whole,
there will be no more excitement
about it than in any other journey
by air. 1t is unusual. That is all.
The Graf Zeppelin and her COM
mander have demonstrated their
ability to withstand the vagaries of
wind and weather in the past. For
the purposes to which it is best
adapted, this form of aerial trans
portation has proved itself.
The Graf could make a non-stop
flight halfway around the world if
Commander Eckener wished. The
craft is capable of it and the public
has come to accept the fact.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-29
BARBS

The hope of the world powers &
that everything soon will be Teuton
right.
The Paris to Toxic plane Is called
the Hyphen because, perhaps, it is
just the thing in which to make q
dash.
y X
LEM and Culbertson, bridge ex-
perts, wrangling as to the merits of
their systems, plan to settle it out In
a game. They'll lay their cards on
the table, as it were.
X X
When Eugene O'Neill returned
from Europe he made a very drama
tic arrival. Six of his trunks were
filled with the manuscript Of one
play.
The office sage wonders what they
are calling the cake eaters In the de-
preston.
"For crying out loud" as the GODS
tossing a tear bomb in the riot
ing mob.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-29
Minus the Feathers

The South Dakota farmer who
turned his turkeys loose to fight
grasshoppers and asserted that they
returned in the evening minus some
of their feathers. probably was draw.
ing a long bow.
One assumes that North Dakota's
graSshoppers are just as vigorous anc
just as voracious as those Of our SIS
ter state and that her turkeys are no
less active than ours. Certainly nc
self-respecting North Dakota turkey
would part with a single bit of plum.
age to any grasshopper.
The fact remains, however, tina,
grasshoppers have done considerable
damage in our w section of North
Dakota and that they are multiply.
Ing. Gardens have been damaged
and all sorts of crops have founo
them an added menace.
A recent story from Nebraska
where the effects of the plague have
been felt keenly, said some farmers
had noted that a certain sort O;
microbe was eating into the vitals O,
the 'hoppers and causing them tx
die.
W. hope so, for it would be nc
more than poetic justice meted Out
to these insects which are affecting
our own comfort and prosperity. II
seems just another proof of the truth
of the old couplet which goes some
thing like this:
These small fleas have smaller fleas
Upon their backs to bite 'em;
And these fleas have still smaller
fleas,
And SO ad infinitum.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-29

EDITORS NoTE-This Is the
third of q series Of five articles
by DR.. Morris Tshbein on 'The
Failing Heart Of Middle Life"
BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor, Journal Of the American
Medical Association)
The symptoms of disturbances Of
the heart are such that they can be
recognized by any intelligent indivi-
dual. A person who has previously
been well, who is somewhere between
SO and IS years old, begins to ex-
perience shortness of breath on the
slightest exertion. He Is likely to at
tribute the shortness Of breath to
overweight, lack Of exercise and es-
pecially indigestion. He thinks 1t is
due to indigestion because he feels
distended after eating. Sometimes,
In addition to the slight shortness OF
breath. the individual will cough re-
peatedly, but the cough will be out Of
all proportion to any changes that
can be found In the lungs. There Is
loss of appetite and nausea, and even
vomiting, so that most Of the at
tention of the physician is likely to
be centered on the stomach and the
intestines. 1t will be found, however,
that these organs r normal and
that the chief reason for the diff
lies in the beginning weakness
Of the heart.
Among the most serious symptoms
Of this disease, from the point of view
Of the patient, is the development of
severe pain in the region of the heart
called angina pectoris. There are
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-29
PARAMOUNT

Robert Montgomery began his ia
nous role In 1.-THE Big House" by GO
ing into prison. He reverses the order
IN his new Metro Goldwyn- Mayer
picture, "The Man in Possession"
now at the Paramount Theatre today
and Thursday. For in this picture
Montgomery energies from jail in the
opening scene.
1t Is his shocked family's attempts
to get him out of the country that
starts the complications of the plot.
which finally end in a number of
hilarious situations, when Montgom-
cry poses as a butler in the home of
the attractive but penniless widow
who is trying to marry his brother for
money.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-29
TO-DAY IS THEA
s.
SPEECH

On July %, 1917, Robert Lansing
secretary Of state, gave an importan'
address on Americas wal aims at the
officers training camp at Sacket
Harbor. N. Y.
Let us understand once for all,
Secretary Lansing said, that this i:
no war to establish an abstract prin-
ciple Of right. It IS a war in which
the future Of the United States is al
stake. If any m among you has the
idea that we are fighting each others
battles and not own, the sooner
he gets away from that idea the bet
ter it will be for him, the better it
will be for all of us.
1.-THE American nation arrayed it,
self with the other great democracies
of the earth against the genus of evil
which broods over the destinies of
central Europe. No thought of mate
rial gain and no thought of material
loss impelled this action. .
If enthusiasm and ardor can make
success sure, then we, Americans,
have no cause for anxiety, no reason
to doubt the outcome of the conflict.
But enthusiasm and ardor are not
all; they must be founded on a pro-
found conviction of the righteousness
of your cause and on an implicit faith
that the God of Battles will streng-
then the arm of him who fights for
the right"
A court stenographer frequently
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-29
I'M
&NIzW
kV0lNN
tH!a siIJaa Swan

New York, July 29.-Odds and ends,
but chiefly odds. . In an old-coun-
try cafe on East 30th street, the Tur-
kish gents play backgammon accord
ing to a recipe taught some 1000
years ago. And the moderns who
drop in for dinner comment on "the
up-to-dateness of these people -.
And a place that effects Algerian
trimmings has corned-beef hash IS
its specially. -.
There's a swinging door spot on the
East Side where three old fashioned